Category: Miami Heat

MIAMI – The perfect cure for the hangover of a blown 19-point lead a night earlier? The Washington Wizards, right on schedule for the Miami Heat. Against the NBA’s 30th ranked offense and 28th ranked defense, Erik Spoelstra’s team was able to push past the sting of Sunday night’s overtime loss to the New York Knicks with a 106-90 victory Monday night over the league-worst Wizards. Despite five rotation players being out – Kel’el Ware, Andrew Wiggins, Davion Mitchell, Jaine Jaquez Jr. and Nikola Jovic – the Heat had enough to close out a 3-1 homestand against a schedule that now stiffens...

MIAMI – The post-Jimmy Butler reality for the Miami Heat remains similar to the reality of when Butler still was around: Make your 3s, win the game. So after a dreadful performance from beyond the arc in Monday night’s road loss to the Atlanta Hawks, when his team was 7 of 40 on 3-pointers, Erik Spoelstra this time saw the other side of the equation from his team in a 131-109 victory Wednesday night over the Hawks at Kaseya Center. This time, the Heat not only closed 23 of 42 on 3-pointers, but also received quality support for Tyler Herro, whose 24 points proved enough to help the Heat...

ATLANTA – A microcosm of the season, as in the Miami Heat don’t have a shot? It certainly felt that way in Monday night’s 98-86 loss to the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena, when a made shot practically was reason for celebration and a converted 3-pointer practically an abstract. In falling to 1-6 since trading forward Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors, the Heat this time did not have All-Star guard Tyler Herro carrying the load and therefore found themselves unable to shoulder the load for a second consecutive night. With Herro limited to 11 points a night after scoring 40 in a...

MILWAUKEE – The formula for this Miami Heat roster in the post-Jimmy Butler era to beat a team of the Milwaukee Bucks’ caliber is relatively basic: perfection. Sunday night, the Heat got just about that from Tyler Herro, and it still wasn’t enough, while also suffering a debilitating injury to their rotation in what turned into a 120-113 loss to the Bucks at Fiserv Forum. “It’s frustrating,” coach Erik Spoelstra said, “but we’re making some progress and we just have to stay with it. We have to show collective grit and resolve.” Falling again after holding a double-digit second-half lead,...

By JOSH DUBOW SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Miami’s Tyler Herro edged out Golden State’s Buddy Hield to win the 3-point contest at the NBA’s All-Star Saturday night. Damian Lillard missed a chance to join Larry Bird and Craig Hodges as the only players to three-peat as 3-point champions with his score of 18 falling one point short of Herro for the final spot in the three-person final. Herro became the fifth member of the Heat to win the contest, but the first in 14 years. The others have been Glen Rice (1995), Jason Kapono (2007), Daequan Cook (2009) and James Jones (2011). Herro followed up his...

MIAMI – Not good enough with Jimmy Butler. Not good enough with Jimmy Butler’s replacements. And, so, a losing record now for the Miami Heat, at 25-26, after Monday night’s 103-85 loss to the Boston Celtics at Kaseya Center. Granted, the Heat were without All-Star guard Tyler Herro, due to  stomach illness, but the Celtics, by contrast, were more than capable of stomaching their absences of Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday, getting 33 points from Jayson Tatum and 16 points and 10 rebounds from Kristaps Porzingis. As for the Butler replacement parts, it was a largely uneven debut night. Andrew...