The HEAT fought hard until the very end, but couldn’t quite get the job done in a 115-109 loss to the Blazers Sunday night at Moda Center.
Let’s get into some takeaways.
1. Dragiu0107 Does All He Can
From start to finish, Goran Dragiu0107 had his entire offensive repertoire on display in Portland.
After scoring 10-straight points for Miami near the end of the first quarter thanks in large part to free throws, he carried over his onslaught into the second half.
And while he finished plays at the rim in the third, he knocked down a bunch of treys in the fourth, including this impressive pull-up over CJ McCollum:
In all, the Dragon tallied a team-high 27 points (a game-high nine in the fourth) on 8-of-20 shooting from the field and 6-of-7 from the line, a team-high seven assists (tied with Bam Adebayo), one steal and a team-high plus-12 rating.