The Miami Heat earned their tenth win of the season in Miami. The Heat defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 113-98 to improve to 10-5 overall on the season. Starters Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry were out of the lineup. It did not matter because the Heat was still looking like a strong team without them. Miami Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra always feels that the Heat have the personnel to always be in a position to win games. He wasn’t happy with his team’s defensive performance early in the game and he expressed that postgame.
“We obviously were not defending in the first quarter in the way we’re capable of and that’s not taking any anything away from them,” Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said.
The Heat obviously turned their defense up a notch and were able to pull away from the Pelicans. Jimmy Butler recorded a triple-double against the Pelicans. He scored 31 points on 10 of 18 shooting. Butler also grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out 10 assists. When Butler plays this well the Heat are virtually unbeatable.
More Heat Contributions
- Tyler Herro scored 19 points, grabbed three rebounds, and dished out five assists.
- P.J. Tucker scored 13 points, grabbed four rebounds, and dished out two assists.
- Caleb Martin scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds, and dished out three assists off of the bench.
- Max Strus scored 15 points and grabbed three rebounds.
- Gabe Vincent scored 13 points off of the bench.
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The Miami Heat play Thursday, 11/18 in Miami against the first place Washington Wizards. Tip-off is at 7:30 pm Eastern from the FTX Arena.
