Norman Powell scored 25 points, and the Miami Heat enjoyed a record-setting first quarter on the way to a 126-108 victory over the Charlotte Hornets in an NBA Cup game Friday night, giving coach Erik Spoelstra a win a day after his home burned down. Miami scored a franchise-record 53 points in the first quarter -- the second-highest-scoring first quarter in NBA history -- and led 64-38 with 9:20 left in the second quarter. Barely seven minutes later, it was 66-65 after Charlotte went on a 27-2 run. But the Hornets never led, and the Heat pulled away in the fourth.

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