without sidelined Tyler Herro and Pelle Larsson<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cThey were denying me, so I really had to hunt in transition to get some good looks,\u201d Powell said. \u201cI was able to do that throughout the course of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sometimes, Powell said, it has to be Plan B.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re going to take us out of our first and second and third options,\u201d he said of quality opposing defenses. \u201cSo we got to be able to adjust and work the ball around and get the looks that we want.\u201d<\/p>\n
Most importantly during the winning streak, Powell said, is to let it roll.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think a lot of times around the league, when you start winning, you let things slide because you\u2019re getting Ws,\u201d he said. \u201cBut in winning, you can still have lessons in ways you can get better. So as long as we continue to focus on how we can continue to improve, that\u2019s the biggest thing, you know, not letting our wins cover up all the mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Injury report<\/p>\n
The Heat\u2019s injury report for Saturday features a few twists, including Keshad Johnson being sent to the G League for the first time this season.<\/p>\n
In addition, Larsson\u2019s ankle sprain might wind up being a one-game absence, with Larsson upgraded to questionable.<\/p>\n
Herro, though, remains out, to miss his 12th game with a toe bruise.<\/p>\n
Listed as probable with nagging ailments are Adebayo (back), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (thigh) and Nikola Jovic (elbow).<\/p>\n
Remaining on G League assignment are two-way players Vlad Goldin and Jahmir Young.<\/p>\n
On the Heat injury report but listed as available are Simone Fontecchio (ankle) and Dru Smith (elbow).<\/p>\n
Jaquez for the W<\/p>\n
For all Powell accomplished Thursday, it ultimately came down to an 8-foot baseline jumper from Jaquez that put it away for the Heat with 29 seconds to play, creating a four-point lead.<\/p>\n
\u201cJaime really kind of just settled in, and they didn\u2019t double, and he just got to a spot that he was very comfortable with, and he put it away,\u201d Spoelstra said<\/p>\n
It capped a 9-of-13, 19-point night for Jaquez.<\/p>\n
For Jaquez, it was a matter of getting back to his basics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw everybody hugged up on their man and an opportunity to go down and make a play,\u201d he said. \u201cJust get into my spot that I know I\u2019m comfortable in and just trying to win a game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff noted the impact of Jaquez\u2019s conversion.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust down the stretch they made a tough shot over the top of us that gave them a little bit of cushion,\u201d Bickerstaff said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014The greatest hits keep coming from Norman Powell, as the validation of offseason trade theft continues for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[114,123,125,2490,124,2295,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-103864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-latest-headlines","9":"tag-miami","10":"tag-miami-headlines","11":"tag-miami-heat","12":"tag-miami-news","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}