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Miami Heat vs Memphis Grizzlies
The Miami Heat are starting to hit a little bit of a hot streak after defeating the Wizards 121-114 and then defeating LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 108-107. Miami would hit the road to face a new look and struggling Memphis Grizzlies team who entered the game with a 1-6 record.
The man of the night was Bam Adebayo who finished the game with 30 points and 11 rebounds. Kyle Lowry would finish the night with 17 points, 11 rebounds, and nine assists meanwhile the Heat star Jimmy Butler would chip in giving Miami 15 points.
The big story of the night was Tyler Herro who rolled his ankle and would limp off to the Miami locker room later being ruled out for the rest of the game. He was later seen with the ankle wrapped and walking with the help of crutches. Hero is due to miss some time and its unfortunate after the start wonder boy has had to this season.
16 of Adebayo's 30 points would come in the 4th quarter where Miami was able to hold off Memphis who got bringing the game down to just three with a 105-102 score. Miami's rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr would come in clutch once again hitting a three pointer making it the second time this season where he hits a clutch shot late in a game to seal the deal for the Heat.
Jaren Jackson Jr was the lead scorer for the Grizzlies dropping 28 points with Desmond Bane with 15 points and Luke Kennard scoring 13 points. The Heat would defeat the Grizzlies 108-102 pushing them to an even 4-4 on the season and dropping Memphis to 1-7 still being winless at home.
Next up for the Miami Heat is a road game visiting the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night.
Written by: Daniel Torres
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