MIAMI – Bam Adebayo scored 27 factors, Tyler Herro scored 20 and the Miami Heat spoiled Jimmy Butler’s return sport with a one-sided 112-86 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night time.
Alec Burks scored 18 for Miami, which by no means trailed. The Heat have been 17 for 25 from 3-point vary.
Butler, in his first sport again in Miami since a commerce final month, had 11 factors. Jonathan Kuminga scored 15, Brandin Podziemski had 14 and Gui Santos scored 13 for Golden State.
The Warriors performed with out Stephen Curry, held out for a second straight sport with a pelvic contusion.
Takeaways
Warriors: Golden State by no means led for under the fifth time this season, and the Heat turned the second staff this season to carry a 20-point lead on the Warriors in a number of video games. The different is Cleveland.
Heat: Nikola Jovic, who has missed Miami’s final 16 video games over the past 4 weeks with a damaged bone in his proper hand, has gotten clearance for all basketball actions. That means he may return at any time, however didn’t play Tuesday.
Key second
This is how good an evening it was for Miami: Ware had the ball knocked away as he went airborne on a drive in the third quarter, caught the ball and — all earlier than touchdown — flicked it over his shoulder, off the glass and in for a 78-60 lead in the third quarter.
Key stat
All 5 Golden State starters — Butler, Gary Payton II, Draymond Green, Moses Moody and Podziemski — had precisely two factors at halftime. It was the primary time an NBA staff had no starter rating three factors in a primary half since New Jersey towards Orlando on March 16, 2012.
Up subsequent
Golden State visits New Orleans on Friday. Miami closes its homestand Thursday towards Atlanta.
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