Overview
- The home defeat to Toronto dropped Miami to .500 and marked its eighth loss in nine games, leaving the Heat eighth in the East.
- Miami missed 11 of its first 12 shots and managed only 44 points before halftime, then finished with a season-low 91 points.
- The Heat have allowed at least 112 points in three straight games, with players acknowledging defensive slippage.
- Bam Adebayo’s slump continued with nine points on 4-for-11 shooting, and he is tracking at a career-low field-goal percentage as Spoelstra said he must ‘be better for him.’
- Rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 21 points for his second straight 20-point game, and Miami next hosts the Hawks on Friday to begin a stretch of four of five at home.