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Luka Doncic missed his first free throw and stepped away from the line and smiled while composing himself before making the second -- notching the third game of at least 60 points in his career and the highest-scoring game by an opponent in Miami, eclipsing James Harden's 58 on Feb. 28, 2019. When the final buzzer sounded, Doncic was mobbed by his teammates, who circled him to celebrate his fourth game with 40-plus points in the past eight games. "I mean, that's what it's all about," Doncic said of his team's reaction. "You see everybody celebrating on the bench ... it shows that we care a lot about each other. And that's what great teams do. Just makes my heart happy seeing them celebrate my 60-point game."
Dave McMenamin: JJ Redick says LeBron James and Luka Doncic will play tonight in Miami. Austin Reaves remains a gametime decision.
Jason Beede: Orlando’s Jett Howard, who missed Saturday’s game at Miami due to an illness, is feeling better and was able to go through #Magic shootaround here in Atlanta.
Phillip Rossman-Reich: The #Magic made everyone nervous in that fourth quarter, losing what was once a 22-point lead and 15-point lead entering the fourth quarter. But the Magic made enough plays down the stretch and their free throws late to sweep the #Heat 121-117. Paolo Banchero finishes with 27.
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Jim Owczarski: Pete Nance checks in. Andre Jackson Jr. was inactive in Miami while Nance was available (DNP). Doc Rivers was wholly uninterested in talking about an impeding roster decision re: Nance pregame.
Adebayo's previous career peak before the hapless Washington Wizards came to Miami this week was 41 points. So ... Utilizing the admittedly simple formula of highlighting every active player who boasted a better career-best game than 41 — as confirmed via the database maintained by our tireless researcher pal Keerthika Uthayakumar (https://open.substack.com/users/110160431-keerthika-uthayakumar?utm_source=mentions) — we can pass along that there were 97 such active players in the NBA as of Thursday. Ninety-seven! We repeat: Before Bam's 83, there were 97 active players in a league that currently features 524 players (including two-ways) who had scored at least 42 points in a regular-season game
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Oh No He Didn't: Bam after reaching 83: "After I hit the free throws that's when it really sunk in...for it to happen at home...having that experience in Miami you can't write a better story than that"
Bam after reaching 83: "After I hit the free throws that's when it really sunk in...for it to happen at home...having that experience in Miami you can't write a better story than that" pic.twitter.com/mkEqXCUrJW
— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) March 11, 2026
Adebayo, who has been with the Heat since Miami drafted him with the 14th overall pick in 2017, is still far from catching Wade. Adebayo is still not even halfway to Wade, who scored 21,556 points for the Heat. “I think the credit also is to his competitive will and work ethic,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Adebayo reaching 10,000 career points. “He came in not known necessarily as a scorer. He’s worked and willed himself into that. And for this particular team, his scoring is really important and the playmaking. We’re getting a lot of triggers off of his catches and leads, and he’s still just as unselfish as he’s been before.”
Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo had 24 to go over the 10,000-point mark for his career, and the Miami Heat beat Detroit 121-110 on Sunday night to extend the Pistons' season-worst losing streak to four games. Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19 points and seven assists for Miami (36-29), which has won five straight and matched a season best by moving seven games over .500.
Omari Sankofa II: JB Bickerstaff pregame in Miami: "I think up to this stretch, we hadn’t lost more than two games in a row all season long. That says a lot about the guys and their ability to bounce back, handle adversity and learn from it ... it’s all part of the process for us."
