The Miami Heat earned their 14th victory against Oklahoma City Thunder. The Heat defeated the Thunder 110-108 in Oklahoma City. The Heat is striving to get back on track after starting this season slowly. It seems as if the team is putting things together recently. Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra spoke postgame about the Heat’s win and their improved play as of late.
Broke the franchise record for 3s in a game last season, didn't take long for us to break it again.
24 3s tonight with 16 coming in the first half 👌 pic.twitter.com/DEk89UiyAt
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) December 15, 2022
“There’s been a little bit more intent of getting to our actions and finding the open guy without missing the moment,” Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We were finding our open shooters in those open windows that close very quickly in this league.”
Tyler Herro led the way for the Miami Heat. He hit the game-winning two with 4.9 seconds left. Herro scored 35 points on 12-for-23 shooting from the field. Herro knocked down a career-high nine three-pointers going 9-for-17 from behind the three-point line. Herro also grabbed three rebounds and dished out two assists in 40 minutes of play. Herro spoke postgame about his game-winner.
Every bucket from Tyler's career night 🪣 pic.twitter.com/m1U20JK5Qj
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) December 15, 2022
“The play was drawn up for me to shoot it,” Herro said. “It was one-on-one, so I felt like I had an advantage.”
Tyler tonight:
🔥 35 points (ties regular season career high)
🔥 9 3s (career high)
🔥 Game winnerOne of the best games of his career? pic.twitter.com/TAEERgS7ef
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) December 15, 2022
More Heat Contributions
- Bam Adebayo scored 15 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and dished out three assists.
- Kyle Lowry scored 14 points, grabbed three rebounds, and dished out six assists.
- Max Strus scored 10 points and grabbed two rebounds.
- Duncan Robinson scored 14 points and dished out three assists off the bench.
- Victor Oladipo scored 12 points, grabbed four rebounds, and dished out three assists off the bench.
- The Miami Heat knocked down a season-high 24 three-pointers against OKC.
4th time in the last 5 games Bam has logged a double double pic.twitter.com/4u6a1be7cN
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) December 15, 2022
Duncan added to our franchise record with 4/8 3PM 🍩 pic.twitter.com/Ewlp03XJp3
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) December 15, 2022
The Miami Heat travel to Houston, Texas on Thursday, 12/15 to face the Houston Rockets. Tip-off from the Toyota Center is at 8 pm Eastern/ 7 pm Central.