Miller’s 37 Loud and Clear for Cavaliers

As usual, Andre Miller’s whispers could barely be heard above the buzz in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ locker room.

Moments earlier, Miller had made all kinds of noise out on the court.

Miller sank a buzzer-beating three-point basket to force overtime, then scored eight of his career-high 37 points in the extra session Thursday night to rally the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 114-107 win over the San Antonio Spurs at Cleveland.

“He came up big down the stretch,” Cavalier forward Lamond Murray said. “He’s a marquee guy.”

And still a quiet one.

“It was a decent night,” said the modest, soft-spoken Miller. “We needed to win this game.”

Miller made sure the Cavaliers did. He made four free throws and two short jumpers in the final 2:27 of overtime as Cleveland finally pulled away and won for the seventh time in 10 games.

Miller, who played 50 minutes, made his three-pointer from the top of the key as time expired in regulation, tying it at 101-101 and capping a frenetic final five minutes when the Cavaliers made up a nine-point deficit.

Tim Duncan had 35 points to lead the Spurs, and Malik Rose added 18 on seven-of-eight shooting. David Robinson added 17 for San Antonio, which has lost three of four.

Duncan, too, was impressed with Miller.

“He was great, absolutely incredible,” Duncan said.

“He made a lot of tough shots. It’s one thing when we give up wide-open jumpers. But it seemed like every time he turned and shot, we had somebody in his face.”

Utah 114, Memphis 70--Donyell Marshall scored 20 points and Bryon Russell had 13 as the Jazz won at Salt Lake City in only their second home game during February.

The Jazz, who lost twice to the Grizzlies this season, played their first home game since Feb. 2 after being displaced for nine games by the Winter Olympics.

Karl Malone (1,330 games) passed Moses Malone for fourth place on the NBA’s career games played list.

Phoenix 107, Indiana 100--Stephon Marbury scored 26 points, including nine in the final 31.8 seconds of regulation and four in overtime, as the Suns rallied at Phoenix.

Brad Miller, playing only his third game with Indiana after being traded by Chicago, scored 25 points--including 13 in the fourth quarter.

Miami 100, New York 86--With four reserves in the game, the Heat made nine consecutive shots and scored the first 16 points of the fourth quarter at Miami to rally past the Knicks.

Eddie Jones had 32 points for the Heat, which has won 16 of 22 but is still eight games below .500 (24-32).