Pat Riley built the Heat into champions and won 454 games in his 11 seasons as coach. Erik Spoelstra, who replaced Riley, is now a win away from matching him a for the franchise record.
On a night when the Spoelstra got some revenge for former Heat assistant David Fizdale, who was fired by the Grizzlies two weeks ago only 101 games into the job, Miami’s coach picked up career regular season win 453 with another gritty defensive effort by his team.
Led by Goran Dragic’s 19 points, five rebounds and fives assists – through only three quarters of work – and 14 points and lots of hustle from rookie Bam Adebayo, Miami got back to .