Category: NBA

Center Bam Adebayo on Monday night left guard Tyler Herro as the Miami Heat’s last man standing when it came to appearing in every game so far this season, with Adebayo ruled out against the Los Angeles Clippers. Playing through after taking a hard fall in Saturday night’s victory over the Portland Trail Blazers, Adebayo was downgraded to questionable earlier in the day Monday and then listed as out 90 minutes prior to tip-off at the Intuit Dome due to a lower-back contusion. “He’s been dealing with it for a few days,” coach Erik Spoelstra said. “He’s been getting a lot of treatment and it kind...

The runway has been his the entire season, with Jimmy Butler nearly as often away as present, with Bam Adebayo uneven on the offensive end. So it hasn’t just been Tyler Herro seizing a moment; it has been Tyler Herro seizing nearly every Miami Heat moment. With Saturday night’s 119-98 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers just the latest example. This time it was Herro quieting several Blazers rallies as the Heat improved to 3-1 on a six-game western swing scheduled to continue Monday night against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Intuit Dome. “It’s reaching a level that it’s becoming a consistency,...

MIAMI — Moments after the Miami Heat said Saturday that coach Erik Spoelstra would not comment on the seven-game team suspension issued Friday to forward Jimmy Butler, Spoelstra on Saturday commented on the situation prior to his team’s game against the Utah Jazz at Kaseya Center. “I know there’s been a lot over the last 48 hours that has happened,” Spoelstra opened. “We’re just going to focus on tonight, want to quiet all the distractions. Enough has been said. “We have clarity and we’re just going to focus on this group in the locker room, that’s what I want them to focus on. We can quiet...

MIAMI – For a second consecutive night, the edge from Jimmy Butler was missing. For the first time in a while, the defense also was missing. For the Miami Heat, that proved too much to overcome in a 128-115 loss Thursday night to the Indiana Pacers at Kaseya Center. In falling for only the second time in their last nine home games, the Heat proved unable to contain the Pacers’ pace and ball movement as well as an inability to contain Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton. Indiana closed at .531 from the field and 17 of 40 on 3-pointers, with Hailiburton finishing with 33 points and a season-high 15...

MIAMI – There was no middle ground for the Miami Heat in this one: either make it four victories in their last five games, or become the rarest of victims in the NBA – a loser to the New Orleans Pelicans. As a matter of perspective, the Pelicans entered on a 10-game losing streak, with losses in 19 of their previous 20 and without a road victory since their road opener on Oct. 25. Against that backdrop, the Heat went up 17 early, saw all but one point of that lead melt away before emerging with a 119-108 victory Wednesday night at Kaseya Center, never trailing. With Jimmy Butler back in the...

A reasonable New Year’s resolution for the Miami Heat? Aspiring to something more than average. Sunday night in Houston moved Erik Spoelstra’s team in that direction, in a feisty display. With guard Tyler Herro continuing to thrive as both a leading man and a complete contributor and with backup big man Nikola Jovic also filling out the boxscore, the Heat pushed past the Rockets 104-100 at Target Center to make it three victories in their past four games. While 16-14 might not have been the ultimate goal at the New Year’s break, with the Heat 19-13 a year ago at the same break, this had the...