5 takeaways from the Miami Heat’s loss at the hand of the Brooklyn Nets
By Duncan Smith
The Miami Heat faced off against familiar demons on Friday night against the Brooklyn Nets and came up short. We have five key takeaways from this loss.
The Miami Heat have fared well over the last few years against the Brooklyn Nets, but they faced off against some familiar demons in this game nonetheless. In spite of an inspired first half rally after trailing 9-0 in the opening moments of the game and taking a 12 point lead early in the second half, the Heat wilted under pressure in this road matchup.
We have five key takeaways from this loss which drops the Heat to 27-11 on the season.
Two stars show out
It’s becoming more clear by the game that the Miami Heat have become a two-star team. Jimmy Butler is not this team’s only player of great note, Bam Adebayo has joined him in the upper echelons of the hierarchy on this team.
On this night the duo played like it. Butler scored 33 points on 12-of-18 shooting to go with nine rebounds and two assists in one of his best shooting games of the season. Adebayo scored an efficient 22 points on 10-of-13 from the floor and added seven assists, six rebounds, two steals and a block.
On most nights, this effort from the two of them would be enough, but the outstanding performance from Spencer Dinwiddie, Rodions Kurucs and Jarrett Allen was too much.