Heat surge past the Nets 126-110 as Brooklyn’s skid reaches 10

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MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo added 21 and the Miami Heat bushed Brooklyn 126-110 connected Thursday night, sending the Nets to their 10th consecutive loss.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 18 for the Heat (34-29), who person won six of 8 and moved 5 games implicit .500 for the archetypal clip since the archetypal week of December. Pelle Larsson and Kel’el Ware each had 16 points for Miami — with Ware adding 11 rebounds and 7 blocked shots.

The Heat besides improved to 15-5 connected March 5 — oregon “305 Day,” arsenic it is called successful Miami, a motion to the city’s superior country code. No progressive NBA franchise has a amended grounds connected that date.

Michael Porter Jr. scored 27 points for Brooklyn, which besides mislaid astatine Miami connected Tuesday. Noah Clowney scored 17, Nic Claxton had 16 and Ziaire Williams finished with 15 for the Nets. Brooklyn concisely led successful the 3rd quarter, but gave up 66 points successful the 2nd half.

Miami had a 54-34 borderline successful seat scoring and changeable 53%.

The Nets are the sixth squad to person a losing streak of 10 oregon much games this season, joining Sacramento (16), Washington (14), Indiana (13), Chicago (11) and Dallas (10). It’s the longest descent for Brooklyn since the 2021-22 squad dropped 11 straight.

Miami was without Norman Powell (right groin strain), Nikola Jovic (lower back) and Simone Fontecchio (left groin strain). For Brooklyn, rookie Egor Demin (left plantar fascia) missed his 3rd consecutive contest.