Hot Hot Hoops · Jan 4, 2017
RECAP: Shorthanded Heat fall to Suns
The Miami Heat got off to a hot start. They shot better than 65% from the field after the first quarter and had a 29-28 lead. Then they went cold, really cold and begin a slow downward spiral to another Heat loss.
Phoenix won the game 99-90.
Miami was already way shorthanded, with only 8 players available to play — and they all did. The Heat were without Hassan Whiteside, Justise Winslow, Josh McRoberts, Dion Waiters, Tyler Johnson, James Johnson and of course Chris Bosh.
That left a lineup pretty much focused around Goran Dragic against his former team. And in the first half, that’s exactly what happened. Dragic scored a season-high 22 points in the first half. He was on a mission.
