{"id":15599,"date":"2024-12-29T08:56:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15599"},"modified":"2024-12-29T08:56:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:56:33","slug":"heat-vs-hawks-takeaways-herro-heat-fall-short-in-latest-disappointing-road-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15599","title":{"rendered":"Heat vs. Hawks Takeaways: Herro, Heat Fall Short in Latest Disappointing Road Loss.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,h_513,w_912,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/d\/2\/d20078d42c86a71145e0e80a0033f4bb96e1e5a6\/01jg7pqy8w45hrmaddhr.jpg\" alt=\"Heat vs. Hawks Takeaways: Herro, Heat Fall Short in Latest Disappointing Road Loss\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ac_95857957\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>An attempted fourth quarter rally and another All-Star caliber performance from Tyler Herro weren\u2019t enough for the Miami Heat (15-14) in a 120-110 matinee loss to the Atlanta Hawks (17-15).<\/p>\n<p>Here are four major takeaways from Saturday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hawks hold off Heat when it matters most<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heat fans had reason for excitement and optimism when Herro and the Heat pulled within 108-107 late in the fourth quarter. That didn\u2019t stop the Hawks from outscoring the Heat 12-2 over the final 3:28.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, should Heat fans really have been surprised the game ended how it did? Atlanta outscored Miami 35-26 in the first quarter and notched a 10-point win at home despite Trae Young only scoring eight points on 3-of-13 shooting. Young made up for the poor shooting performance with 15 assists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95857958\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1873131012806291463&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnba%2Fheat%2Fheat-vs-hawks-takeaways-herro-heat-fall-short-in-latest-disappointing-road-loss-01jg7pnty8pa&amp;sessionId=ef94ad06984aa119eac1006524ccf9eeadefc3f4&amp;siteScreenName=yardbarker&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-6=\"true\" data-tweet-id=\"1873131012806291463\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_95857959\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Miami wasted a 28-point, 10-assist, seven-rebound outing from Herro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heat\u2019s road struggles continue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 6-9 road record near the end of December isn\u2019t pretty, and some of those losses have been flat-out ugly. Remember the 123-121 loss to Detroit in mid-November when Erik Spoelstra called a timeout he didn\u2019t have? How about the 119-116 loss to a lowly Raptors team earlier this month?<\/p>\n<p>If the Heat intend on making the playoffs, they need to finish winnable road games. It\u2019s one thing to come close. It\u2019s another to fall short.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spoelstra rides with starters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heat fans have critiqued Spoelstra\u2019s lineups and rotations throughout the team\u2019s inconsistent start. Spoelstra stuck with his starters for most of the game, with all but Jaime Jaquez Jr. playing at least 36 minutes each Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Only Duncan Robinson (+10) finished with a positive plus-minus among Heat starters. We\u2019ll see what lineups Spoelstra experiments with Sunday night in Houston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is Jimmy Butler trade drama wearing on Heat?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The easy answer here is no, seeing as Miami won two straight before Saturday\u2019s defeat. However, the Heat have nonetheless lost four of six, and Butler won\u2019t return until Jan. 1 at the earliest as he works through reconditioning.<\/p>\n<p>(Whether or not that\u2019s code for \u201chold out\u201d is up to you, though Five Reasons Sports\u00a0reported\u00a0Saturday the illness is real.)<\/p>\n<p>Heat president Pat Riley admitted this week the saga has become a distraction. It can\u2019t be easy on players\u2014most (if not all) of whom are focused on their own play and reaching the postseason\u2014constantly being asked about trade reports and whether or not Butler will finish the season in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Not even Riley\u2019s statement appears enough to put out the fire. That\u2019s not ideal for a Heat team still trying to find their identity ahead of the new year\u2014and a few weeks ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An attempted fourth quarter rally and another All-Star caliber performance from Tyler Herro weren\u2019t enough for the Miami Heat (15-14) in a 120-110 matinee loss to the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heat vs. Hawks Takeaways: Herro, Heat Fall Short in Latest Disappointing Road Loss.. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15599\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heat vs. Hawks Takeaways: Herro, Heat Fall Short in Latest Disappointing Road Loss.. - 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