On opening night, the Miami Heat delivered a strong message to the Milwaukee Bucks and most certainly, the entire NBA spectrum. Trampling over the defending NBA champions, an area that stood out most for Miami was a 75-42 advantage in bench production.
After an offseason of heavy criticism regarding their depth, that potential weakness appeared to be a strength in the Heat’s 2021-22 season-opener.
In Thursday’s 137-95 blowout win over Milwaukee, several Heat players contributed on the offensive end. Leading all scorers with 27 points, Tyler Herro showed, yet another, dazzling performance, as he steers away doubts of a fluke preseason.
Bam Adebayo was persistent, yet unstoppable from the mid-post, and Jimmy Butler was unaffected by the NBA’s recent rule-changes regarding shooting fouls.
Scoring wasn’t difficult to come by for the Heat, as they ran away with a 42-point win at home. Although that wasn’t necessarily the case for Kyle Lowry, as Miami’s top free-agent signing and veteran point guard has continued to struggle in his first few games in a Heat uniform, it still wasn’t that big of an issue for me.
But first, let’s look at the scenario in totality.