MIAMI — — Tyler Herro scored 32 points, Bam Adebayo flirted with a triple-double and the Miami Heat beat the New Orleans Pelicans 119-108 on Wednesday night.
Adebayo finished with 23 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists for Miami, which got 17 points from Duncan Robinson.
Trey Murphy III scored 34 for the Pelicans, who played on the same day that at least 15 people were killed in New Orleans when a truck plowed into a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street in an attack which President Joe Biden called “despicable.” .”
The Pelicans – who have never led – lost for the 29th time in their last 32 games and are 1-20 in their last 21 games.
Takeaways
Pelicans: CJ McCollum scored 22 for New Orleans and Murphy's 34 points tied for third-most by a Pelicans player this season. McCollum had 36 on December 12 and Murphy had 35 on December 27.
Heat: Jimmy Butler, in his first game after a five-game absence due to illness, had nine points, four rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes on 3-for-5 shooting. Miami is now 12 -9 in games Butler plays this season.
Key moment
Herro missed his first four 3-point attempts, then launched a terrible alley-oop lob that he intended for Butler late in the first half. The pass went in – for three points, which technically became the first of five straight points for Herro from beyond the arc.
-Key statistic
The Pelicans have lost 15 in a row on the road. This is the 100th time in NBA history that a team has had a losing streak of 15 or more games in the same season.
Following
The Heat host Indiana on Thursday and the Pelicans host Washington on Friday.
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