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Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is sitting out against the Los Angeles Clippers. He has a sore lower back after a fall at Portland on Saturday.

9:02 PM Bam Adebayo is questionable tonight vs the Clippers with a lower back contusion. He’s warming up before the game and trying to give it a go. Took a hard fall in Portland the other night. - 8:57 PM NEW: Josh Richardson's frustrating season ...

Jaquez then delivered an alley-oop to Adebayo to put Miami up 12. Herro’s three free throws – following a Portland flagrant foul - pushed the margin to 15, and Jaquez’s driving layup made it a 17-point game, essentially settling matters.

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently on a three game losing streak, having been decidedly beaten by the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, and San Antonio Spurs

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier (2) drives to the basket as Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe, right, defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman) AP AP

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra got what he wanted, practically forecasting the evening ahead. “We’ve faced a good amount of adversity on this road trip,” he said at the morning shootaround. “I mean that’s great for a basketball team to go through all those emotions.

Tyler Herro had 32 points, including seven 3-pointers, and the Miami Heat downed the Portland Trail Blazers 119-98 on Saturday night.

That identity starts with defending with zeal. With Bam Adebayo the fulcrum, the Heat has held three consecutive opponents below 100 points and is now 11-0 this season when doing that. Miami is now 8-7 without Butler, whose Heat suspension for “conduct detrimental to the team” runs two more games.

You understand that his business at the end of the day, and I’ll leave it at that,” Bam Adebayo said. “J.B. [Butler] is one of my guys. So, for me, we give him space and we let him and management

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Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) brings the ball up court as Portland ... 32, Adebayo nears triple-double and Heat never trail in 119-108 win over Pelicans Tyler Herro scored 32 points, Bam ...