Mitchell hits big 3, Herro scores 29 and Heat dig deep to top Pacers 125-120

MIAMI (AP) — Davion Mitchell's 3-pointer broke a tie with 43.8 seconds left, Tyler Herro scored 29 points and the Miami Heat topped the Indiana Pacers 125-120 on Friday night.

Duncan Robinson scored 20 for Miami, which shot 57% — and has shot 58% in its last two games, tying the seventh-best two-game span in team history. Bam Adebayo scored 18 for Miami.

Pascal Siakam scored 36 for Indiana, while Myles Turner added 22 and Tyrese Haliburton had 19 points and 10 assists. The Pacers made 12 of their first 15 3-pointers, then went 9 for 24 from deep the rest of the way.

Pacers: Indiana led by as many as 28 in an easy win at Miami on Jan. 2, and Pacers coach Rick Carlisle knew Friday would be different. “They’ve got a history of doing things hard here and embracing hard times and difficulty. ... This game will be nothing like our last game here. I can promise anybody that," Carlisle said.

Heat: Andrew Wiggins missed the game with a sprained right ankle, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. — who started in Wiggins' place — left with 10:34 remaining in the third quarter after going down while handling the ball near midcourt. Jaquez was holding his knee, but the Heat said he turned his right ankle.

The Heat went on a 13-0 run spanning nearly four minutes, the final 1:03 of the third quarter and the first 2:54 of the fourth, to turn a one-point deficit into a 104-92 lead.

Indiana led 69-68 at the half. In 37 years of Heat basketball, including playoffs, this was only the fifth game where both teams had at least 68 points by intermission.

Indiana goes home to face Chicago on Sunday. Miami hosts New York on Sunday.

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Miami Heat guard Davion Mitchell (45) looks to pass the ball under pressure from Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner (33) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Indiana Pacers guard T.J. McConnell (9) drives to the basket as Miami Heat forward Duncan Robinson (55) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Indiana Pacers forward Pascal Siakam (43) looks to pass the ball under pressure from Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) and guard Terry Rozier (2) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier (2) dunks the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Indiana Pacers forward Obi Toppin (1) gestures after scoring a three-point basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Miami Heat forward Duncan Robinson (55) drives to the basket as Indiana Pacers forward Obi Toppin (1) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Miami Heat guard Davion Mitchell (45) aims to score as Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás Maduro was deposed as Venezuela's leader.

Cuba, a major beneficiary of Venezuelan oil, has now been cut off from those shipments as U.S. forces continue to seize tankers in an effort to control the production, refining and global distribution of the country's oil products.

Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.

The Cuban government said 32 of its military personnel were killed during the American operation last weekend that captured Maduro. The personnel from Cuba’s two main security agencies were in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, as part of an agreement between Cuba and Venezuela.

“Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,” Trump said Sunday. “Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will.”

Trump also responded to another account’s social media post predicting that his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will be president of Cuba: “Sounds good to me!” Trump said.

Trump and top administration officials have taken an increasingly aggressive tone toward Cuba, which had been kept economically afloat by Venezuela. Long before Maduro's capture, severe blackouts were sidelining life in Cuba, where people endured long lines at gas stations and supermarkets amid the island’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Trump has said previously that the Cuban economy, battered by years of a U.S. embargo, would slide further with the ouster of Maduro.

“It’s going down,” Trump said of Cuba. “It’s going down for the count.”

A person watches the oil tanker Ocean Mariner, Monrovia, arrive to the bay in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

President Donald Trump attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)