Without Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry, the Miami Heat came into Wednesday night’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans with a lackadaisical attitude. New Orleans quickly raced out to a 15-point lead early in the second.
The Heat were fine.
Miami dominated the third quarter 34-18 to wrestle the lead back from the Pelicans and come away with a 113-98 victory to win their third straight game. The Heat took their first lead midway through the quarter off a P.J. Tucker floating bank shot. About three minutes later, Tyler Herro threw a lob pass to Jimmy Butler from mid-court that somehow went in the basket without Butler touching it.