The Miami Heat got off to a slow start Monday evening, but a second-half surge powered them past the Philadelphia 76ers 106-89 inside Kaseya Center.
Miami outscored Philadelphia by 20 in the second half, including posting its best third quarter of the season, amassing 35 points to Philadelphia’s 16. It was, by far, the Heat’s most effective quarter of the night. And it was led by Tyler Herro, who scored 16 of his 18 points in the frame.
From the opening tip, Jimmy Butler, returning from a sprained ankle after a four-game absence, looked engaged on both ends of the floor. Butler secured his first double-double of the season, tallying 30 points and 10 rebounds on 8-of-12 shooting and 13-of-13 from the free-throw line.
Duncan Robinson had 13 points while Dru Smith had his most productive game of the season, scoring 10 points with six rebounds, three assists and three steals in 25 minutes off the bench in Terry Rozier’s absence.
Miami still struggled shooting in the paint during the first half, but it was a better collective sum than Sunday’s night game against Indiana, where it shot just 37.8 percent. On Monday, Miami knocked down 53.7 percent of its attempts in the paint (22-41), including 18-of-28 around the rim against a hobbled Joel Embiid and Andre Drummond.
Rookie Jared McCain, drafted one spot behind Miami’s Kel’el Ware in the 2024 NBA Draft, led the 76ers with 20 points on 8-of-16 shooting and 4-of-9 from beyond the arc. He also hauled in four boards with four assists and two steals across 37 minutes. Embiid was limited to just 11 points, eight rebounds and five assists in 31 minutes, while Paul George posted 18 points on 5-of-13 shooting with six rebounds, five assists and three steals.
In his return to Kaseya Center, Caleb Martin tallied 12 points with a pair of corner near-foot-on-the-line 3s in 29 minutes, adding five rebounds.
Spoelstra ultimately stuck with the hot hands in the second half after going 11 deep in the first half, trying to find any answers to the 76ers’ hot start. Miami’s defensive disposition wasn’t consistently good, but it held Philadelphia to just 32.4 percent from the floor after halftime and 3-of-16 from 3-point range (18.8 percent).
The Heat will now have a five-day break before hosting the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Rest up, everyone!
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After watching the recorded version on NBA league pass, I am more than convinced that the Heat need a load management strategy for Jimmy and Bam for the rest of the season, if the Heat wants to qualify for play off this season and go deep.
Sunman’s Trade Machine
Trade Rozier, Robinson and Jovic for Kuzma and Brogdon
Line-up:
Brogdon, Herro, Butler, Kuzma, Bam
Smith/Richardson, Burks/Larsson, Jaquez/Johnson*, Highsmith/Love, Ware/Bryant
*Money works and it opens up a slot for Keyshad Johnson
love that trade sunman go from 7 8 th seed to 5 6 seed
Or you could do the same 3 players for Collins and Sexton. Money still works. They’re younger and fit more in Bam timeline. Both can shoot the 3.
Sexton, Herro, Butler, Collins, Bam.
Bearing in mind that Dru is on a 2-way, has a finite number of games he’s allowed to play, and would be ineligible for the playoffs, maybe you convert him and give his 2-way slot to Stevens.
Sexton has been a terrible defender throughout his career. Collins has been a good to average defender and could function in Miami’s defensive scheme.
Note Brogdon was a good defender earlier in career but not very good now. Kuzma was good defender with Lakers but not with Wizards. Both could function in Miami’s defensive scheme.
The Washington trade gets Rozier, Robinson and Jovic off the books while keeping Kuzma through 2027. Brogdon’s contract expires in 2025, so he can be considered a one year rental at worst and a possible contract extension candidate at best. If Brogdon does not work out, Miami still has Smith and possibly Stevens waiting in the wings.
I have mentioned how I particularly like Kuzma’s rare declining contract. I know Brogdon has been solid. The other 2 both have contracts for this and next season (Collins has opt out option after this season). Still, I would like to see the team get younger (25 & 27 vs 29 & 31).
sunman is the gm of hhh u can be his assistant
Thank you h4l. As I mentioned before, although I am flattered by your confidence in me, I like Cali too much to leave, especially now…when dark skies are forming.
One other consideration, Riley would need to deal with Danny Ainge and company. You know they would ask for the moon and the stars. That trade isn’t gonna happen. Much better chance with Washington.
Dru Smith’s stock is definitely rising. He brings a calmness and stability that Rozier doesn’t. Plus, he is a better defender and is true point guard while Rozier is really a shooting guard. Like Jovic, Rozier might be more effective off the bench than as a starter, for the time being,
https://allucanheat.com/heat-to-get-jimmy-butler-back-vs-76ers-but-will-be-without-another-starter
ask mike tyson about young legs
“Iron Mike” was washed up 25 years ago. He’s lucky he didn’t get his head bashed in. He would have become “Braindead Mike”
point being drus legs nice and fresh and he can guard terry not so much anymore.i remember him with the celtics he was a blur as quick as they come but that father time disease is a bad bad boy.dru no name smith is a better player right now than scary terry.alex burks is a better player than duncan robinson.j rich is not good anymore.agree sunman?bam needs a helper on the boards so obvious.
i saw him fight roy jones few years ago thought they were not fighting on purpose guess they just cant fight anymore
The real losers were the fans. What a joke.
yeah paid 6.99 to netflix the two previous fights were great though
Yes those previous 2 fights was very good, but I thought Serrano should of won, instead of Taylor.
for sure everybody thought that ,thats boxing for u big
Yup. Boxing scoring has been corrupt for many, many years. I saw a few bad scores (aka: rip-offs) over the weekend. The longer they take to come up with the scores, the more money is changing hands.
That is why the Spurs have been linked to Miami Heat sharpshooter Duncan Robinson on the trade market.
Do the Heat finally dump the sharpshooter as they look to clean up their cap sheet?” wrote Tyler Watts for Air Alamo on Wednesday. Robinson is a career 39.7 percent 3-point shooter who has shot north of 40 percent in two of his first six NBA seasons. Nobody is leaving the proven sharpshooter open.
While Robinson is far from a solid defender, his career clip of 39.7% from three would bode well in the lineup, especially with the second unit in San Antonio. The Spurs have been linked to bigger fish, like Tyler Herro and Jimmy Butler, so Robinson could be included as a part of a larger trade package or he could come on his own in a more understated deal.
From sporting news, est 1886. Article dated October 30th.
I don’t really understand. Dunc is overpaid, but Heat without him is barely a 100 point a game team without decent replacement, which we wont get just for him.
That is statistically true. The Heat average about 110 per game and Duncan averages 10 per game. But you don’t think other players (like Burks for example) can make up the 10 points?
Anyway, once again, my point is some people don’t think he has ANY trade value. I believe there are teams that don’t have a 3 point shooter and could use one like Duncan. It’s why Buddy Hield also has value in the league.
I m aware about your point and agree with you. Dunc has value.
Still, 111 ppg could be one game with 130 points and three game barely over 100 points. With such scoring the record is likely around 50 % or less, which is exactly where Heat stands right now.
Good teams score over 115 ppg average. Heat needs to get there as soon as possible, so more scoring is needed. Therefore trading dunc shouldn’t be on priority list right now. A good scoring power forward would help in this regard.
burks is a better all round player.watch them both play besides just shooting which theyre comparable at
better find a bam screener to open dunc up
the heat did something last night that prob hasnt been done in 50 years
The Sixers may have an emerging player in McCain. And they have George, who still has something left. When Maxey gets back, and if Embiid recovers, that’s a dangerous team with some good bench players too. But, will Embiid ever recover? His injuries seem to be taking more and more out of him. My guess is he won’t last much longer.
Regardless, that was a nice win for us. Herro played great in the second half and Jimmy showed he is still quite a player. And Dru hopefully earned some more minutes as the team seems to play well with him in there.
I, like others, wish we would pick a direction, load up or rebuild. Being a middling team is hard on the fans. But, that is where we are and we all will have to get used to the almost daily reversals of fortune.
But, for at least one night, we can feel good about this team.
2 10 team 30 beat good team lets talk then
You are right. Embiid was a shell of himself and no Maxey. Still, maybe I just really dislike the Sixers, and now even more so as they have two players I particularly don’t like, but that win felt pretty good.
Sixers tanking curse continues to haunt them. nice W for Heat. welcome back Jimmy. Bam whats happening? rattled by the talk of Giannis swap?
Missed the game, but Jimmy welcome back. Your presence was missed in the last game.
Dunking Dunc is a highlight of this season.
Me: “Hey, we’re doing better than the Sixers!”
Someone else: “Yeah, but what good is that?”
One day later: “It’s worth a W is what it’s worth.”
Welcome to Heat’s fans!
New chant in Philly: “We’re #15!” “We’re #15!”
The process is going south.
Have no pity for those tankers.
That was a fun game. My man Drusky was out there ballin!
In the big picture, this doesn’t tell us much. Bam is still struggling to put the ball in the basket. Jimmy and Tyler can look good in spurts but can’t control an entire game. The role players look fine.
In the end, if you look at the playoff teams in the East (after the Celts and Cavs), its the Knicks, Magic, Pacers, Hawks, and somehow the Bulls and Pistons are up there. Those are the teams the Heat have to beat if they want a good playoff seed. Right now, the Heat are something like 2-5 against those teams. They gotta be better against the teams that matter if they want to be good.
Although I will say, after the past two offseasons, it is really fun to watch the Heat spank teams like the Sixers and Bucks and say, “who cares, those teams stink”. It’s as if winning the offseason means nothing. I think I remember someone around here having a saying about that…
Give credit where credit is due. The guys were down 19 in the second quarter and close to being blown TF out…but they never quit fighting and never gave up! This was truly a team effort.
What is so frustrating about the Heat is that one minute the team looks like a million dollars and the next it looks like a million pesos. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Dru Smith looks good enough to start. He’s a very good playmaker and a good defensive player. Tonight he had 10 points on 4-7 shots/2-4 from 3pt range, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Like Jovic, Rozier may be feeling a lot of self-imposed pressure. It might be good to start Smith and bring Rozier off the bench with Jovic, Jaquez, Love, etc.
Burks’ emergence as a three point shooter, rebounder and at least an average defender, may make Robinson expendable, sooner than later.
Herro is definitely playing like an all-star. If he, Bam and Butler can play at elite levels, then the Heat’s biggest need is another scorer/rebounder/interior defender. If Ware is not part of this year’s rotational plans, Miami should consider trading for a player that meets the team’s interior defensive/rebounding and scoring needs.
If Riley is not willing to pull the trigger on a trade or multiple trades to make the team more competitive/a contender, maybe he will consider trades to make the team worse, in exchange for young players and draft picks. This in-between wishful thing approach sucks! I bet Houston, Golden State and other teams would be willing to enter a bidding war to get Butler while his stock is high. Same with Robinson.
nobody wants dunc if they did hed be on another team.burks is a better player than dunc bams lucky dru and burks sparked the heat he was terrible.played great vs indiana.right now dru is a better player than terry hes got young legs terrys past his prime.jimmy picks and chooses when to play at a high level.herro keeps this up hes going to all star game.jjj is a 2 way baller hh to a lesser degree.a healthy heat team with another banger to go with bam can be a top 4 team in east.but we are to small like u say
Hopefully we find out soon if Robinson is tradeable. He is averaging 10 ppg in 20 minutes with a 38.9% 3 point shooting average. He is a career 39.8% 3 point shooter. There must be some NBA team that could use him. Several contending teams have horrible team 3 point averages. For example, Orlando’s team average is 30.6% (30th). Houston is 28th at 32.8%. Note: Miami’s is #3 in NBA at 38.4%.
There are some with different opinions, like this NBA writer, similar to what you point out.
“One potential trade candidate with “high” value, as Matt Moore of Action Networkposits, is Duncan Robinson.
The trade value I would put on Duncan Robinson at this point is HIGH.
Robinson scored 20 points in 31 minutes off the bench in Miami’s win over Indiana on Sunday. He’s on the hook for $19.4 million this season and $19.9 million in 2025-26. That’s a steep number at first glance, but the NBA’s rising cap ceiling puts some of these once-egregious contracts in a more favorable context. Robinson’s skill set ought to be valued around the league; he’s a deadeye shooter and relentless off-ball mover. He’s easy to plug into any group offensively, and the benefits of his floor-spacing are immense.
If the Heat want to dump cap space, Robinson could intrigue a number of contenders. If the Heat want to level up with more star talent, Robinson’s salary is a nifty tool in any trade. Don’t be shocked if we hear his name more in the months ahead.”
(also, since his contract only has a partial guarantee for next season, it may make his contract more palatable for a suitor)
I don’t see any reason to trade Duncan. he’s one of the best 3-point shooters in the NBA and has been creating off the dribble and to get buckets and create assists.
The only player on this team I want to see traded is Jimmy. Preferably to the Rockets for a couple of young guys and a vet.
I’m neither for nor against trading Duncan. I posted that quote because there are those who think Duncan has no value. As the writer, and SunMan, point out, there are definitely teams that could utilize his skill set.
oh, gotcha. yeah, i expect that Duncan has trade value, except that a team that wants Duncan Robinson is trying to compete in the playoffs, which means they’d only be willing to trade an overpaid expiring contract and a mediocre draft pick. That’s good trade value if you’re a team like the Bulls or Hornets, but seems useless for the Heat. Better to just keep Duncan
My reason for bringing up Robinson is that if Miami wants to go after another front court player who can help Bam by scoring, rebounding and playing defense in a team setting, Kyle Kuzma might be a good trade idea for Duncan and spare parts. That is if Riley is serious about keeping Jimmy and being a possible contender in the playoffs. I think Burks is a suitable replacement for Robinson. He’s a career 38.4% 3 point shooter.
duncs ok offensively but there are two sides of the game to be played.what the f did we get burks for.he does everything better than dunc .shooting is same.burks def better all round player.pls unreal check watch the whole game not just when duncs shooting .
Agree about Dunc.
sixers 2 10 one of the worse teams minus maxey crippled joel not a quality win but a win.need a w vs ny bost cleve for quality win
yeah but the Sixers have a great GM and win every offseason. I thougt the Heat were supposed to be jealous of teams like the sixers?