Following another Miami Heat disheartening loss on Sunday, where they saw a 19-point lead vanish against the New York Knicks, the team needed to quickly respond. On the second night of a back-to-back; they did just that against the visiting Washington Wizards.
Miami had complete control all game long and needed up winning with a final score of 106-90. The win improved their season record to 29-31 and kept their spot in the Eastern Conference’s seventh seed. They are one full game ahead of the eighth seed Orlando Magic.
It was a balanced effort for the Heat against the Wizards, who received double-digit scoring efforts from five rotation players. Those guys include the likes of Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson, Terry Rozier and Pelle Larsson.
Robinson has been adding a true X-factor impact during this last stretch of games, and that success continued on Monday night.
The Heat shot 48% from the field and held Washington to just 37% overall. They also had the 31-22 advantage in total assists— as the ball moved around beautifully to create easy looks. Herro, Adebayo and Rozier combined for 16 assists as a trio.
However, the real story of the game came from history being made with Adebayo. He has officially became the franchise’s all-time double-double’s leader, passing Ronny Seikaly who held down that record for nearly three decades.
The Heat big man capped off his legendary night with another strong 19/4/5 performance to go along with three stocks. He has averaged nearly 22 points and 10 rebounds on impressive shooting efficiency over the last ten games.
When asked about his memorable outing in the postgame winner’s circle, he expressed a relief that he finally broke that record— along with showing admir support.
“I’ve always wanted to be first in something in this organization, I’m not done yet. It’s great Rony Seikaly was here… to see me pass his record. I’m glad to get that over with; that had too much pressure.” (— Bam Adebayo)
In a season that has been filled with plenty of low moments, both on and off the court, the play of the Adebayo-Herro All-Star duo has still kept Miami in the thick of the playoff picture.
And now Adebayo adds another special moment to the season under the books for Heat Nation.
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congrats to bam .double doubles are nice when theyre 20 10 though that should be the measuring stick.