DALLAS (AP) — Dante Exum scored a season-high 27 points, one short of his career high, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 118-113 on Thursday night.
Max Christie added 19 points, Spencer Dinwiddie had 17 and Kessler Edwards finished with season highs of 15 points and nine rebounds as the undermanned, undersized Mavericks swept a home back-to-back and won for the fourth time in five games.
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Dallas Mavericks forward P.J. Washington, left, sits on the bench in street clothes during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Dallas Mavericks guard Brandon Williams, right, shoots against Miami Heat forward Nikola Jovic during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Former NBA basketball player J. R. Smith watches during the first half a game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra talks to his team during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Dallas Mavericks players, from left, Caleb Martin, Dwight Powell, P.J. Washington and Dereck Lively II sit with teammates on the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Miami Heat guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. dribbles up court against the Dallas Mavericks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Miami Heat guard Davion Mitchell works the floor against the Dallas Mavericks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Dallas Mavericks guard Max Christie, right, grabs at the jersey of Miami Heat guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. as he drives to the basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Mark Cuban reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Miami Heat guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. (11) tries to keep the ball in bounds while being challenged by Dallas Mavericks guard Max Christie (00) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Tyler Herro scored 40 points for the Heat, who were swept in a road back-to-back and have lost four consecutive games. Rookie Kel’el Ware had 17 points and Kyle Anderson added 15 points and 10 rebounds
The Mavericks had eight players listed on the injury report, with Kyrie Irving (shoulder strain) and Klay Thompson (sprained foot) added after playing extensive minutes Wednesday night.
Dallas’ tallest regulars were Edwards and Olivier-Maxence Prosper, each 6-foot-8.
Heat: Miami played without starting forwards Bam Adebayo (knee contusion) and Andrew Wiggins (illness). Herro scored only two points in the first period, starting 1 of 7 from the floor.
Mavericks: It was the first time Exum has led Dallas in scoring in 62 regular-season games over two seasons. Edwards, on a two-way contract, played a career-most 40 minutes.
The Heat brought the ball upcourt trailing 116-113 with 28 seconds left. Herro was short on a tying 3-pointer from the right corner, leaving him 3 of 14 behind the arc, and Christie grabbed the rebound.
Despite the presence of the 7-foot Ware and 6-10 Nikola Jovic in Miami’s lineup, the Mavericks broke even 25-25 on points in the paint.
Both teams will come out of the break playing Feb. 21. The Heat will play three more road games, beginning at Toronto. The Mavericks will host New Orleans, their fifth consecutive home game.
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Dallas Mavericks forward P.J. Washington, left, sits on the bench in street clothes during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Dallas Mavericks guard Brandon Williams, right, shoots against Miami Heat forward Nikola Jovic during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Former NBA basketball player J. R. Smith watches during the first half a game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra talks to his team during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Dallas Mavericks players, from left, Caleb Martin, Dwight Powell, P.J. Washington and Dereck Lively II sit with teammates on the bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Miami Heat guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. dribbles up court against the Dallas Mavericks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Miami Heat guard Davion Mitchell works the floor against the Dallas Mavericks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Dallas Mavericks guard Max Christie, right, grabs at the jersey of Miami Heat guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. as he drives to the basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Mark Cuban reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Miami Heat guard Jaime Jaquez Jr. (11) tries to keep the ball in bounds while being challenged by Dallas Mavericks guard Max Christie (00) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Thousands of people marched in Minneapolis Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer there and the shooting of two protesters in Portland, Oregon, as Minnesota leaders urged demonstrators to remain peaceful.
The Minneapolis gathering was one of hundreds of protests planned in towns and cities across the country over the weekend. It came in a city on edge since the killing of Renee Good on Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
“We’re all living in fear right now,” said Meghan Moore, a mother of two from Minneapolis who joined the protest Saturday. “ICE is creating an environment where nobody feels safe and that’s unacceptable.”
On Friday night, a protest outside a Minneapolis hotel that attracted about 1,000 people turned violent as demonstrators threw ice, snow and rocks at officers, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Saturday. One officer suffered minor injuries after being struck with a piece of ice, O’Hara said. Twenty-nine people were cited and released, he said.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stressed that while most protests have been peaceful, those who cause damage to property or put others in danger will be arrested. He faulted “agitators that are trying to rile up large crowds.”
“This is what Donald Trump wants,” Frey said of the president who has demanded massive immigration enforcement efforts in several U.S. cities. “He wants us to take the bait.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz echoed the call for peace.
“Trump sent thousands of armed federal officers into our state, and it took just one day for them to kill someone,” Walz posted on social media. “Now he wants nothing more than to see chaos distract from that horrific action. Don’t give him what he wants.”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says its deployment of immigration officers in the Twin Cities is its biggest ever immigration enforcement operation. Trump's administration has said both shootings were acts of self-defense against drivers who “weaponized” their vehicles to attack officers.
Connor Maloney said he was attending the Minneapolis protest to support his community and because he's frustrated with the immigration crackdown.
“Almost daily I see them harassing people,” he said. “It’s just sickening that it’s happening in our community around us.”
Steven Eubanks, 51, said he felt compelled to attend a protest in Durham, North Carolina, on Saturday because of the “horrifying” killing of Good in Minneapolis.
“We can’t allow it,” Eubanks said. “We have to stand up.”
Indivisible, a social movement organization that formed to resist the Trump administration, said hundreds of protests were scheduled in Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Florida and other states.
In Minneapolis, a coalition of migrant rights groups organized the demonstration that began in a park about half a mile from the residential neighborhood where the 37-year-old Good was shot on Wednesday. Marchers carried signs calling for ICE to leave and voiced support for Good and immigrants.
A couple of miles away, just as the demonstration began, an Associated Press photographer witnessed heavily armed officers — at least one in Border Patrol uniform — approach a person who had been following them. Two of the agents had long guns out when they ordered the person to stop following them, telling him it was his “first and final warning.”
The agents eventually drove onto the interstate without detaining the driver.
Protests held in the neighborhood have been largely peaceful, in contrast to the violence that hit Minneapolis in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Near the airport, some confrontations erupted on Thursday and Friday between smaller groups of protesters and officers guarding the federal building used as a base for the Twin Cities crackdown.
O’Hara said city police officers have responded to calls about cars abandoned because their drivers have been apprehended by immigration enforcement. In one case, the car was left in park and in another case a dog was left in the vehicle.
He said immigration enforcement activities are happening “all over the city” and that 911 callers have been alerting authorities to ICE activity, arrests and abandoned vehicles.
The Trump administration has deployed thousands of federal officers to Minnesota under a sweeping new crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. More than 2,000 officers were taking part.
Some officers moved in after abruptly pulling out of Louisiana, where they were part of another operation that started last month and was expected to last until February.
Three congresswomen from Minnesota attempted to tour the ICE facility in the Minneapolis federal building on Saturday morning and were initially allowed to enter but then told they had to leave about 10 minutes later.
U.S, Reps. Ilhan Omar, Kelly Morrison and Angie Craig accused ICE agents of obstructing members of Congress from fulfilling their duty to oversee operations there.
“They do not care that they are violating federal law,” Craig said after being turned away.
A federal judge last month temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing policies that limit congressional visits to immigration facilities. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by 12 members of Congress who sued in Washington, D.C. to challenge ICE’s amended visitor policies after they were denied entry to detention facilities.
Associated Press writers Allen Breed in Durham, North Carolina, and Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, contributed.
People place flowers for a memorial at the site where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Protesters gather during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Friday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Protesters gather during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Demonstrators protest outside the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Demonstrators march outside the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Demonstrators march outside the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Rep. Kelly Morrison D-Minn., center, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., second from the right, and Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., far right, at the Bishop Whipple Federal Building, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a news conference as Police Chief Brian O'Hara listens, on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Protesters gather during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Federal agents stand outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as protesters gather in Minneapolis, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Federal agents stand outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as protesters gather in Minneapolis, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Protesters gather during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Federal agents look on as protesters gather during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
A woman holds a sign for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis earlier in the week, as people gather outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Two people sit in the street with their hands up in front of Minnesota State Patrol during a protest and noise demonstration calling for an end to federal immigration enforcement operations in the city, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Minnesota State Patrol officers are seen during a protest and noise demonstration calling for an end to federal immigration enforcement operations in the city, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Minnesota State Patrol officers are seen during a protest and noise demonstration calling for an end to federal immigration enforcement operations in the city, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Two people sit in the street holding hands in front of Minnesota State Patrol during a protest and noise demonstration calling for an end to federal immigration enforcement operations in the city, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
