The Miami Heat's journey through adversity as they strive to overcome offensive struggles.
There was improvement and there were struggles, but the Miami Heat are slowly gaining momentum, climbing through their first half of the season adversities. The Heat have been without their top three-point shooter, Duncan Robinson, all week due to concussion protocol and Tyler Herro also was scratched from last night’s matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers with a migraine. Over the past week Jimmy Butler averaged twenty-six points, seven rebounds and four assists on 60/77/86 shooting splits. The Heat once again struggled generating offense in their losses, getting stops on the perimeter, and couldn’t sustain good scoring stretches.
In Miami’s back-to-back wins they rebounded well and assists were a focal point on the offensive end, in one of these games they tied a franchise record with 38 assists. Key contributions came from Josh Richardson who a had 24-point effort against the Sacramento Kings and Kevin Love who had a 13-point and 10-rebound double-double against the Washington Wizards.
Time after time this team has not excelled offensively. We’ve seen cluttered possessions, players missing open three-point shots, constant last second shots and poor rotations with players still in and out of the lineup. At some point they need to start playing with an identity on the offensive end as they have yet to find a consistent groove. The Heat’s recipe is three-point shooting, yet they only shot 34% from three last week.
The chemistry is still being worked on, but the Heat are resilient and they can find ways to win games. Their three-point shooting and playmaking must be better; defensively they need to close out with effort on three-point shooters, and force their opponents into more turnovers.
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