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MIAMI – Observations and other notes of interest from Thursday night’s 110-108 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies:
– A stinging night for sure.
– Locked now into a losing record for the first time since 2018-19.
– With the Bucks winning on Thursday, locked into the play-in round for a third consecutive season.
– And the six-game winning streak over.
– This one very much for the Heat had the look of a team not only completing a back-to-back set, but also returning from a week on the road.
– Who the heck schedules that?
– But there also was constant pushback when Grizzlies made their runs.
– Until the clock no longer allowed a pushback, after Ja Morant’s deciding buzzer-beater.
– Yes, this point of the season is beyond anything such as a good loss.
– But it was a good fight.
– With Tyler Herro stepping up to tie it on his 35-point night.
– With Bam Adebayo filling the box score.
– And with Kel’el Ware standing tall until Morant scored over his outstretched arm.
– No shame here.
– Now with the need for a Saturday night bounceback against the Bucks.
– Which could stand as a final chance to create an opportunity to rise to the Nos. 7-8 play-in.
– The hustle of Davion Mitchell again was there.
– But this required more than hustle from Mitchell, Pelle Larsson and Kyle Anderson.
– It required a few more shot-makers.
– So 35-42 it is, with five games remaining.
– It was a night that arguably deserved better.
– But every last ounce still was an ounce short.
– The game concluded the Heat’s 15th and final back-to-back set of the season.
– Even with Duncan Robinson again available, Erik Spoelstra stayed with the winning-streak starting lineup of Adebayo, Ware, Alec Burks, Herro and Larsson.
– With Larsson in early foul trouble, Mitchell was first off the bench,
– Haywood Highsmith followed.
– With Anderson making it eight deep.
– And Robinson nine deep.
– That again had Jaime Jaquez Jr. out of the rotation mix.
– Ware moved within one game of a tie for third place on the Heat rookie-season double-double list with Grant Long, now at 13, with Long at 14 in 1988-89.
– Ware’s third defensive rebound moved him past Kurt Thomas for fourth place on the Heat rookie single-season list.
– With Ware’s 15 rebounds tying his career high.
– Mitchell’s second 3-pointer was the 300th of his career.
– Adebayo is now three assets from moving past Goran Dragic for third place on the Heat all-time list.
– Adebayo is now six rebounds shy of 5,000 for his career.
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– A stinging night for sure.
– Locked now into a losing record for the first time since 2018-19.
– With the Bucks winning on Thursday, locked into the play-in round for a third consecutive season.
– And the six-game winning streak over.
– This one very much for the Heat had the look of a team not only completing a back-to-back set, but also returning from a week on the road.
– Who the heck schedules that?
– But there also was constant pushback when Grizzlies made their runs.
– Until the clock no longer allowed a pushback, after Ja Morant’s deciding buzzer-beater.
– Yes, this point of the season is beyond anything such as a good loss.
– But it was a good fight.
– With Tyler Herro stepping up to tie it on his 35-point night.
– With Bam Adebayo filling the box score.
– And with Kel’el Ware standing tall until Morant scored over his outstretched arm.
– No shame here.
– Now with the need for a Saturday night bounceback against the Bucks.
– Which could stand as a final chance to create an opportunity to rise to the Nos. 7-8 play-in.
– The hustle of Davion Mitchell again was there.
– But this required more than hustle from Mitchell, Pelle Larsson and Kyle Anderson.
– It required a few more shot-makers.
– So 35-42 it is, with five games remaining.
– It was a night that arguably deserved better.
– But every last ounce still was an ounce short.
– The game concluded the Heat’s 15th and final back-to-back set of the season.
– Even with Duncan Robinson again available, Erik Spoelstra stayed with the winning-streak starting lineup of Adebayo, Ware, Alec Burks, Herro and Larsson.
– With Larsson in early foul trouble, Mitchell was first off the bench,
– Haywood Highsmith followed.
– With Anderson making it eight deep.
– And Robinson nine deep.
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– That again had Jaime Jaquez Jr. out of the rotation mix.
– Ware moved within one game of a tie for third place on the Heat rookie-season double-double list with Grant Long, now at 13, with Long at 14 in 1988-89.
– Ware’s third defensive rebound moved him past Kurt Thomas for fourth place on the Heat rookie single-season list.
– With Ware’s 15 rebounds tying his career high.
– Mitchell’s second 3-pointer was the 300th of his career.
– Adebayo is now three assets from moving past Goran Dragic for third place on the Heat all-time list.
– Adebayo is now six rebounds shy of 5,000 for his career.
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