The Miami Heat’s long-term focus remains on scrapping their way out of the play-in and into a top 6 seed prior to the end of the regular season.<\/p>\n
The short term plan? That’s all about taking care of business tonight in their home building against a tanking Brooklyn Nets squad.<\/p>\n
Miami ran away in this match-up on Tuesday night behind strong scoring from Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo, and Jaime Jaquez Jr.<\/p>\n
Things will most likely look similar 48 hours later, except for one rotation piece being out of the mix this time around.<\/p>\n
Norman Powell and Nikola Jovic remain out for this team as they continue their recovery processes, but Simone Fontecchio was added to that out list after tweaking his groin late in that last game.<\/p>\n
He knocked down 3 of his 6 threes in that game, as his three point gravity and shooting is needed without Powell, as well as Herro dominating inside the arc as he awaits to find his three ball again.<\/p>\n
So with an empty slot in the rotation tonight, does that automatically mean they need to fill it with a pure shooter? Erik Spoelstra disagrees.<\/p>\n
“Our game isn’t solely built on the three point ball,” Spoelstra noted before tonight’s game during his time with the media. “We’re a paint attacking team and our spacing is key. It gives an opportunity to other guys to step up.”<\/p>\n
With Simone Fontecchio out, Trevor Keels has returned to the Heat from the G League.<\/p>\n