Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 33 points, leading the Miami Heat to a 123-118 overtime win over the Dallas Mavericks.

Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 33 points, leading the Miami Heat past the Dallas Mavericks 123-118 in overtime on Sunday night.

The Miami Heat host the Dallas Mavericks Sunday evening in the hopes of winning two straight, but there has been a question regarding the status of their top player. Heat star Jimmy Butler is listed as “questionable” for the contest against Dallas as he missed Saturday’s practice with an illness.

The Dallas Mavericks picked up their fourth-straight win in a 123-120 thriller against the Denver Nuggets. Dallas led by 20 at halftime and eventually as much as 24 early in the third quarter before Denver stormed back to take a lead in the 4th quarter.

Nikola Jokic’s return made for outstanding theater in the NBA Cup, but the return of his alien stat lines for the Nuggets was not enough. In his first game back after welcoming a newborn son this week,

Will they make it four, or will the Nuggets step up and spoil it? We'll know soon. Dallas Mavericks @ Denver Nuggets Current Records: Dallas 8-7, Denver 8-5 After three games on the road, the Nuggets are heading back home.