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Lamar Odom scored 31 points and got the game-winning basket on a goaltending call as the Miami Heat rallied to beat the San Antonio Spurs 99-98 in an exhibition game Tuesday night.
Odom, signed as a free agent during the offseason, also had 14 rebounds and five assists for the Heat (4-0). Eddie Jones added 23 points.
Trailing 98-97 with 10 seconds left, the Heat set up a final play for Odom. He drove the lane and put up a floater that Ernest Brown swatted away, but was called for goaltending with 2 seconds remaining.
Devin Brown, who missed two free throws with 10 seconds remaining and the Spurs (3-1) leading by a point, missed from the corner as time expired. Malik Rose scored 15 points and Tim Duncan added 12 as San Antonio lost for the first time.
The Spurs capped a hectic day by wasting a 13-point second-half lead. They spent the morning in Washington, meeting President Bush to commemorate their NBA championship, and didn't arrive in Miami until late in the afternoon. Ticketmaster
Robert Horry and Rasho Nesterovic added 11 points apiece for San Antonio. Spurs guard Tony Parker sat out with the flu.
The Heat were without injured starters Caron Butler (knee) and Dwayne Wade (ankle). Butler, last year's first-round draft pick, hasn't played in the preseason following recent arthroscopic surgery. Wade, the fifth overall pick this summer, sprained his left ankle against the Magic last Sunday.