Kawhi Leonard matches career high with 32 points in San Antonio Spurs victory

Kawhi Leonard matched his career high with 32 points before leaving because of a bruised quadriceps Wednesday night in the San Antonio Spurs’ 112-88 victory over the Miami Heat at San Antonio.

The Spurs remained perfect in San Antonio with their 36th consecutive home victory to open the season, leaving them one win shy of matching the record set by the Chicago Bulls in 1995-96.

Leonard’s injury could have put a damper on the team’s 60th overall victory, but it did not appear serious. He exited with 6:01 to play in the third quarter after making a free throw to complete a three-point play after being fouled on a driving layup by Justise Winslow. Leonard went straight to the locker room, followed by Spurs trainer Will Sevening.

The extent of the injury was not immediately known, but the Spurs’ team doctors remained in the team’s box suite — possibly indicating that the injury didn’t require urgent attention.

at Cleveland 113, Milwaukee 104: LeBron James scored 26 points, Kevin Love scored 24 and the Cavaliers maintained their grip on first place in the Eastern Conference.

at Denver 104, Philadelphia 103: Rookie Emmanuel Mudiay made a 35-foot shot at the buzzer to finish with 27 points and give the Nuggets the win.

Atlanta 122, at Washington 101: Reserve Dennis Schroder scored 23 points, Kyle Korver made five three-point shots and the Hawks ended the Wizards’ five-game losing streak.

Utah 89, at Houston 87: Derrick Favors’ dunk with 1.6 seconds left provided the winning points for the Jazz, who moved a half-game ahead of the Rockets into eighth place in the Western Conference.

New York 115, at Chicago 107: Rookie Kristaps Porzingis scored a season-high 29 points and took 10 rebounds for the Knicks, who got 24 points from Carmelo Anthony.

at Boston 91, Toronto 79: Isaiah Thomas scored 23 points to lead the Celtics to their third consecutive victory.

at Detroit 118, Orlando 102: Andre Drummond had 30 points and 14 rebounds for the Pistons, who never trailed.

at Minnesota 113, Sacramento 104: Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks to lead the Timberwolves.

at Phoenix 119, Lakers 107