Duncan Robinson scored 23 factors, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Kyle Lowry each individual additional 17 and the Miami Warmth conquer the Charlotte Hornets 115-104 on Wednesday night to end off a two-game home-and-home sweep.
Lowry was fantastic taking pictures — 5 for 5 from the flooring, 4 for 4 of these on 3-pointers and 3 for 3 from the line. Jimmy Butler had 15 points and 10 helps, and Jamal Cain added 14 details for the Heat. Thomas Bryant finished with 11.
Terry Rozier scored 28 points for Charlotte, which got 20 points from Gordon Hayward, 19 from Miles Bridges and 18 from Brandon Miller.
The Heat had a 45-13 edge in bench scoring and a substantial edge in points off turnovers. They turned 21 Charlotte giveaways into 32 details, when the Hornets turned Miami’s time-higher of 22 turnovers into only 13 details.
The Heat had been all over again without Bam Adebayo (hip), Haywood Highsmith (back) and Tyler Herro (ankle), plus saw Josh Richardson miss the video game with a non-COVID health issues. There may well be hope for Herro to return shortly, provided that he posted a video clip of himself taking pictures on the Heat match court docket Tuesday night time.
The Hornets shed PJ Washington to a left shoulder injury he played four 1st-fifty percent minutes and did not return. Charlotte was also with out LaMelo Ball (ankle) for the seventh straight game — the Hornets are 2-5 because he got hurt — and Mark Williams (back again) for the third time in the final 4 games.
Charlotte scored the opening four details in the game’s initial 17 seconds, tying the fastest start to a match this period. And that 4-stage lead was also the most significant the Hornets would appreciate at any issue in the game.
The middle two quarters had been all Miami: The Warmth outscored the Hornets 69-47 in all those 24 minutes.
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Hornets: Host New Orleans on Friday night time.
Heat: Host Chicago on Thursday night time.
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