MIAMI: The first meeting between San Antonio and Miami since the Heat’s triumph in last season’s bruising NBA finals went all Miami’s way Sunday.

Chris Bosh scored 24 points and LeBron James added 18 as the Heat dominated the Spurs 113-101.

Miami shot an impressive 58.1 percent from the floor and never trailed as they handed San Antonio just their fourth defeat in 20 road games this season.

“They shot it really well, came with their ‘A’ game,” Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said.

Bosh connected on nine of 10 attempts from the floor. Mario Chalmers went 6-of-8 in a 16-point, seven-assist effort.

NBA Most Valuable Player James added seven rebounds and six assists before sitting the entire fourth quarter as Miami nursed a big lead.

Dwyane Wade returned to action for Miami after four games resting his sore knees. He scored eight points with five assists in 24 minutes, coming off the bench for the first time since January 6, 2008.

“It was a good win,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “It wasn’t a perfect game, but our guys competed and did enough to get the win.”

Tim Duncan scored 23 points for San Antonio, but the Spurs couldn’t match Miami’s crisp offensive effort.

Spurs veteran Duncan passed Shaquille O’Neal for sole possession of sixth place on the NBA’s blocked shots list and moved past Allen Iverson for 20th all-time in points.

He now has 24,691 points and 2,733 blocks for his career.

The Heat made three of their first four attempts from the floor as the opened the game with an 8-0 scoring run.

They set a tone with scorching 72.2 shooting in the first quarter.

San Antonio out-scored Miami 10-4 to open the second quarter to pull even, but the Heat reasserted themselves before the end of the opening half.

Miami led by as many as 29 in the fourth quarter, the margin narrowing after the Heat sent in their reserves.

Warriors 103, Trail Blazers 88: The Golden State Warriors held the Portland Trail Blazers to a season-low scoring total en route to a 103-88 victory.

After surrendering 121 or more points in three of their previous five games, and then watching the Trail Blazers put up 55 in the first half on Sunday, the Warriors outscored Portland 37-10 over a 17-minute stretch bridging the third and fourth quarters to take command and snap a two-game losing streak.

Stephen Curry led the Warriors (27-18) with 38 points, while Wesley Matthews led Portland (33-12) with 21.

Mavericks 116, Pistons 106: Dirk Nowitzki scored 28 points to help Dallas defeat the Detroit Pistons.

The Mavericks (26-20) snapped a two-game losing streak while the Pistons (17-27) have lost four straight.

Detroit guard Brandon Jennings paced the visitors with 26 points.

Knicks 110, Lakers 103: Carmelo Anthony followed up his record-breaking scoring performance with 35 points as the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers.

Anthony scored a Madison Square Garden record 62 against Charlotte on Friday. His encore helped New York (17-27) earn their second win in a row immediately following a five-game losing streak.

The Lakers (16-29) received a team-high 24 points from guard Jodie Meeks, who shot eight-for-13 overall and six-for-eight from three-point range.

Pelicans 100, Magic 92: Tyreke Evans scored 13 of his team-high 23 points in the fourth quarter and forward Anthony Davis scored 22 points, grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds and blocked seven shots to lead the New Orleans Pelicans to victory.

The Pelicans (18-25), who have won three of their last four games, iced the game with a 9-4 run. The Magic (12-33), who lost their eighth consecutive road game, were led by Arron Afflalo with a game-high 25 points.

Suns 99, Cavaliers 90: Markieff Morris came off the bench to score 27 points and grab 15 rebounds, leading the Phoenix Suns to a victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Goran Dragic added 15 points for Phoenix (25-18).

All Star point guard Kyrie Irving had a team-high 24 points and a game-high nine assists for the Cavaliers (16-28).

Nets 85, Celtics 79: Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett played through an emotional return to Boston, scoring six points apiece but getting enough help from their Brooklyn team mates for the Nets to hold off the Celtics.

Cornerstones of Boston’s 2008 NBA championship team, Pierce and Garnett were traded to the Nets (20-22) in the offseason. Both players were cheered and honored during the night.

Boston’s (15-31) Rajon Rondo finished with 13 points, eight assists and eight rebounds against his former teammates.

Nuggets 125, Kings 117: Ty Lawson scored a game-high 27 points to lead six Nuggets in double figures, and Denver ran past the Sacramento Kings.

Lawson scored 20 points in the second half and combined with center Timofey Mozgov to score every Denver point during a 14-8 third-quarter run that gave the Nuggets (22-21) the lead for good.

Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points to lead the Kings (15-28), who played without leading scorers DeMarcus Cousins and Rudy Gay for the second consecutive game.