WASHINGTON – Bam Adebayo had 28 factors and 12 rebounds, Tyler Herro added 27 factors and the Miami Heat rolled past the Washington Wizards 120-94 on Monday evening for his or her fifth consecutive victory.
The Heat (34-41) turned the third workforce in NBA historical past to instantly observe a shedding streak of at the least 10 video games with a successful streak of at the least 5 video games. The 2021-22 Houston Rockets misplaced 15 straight and then gained seven in a row, and the 2017-18 Chicago Bulls misplaced 10 straight earlier than successful seven in a row.
Pelle Larsson and Terry Rozier every scored 15 for Miami, which has gotten every of its final 5 wins by at the least 10 factors.
Jordan Poole had 35 factors in 29 minutes for the Wizards. Poole hit seven 3-pointers, elevating his season whole to 228 and eclipsing the franchise document of 223 by Bradley Beal in 2016-17. Tristan Vukcevic added 14 off the Washington bench.
Takeaways
Heat: Miami was once more with out Andrew Wiggins and Duncan Robinson due to accidents and Kevin Love for private causes. Davion Mitchell was a late scratch with a abdomen sickness.
Wizards: It was Washington’s forty ninth lack of the season by double digits and its twenty third loss by at the least 20 factors. The Wizards have solely 5 double-digit wins this season, none of them by greater than 18 factors.
Key second
A 15-0 run within the first quarter put Miami in management for good.
Key stat
The Heat had 68 factors within the paint and 62 rebounds.
Up subsequent
Miami finishes a three-game highway journey Wednesday at Boston. Washington continues its homestand Wednesday in opposition to Sacramento.
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