MIAMI — Amid the swirl that is the countdown to the Feb. 5 NBA trading deadline, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra reiterated the franchise’s stance when it comes to the notion of tearing it apart.

Facing the prospect of a fourth consecutive season in the play-in tournament, the Heat have found themselves caught up in the middle of the rumor mill, from questions about the franchise future for Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, to the notion of offloading Norman Powell and/or Andrew Wiggins in favor of draft capital.

Against that backdrop and a ticking personnel clock, Spoelstra was asked at the end of the Heat’s just-completed trip about how the franchise has maintained an ongoing level of competitiveness.

The question posed to Spoelstra was in regard to coach Mark Daigneault of the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City citing the Heat’s endurance of success.

“We’ve had consistency of leadership, obviously,” Spoelstra said, alluding to a front office that has largely remained intact for years, from Heat President Pat Riley to General Manager Andy Elisburg to Assistant General Manager Adam Simon, “a lot of the same people working together and sharing pain and failure.”

While the previous two seasons have produced just a single playoff-game victory, Spoelstra said such lessons also have value.

“Oftentimes we’ve had the highest of highs, but we’ve been able to learn from the pain of losing,” he said, with the Heat opening a three-game homestand Tuesday night against the Phoenix Suns. “And I think those opportunities have made us so much better.”

The team’s latest run of continuity dates to the first-round selections of Adebayo in 2017 and Herro in 2019, augmented along the way with the likes of Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, Terry Rozier, Andrew Wiggins and this past offseason Norman Powell.

“We’re able to retool quicker than if we had to let go of everybody, start over again, try to improve that culture, bring in different players, and then start that over another two or three years and do that four or five times,” Spoelstra said, with the Heat next in action Thursday night against the Boston Celtics.

The rescheduling

With the NBA rescheduling the last week’s postponed game in Chicago to Jan. 29 and moving Chicago’s previously scheduled Jan. 30 visit to Kaseya Center to Jan. 31, those two moves along with the Heat’s previously scheduled home game against the Bulls on Feb. 1 have made history.

According to Elias Sports Bureau, it not only is the first time in the franchise’s 38 seasons the Heat will face the same opponent in three consecutive games, but only the second time it has happened in the NBA over the last 50 years.

According to Elias’ scheduling data base that stretches back five decades, the only time it has happened in the NBA over the last 50 years was when Philadelphia and Washington faced each other in three consecutive games in 1988 on Jan. 20, Jan. 25 and Jan. 25 of that year. The Heat then entered the NBA the following season.

The Heat previously were scheduled to face the same team six times, including the home set against the Bulls.

The Heat this season previously played consecutive games against the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks, with remaining such sets on the schedule against the Brooklyn Nets, Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors.

The Chicago set at Kaseya Center on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 will be the lone time on the Heat 2025-26 schedule that games against the same opponent come on consecutive days.

According to the Heat, season-ticket holders unable to attend the home game rescheduled from Jan. 30 to Jan. 31 can request a ticket credit through the team. Those who purchased individual tickets for Jan. 30 through Ticketmaster and cannot attend can request a refund through Ticketmaster.

Reunion time

The Heat announced Tuesday on social media the staging of a “Champions Night” at the Feb. 3 home game against the Atlanta Hawks to celebrate the team’s inaugural title in 2006.

Among those expected to be in attendance for the 20th-anniversary moment are Shaquille O’Neal, Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem and almost the entirety of that championship roster that was coached by Pat Riley.

As of Tuesday, the only members of the 2006 championship roster not expected in attendance were Shandon Anderson, Derek Anderson and James Posey, who is an assistant coach with the Portland Trail Blazers, with the Blazers hosting the Suns that night.

Keels honored

Guard Trevor Keels, the guard for the Heat’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, who went 12 for 12 on 3-pointers in a game last week on Monday, was named G League Player of the Week.

Keels, the former New York Knicks second-round pick who was in camp with the Heat prior to this season, is free to be signed by any NBA team.