DETROIT, NOVEMBER 24 (US): Tyler Hero scored 31 points and eight rebounds to lead the Miami Heat to a 100-92 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night.
Miami (12-6) beat the Pistons 27-6 in the first 8:17 of the fourth quarter to turn a nine-point deficit into a 12-point lead.
“It wasn’t just Tyler. Our whole second unit turned the game around in the third quarter,” Heat coach Eric Spoelstra said. attacks.”
Jimmy Butler and Pam Adebayo added 15 points and nine rebounds for Heat, who won for the fifth time in six matches. Kyle Lowry scored 15 points, eight assists and six rebounds.
“It’s easy to get assists when Tyler hits that way,” said Lowry, who had seven assists in the fourth. “I pass the ball to him and he hits 3.”
Jerami Grant scored 21 points and seven rebounds for Detroit (4-13), which went 1-4 at home. The Pistons played without quarterback Isaiah Stewart, who served his first game of a two-game suspension due to Sunday’s brawl with Lakers star LeBron James, the Associated Press reported.
Detroit led the Lakers by 15 after three quarters on Sunday before losing 121-116.
“The game is different in the fourth quarter and we’re still learning how to deal with that,” Pistons coach Duane Casey said. “It could be 10 or 15, but that doesn’t matter because of Index 3 and the way the teams are flipping it of late.”
The Pistons led 53-47 in the first half, and Miami couldn’t put together a big run in the third quarter. Hamadou Diallo gave a layup 0.2 seconds before the end of the period and Detroit led 76-67 to finish fourth.
Consecutive 3s from Herro cut the difference to 77-74, and Casey called the timeout with 9:58 to play.
“We played slowly for three quarters, but we scored fourth,” said Hero, who scored 14 points in fourth. “I was always the guy who took big shots, all the way back to high school, so this is the pose I love. I want to win matches.”
The timeout didn’t help much, as float gave Herro a lead for Heat 80-79 with 8:09 left, and Herro hit another pointer in the next possession. After the Pistons lost, DeWayne’s immersion put Dedmon Miami ahead 85-79, extended the run to 18-3, and pushed another timeout in Detroit.
“They went into an area and we couldn’t get a bucket,” Casey said. “We didn’t score and we couldn’t contain a champion.”
Hint
Heat: Duncan Robinson played despite a bruised knee, and his back-to-back streak stretched to 165. Glenn Rice holds the franchise record with 174.
Pistons: With Stewart and Kelly Olynyk off (knee) weeks off a potential comeback, rookie Luca Garza is making his first start in the NBA. Garza scored seven points in 17 minutes.
“Obviously, when you were a kid, you dreamed of doing what you did tonight,” Garza said. “He was amazing, but I just wish I’d stayed out of heavy problems and be able to help win the match.”
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Heat: Visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, the third leg of a four-game road trip.
Pistons: At the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday to kick off their five-game road trip.