Record night for the Heat in Cleveland, in their 33-point victory. The Floridians had never scored so many points (129) and winning baskets (20/35) this season. Yet deprived of Bam Adebayo, the Heat was able to rely on eight players with 10 points or more, a franchise record equaled.
At the center of this great evening of attack, we find Kyle Lowry. While Jimmy Butler had a little evening of skill, the leader of the Heat, who has become a full-time starter again since the start of the season, recalled that he could still catch fire. “ With Bam missing, I knew this was my opportunity to get more shots », remarks Kyle Lowry, who had never shot so much this season.
His first basket in transition, the first basket of the match, gave him perfect confidence as he followed up with a second winning shot, then found Jimmy Butler in the corner to contribute to the Heat’s great start.
After twelve minutes, Kyle Lowry already had… five 3-point baskets on the clock. “ Kyle was great, not only with his shooting, but also with his pace. We needed him to be aggressive “, cowardly Erik Spoelstra.
The Lowry “chaos”
The former Raptors leader, who averaged just 5 points over his last four outings (after two games in a row with 17 points), could hardly do better.
With his 28 points (9/15 on shots, including 7/10 from afar, one winning basket away from his career record) and 3 assists, without losing a ball, he equaled his points record since his arrival at the Heat in 2021. « He never let the defense set up », continues his coach, who mentions the “ chaos » generated by his veteran.
The latter, like Jimmy Butler, did not need to come into play in the last quarter, during which the rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. notably confirmed his current form by further improving his record ( 22 points).
“ Over these last ten matches, I tried to pick up the pace and play a little faster. Pushing the tempo and unbalancing teams is something we strive to do, we are really good at it », Reveals the 37-year-old player, whose method is paying off: the Heat have won 9 of their last 10 outings.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Tyler Herro | 8 | 34.0 | 44.7 | 41.0 | 88.0 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 22.9 |
| Bam Adebayo | 13 | 34.4 | 53.7 | 50.0 | 82.5 | 2.2 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 22.8 |
| Jimmy Butler | 12 | 33.4 | 47.3 | 41.9 | 87.5 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 21.4 |
| Duncan Robinson | 14 | 29.7 | 48.1 | 43.3 | 90.0 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 15.1 |
| Jaime Jaquez, Jr. | 14 | 24.7 | 50.9 | 35.7 | 80.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 9.6 |
| Kevin Love | 9 | 16.7 | 37.5 | 31.8 | 77.8 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 7.8 |
| Josh Richardson | 11 | 25.5 | 39.0 | 26.7 | 88.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 7.6 |
| Haywood Highsmith | 10 | 25.3 | 43.3 | 30.6 | 81.8 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 7.2 |
| Kyle Lowry | 13 | 29.0 | 40.0 | 42.6 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 7.0 |
| Nikola Jovic | 2 | 14.2 | 50.0 | 60.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.5 |
| Thomas Bryant | 10 | 12.5 | 52.5 | 0.0 | 76.9 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| Cole Swider | 1 | 2.0 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| Dru Smith | 8 | 16.2 | 45.5 | 41.2 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 4.9 |
| Caleb Martin | 4 | 17.1 | 23.1 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| Orlando Robinson | 3 | 10.7 | 44.4 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| Jamal Cain | 3 | 9.9 | 44.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
| Rj Hampton | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
