Live stream: Heat 56, Pistons 54

The Miami Heat (35-30) play against the Detroit Pistons (12-53) at Little Caesars Arena

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Game Time: 7:00 PM EDT on Friday March 15, 2024

Miami Heat 56, Detroit Pistons 54 (Half)

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Time for a break
Bam with 16 points all in Q2 💥 –

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Make a Wish…
@JalenDuren has 11 PTS and 11 REB at the half –

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Halftime: Heat 56, Pistons 54. Heat shooting just 3 of 16 on threes, but still winning with the help of 20 points off 10 Pistons turnovers.
Bam Adebayo with 16 points and 7 rebounds. –

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Halftime: Heat 56, Pistons 54. Detroit has 10 turnovers for 20 Miami points and is shooting just 5-19 overall from 3 (26.3%). But the second number is better than the Heat’s (3-16 from 3, 18.8%).
Fontecchio: 16 points
Duren: 11 points, 11 rebounds –

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The extra effort by Caleb, Bam capitalized on it 👌 –

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HALFTIME: Heat 56, Pistons 54.
That was a fun, good half of basketball.
Tek: 16p
Duren: 11p and 11r
Ivey: 8p –

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Back-to-back dunks for Duren, and it’s a tie game again. Pistons are competing even though they’ve struggled with ball control and Tek being their only player who can shoot so far –

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Bam dominating on defense and in the paint on offense. It’s beautiful to watch 🥲 –

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The good news is the Heat has 17 points on 10 Pistons turnovers.
The bad news is the Heat is 3 of 14 on threes.
Heat leads Pistons 53-49 late in the first half –

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GET. OUT. HIS. WAY. –

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That was Detroit’s 10th turnover with time left before halftime. At least that one was born out of good intentions. Umude probably should’ve just taken the 3 there –

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Arena pet peeve: “Born and raised in South Detroit..”
You mean, Canada? Or the water? –

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Heat 41, Pistons 40 with 6:33 left in 2Q.
Another game where I think Stew has been one of the better players on the floor despite the limited shot attempts. Has done well on Butler.
Tek can’t miss. –

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Big dawg move by STEW –

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Bam 3 two games in a row? 👀 –

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Pistons have eight turnovers with more than seven minutes to go until halftime. Miami’s scored 13 off of those turnovers in a two-point game. That kind of night –

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Bam Adebayo just hit a three for the second straight game.
This is not a drill … –

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Caleb in the paint through contact. Count it.

Q2 underway on Bally Sports Sun 📺 –

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Nikola Jovic called for his third foul with 10:06 left in the second quarter. –

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12 minutes down –

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Heat down 1 after a quarter
Another night where they only have a single three made
It’s tough to win with that formula no matter who you play –

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End of 1: Pistons 28, Heat 27. Detroit fell behind 9-2 early but eventually hit a stride, which the second unit was able to carry. Pistons have five turnovers and are 2-8 from 3, but have the edge in free throws and offensive rebounding.
Fontecchio: 7 points
Fournier: 6 points –

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End of the 1st quarter: 28, 27.
Fontecchio: 7 pts (3-6 FG)
Fournier: 6 pts, 1 ast
Duren: 5 pts, 4 rebs
Jimmy Butler: 7 pts (3-7 FG) –

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END OF 1Q: Pistons 28, Heat 27.
Tek: 7 points
Duren: 5p and 4
Fournier: 6p
Stewart: 3p and 3r –

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End of first quarter: Pistons 28, Heat 27. Heat shooting 1 of 6 on threes. –

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Late 8-0 run helps Pistons take 28-27 lead over Heat into second period. Heat 1 of 6 on 3s. –

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Fournier gets a 3 to fall right in front of the Pistons’ bench. He tried another from the other corner and the ball hit the camera on top of the shot clock. –

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Evan Fournier is making shots and Detroit leads Miami by three with 1:20 left in 1Q. –

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Ivey just came back in for Tek. Not sure why there’s always a two-minute lull without Cade or Ivey on the floor, but the stagger is officially on –

@JalenDuren comin’ through –

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Taj Gibson just had a conversation with one of the refs during that timeout. He does something almost every game that makes you realize why the Pistons wanted him on a 10-day deal. It expires tomorrow, but I’d be surprised if he didn’t earn another. –

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Patty Mills over Delon Wright again in Heat rotation. –

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Tek gets called for a foul while he’s on the ground. Duncan Robinson tripped over him while backpedaling. –

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Cade and Ivey subbed out on back-to-back possessions. Monty’s gone four-deep with Tek being the lone starter, joined by Fournier, Wiseman, Umude and Sasser. –

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Pistons are going all-bench-and-Tek earlier than usual.
Probably has a lot to do with Cade’s “injury management” designation before the game, but Ivey is sitting, too.
So idk. –

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With Kevin Love out, Thomas Bryant enters as the Heat’s backup center tonight. –

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Stew ties it with a 3-point play. Detroit’s only 6-16 overall but has gotten to the line –

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Thomas Bryant again getting minutes as backup center tonight. –

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Pistons are tied with Heat at 18 after a Stew and-1.
Detroit opened the game with three turnovers in like 90 seconds. –

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Cade needed that one to fall. He missed his first three shots before that. –

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My one takeaway from these type of games is Miami often gets caught playing the speed of the other team
A speed they really don’t want to play at
Gotta slow things down –

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We’ve got a steal, gorgeous pass from Bam & a Niko triple all in 12 seconds.
Q1 underway on Bally Sports Sun 📺 –

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Heat 14, Pistons 10 at the 6:06 mark. Detroit started cold with a couple of early turnovers before improving execution on both ends. Duren has five points and four boards –

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The Pistons are missing a lot of baskets at the rim. They trail 14-10 with 6:06 left in the first quarter. –

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Jimmy Butler with seven of the Heat’s first 14 points tonight. –

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Pistons are trying to spot Miami 20 points with these turnovers –

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Heat active here early
Ball moving and denying on defense –

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The Heat starts the game on a 9-2 run. Detroit hasn’t gotten a quality look outside of Duren’s intial dunk. –

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Gametime in Detroit. –

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First 5⃣ on the floor
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clockin’ in… –

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Tonight’s injury report by @HenryFordHealth –

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Tonight’s starting lineups for the @DetroitPistons and Miami Heat: –

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Heat veteran Kevin Love’s work to destigmatize the mental health conversation in the NBA continues –

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Heat using the Rozier-D. Robinson-Butler-Jovic and Adebayo starting lineup for the ninth straight game tonight vs. Pistons. –

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Same Heat starters:
Terry Rozier
Duncan Robinson
Jimmy Butler
Nikola Jovic
Bam Adebayo –

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Heat open for ninth consecutive game with lineup of Bam Adebayo, Nikola Jovic, Jimmy Butler, Duncan Robinson and Terry Rozier. That unit enters 3-5. Heat remain without Tyler Herro (foot), Kevin Love (heel) and Josh Richardson (shoulder), with none of the three on the trip. –

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Tipoff otw… –

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Heat guard Terry Rozier going through his pregame routine. –

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Heat confirm Bam Adebayo is available tonight. Heat remain without Tyler Herro, Kevin Love. –

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Monty Williams said Cade Cunningham will play tonight. –

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Cade Cunningham (knee) is available for Detroit tonight against Miami. –

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Cade will play tonight, Monty said –

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Williams said Cade Cunningham (left knee/injury management) will play. –

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Heat coach Erik Spoelstra leaning into Jimmy Butler now that the minutes matter more From earlier. –

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Heat’s Jaquez careful not to get drunk on success, as he dreams of becoming . . . a sommelier From earlier. –

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ASK IRA: Has Tyler Herro turned more into a concept than reality for the Heat? From earlier. –

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Monty on why the Pistons have matched up well with Miami: “I don’t know that we do. Just because we’ve had those close games, from my perspective they’ve been better in the moment. That would lead me to conclude they have the advantage … we have to be better in those moments.” –

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Pistons coach Monty Williams says Heat experience and talent have decided first two meetings. Teams play tonight and Sunday here in Detroit. “They’ve been more consistent than us.” –

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Time spent in the gym is time well spent

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First round in the Eastern Conference playoffs could be pretty spicy:
BOS (1) vs MIA (8)
MIL (2) vs PHL (7)
CLE (3) vs IND (6)
NYK (4) vs ORL (5)
Plus ATL and CHI desperate to make some noise –

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