Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo save Miami from Hornets comeback
A night after coming up short following a rally from 22 down at home against the Milwaukee Bucks, Erik Spoelstra’s team this time coughed up a 20-point third-quarter lead, to again find itself in yet another game decided at the wire. This time, survival. Barely. And, so, a 98-94 victory Wednesday night over the Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center, an 8-8 record at Thanksgiving, and an exhale, thanks, in part, to the late contributions of guard Tyler Herro and a muted triple-double from center Bam Adebayo.
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Heat sticking with the starting lineup of Herro, Robinson, Butler, Highsmith and Adebayo tonight vs. Hornets for the fourth straight game. - 6:31 PM
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Heat’s "shared vision of giving back to the community" makes appearance ahead of Thanksgiving miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Bam Adebayo: "Every time I think about Thanksgiving and giving to the people, it’s always Liberty City.” - 6:12 PM
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NEW: Heat’s "shared vision of giving back to the community" makes appearance ahead of Thanksgiving miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Bam Adebayo: "Every time I think about Thanksgiving and giving to the people, it’s always Liberty City.” - 10:15 AM
With 7:06 left in the third quarter, Bam Adebayo picks up his fourth personal foul and Kelel Ware will see his first action of the night. - 9:03 PM
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Bam Adebayo called for his fourth foul with 7:13 left in the third quarter.
And Kevin Love is out for the rest of the game because of back spasms. So Kel'el Ware is entering for Bam. - 9:02 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Even with Terry Rozier returning, Heat again going with starting lineup of Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson, Jimmy Butler, Haywood Highsmith and Bam Adebayo for the third straight game.
This will only be the second game that Rozier has played off the bench since joining the Heat. - 7:00 PM
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Those two games mark the 13th time in Butler’s NBA career that he has scored at least 30 points in consecutive games and the fifth time that he has done it with the Heat. “I mean, he’s a smart player,” Butler’s Heat co-star Bam Adebayo said. “He makes the right play all the time. When it’s all said and done, we feed off of that. We’ve had moments where sometimes it’s Tyler Herro, sometimes it’s me, sometimes it’s him. Right now, it’s him and we’re behind that.” -via Miami Herald / November 25, 2024
That’s because Herro knows the season is still very young. But while his numbers may eventually drop off from this historic pace, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and teammates notice there’s something different about this version of Herro. “The efficiency is winning basketball for sure,” Spoelstra said, with the Heat preparing for Sunday’s matchup against the Dallas Mavericks (6 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network Sun). “He’s a weapon. Now he’s reading the game, reading defenses and he’s making a lot of really good decisions. Off the ball, with the ball, he’s a tough guard right now.” Then there’s praise from the Heat’s leading duo of Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler, who have been Herro’s teammates since he was drafted by Miami with the 13th overall pick in 2019. “He’s just reading the game, man,” Adebayo said. “The game has slowed down so much for Tyler. He’s understanding how to get the ball, when to get the ball and he’s just making plays right now.” -via Miami Herald / November 22, 2024
Kentucky-based Maker’s Mark has a new collaboration with Heat C Bam Adebayo to launch his custom blend “Bam & Marilyn's 1 of 1,” which will be available at select retailers in Miami beginning today. Adebayo is the first NBA player to have a limited-edition bottle with the brand. The name of the blend pays tribute to Adebayo’s mom, who helped him create the blend. -via Sports Business Journal / November 22, 2024
“Just a collective effort from beginning to end,” Herro said. “A second night of a back-to-back is never easy.” -via South Florida Sun-Sentinel / November 27, 2024
Herro also ranks 11th in the NBA this season in the advanced metric of offensive box plus/minus (5.2), which is a box score estimate of the offensive points per 100 possessions that a player contributes above a league-average player. “You always want to get to a place like this as a player where you’re playing such efficient basketball that there’s an economy of energy that’s happening at the same time,” Spoelstra said when discussing Herro’s early-season play. “He’s not forcing it, he’s not like over-expending energy to do it. He’s just reading the game, reading defenses. He has a confidence level that continues to grow each year, so he knows what he can do, he knows how he can help us. The efficiency has been a really big thing for him.” -via Miami Herald / November 22, 2024
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