<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-how-bam-adebayo-kevin-love-are-helping-mold-different-miami-rookie');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Bam Adebayo, Kevin Love are helping mold ‘different’ Heat rookie');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/How-Bam-Adebayo-Kevin-Love-are-helping-mold-different-Miami-rookie.jpg"></figure><h1>How Bam Adebayo, Kevin Love are helping mold ‘different’ Heat rookie</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T15:34:42-08:00">December 23rd, 3:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T15:36:48-08:00">December 23rd, 3:36pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – There is no doubt that fans have been wanting to see <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-highlights-kelel-wares-development-amid-sparse-playing-time">more playing time for Miami Heat rookie Kel’el Ware</a>, who was selected with the 15th overall pick in the latest NBA Draft. They would get that wish during the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstras-blunt-reaction-to-historic-collapse-vs-magic">Heat’s collapse to the Orlando Magic</a>, but fans can still take away the continuous improvement from Ware as he’s in the same locker room with dynamic players like Bam Adebayo and Kevin Love.</p><p>Ware would log 14 minutes as he finished with eight points on making all four of his shots from the field to go along with seven rebounds and two blocks as he led the team with a +26 on the floor. Speaking before Monday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, head coach Erik Spoelstra would name to ClutchPoints certain traits that both Adebayo and Love have that he wants to see from Ware,<a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1871329926345044291" rel="noopener"> but also emphasizes</a> being his own person.</p><p>“Yeah, I haven’t really looked at it from that standpoint, but certainly the professionalism of each of them, the work ethic,” Spoelstra said. “You know, take some of the rebounding traits from K-Love, some of the defensive versatility from Bam, but there he’s different. He brings something different. That’s what we like about him and he had some really good minutes the other night.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Erik Spoelstra about what he wants Kel’el Ware to take away from mentors like Bam Adebayo and Kevin Love.</p><p>“The professionalism of each of them…take some of the rebounding traits from K-Love, some of the defensive versatility from Bam, but he’s different…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/wxw1iOveAh">pic.twitter.com/wxw1iOveAh</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1871329926345044291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo on how Kel’el Ware has stuck with the “process”</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Kelel-Ware-on-Dec.-21-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">The Heat’s captain in Adebayo</a> would speak highly about Ware after the loss to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-miami-collapse-magic-ends-796-nba-streak">Magic where the Heat lost a 22-point lead</a> going into the fourth quarter, losing as they only scored eight points. Still, Adebayo was impressed with the Indiana University product as he is <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article297458873.html" rel="noopener">“sticking with the process”</a> in his development according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.</p><p>“He’s just understanding the process,” Adebayo said. “It’s a marathon not a sprint at the end of the day, and I think he’s starting to understand that. I always make the joke that I didn’t play as a rookie. So obviously you look at what I’ve done in my career, if you would have seen me in my rookie year, you would have been like there’s no way this kid is going to be him now. So like I said, just sticking with the process.”</p><h2><b>Kevin Love on Kel’el Ware’s “fit” with the Heat</b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-kevin-love-on-kalel-wares-awesome-strides-despite-lack-of-minutes">As for Love</a>, he is a veteran in this league who has seen everything, including an NBA championship, but had elite abilities whether it be on the glass or on the offensive side of the ball. The 36-year-old would mention how Ware “listens to every single one” on the team in order to get better.</p><p>“He has really fit in with us well because he just continues to work hard,” Love said. “He listens to every single one of us, he wants to apply things that are taught to him both on and off the floor, He has really just continued to chase the game. Even at practice, we just sometimes put him on defense and have him guard the rim and just try to block every shot. We don’t care if it’s a goaltend, we don’t care if he smacks the ball into the fifth row. … That’s what we want to see from him. He’s a guy who can really do that.”</p><p>At any rate, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-kelel-ware-delivers-encouraging-first-meaningful-performance-with-miami">Ware hopes to get consistent minutes</a> as Miami is 13-13 before the game against Brooklyn where they hope to snap a three-game skid.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Bam Adebayo, Kevin Love are helping mold ‘different’ Heat rookie

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-bam-adebayo-keeps-it-100-on-playing-with-seven-stitches-vs-thunder');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it 100 on playing with seven stitches vs Thunder');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-news-Bam-Adebayo-keeps-it-100-on-playing-with-seven-stitches-vs-Thunder.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it 100 on playing with seven stitches vs Thunder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-21T08:00:20-08:00">December 21st, 8:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-21T08:00:20-08:00">December 21st, 8:00am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – Despite the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-leaves-first-quarter-leads-to-loss-over-okc">Miami Heat losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder</a> on Friday night, there were still a few bright spots that showed the team’s resiliency. While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-gets-100-real-on-jimmy-butlers-early-exit-in-loss-to-thunder">Heat star Jimmy Butler left early with an illness</a>, Bam Adebayo was also at risk of being out after getting hit in the face in the third quarter.</p><p>Adebayo would leave for the locker room with 10:19 left in the third quarter after receiving an elbow to the face which after Butler’s absence, fans would wonder if they would be down two stars to the Thunder. However, the team would announce that he would return <a href="https://x.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1870295728750203368" rel="noopener">after receiving seven stitches</a> for a cut above his left eye.</p><p>For the center, he wanted to do anything to get back in the game, though he would say it was hard at first since he is not a fan of <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870324196011569392" rel="noopener">“needles.”</a></p><p>“I’m one of them people, I don’t really like needles, so it’s kind of rough for me in the beginning,” Adebayo said. “But you know, if you love the game enough, and obviously I do, I love being out there with my teammates, you go through stuff like that.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo on having to receive stitches and getting back into the game.</p><p>“I’m one of those people, I don’t like needles so it was rough for me in the beginning…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/AOkXXsRUAW">pic.twitter.com/AOkXXsRUAW</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870324196011569392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra speaks on the “toughness” of Bam Adebayo</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-on-Dec.-20-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">The Heat’s captain in Adebayo would</a> then finish with an impressive stat line of 17 points and 10 rebounds, which marked his 206th career double-double, surpassing Alonzo Mourning on the franchise’s all-time board. It would be another efficient game for Adebayo from the field as he made seven of his 11 attempts where in the beginning, it had been a cold start in terms of field goal percentage.</p><p>Still, when speaking about the famed “Heat Culture,” Adebayo encompassed that Friday night as he described his cut as “leaking” which is why he went to the locker room to get the seven stitches. Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra would talk about the <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870322539073056965" rel="noopener">“toughness”</a> that the big man brings to the team.</p><p>“Yeah, he’s tough. You had no doubt that he was going to work his way back in there,” Spoelstra said. “If he could have just put a band-aid on there during the time out, he would have gone back at that point. And you know, that’s probably why we’re able to keep, there were a lot of good defensive performances. But Bam allows you to do a lot of different things. At the end, we had him on Williams, and then he was still able to come back and get some key rebounds. That’s just the kind of toughness that he brings.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Erik Spoelstra on Bam Adebayo coming back into the game, receiving seven stitches.</p><p>“He’s tough, you have no doubt he was going to work his way back in there…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/0xFgnVU4NN">pic.twitter.com/0xFgnVU4NN</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870322539073056965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Tyler Herro on how much Bam Adebayo “loves the game”</b></h2><p>Even without Butler, Adebayo and especially the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-tyler-herro-drops-worthy-all-star-admission">Heat All-Star hopeful Tyler Herro picked</a> up the slack as he led the team with 28 points to go along with a season-high 12 rebounds and five assists. Having been with Adebayo for his whole career, it was nothing new to see from his teammate as he mentioned how that is exactly what you want to see from <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870323603331231927" rel="noopener">“your captain.”</a></p><p>“That’s what makes Bam, Bam,” Herro said. “He’s able to impact the game in so many ways, and then he gets hurt, or he gets his eye split open, and he’s able to get back into stitches and jump right back in the game. Shows how much he loves the game. He wants to be out here to help us win, that’s what you want out of your captain.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyler Herro speaks about the resiliency of Bam Adebayo, receiving seven stitches.</p><p>“That’s what makes Bam Bam…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/zUBS867kF5">pic.twitter.com/zUBS867kF5</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1870323603331231927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>At any rate, the game still ended in a loss, despite it being a close one, as the team won’t have much time to rest as they play the second game of the back-to-back Saturday night where the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-vs-magic-prediction-odds-pick-12-21-2024">Heat take on the Orlando Magic</a>. Miami is 13-12 which puts them sixth in the Eastern Conference before Saturday’s contest.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it 100 on playing with seven stitches vs Thunder

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-why-bam-adebayo-isnt-focused-on-jimmy-butler-trade-rumors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Heat’s Bam Adebayo isn’t focused on Jimmy Butler trade rumors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Why-Bam-Adebayo-isnt-focused-on-Jimmy-Butler-trade-rumors.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Heat’s Bam Adebayo isn’t focused on Jimmy Butler trade rumors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-19T15:01:19-08:00">December 19th, 3:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-19T15:01:19-08:00">December 19th, 3:01pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-shams-charania-fires-back-at-jimmy-butlers-agent-doubles-down-on-trade-rumors">Miami Heat deal with trade rumors surrounding Jimmy Butler</a>, the team itself still has a season in front of them with the sole goal of capturing another championship. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">Heat’s captain Bam Adebayo would</a> speak after Thursday’s practice about what the message to the team is with all the outside noise on one specific topic.</p><p>There is no doubt that the news of the team being open to trading Butler and the star having a few preferred destinations if it were to happen took over the Miami basketball space. However, Adebayo would say to ClutchPoints that all the team can do now is to <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1869855989819933105" rel="noopener">“collect wins”</a> as they have won eight of their last 12 games.</p><p>“Control what you can control,” Adebayo said of what the team should be thinking during this time, even with the trade speculation. We can’t control that. Our job is to go out there and win games. And so for us, you’re keeping the main thing the main thing and keeping it simple. It’s going out there and trying to collect wins.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Bam Adebayo about the importance of mental toughness when there is outside noise from trade rumors involving Jimmy Butler:</p><p>“Control what you can control, we can’t control that…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/L9QrzRnuso">pic.twitter.com/L9QrzRnuso</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1869855989819933105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>It remains to be seen <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-makes-bonkers-triple-double-history-despite-loss-to-pistons">what happens with Butler and the Heat</a>, but there is no denying that the relationship has been successful as they have been to two NBA Finals, though the last two seasons have finished with eighth-seed placements. The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 6, as will be one to monitor for fans if Butler should be moved, but with how well the team has played, there should be a question of whether a deal is even on the table.</p><p>Speaking of the big man himself,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bam-adebayos-strong-outing-despite-cold-start-leads-heat-past-suns"> Adebayo has had a cold start to the current Heat season</a> but has been heating up recently, especially in the scoring department.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo addresses the “couch coaches”</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-on-Dec.-12-2024-1.jpg"><figcaption>Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Adebayo has been way more efficient in the month of December, more so since the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayos-bounce-back-vs-lakers-draws-top-3-center-tyler-herro-take">Heat’s 41-point win over the Los Angeles Lakers</a>, where he has been making over 50 percent of his shots.</p><p>However, Adebayo would have impactful games, even with the uncharacteristic scoring numbers, which prompted <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-has-hilarious-take-on-bam-adebayos-playmaking">Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra to speak about the “couch coaches”</a> that critique the center.</p><p>“We have to quiet all the narratives out there and all the noise and all the couch coaches saying how Bam needs to play,” Spoelstra said. “We know what winning basketball is for him on both ends of the court.”</p><p>When asked about the so-called <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1869856610346209660" rel="noopener">“couch coaches”</a> and if they put too much stock in scoring, he would see both sides but had the overarching sentiment that the critics are loudest when they are losing.</p><p>“Yeah and no. I mean, nobody of my caliber wants to get 10 points per game. The biggest thing about it is they only say something when we lose. We’re winning, you’re not saying anything. You’re thinking it’s the best basketball ever, but because we’re losing, all because of this and because of that. But it’s like, I lead the team in all different other categories. It’s amazing, wins vs. losses, how many couch coaches you have.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Bam Adebayo about Spo’s “couch coaches” comment in reference to his style of play and if people put too much emphasis on his scoring:</p><p>“Yeah and no…they always say something if we lose…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/nje40Xt2DR">pic.twitter.com/nje40Xt2DR</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1869856610346209660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>At any rate, Adebayo will continue his nice stretch as the Heat’s next game is Friday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Heat’s Bam Adebayo isn’t focused on Jimmy Butler trade rumors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-has-hilarious-take-on-bam-adebayos-playmaking');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Erik Spoelstra has hilarious take on Bam Adebayo’s playmaking');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-news-Erik-Spoelstra-has-hilarious-take-on-Bam-Adebayos-playmaking.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra has hilarious take on Bam Adebayo’s playmaking</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-14T14:37:31-08:00">December 14th, 2:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-14T14:37:31-08:00">December 14th, 2:37pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It was an exciting night Thursday for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-trade-rumors-take-a-pause-in-4th-straight-win-vs-raptors">Miami Heat as they beat the Toronto Raptors</a> to mark their fourth straight win, but it was the performance of Bam Adebayo that was historic. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">The Heat’s captain has been</a> a key foundation piece for the team, and Thursday solidified as he, after recording another double-double, tied Alonzo Mourning for the second most in franchise history as his playmaking garnered a response from Erik Spoelstra.</p><p>When asked about the versatility of Adebayo, Spoelstra would have a humorous response, saying after Saturday’s practice that the goal for the center is to block out <a href="https://x.com/Anthony_Chiang/status/1868004197351780765" rel="noopener">“all the couch coaches,”</a> according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.</p><p>“We have to quiet all the narratives out there and all the noise and all the couch coaches saying how Bam needs to play,” Spoelstra said. “We know what winning basketball is for him on both ends of the court.”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo shares reaction to tying Alonzo Mourning</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-on-Dec.-12-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In the victory over Toronto, Adebayo would score 21 points while collecting 16 rebounds to even go along with six assists, as it marked another game close to a triple-double. When hearing about the aforementioned record in tying Mourning, Adebayo would <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867429952762577104" rel="noopener">credit the work he’s put in</a> and the team for believing in him.</p><p>“It’s just the dedication to the craft, and then obviously I love what I do and being able to be in situations where you can be top three or No. 1 in most of the categories in franchise history,” Adebayo said. “That just speaks to the type of player that I am and this organization giving me the opportunity.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo on tying Alonzo Mourning for the most double-doubles in Heat history (205).</p><p>“The dedication to the craft…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/VEctWXsIIv">pic.twitter.com/VEctWXsIIv</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867429952762577104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>It had been a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-confident-shots-will-turn-around-amid-career-worst-shooting-slump">cold start for Adebayo this Heat</a> season, but he has turned around his efficiency in this current four-game winning streak, averaging 19 points, close to 13 rebounds, and 6.5 assists per game while shooting 57 percent from the field.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra believes people pay too much attention to scoring</b></h2><p>Before, it had been career-low marks in terms of statistics like field goal percentage, but Spoelstra has always praised Adebayo’s style of winning basketball, <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865610621460287881" rel="noopener">even if people pay too much attention to scoring.</a></p><p>“But Bam has been playing winning basketball and whatever how many games this is, five, six games where he’s had close to a triple-double every single game,” Spoelstra said last Saturday. “Again, it’s a shame that everybody will only notice if he’s scoring. We don’t want him thinking like that. It’ll all come together as long as we’re winning, but he can impact in so many different ways. And you know, his leadership in that third quarter is what I saw.”</p><p>“Every side out of bounds that they were running, he was the one organizing everybody,” Spoelstra continued. “I tried to get our team organized into a zone, I messed that up, I called it too late, and he’s yelling at me. I love it, you know, I want him taking control of the defense. He is our voice, and every coverage he was communicating, every huddle, he was making sure everybody understood what we were doing and what adjustments we were making. When he’s like that, you know, he’s a special kind of leader.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Erik Spoelstra on Bam Adebayo’s big night in the win over the Suns. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a></p><p>“Bam has been playing winning basketball…it’s a shame that everybody will only notice if he’s scoring, we don’t want him thinking like that…” <a href="https://t.co/KLUbEtGDu0">pic.twitter.com/KLUbEtGDu0</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865610621460287881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Miami is currently 13-10, which puts them fifth in the Eastern Conference as they look for five straight wins against the Detroit Pistons on Monday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Erik Spoelstra has hilarious take on Bam Adebayo’s playmaking

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-bam-adebayo-keeps-it-real-on-nikola-jovics-rotation-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it real on Nikola Jovic’s rotation return');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-keeps-it-real-on-Nikola-Jovics-rotation-return.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it real on Nikola Jovic’s rotation return</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-13T15:25:50-08:00">December 13th, 3:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-13T15:25:50-08:00">December 13th, 3:25pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-trade-rumors-take-a-pause-in-4th-straight-win-vs-raptors">Miami Heat beat the Toronto Raptors</a> on Thursday night, 114-104, as their winning streak has extended to four games, amplified not by the trade rumors surrounding Jimmy Butler but by the performance of forward Nikola Jovic. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-nikola-jovic-earns-major-jimmy-butler-erik-spoelstra-endorsements-after-raptors-win">Heat’s young star would get reactions</a> from Butler and head coach Erik Spoelstra but also received praise from Bam Adebayo.</p><p>Jovic, at one point, started in the front court alongside Adebayo to end last season and begin the current campaign but was relegated to the bench after a slow opening. The Serbian-born player had fallen out of the rotation and was vital in the win over Toronto, as Adebayo expressed, Jovic <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867430228206776579" rel="noopener">“handled it professionally”</a></p><p>“I think he handled it professionally,” Adebayo said on Jovic. “He does the little things behind the scenes. He’s always in pre-practice, he’s always trying to get better, and tonight, he probably didn’t think he was getting into the game. Then Spo threw him out there. We always got that saying, stay ready so you don’t got to get ready, and he was ready tonight.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo on Nikola Jovic being a spark for the Heat tonight after falling out of the rotation.</p><p>“I think he handled it [like a] professional…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/qvm9q0dN0u">pic.twitter.com/qvm9q0dN0u</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867430228206776579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>On the night, Jovic came off the bench and scored 14 points on four of five shooting from the field, two of two from deep, while also collecting four rebounds and having a +25 on the floor. It would be a sluggish start for Miami in the game, but it was Jovic who came in and brought an <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867427612185772125" rel="noopener">“important spark,”</a> as Spoelstra told ClutchPoints after the game, where the game turned around in their favor.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Nikola Jovic candid about getting back into the rotation</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Nikola-Jovic-on-Dec.-7-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It was some <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-has-eye-opening-message-to-nikola-jovic-amid-diminished-role">much-needed confidence for Jovic</a> as he had not played in a game since Nov. 23 against the Dallas Mavericks, where he had been working behind the scenes to get himself back into the rotation. Jovic would be honest after the outing and said <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867414109786157089" rel="noopener">it was a hard process</a> of falling out of the rotation and getting back in.</p><p>“It was not easy,” Jovic said. “I kind of fell out of the rotation. I don’t know how many times something like this happened. It’s nothing new for me. Like I said before, I just keep moving keep practicing, and that’s what I do as I wait for my opportunity. It looks like it’s not the first and for sure not the last time something like this happens.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Nikola Jovic on falling out of the rotation but getting a shot and making the most out of it tonight. Butler wanted him to answer the question in Serbian.</p><p>“It was not easy…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/3mfvjaTfLG">pic.twitter.com/3mfvjaTfLG</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867414109786157089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Jimmy Butler shares endorsement for Nikola Jovic</b></h2><p>The team desperately needed a victory coming off a hectic past few days with the organization surrounded by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-breaks-silence-on-latest-trade-reports">trade speculation about Butler</a>. They just got that with the crucial help of Jovic, as Butler himself would say to ClutchPoints that he is a <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867414557087740398" rel="noopener">“big fan”</a> of the 21-year-old who was selected with the 27th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.</p><p>“My man played like a starting four out there, that’s what I like to see!” Butler said. “I’m a huge fan of Niko [Jovic]. I think everybody in the world knows it, everybody in Serbia knows it. I’m just happy for him. I want him to continue to play confidently. You know, he does everything well out there on the floor when he is locked in. I think he’s back to being that. So I want my boy to keep shining and keep doing what he’s doing.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Jimmy Butler about the spark that Nikola Jovic gave the Heat in the game. Would go into how much of a fan he is of Jovic and how locked in he is.</p><p>“My man playing like a starting four out there!” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/LKPQkDarL3">pic.twitter.com/LKPQkDarL3</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867414557087740398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Miami is now 13-10, which puts them fifth in the Eastern Conference as they look for five straight wins when they face the Detroit Pistons on the road on Monday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Bam Adebayo keeps it real on Nikola Jovic’s rotation return

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-thomas-bryant-trade-pacers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat trade Bam Adebayo backup to Pacers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-news-Miami-trades-Bam-Adebayo-backup-to-Pacers.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat trade Bam Adebayo backup to Pacers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-13T13:47:18-08:00">December 13th, 1:47pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-13T13:59:05-08:00">December 13th, 1:59pm</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Miami Heat have agreed to <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1867685436992499895" rel="noopener">trade backup center Thomas Bryant</a> to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for a swap of a future second-round pick, according to Shams Charania of ESPN.</p><p>Bryant, 27, signed a one-year minimum contract with the Heat this past offseason after originally joining the team for the 2023-24 season. As a result, the Heat and Pacers are unable to fully complete this trade until Bryant’s signing restriction is lifted on Dec. 15, a date when many of the league’s recently signed players become eligible to be traded.</p><p>With James Wiseman and Isaiah Jackson both <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-james-wiseman-torn-achilles-season-opener">suffering season-ending Achilles injuries</a> during the first quarter of the 2024-25 season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-what-pacers-seeking-trade-market">Indiana had been searching the trade market for a low-price center</a> that could help provide some fortitude in the frontcourt behind Myles Turner. Bryant has proven to be a strong rebounder who can stretch the floor on offense, making him a viable option for the Pacers in pick-and-roll sets.</p><p>In a total of 10 games with the Heat this season, Bryant averaged 4.1 points and 3.2 rebounds per game while shooting 42.9 percent from the floor and 35.3 percent from three-point range.</p><p>The Pacers are currently 10-15 and have struggled to find their identity early on this season. After making it to the championship game of the NBA Cup a season ago, Indiana failed to qualify for the knockout rounds this season. This team has yet to string together more than three consecutive wins through their first 25 games.</p><p>Remaining in the Eastern Conference, the Heat have also struggled with consistency. While they have a slightly better record at 13-10, Miami is still searching for their identity, which has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jimmy-butler-warriors-rumors-latest-trade-block-intel-siegels-scoop">led to plenty of trade rumors about Jimmy Butler’s future with the organization</a>. Whether or not the Heat truly entertain offers that come their way for the All-Star forward is something that will materialize heading into January as the trade deadline inches closer.</p><p>Bryant being sent to the Pacers is the first trade to happen since the start of the 2024-25 season. While this is just a minor move being made by Indiana to add depth to their frontcourt, the trade made between the Heat and Pacers has officially started trade season in the NBA.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat trade Bam Adebayo backup to Pacers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-bam-adebayo-terry-rozier-nsfw-interaction-viral');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Bam Adebayo, Terry Rozier’s NSFW interaction goes viral');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-news-Bam-Adebayo-Terry-Roziers-NSFW-interaction-goes-viral.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Bam Adebayo, Terry Rozier’s NSFW interaction goes viral</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-09T12:40:20-08:00">December 9th, 12:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-09T16:00:37-08:00">December 9th, 4:00pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Bam Adebayo, Terry Rozier, and the Miami Heat beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-113 Sunday night, handing the Eastern Conference-leading Cavs only their fourth loss in 2024-25. Tyler <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-tyler-herro-open-up-on-miamis-positive-momentum-after-win-vs-cavs">Herro and Adebayo opened up about the win</a> and its significance in such a momentous victory against the team with the best record in the NBA.</p><p>However, an exchange between Adebayo and Rozier went <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1ha34f1/bamyou_keep_fking_up_my_boards_terryi_got_9/?utm_source=ifttt&amp;rdt=38562" rel="noopener">viral</a> online per NBA’s Reddit.</p><p>“You keep f****** up my boards,” Adebayo said, to which Rozier replied, “I got nine boards. You got your double-double. Let me get my s***.”</p><p>Herro’s team-high 34 points and seven assists led six Heat players who scored in double figures, including Duncan Robinson (23 points), Jimmy Butler (18 points), and Adebayo’s double-double (16 points, 13 rebounds). Terry Rozier added 14 points and nine rebounds, one board shy of a double-double.</p><h2><b>Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro open up on Heat’s positive momentum</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-center-Bam-Adebayo.jpg"><figcaption>Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Heat center Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro opened up about the team’s positive momentum following their win against the Cavs. Amid an up-and-down campaign hindered by injuries and inconsistent play, the Heat have found their groove amid their three-game winning streak. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-jimmy-butler-makes-10-year-tyler-herro-heat-claim">Jimmy Butler commented encouragingly on Herro</a>, who scored 30+ in their last victory.</p><p>After the win, Adebayo addressed the Heat’s focus.</p><p>“I think it’s collectively, just playing great basketball,” Adebayo said. “Everybody’s doing their part. No matter what that last column says, we’re all doing our part trying to figure out how we can get wins. You know, it’s getting to a season we’re trying to figure out. You don’t realize how hard it is to actually get a win in this league. Like it’s very easy to lose a game.</p><p>“And when you have games where you look back at third quarter sometimes just like, mistake after mistake after mistake, and, you know, we started to clean that up, and now we’re rolling. So it’s good for us to see the basketball go in, and we’re playing great basketball,” Adebayo concluded.</p><p>Herro shared the same sentiment as Adebayo.</p><p>“Feels like everything, honestly, is heading in the right direction on both sides,” Herro said. “I feel like everyone’s sharing the ball and making the right play offensively and defensively, just playing together, talking, communicating, covering for each other, doing all the things that it requires to win in this league, first of all. And then, obviously, the goal is to win a championship.</p><p>“But I think it starts now, building the habits, building all the things that we’re gonna need come April, May, all good stuff.”</p><p>The Heat are hosting the Raptors on Thursday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Bam Adebayo, Terry Rozier’s NSFW interaction goes viral

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-bam-adebayo-tyler-herro-open-up-on-miamis-positive-momentum-after-win-vs-cavs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro open up on Heat’s positive momentum after win vs. Cavs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-news-Bam-Adebayo-Tyler-Herro-open-up-on-Miamis-positive-momentum-after-win-vs-Cavs.jpg"></figure><h1>Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro open up on Heat’s positive momentum after win vs. Cavs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-08T19:30:52-08:00">December 8th, 7:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-08T19:30:52-08:00">December 8th, 7:30pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – It was an exciting Sunday night as the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-use-34-point-tyler-herro-explosion-to-take-down-no-1-cavs">Miami Heat beat the Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, 122-113, in what was not only their third straight quality win and the second game in a back-to-back, but it was also against the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. The team is on a roll after the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tyler-herros-lights-out-shooting-powers-heat-to-huge-win-vs-lakers">Heat routed the Los Angeles Lakers by 41 points</a> last Wednesday and then beat the explosive Phoenix Suns Saturday night as Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro speak on what’s going right.</p><p>Adebayo would record another efficient performance after a cold start to the season as he scored 16 points on seven for 14 shooting, two of four from deep, to go along with 13 rebounds and six assists.</p><p>He would have a humorous response to ClutchPoints when asked what the reasons are for the winning streak, saying it was Dru Smith,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-erik-spoelstra-shout-out-miamis-latest-diamond-in-the-rough"> the Heat guard who has been seeing productive minutes</a> the past few games. Smith would be sitting next to him during the answer before Adebayo continued saying that it has been an exceptional <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865949186916495407" rel="noopener">“collective”</a> effort.</p><p>“I think it’s collectively, just playing great basketball,” Adebayo said. “Everybody’s doing their part, no matter what that last column says, we’re all doing our part trying to figure out how we can get wins. You know, it’s getting to a season we’re trying to figure out. You don’t realize how hard it is to actually get a win in this league. Like it’s very easy to lose a game. And when you have games where you look back at third quarter sometimes just like, mistake after mistake after mistake, and, you know, we started to clean that up and now we’re rolling. So it’s good for us to see the basketball go in and we’re playing great basketball.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Bam Adebayo what’s been leading to these past three impressive victories.</p><p>Bam: “Dru Smith.”</p><p>Dru: “Don’t let him say that, ask him again.”</p><p>Bam: “I think collectively, we’re just playing great basketball…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/zM5VnrZpyz">pic.twitter.com/zM5VnrZpyz</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865949186916495407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Tyler Herro on “everything” going their way</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Tyler-Herro-on-Dec.-8-2024.-1.jpg"><figcaption>Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-tyler-herro-dishes-out-on-taking-advantage-of-lakers-soft-defense">Heat star Tyler Herro would turn in another outstanding</a> performance, continuing his impressive season, as he finished with 34 points on 10 for 19 shooting, five of nine from three-point range, with seven assists and six rebounds. 19 of those points came in the third quarter, where they separated themselves from the Cavs, though said after the game that it seems like <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865947542820950216" rel="noopener">“everything”</a> has been going their way in these past three games.</p><p>“Feels like everything honestly, everything’s heading in the right direction on both sides,” Herro said. “I feel like everyone’s sharing the ball and making the right play offensively and defensively, just playing together, talking, communicating, covering for each other, doing all the things that it requires to win in this league, first of all. And then, obviously, the goal is to win a championship. But I think it starts now, building the habits, building all the things that we’re gonna need come April, May, all good stuff.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyler Herro on what’s been trending in the right direction with the past three wins.</p><p>“It feels like everything honestly…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/PsEkwLtfjP">pic.twitter.com/PsEkwLtfjP</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865947542820950216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><br>It is a valid point, as the offense has been clicking on all measures, scoring more than 120 in the past three games, enough to put Miami as a top-10 team in terms of rating, as they are ninth after Sunday’s victory. They also have the 11th ranked defensive rating as they have been able to stifle top offensive players like Anthony Davis, Devin Booker, Bradley Beal, and now Donovan Mitchell.</p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra if the win over the Cavs is a “statement” victory</b></h2><p>Some could see the win over the No. 1 team in the East record-wise as a statement, but Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra would downplay that idea and rather sees the wins as an opportunity for the team<a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865945209978110415" rel="noopener"> “to see the possibilities.”</a></p><p>“Not necessarily a statement,” Spoelstra said. “I don’t think anybody in the league is going to acknowledge, you know, what we did in the last 24 hours, 48 hours. But you just want your team to see the possibilities, you know, with that type of intentional play and doing things to our identity more often than not. That doesn’t mean it’s always gonna end up like perfect. It just puts yourself in a position, best position to win, and then you want to build on that. So I think the locker room sees the possibilities with this team. We just have to keep on going.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Erik Spoelstra on if the win over the Cavs was a statement win.</p><p>“Not necessarily a statement, I don’t think anybody in the league is going to acknowledge what we did in the last 24,48 hours, but you want your team to see the possibilities…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/Us5xGJ6fML">pic.twitter.com/Us5xGJ6fML</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865945209978110415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><br>There could also be people saying that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-why-miamis-41-point-win-vs-lakers-can-spark-major-turning-point">this is the Heat’s turning point</a>, recording victories against three quality opponents, but the team, especially Herro, has the mindset of not looking ahead. The Heat star would say to ClutchPoints after the victory that he doesn’t “want to talk too early” and will focus one game at a time.</p></figure><p>“I don’t know, we’ll see,” Herro said when asked if Miami has hit their stride. “I don’t want to talk too early, we’ll see what happens, we got another game Thursday that we gotta win.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Tyler Herro if this winning streak, and especially the victory over the Cavs, feels like a turning point for the team.</p><p>“I don’t know, we’ll see, I don’t want to talk too early…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/dtdr4rx4bQ">pic.twitter.com/dtdr4rx4bQ</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865947798379626675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><br>The team is now 12-10, which puts them fifth in the Eastern Conference as they look to make it four straight wins against the Toronto Raptors next Thursday.</p></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro open up on Heat’s positive momentum after win vs. Cavs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-recounts-bam-adebayos-leadership-in-win-over-suns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Erik Spoelstra recounts Bam Adebayo’s leadership in win over Suns');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-news-Erik-Spoelstra-recounts-Bam-Adebayos-leadership-in-win-over-Suns.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra recounts Bam Adebayo’s leadership in win over Suns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-07T21:29:34-08:00">December 7th, 9:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-07T21:29:34-08:00">December 7th, 9:29pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bam-adebayos-strong-outing-despite-cold-start-leads-heat-past-suns">Miami Heat beat the Phoenix Suns</a> Saturday night, 121-111, to make it two straight for the team, as it was the start of this weekend’s back-to-back. It has been a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayos-bounce-back-vs-lakers-draws-top-3-center-tyler-herro-take">productive stretch for Heat star Bam Adebayo</a> after building upon his efficient outing against the Los Angeles Lakers last Wednesday, but he showed his leadership as praised by head coach Erik Spoelstra.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra shares his “love” for Bam Adebayo’s leadership</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-on-Dec-1.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Adebayo would have another outing where he almost obtained a triple-double as he scored a team-high 25 points with 12 rebounds and eight assists. The team would make their mark in the third quarter on both sides of the ball, where it was Adebayo’s leadership that stood out for Spoelstra as <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865610621460287881" rel="noopener">he revealed a moment</a> where the center called out the coach.</p><p>“But Bam has been playing winning basketball and whatever how many games this is, five, six games where he’s basically had close to a triple-double every single game,” Spoelstra said. “Again, it’s a shame that everybody will only notice if he’s scoring. We don’t want him thinking like that. It’ll all come together as long as we’re winning, but he can impact in so many different ways. And you know, his leadership in that third quarter is what I saw.”</p><p>“Every side out of bounds that they were running, he was the one organizing everybody,” Spoelstra continued. “I tried to get our team organized into a zone, I messed that up, I called it too late, and he’s yelling at me. I love it, you know, I want him taking control of the defense. He is our voice, and every coverage he was communicating, every huddle, he was making sure everybody understood what we were doing and what adjustments we were making. When he’s like that, you know, he’s a special kind of leader.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Erik Spoelstra on Bam Adebayo’s big night in the win over the Suns. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a></p><p>“Bam has been playing winning basketball…it’s a shame that everybody will only notice if he’s scoring, we don’t want him thinking like that…” <a href="https://t.co/KLUbEtGDu0">pic.twitter.com/KLUbEtGDu0</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865610621460287881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo explains Erik Spoelstra’s “glitch”</b></h2><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">Heat’s captain in Adebayo would</a> be part of the rejuvenation of the team on both sides of the ball in the third quarter as after trailing by five points at halftime, they started on a 25-8 run as they led by as much as 13. Adebayo would bring immense momentum in the period, highlighted by <a href="https://x.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1865588753223282919" rel="noopener">having back-to-back dunks,</a> which made the Kaseya Center rocking.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Back-to-back BAM SLAMS 💥 <a href="https://t.co/rE56gGffRi">pic.twitter.com/rE56gGffRi</a></p><p>— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1865588753223282919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><br>In that aforementioned third frame would be the moment where, during a possession on defense, Spoelstra would call a zone play late, which led to Adebayo airing out his thoughts. When asked after the game, he would say that it “pissed me off” and said it was a<a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865612792050356377" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> “glitch”</a> from Spoelstra.</p></figure><p>“In that situation, Spo always gets on us for glitching, and that was one of his glitches,” Adebayo said. “They’re about to take the ball out, and he yells ‘two,’ you know, ‘get in the zone.’ I’m like, ‘You can’t do that in the middle of the play,’ like you just, it’s just just doesn’t help us. And I got the foul for it. So it was one of those things where next time, I barked at him and told him to stop doing it. He learned from that, he might do it next game, he might not.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo on Erik Spoelstra calling a zone late in a play, said humorously that it “pissed me off,” but would call it a “glitch” from Spo. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/j5UVzE29nn">pic.twitter.com/j5UVzE29nn</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1865612792050356377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>There is no doubt that Adebayo and Spoelstra have a relationship where both keep each other accountable, as that type of mentality leads to an impressive win like Saturday night against the Suns.</p><p>At any rate, Adebayo will look to keep stacking efficient performances amidst a cold start to the season as the team is 11-10 where they have little time to prepare as the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavaliers-vs-heat-prediction-odds-pick-12-8-2024">Heat face the Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday</a> night on the second game of the back-to-back.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Erik Spoelstra recounts Bam Adebayo’s leadership in win over Suns

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/bam-adebayos-strong-outing-despite-cold-start-leads-heat-past-suns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bam Adebayo’s strong outing despite cold start leads Heat past Suns');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/3-Heat-takeaways-from-win-loss-vs-Suns-2.jpg"></figure><h1>Bam Adebayo’s strong outing despite cold start leads Heat past Suns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-07T19:31:21-08:00">December 7th, 7:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-07T19:34:41-08:00">December 7th, 7:34pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – After the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tyler-herros-lights-out-shooting-powers-heat-to-huge-win-vs-lakers">Miami Heat monstrously beat the Los Angeles Lakers</a> last Wednesday, they won their second straight impressively against the Phoenix Suns Saturday night to start a back-to-back, 121-111. After a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayos-bounce-back-vs-lakers-draws-top-3-center-tyler-herro-take">bounce-back performance from Heat star Bam Adebayo</a>, he stacked another powerful performance after a relatively cold start to the season as he looks to continue the effective play.</p><p>Adebayo led the team with 25 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists, marking another close triple-double, as Jimmy Butler finished with 24 points, seven rebounds, and four assists. Duncan Robinson had 19 points, along with Tyler Herro, who had 17.</p><p>Here are three takeaways from the Heat’s win over the Suns:</p><h2><b>An up-and-down first half for the Heat</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Butler-on-Dec-jpg.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Saturday night is a prime opportunity for the Heat, though the Suns still have stars such as Devin Booker and Bradley Beal, they were without their top scorer, Kevin Durant, and their No. 1 big-man in Jusuf Nurkic. It would be an up-and-down first period for Miami as there was a lot to like but also some areas to clean up.</p><p>It was a relatively efficient first period as Miami shot 10 of 19 from the field and four of eight from beyond the arc, but they would commit five turnovers, leading to nine Suns points. As for Phoenix, they shot nine of 21 from the field and six of 12 from three-point range.</p><p>The Heat would come out physical, making a bevy of hustle plays to set the tone as Robinson was the spark plug, making four of his five three-point attempts, overall shooting five of six from the field, scoring 14. The whole team would shoot 51.2 percent from the field but shot 38,9 percent from three-point range.</p><p>What stood out was the amount of blown opportunities, especially when it came from close to the rim and in the paint. There is no doubt that Miami emphasized their productivity from close range over the Suns as they out-scored them 28-12, but the Heat would shoot 14 of 24 from there.</p><p>Miami was down 58-53 in what was a mistake-prone first half, tallying seven turnovers leading to 14 Suns’ points. Robinson led with 14 points, as said before; Butler had 10, and Herro had eight. Though <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">Heat captain Adebayo has</a> had a cold shooting start to the season, which has been talked about, it was unusual in the first half as he shot three for eight from the field with three misses from deep.</p><h2><b>Bam Adebayo explodes in the second half to help the Heat beat the Suns</b></h2><p>While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-reveals-major-problem-after-third-quarter-struggles-continues-vs-kings">Heat had troubles with third-quarter performances</a> in the past, the narrative appears to be no more as recently; it has been used to rejuvenate the team back into the game. Saturday night was no different as they were scorching hot, starting the period on a 25-8 run it was highlighted by Miami capitalizing off Phoenix’s misses and the performance from Adebayo.</p><p>The Heat’s big man would score 12 points in the third to go along with six rebounds in the 12 minutes as he had <a href="https://x.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1865588753223282919" rel="noopener">back-to-back dunks,</a> which showed how the Suns were unable to control him to start the second half. This was a positive sign for Adebayo as through the first 20 games, it had been an uncharacteristic showcase shooting the ball, especially from close range. But if Saturday showed anything, the 27-year-old is on a positive trajectory.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Back-to-back BAM SLAMS 💥 <a href="https://t.co/rE56gGffRi">pic.twitter.com/rE56gGffRi</a></p><p>— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1865588753223282919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>The fourth quarter would cut it close at one point, with the Heat’s lead dwindling to just three, but they stayed true to themselves, led by Butler, who had an impressive period, scoring a crucial nine points to ultimately seal the deal along with a Herro three.</p><h2><b>Heat stacking impressive victories</b></h2><p>The 41-point win over the Lakers could have marked a<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-why-miamis-41-point-win-vs-lakers-can-spark-major-turning-point"> turning point for the Heat as</a> they excelled in areas that they want to make their identity. To enhance that feeling, they needed some type of momentum, which is what they got Saturday night in the win over the Suns.</p><p>As said before, even though Phoenix had Booker and Beal, they were without Durant and Nurkic, meaning Miami had an opportunity to capitalize, which is what they conquered. The schedule doesn’t get easier as they now have little time to prepare and face the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second game of the back-to-back Sunday night.</p><p>This home stand as a whole could be seen as the start of something great for Miami, but they have to be consistent and try to take their hard-fought victory into Sunday against the Cavaliers. At any rate, they are now 11-10, and hope to build upon that tomorrow.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bam Adebayo’s strong outing despite cold start leads Heat past Suns

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-bam-adebayos-bounce-back-vs-lakers-draws-top-3-center-tyler-herro-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bam Adebayo’s Heat bounce back vs Lakers draws ‘top 3 center’ Tyler Herro take');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayos-bounce-back-vs-Lakers-draws-top-3-center-Tyler-Herro-take.jpg"></figure><h1>Bam Adebayo’s Heat bounce back vs Lakers draws ‘top 3 center’ Tyler Herro take</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-05T14:43:07-08:00">December 5th, 2:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-05T14:43:07-08:00">December 5th, 2:43pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tyler-herros-lights-out-shooting-powers-heat-to-huge-win-vs-lakers">Miami Heat beat the Los Angeles Lakers</a> in what ended up being the third-largest margin of victory in franchise history by 41 points Wednesday night, 134-93. While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-tyler-herro-dishes-out-on-taking-advantage-of-lakers-soft-defense">Heat star Tyler Herro lit it up from deep</a>, it was also a productive performance from Bam Adebayo, who has had a cold start to the season shooting the ball.</p><p>Going into the game, Adebayo had the second-lowest true shooting percentage, which also factors the value of three-point field attempts and free throws out of 91 players who had at least thrown up 200 shots. Looking at his general shooting percentage, it was at 41.9 percent from the field, which would be his lowest in his entire career, along with averaging a relatively low 15.6 points per game.</p><p>Against the Lakers, he would score 14 points on an efficient six-for-eight shooting from the field while also collecting 10 rebounds and recording seven assists. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-has-hilarious-reaction-to-jimmy-butler-gifting-him-triple-double-vs-raptors">Adebayo had obtained his ninth career triple-double</a> against the Toronto Raptors on Nov. 29 and had several other games recently where he was close to the rare mark.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Tyler Herro says Bam Adebayo is a “top three center in the NBA”</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-on-Dec.-4-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">The Heat captain in Adebayo</a> looked as comfortable as ever on offense, capitalizing on high-percentage looks close to the basket and even his teammates setting him up for success like <a href="https://x.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1864475242451632135" rel="noopener">in the highlight reel dunk</a> he had on Lakers’ Max Christie. Herro would speak after the game and talk about what he likes to see from the center and even say he’s a <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1864514670016541146" rel="noopener">“top three center in the NBA.”</a></p><p>“Very beneficial. But, you know, I just liked how aggressive he was, how assertive he was,” Herro said. “You know, he’s a handful to deal with when he’s getting downhill in transition, and then when he collapses, the defense is able to make place. So just clearing his head, I think, and just getting all the noise out of his head, stop reading whatever the hell he’s reading, and just be Bam, like literally he’s a top three center in the NBA for a reason that he has to continue to just be that, be himself. Stop reading stuff.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyler Herro on Bam Adebayo’s night and how much he helps the team.</p><p>“Very beneficial, I just liked how aggressive he was…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Heatnation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Heatnation</a> <a href="https://t.co/kcUyDj23cs">pic.twitter.com/kcUyDj23cs</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1864514670016541146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BAM COMING THROUGH 💥 <a href="https://t.co/pqKzVjZEzB">pic.twitter.com/pqKzVjZEzB</a></p><p>— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1864475242451632135?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra discusses Bam Adebayo and his process</b></h2><p>Seen as a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-dwyane-wade-vocal-on-bam-adebayos-cornerstone-role-for-miami">cornerstone of the Heat</a>, Adebayo is one of the main offensive engines on the team, so it had been uncharacteristic to see the struggles from the big man. Head coach Erik Spoelstra said to ClutchPoints would speak about Adebayo’s preparation in getting out of a funk, expressing how it is different compared to <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1864513150663446726https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1864513150663446726" rel="noopener">“90 percent of the league.”</a></p><p>“I just love Bam’s purity, I love the fact that you know when you’re going through something like he’s going through right now, what he dives into is not what 90 percent of the league would dive into,” Spoelstra said. “90% of the league would dive into ‘I’ve got to get my stats, I gotta get myself going, it’s about me.’ Bam dives into the team. What can I do to help this team win? And he’s done that, so it’s what, four out of five games, he’s basically had triple-doubles, but really impacting winning, even in the losses. That’s what you kind of love about him. And his skill set is just all across the board, both ends of the court.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Erik Spoelstra about Bam Adebayo who saw a better night from the field and almost had another triple-double.</p><p>“I love the fact that when you’re going through something like he’s going through, what he dives into is not what 90% of the league dives into…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/Vbe4XlHt9N">pic.twitter.com/Vbe4XlHt9N</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1864513150663446726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo on getting out of a shooting slump</b></h2><p>There is no doubt that even with the struggles, as said before, he has been playing winning basketball, whether it be play-making through his passing, crashing the glass with rebounds, or especially his elite defense. Focusing on the latter, he was a huge part of the off-night from Lakers star Anthony Davis, who only made three of his 14 shots from the field, finishing with eight points.</p><p>Adebayo would downplay any mental block that had been impacting his offensive performances, saying he doesn’t <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1864516163582988629" rel="noopener">“overthink.”</a></p><p>The basketball just went in. I don’t really overthink it, it is what it is. You go out there, and I play as hard as possible. Shots don’t fall, I’m still impacting winning.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo on his efficient night and if he cleared his mind before the game.</p><p>“Nah, the basketball just went in, I don’t really overthink it…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/w1iremcTIr">pic.twitter.com/w1iremcTIr</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1864516163582988629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>A turnaround for the star should have been coming sooner rather than later, as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-cant-explain-bam-adebayos-recent-slump-after-celtics-loss">Adebayo spoke after the loss to the Boston Celtics</a> last Monday and downplayed his recent woes.</p><p>“Everybody is not going to have a great game every game. It is what it is,” Adebayo said. “For me, it’s not losing confidence in who I am. It’s not overthinking the game too much because then you’ll start making other mistakes. It’s one of those things where I’m just missing shots. I don’t really look at it anymore than that. I feel like, at some point, the shots are going to turn around, and it’s up from there.”</p><p>At any rate, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-why-miamis-41-point-win-vs-lakers-can-spark-major-turning-point">the Heat are hoping for a turning point</a> as they sit currently at 10-10 on the season, with a tough back-to-back incoming starting Saturday against the Phoenix Suns and then Sunday facing the Cleveland Cavaliers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bam Adebayo’s Heat bounce back vs Lakers draws ‘top 3 center’ Tyler Herro take

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-bam-adebayo-confident-shots-will-turn-around-amid-career-worst-shooting-slump');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Bam Adebayo confident shots will ‘turn around’ amid career-worst shooting slump');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-confident-shots-will-turn-around-amid-career-worst-shooting-slump.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Bam Adebayo confident shots will ‘turn around’ amid career-worst shooting slump</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-03T11:54:30-08:00">December 3rd, 11:54am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-03T11:54:30-08:00">December 3rd, 11:54am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It has been a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-jimmy-butler-get-real-on-bam-adebayos-lack-of-involvement-in-offense">slow start to the season for Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo,</a> which was put on display during the team’s loss to the Boston Celtics Monday night, 108-89. As <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-cant-explain-bam-adebayos-recent-slump-after-celtics-loss">Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra would</a> call it uncharacteristic in the shots Adebayo is missing, he had a positive approach to his shooting slump.</p><p>In the loss to the Celtics, Adebayo finished the game with 15 points on six for 18 shooting, which included a one-for-four clip from three-point range. After making his first shot, he would miss the next eight attempts before exploding in the fourth quarter, where the game was already heading toward defeat.</p><p>Looking at his season so far, besides averaging 15.6 points per game, which would be his lowest since the 2019-20 season, where he had 15.9, his field goal percentage is at 41.9 percent. That mark would be the lowest in his career as he also has the second-lowest true shooting percentage, which<a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article296460714.html" rel="noopener"> “also factors in the value</a> of three-point field goals and free throws” as it contains a pool of 91 stars with at least 200 field goal attempts according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.</p><p>Still, Adebayo would see the light ahead of the tunnel, saying he envisions that it will “turn around.”</p><p>“Everybody is not going to have a great game every game. It is what it is,” Adebayo said. “For me, it’s not losing confidence in who I am. It’s not overthinking the game too much because then you’ll start making other mistakes. It’s one of those things where I’m just missing shots. I don’t really look at it any more than that. I feel like at some point, the shots are going to turn around and it’s up from there.”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo on the new focus on offense </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-on-Dec.jpg"><figcaption>Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Seen as the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-dwyane-wade-vocal-on-bam-adebayos-cornerstone-role-for-miami">cornerstone of the Heat,</a> Adebayo is relied on as one of the main offensive engines for the team, along with Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro. However, he would say that “when you’re trying to do the right thing, you’re going to end up overthinking every once in a while.”</p><p>The “right thing” he is referencing is the change in the Heat’s focus of shots being inside the paint and from deep, which puts less value on mid-range shots, which has been one of Adebayo’s strong points on offense. It was even an emphasis during training camp when shots such as dunks, layups, and deep balls were worth more than mid-range shots.</p><p>“During training camp, we had a drill where certain areas of the court counted less,” Adebayo said. “So it’s that imprint in your mind. From a fan’s standpoint, it’s like: ‘You’re open.’ But it’s the way the offense and the way we want it to look, that’s what we’re trying to get to.”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Tyler Herro doesn’t think Bam Adebayo is “struggling”</b></h2><p>While a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-tyler-herro-making-early-all-star-case-without-jimmy-butler">Heat player like Tyler Herro has thrived</a> from the new shot chart, Adebayo is still getting used to it, and in time, he will get back to where he once was on offense. Speaking of Herro, he would not even say that Adebayo is “struggling” and that he is still finding ways to “impact the game.”</p><p>“I don’t think he’s struggling, honestly,” Herro said. “I think he’s playing a great brand of basketball. He’s continuing to impact the game on the defensive end. He’s gotten two triple-doubles in the last three days. Missed shots are one thing, but he continues to find ways to impact the game. His scoring, he’ll continue to get his looks and he’s going to make his shots. We know what he’s capable of. So I don’t think he’s struggling.”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Jaime Jaquez Jr. has message for Bam Adebayo</b></h2><p>Herro’s point is valid, as Adebayo still provides elite defense, along with his ability to be a playmaker in racking up assists and rebounds. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-has-hilarious-reaction-to-jimmy-butler-gifting-him-triple-double-vs-raptors">Adebayo would record a triple-double</a>, the eighth of his career, a few games ago in the home win over the Toronto Raptors, as he has been on the cusp of two others recently.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-positive-injury-update-celtics">Heat star in Butler would miss</a> Monday’s game with a knee injury as Jaime Jaquez Jr. filled in his spot and led the team alongside Herro with 19 points. His message to Adebayo was clear which is to not stray away from the path and keep “continuing to speak confidence.”</p><p>“Just tell him to keep playing his game,” Jaquez said. “Just continuing to speak confidence his way, words of encouragement, just tell him to keep going. Anything we can do because we’re not going to be who we need to be without Bam. So just continuing to feed that confidence into him, knowing that we got his back no matter what.”</p><h2><b>Bam Adebayo’s cold spell with the Heat is something “you can’t explain”</b></h2><p>Still, though, Adebayo’s current shooting slump has been unusual, especially with attempts close to the rim, as last season, he shot 57.3 percent inside the paint and 68.1 percent at the rim. Looking at the present, the 27-year-old is shooting 45.4 percent from inside the paint, which led to Spoelstra saying that these cold spells “sometimes you can’t explain.”</p><p>“How do you not like a lot of those restricted area shots? He’s built a career being able to make those shots and make those look easy,” Spoelstra said. “It’s just one of those stretches that sometimes you can’t explain.”</p><p>While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">Heat’s captain in Adebayo</a> will look to crack the code offensively, he will continue to make an impact in every other aspect that will hopefully take Miami out of the mediocrity they have been facing. Spoelstra would point out the fact that Adebayo has been recording some impressive games, even if the shooting numbers are low.</p><p>“I think the beauty of his game is he’s still able to make an impact,” Spoelstra said. “We saw that last night [in Sunday’s loss to the Toronto Raptors] with his defensive impact when he was on the floor versus off the floor, getting 20 rebounds, getting three games in a row where he almost had triple-doubles. So he’ll work his way through it and I’ll really get to work on seeing more ways we can help him.”</p><p>The schedule does not get any easier for the Heat as they start a three-game home stand Wednesday as the Los Angeles Lakers come into town. After that, the team has a tough back-to-back Saturday and Sunday, where they will be against the Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Bam Adebayo confident shots will ‘turn around’ amid career-worst shooting slump

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-cant-explain-bam-adebayos-recent-slump-after-celtics-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Erik Spoelstra ‘can’t explain’ Bam Adebayo’s recent slump after Celtics loss');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-news-Erik-Spoelstra-cant-explain-Bam-Adebayos-recent-slump-after-Celtics-loss.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra ‘can’t explain’ Bam Adebayo’s recent slump after Celtics loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-03T09:26:46-08:00">December 3rd, 9:26am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-03T09:26:46-08:00">December 3rd, 9:26am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-positive-injury-update-celtics">Miami Heat were without star Jimmy Butler</a> Monday night, they fell at the hands of the Boston Celtics, 108-89, to take their losing streak up to two games. It was another slow night for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">Heat’s captain in Bam Adebayo,</a> as head coach Erik Spoelstra tries to conjure up an answer as to why the center has had a rough start to the season.</p><p>In the loss to the Eastern Conference rival in Boston, Adebayo would score 15 points to go along with eight rebounds and five assists. Looking at the shooting numbers, he made six of 18 attempts from the field, which also included making just one of four shots from beyond the arc.</p><p>While shooting slumps happen, Adebayo’s has been uncharacteristic, especially when it comes from the paint, as he made 57.3 percent of his shots there last season compared to the present, where he came into Monday at 46.2 percent. Against the Celtics, he made just four of 11 shots from in the paint, and even close to the rim, he was just one of four.</p><p>These are usually high-percentage shots for Adebayo and easy makes, but it has not been going the way of the 27-year-old as even Spoelstra says <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article296398874.html" rel="noopener">“you can’t explain”</a> the slump, according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.</p><p>“He’s built a career being able to make those shots and make those look easy,” Spoelstra said. “It’s just one of those stretches that sometimes you can’t explain.”</p><h2><b>Bam Adebayo speaks on the Heat’s shooting struggles</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bam-Adebayo-Tyler-Herro-and-Terry-Rozier-in-front-of-Dec-2-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Winslow Townson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>There is some validity to Spoelstra’s point since Adebayo has been successful in that range in the past, with a possible explanation being that it’s a slump that he will get out of at some point. It was a strange game for the University of Kentucky product, though in the scoring department, as after making his first shot, he would miss eight straight after, scoring just four points in the first three periods.</p><p>He would explode in the final frame with 11 points, but it was too little too late for Miami as Boston had the game in the bag at this point. Seen as a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-dwyane-wade-vocal-on-bam-adebayos-cornerstone-role-for-miami">cornerstone for the Heat</a>, while Adebayo continues to excel in other areas, that elite defense, play-making with his passing, and crashing the boards, he is seen as one of the team’s main offensive engines.</p><p>However, it was a cold day for Miami in general as they shot 35.6 percent from the field and made just eight three-pointers out of 35 attempts, coming out to 22.9 percent from deep.</p><p>“We missed a lot of shots we normally make and that’s been the result a lot this season,” Adebayo said after the game to the media.</p><p>So far this season, Adebayo has averaged 15.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 4.9 assists per game while shooting 41.9 percent from the field, which the scoring number would be its lowest since the 2019-20 season where it was 15.9 points per game.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra reflects on loss to the Celtics </b></h2><p>The Celtics entered the game being a dominant three-point volume shooting team, though going into the game, they were missing Kristaps Porzingis, Jrue Holiday, Al Horford, and Sam Hauser. Even with the missing pieces, it did not change their game plan as they out-shot Miami from deep, making 19 of their 55 attempts.</p><p>The 35.6 percent from the field, as mentioned before, Miami was a season-low as it was a disappointing effort as keeping the Celtics under 110 points was relatively successful, as Spoelstra stated after the contest.</p><p>“You hold them under 110, you feel like on the road that should be enough to make it a possession game going down the stretch,” Spoelstra said. “But that just wasn’t the case. We would have had to make a lot of those restricted area shots and some of those threes.”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Jimmy Butler status is up in the air </b></h2><p>One could credit that the Heat were without Butler, who missed the game due to a sore right knee as suffered the day prior when the team lost to the Toronto Raptors. When asked about Butler’s status before the outing against Boston, Spoelstra said the listing for him will be “day to day” and that they will check back in once they get back home.</p><p>“There’s no change,” Spoelstra said before Monday’s game. “He’s not playing tonight. We’ll just treat him day to day. He’s still sore. But we’ll see what happens when we get back to Miami.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-shares-erik-spoelstras-reminder-that-sparked-him-in-win-vs-mavericks">Butler has had many outings this season for the Heat</a> that showed when he displays his aggressiveness, it leads to positive results. There is no doubt that the team hopes he’s back sooner rather than later.</p><h2><b>Heat’s Jaime Jaquez Jr. filled in for Jimmy Butler </b></h2><p>Filling in for the injured Butler was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-erik-spoelstra-reveal-jaime-jaquez-jr-s-superpower">Heat star Jaime Jaquez Jr., who</a> made his first appearance in the starting lineup in his place and had a productive night leading the team along with Tyler Herro with 19 points, shooting five of 14 from the field. He would also not make a single three-pointer out of three attempts and made nine of 12 from the free-throw line.</p><p>“When guys go down, it’s our job to step up and try to fill in those gaps,” Jaquez said of his time in the starting lineup for the injured Butler. “So coming into this game, I knew I had to be aggressive. That was my mentality.”</p><p>Jaquez would also speak about the overall shooting night for the Heat where he accredited missed opportunities as a reason for the performance. He would mention a part of the game plan being to counteract Boston’s relentlessness to shoot from beyond the arc but would express it is “difficult” when the shots are not falling on their side.</p><p>“I thought we had some great looks at the basket,” Jaquez said. “Sometimes they just don’t fall. They shoot a lot of threes, and it’s our job to try to contest and make it difficult for them. But it’s difficult when you’re not making shots on the other end.”</p><h2><b>Other injuries to the Heat led to slight changes</b></h2><p>Besides Butler, the Heat also missed a crucial piece in Kevin Love to back spasms, who usually serves as the team’s primary backup to Adebayo. Spoelstra would imply before the outing against Boston that it isn’t a serious or severe issue for Love, saying he “tweaked” his back.</p><p>“This is the same back deal,” Spoelstra said. “He just tweaked it a little bit. It’s not as painful as the initial time. But enough so that he wouldn’t be able to go tonight.”</p><p>They were also missing <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-highlights-kelel-wares-development-amid-sparse-playing-time">Heat rookie Kel’el Ware</a> with a foot injury, Nikola Jovic with an ankle injury, and Josh Richardson as he now deals with an illness. The amount of injuries prompted Spoelstra to try out different lineups, like starting guard Dru Smith in the second half over Duncan Robinson.</p><p>“A lot of that was some of the defensive stuff that we saw in the first half, and then Dru gave us that spark,” Spoelstra said of the decision via The Miami Herald. “We were just trying to get some better matchups and see if we could shake free Tyler off the ball. That wasn’t necessarily anything with Duncan.”</p><p>The Heat now looks to snap the two-contest skid, but the schedule ahead remains tough as they start a three-game home stand starting Wednesday against the Los Angeles Lakers. After that, the team prepares for a back-to-back on Saturday and Sunday, where they will face the Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Erik Spoelstra ‘can’t explain’ Bam Adebayo’s recent slump after Celtics loss

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-bam-adebayo-has-hilarious-reaction-to-jimmy-butler-gifting-him-triple-double-vs-raptors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s Bam Adebayo has hilarious reaction to Jimmy Butler gifting him triple-double vs. Raptors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Adebayos-hilarious-reaction-to-Jimmy-Butler-gifting-him-triple-double.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s Bam Adebayo has hilarious reaction to Jimmy Butler gifting him triple-double vs. Raptors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-29T21:42:26-08:00">November 29th, 9:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-29T21:42:26-08:00">November 29th, 9:42pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heats-nba-cup-dreams-dead-in-water-despite-big-win-vs-raptors">Miami Heat beat the Toronto Raptors</a> in their last NBA Cup group play game, 121-111, it was in part to an impeccable performance from their star center. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title">Heat captain Bam Adebayo would</a> record his eighth career triple-double Friday night as the last rebound he needed came from the help of teammate Jimmy Butler.</p><p>With around eight seconds left, Butler <a href="https://x.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1862710253449560304" rel="noopener">threw up a shot </a>when the game was already over, seemingly for the intention of Adebayo getting his 10th rebound. After the game, Butler seemed to sarcastically say that <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1862718729445876157" rel="noopener">he didn’t know</a> Adebayo needed one more board, but the big man <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1862717916363338158" rel="noopener">had a humorous reaction</a> when talking about Butler’s shot attempt.</p><p>“That’s my guy! That’s what you’re supposed to as teammates, look out for each other,” Adebayo said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo on Jimmy Butler missing that last shot to give him his 10th rebound for the triple double.</p><p>“Thats my guy!” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/xzHU2zlgbI">pic.twitter.com/xzHU2zlgbI</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1862717916363338158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Way to secure that last rebound, Bam 😅 <a href="https://t.co/zZjxVzS6sd">pic.twitter.com/zZjxVzS6sd</a></p><p>— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1862710253449560304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jimmy Butler seems like he sarcastically said that he didn’t know Bam Adebayo needed his 10th rebound and about his last shot lol <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/OyeX19GlkY">pic.twitter.com/OyeX19GlkY</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1862718729445876157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><br>Adebayo would finish with 14 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in getting the triple-double, which the eighth marks the third most in franchise history. It was another great performance also from the Heat star in Butler as he led the team with 26 points to go along with six assists and two rebounds.</p></figure><p>He would talk about Adebayo’s play-making after the game, saying that <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1862716150037057929" rel="noopener">he admires the way</a> he gets his teammates in position to make easy baskets.</p><p>“I like the fact that he’s getting everybody the ball in the position of where they can score,” Butler said. “But more than anything, actually scoring the ball at an incredible high clip. But I don’t think that’s our problem. We gotta guard somebody on the other end, and as long as he keeps attacking and keeping everybody else involved, he’s going to get 10 assists.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jimmy Butler on Bam Adebayo.</p><p>“I like the fact that he’s getting everybody the ball in the position to where they can score…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/tMVmQEvTLs">pic.twitter.com/tMVmQEvTLs</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1862716150037057929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Erik Spoelstra speaks on the play-making ability of Bam Adebayo</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Bam-Adebayo-on-Nov.-29-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Talking about Adebayo, his play-making ability is not new for anyone who has been watching his game develop over the years. Friday put that on display as his versatility <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1862715410031821181" rel="noopener">“puts pressure on the defense,”</a> according to Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, who sang his center’s praises after the contest.</p><p>“I mean, it’s not necessarily a new role,” Adebayo said. “It’s just, you know, we’re subtly shifting things. And there’s layers to that. And, you know, Bam, one of his initial gifts when he started to take on more offense responsibilities years ago was his playmaking, his ability to do triple handoffs, his ability to pass at the elbow or the top of the floor. We want to take advantage of that as much as possible, and then the balance is, we want him to be aggressive.”</p><p>“And want him to be able to put pressure on the defense, at the rim, you know, in the dotted circle, all those different areas,” Spoelstra continued. “You know, he’s managing that extremely well, that probably puts a lot of stress on teams that are scouting against us when Bam gets double-digit assists, there’s a lot of different things that can happen or go wrong for your defense when he’s a playmaking mode on that so it’ll be the balance of doing that and also keeping him aggressive.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Erik Spoelstra on Bam Adebayo’s play-making on display tonight as he got a triple double. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/3ydmkfNbkx">pic.twitter.com/3ydmkfNbkx</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1862715410031821181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo speaks on putting teammates in position to score</b></h2><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-dwyane-wade-vocal-on-bam-adebayos-cornerstone-role-for-miami">Adebayo is seen as the cornerstone of the Heat,</a> and his usage on the court shows that wholeheartedly, as besides being one of the main drives on offense, he’s the anchor of the defense. When speaking about his role after the game, he said that he adores having the role of making it <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1862718317410083037" rel="noopener">“easy”</a> for his teammates to score.</p><p>“It’s what it’s all about, being able to make it easy for your teammates to get buckets. It’s one of those things where you see a guy like Duncan [Robinson], Tyler [Herro], and you know Jimmy [Butler] when he runs in transition, you know, get him easy looks. You’re dealing with me passing, and all of a sudden, that fire hits with me. Now you’re dealing with a whole different compartment of problems.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo on being a playmaker and having 10 assists.</p><p>“That’s what it’s all about, making it easier for your teammates…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/ix83qrnseL">pic.twitter.com/ix83qrnseL</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1862718317410083037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><br>At any rate, the Heat are now 9-8 as they are on a two-game winning streak, looking to make it three as they once again take on the Raptors on Sunday evening.</p></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s Bam Adebayo has hilarious reaction to Jimmy Butler gifting him triple-double vs. Raptors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/exclusive-bam-adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-heat-captain-title');   ga('set', 'title', 'Exclusive: Bam Adebayo embracing ‘love-hate relationship’ with Heat captain title');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Exclusive-Bam-Adebayo-embracing-love-hate-relationship-with-Heat-captain-title.jpg"></figure><h1>Exclusive: Bam Adebayo embracing ‘love-hate relationship’ with Heat captain title</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-22T16:19:37-08:00">November 22nd, 4:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-22T18:47:29-08:00">November 22nd, 6:47pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Dolphins</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – As <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heats-news-erik-sporlstra-has-thrilled-reaction-to-bam-adebayos-strong-outing-vs-pacers">Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo looks to get back on track</a> this season when it comes to his play on the court, he also serves double duty as the captain of the team. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayos-honest-take-on-why-being-miami-captain-doesnt-get-any-easier">Adebayo has spoken honestly about the captain role</a> before but goes in-depth about how he feels as he’s in his second season in the position after the retirement of Udonis Haslem.</p><p>In an exclusive interview with ClutchPoints after Friday’s practice, Adebayo would talk about the “love-hate relationship” he has with being captain of Miami and how Haslem still helps him as he’s around the team in a front office role.</p><p>“Do I hate it? Yeah. But it’s the responsibility you’re dealt. It’s like anything, pros and cons,” Adebayo said. “CEO of the company has pros and cons. You’re a CEO, but it’s like, it’s a nice title till you got to go down the line to do what you got to actually do as a CEO. Take your job seriously. For me, man, it’s a love-hate relationship. We still got old cap [Udonis Haslem] coming around every once in a while. We still talk, we still communicate. He still got wisdom as long as he around him.”</p><p>Friday saw one of many examples of Adebayo being the captain of the team as <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1860009267543277843" rel="noopener">he ran some one-on-ones</a> with rookie Pelle Larsson after practice to help his development.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bam Adebayo and Pelle Larsson 1 v 1. Bam got the best of the rookie.</p><p>Just now, Pelle stripped Bam of the ball, good play. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/kwHgW2HCqP">pic.twitter.com/kwHgW2HCqP</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1860009267543277843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Bam Adebayo on being considered the “cornerstone” of the Heat</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Bam-Adebayo-on-Nov.-17-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>There is no doubt that the big man is seen as the flag bearer for the organization as he’s been at the forefront of the team on the court and even when Adebayo represented them on the Olympics level, winning two gold medals. Some within the team have been preparing the center to be the face of the franchise, like Haslem, as he talked about it being a “feel.”</p><p>“It’s a feel, it’s not a ‘He’s gonna be the guy,’ it’s kind of a feel,” Adebayo said. “It’s one of those things where you hang around people, and they put you in this role where they want you to bring everybody with you. And that’s kind of the captain role, being able to have everybody, one through 15, motivated.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-dwyane-wade-vocal-on-bam-adebayos-cornerstone-role-for-miami">Heat legend Dwyane Wade would even call Adebayo a cornerstone</a> of the team, which isn’t a compliment to take lightly. Even Adebayo would admit that it shows the amount of “trust” they have put in him to take the team to the promised land.</p><p>“A lot of respect, considering the guys who said it, you have a guy like D-Wade calling you the cornerstone,” Adebayo said. “You have a guy like UD, You hear his story, calling you the captain, I mean, down the line, it says people trust you. At the end of the day, people trust you to put this championship on top and get a championship.”</p><h2><b>Bam Adebayo shares thoughts on the current state of the Heat</b></h2><p>As Adebayo looks to win his first NBA championship with Miami, despite being in two NBA Finals, he has to focus and lead on the season ahead of them. The record is currently 6-7, and when asked about, after the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-heat-takeaways-from-exciting-win-vs-76ers">Heat win over the 76ers</a> Monday if they are where they want to be, Adebayo would have an NSFW response that will sure motivate any fan about the state of the team.</p><p>“F*** no, nobody want to be 6-7,” Adebayo said while laughing. “We’re not even aiming for 6-7, that’s below average. But, you live in your reality. We coughed up four (on this past six-game road trip) being up big and just coughing it up on the way in the third quarters, late game, whatever the case may be. We coughed a few up that we can’t get back. So now we got to try to figure this out, then it’s kind of we pushing the brinks with it. As far as a team, great camaraderie, you’re still trying to all out find solutions on how to be better.”</p><h2><b>Heat’s Bam Adebayo on what to take from the win over the 76ers</b></h2><p>Still, Adebayo would look at the win over Philadelphia, where the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-reveals-major-problem-after-third-quarter-struggles-continues-vs-kings">Heat dominated the second half even with their previous flaws,</a> and cite that as an aspect they can take into Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks.</p><p>“Yeah, we won,” Adebayo said sarcastically when asked what they can take from the 76ers win. “I will say in the second half, we were way more destructive, and that’s how we got to be for 48 minutes. We shouldn’t have been down 15, 17, then we got to fight our way back. It should have been that from the jump and continuing on from first half to the second half.”</p><p>So far this season, the three-time All-Star is averaging 16.3 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 3.9 assists per game while shooting 42.6 percent from the field and 31.3 percent from deep. He looks to dominate Sunday, facing Dallas as Miami aims to win two straight.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
16.7	10.0	4.8	0.7	1.4

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
16.7	10.0	4.8	0.7	1.4

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