Saturday, January 9, 2021

Heat Roar By Wizards

     The Miami Heat outscored the Washington Wizards 128-124 on Saturday night at Capital One Arena. It was the first of a four-game road trip for the Heat. 
     Miami(4-4) set a franchise record with their most points ever during the first quarter and got out to a 47-44 lead. The Wizards got their only lead of the contest 60-58 with 6:11 left in the second, however the Heat stayed ahead 75-71 at halftime. Washington(2-8) was held off in the third quarter and were down 103-86. 
     Tyler Herro dropped down a career-high 31 points along with nine assists for Miami. They got a double-double from Jimmy Butler had 26 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. Bam Adebayo contributed 9 points and 16 rebounds. Goran Dragic poured in 21 points while Kelly Olynyk scored 18 points. 
     Garrison Mathews had a team-high 22 points and Deni Avdija delivered 20 points for the Wizards. Rui Hachimura was able to get 17 points.  

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