Heat Ride By Pistons

     The Miami Heat beat the Detroit Pistons 118-110 on Tuesday night at Kaseya Center. The Heat have won 11 of their last 14 games. The Pistons entered the game with the second worst record in the National Basketball Association. 

     Detroit(9-52) scored the first five points in the contest. Miami(35-26) rallied back with a 13-4 spurt and led 36-26 after one quarter. The Heat maintained their lead 61-59 by halftime. 

     Miami was able to stay in front 88-83 at the end of the third quarter. The Heat ended up pulling away in the last couple minutes of the final quarter on a 10-3 run. 

     Jimmy Butler composed a game-high 26 points and eight assists for Miami. Bam Adebayo and Duncan Robison scored 18 points each in the victory. Terry Rozier dropped in 17 points while Caleb Martin added 15 points. Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with a team-high 23 points and eight assists.