1. On a night where Miami’s shooting took a little time to get going at the end of a long road trip and Tyler Herro wasn’t available to microwave points off the bench, the HEAT needed its stars to carry the scoring, not just the playmaking, load. Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler answered the call. Butler (29 points on 16 shots) did his usual thing, hunting out mismatches, working the post, getting himself to the line. That was no surprise. What Adebayo did was in some ways his best Herro impression, soaking up some usage just to keep the offense flowing even when the shots weren’t the highest value looks.
Coup’s Takeaways: Butler, Adebayo, Lowry Carry The Weight In New Orleans
