The Heat avenged that 39-point blowout defeat at the start of summer league with a 102-99 win over the Warriors on Sunday at Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV's campus in the Las Vegas Summer League semifinals.
With the victory, the Heat advances to take on the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday (8 p.m., ESPN) in the Las Vegas Summer League championship game. It marks the first time that the Heat has made the summer league championship game since Las Vegas began crowning a champion in 2013.
But Josh Christopher's big fourth quarter was enough to lift the Heat to the victory, as he converted on a game-winning three-point play (fadeaway jumper and one free throw) to turn a one-point deficit into two-point lead for Miami with 40 seconds to play.
This year's Heat draft picks Kel'el Ware (first-round selection) and Pelle Larsson (second-round selection) led the way early, combining for 23 of the team's first 32 points.
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