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NBA roundup: LeBron James, Heat run streak to 11

LeBron James scored 28 points and Dwyane Wade scored 11 of his 24 in the final five minutes as the Heat extended the NBA’s longest current winning streak to 11 games, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers, 109-105, in a back-and-forth matchup Sunday night in Miami.

Mario Chalmers scored 16 points, Shane Battier added 14, and Ray Allen had 11 for the Heat, who took a 22-point lead early in the second half, then prevailed despite being outscored by a whopping 30 points over a 17-minute stretch.

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