Butler Has 27, Heat Make 21 3s And Rout Grizzlies 129-103

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 27 points, Tyler Herro added 22 and the Miami Heat utilized a beardown shooting show to rout the Memphis Grizzlies 129-103 connected Saturday night.

Duncan Robinson and Kyle Lowry scored 15 points apiece. Lowry added 8 assists and the Heat made 21 3-pointers, 1 abbreviated of the franchise grounds acceptable past May astatine Milwaukee.

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“We’ve got a batch of guys who tin people the ball,” Butler said. “We cognize that. But we’re besides picking it up connected the antiaircraft end. … Guys are conscionable gaining much and much confidence.”

The show was peculiarly satisfying for Robinson, who has struggled from extracurricular the arc this season. Entering the game, Robinson was shooting close astatine 28% from 3-point range, making lone 12 of 43 shots. That included going 2 of 11 from region successful Friday night’s triumph implicit Charlotte.

He made 5 of 10 3-pointers against Memphis.

“The mode I started this year, evidently not up to what I cognize I’m susceptible of,” Robinson said. “With that being said, and I tin spot a mates spell (in), it helps with immoderate confidence.”

Heat manager Erik Spoelstra and Miami teammates person encouraged Robinson to support shooting, adjacent aft the mediocre show against the Hornets.

“If you’re going to beryllium a large shooter successful this league, you person to person a speedy memory. I deliberation that’s wherever Duncan’s truly grown implicit the years,” Spoelstra said.

Ja Morant and De’Anthony Melton each had 20 points for Grizzlies. Desmond Bane finished with 17 points and Kyle Anderson scored 13.

“We got punched successful the mouth,” Melton said aft the Heat built an aboriginal pb they ne'er surrendered. “I deliberation we’ve got to recognize that facing seasoned teams similar that, they’re going to travel retired (fast), and we’ve got to respond. And we’ve got to respond quick.”

Through 3 quarters, the Heat kept shooting and kept making. The 56% shooting astatine that constituent included 18 of 28 from 3-point scope and a pb that had swelled to 26 points. That was capable for Miami’s 5th triumph of the archetypal six games.

“We’ve got to fastener successful for the crippled and travel retired and play hard for a afloat 48 (minutes),” Anderson said. “We don’t privation to springiness teams immoderate advantages oregon things similar that. So, we’ve got to travel retired acceptable to go.”

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Heat: C Bam Adebayo missed the crippled with a near genu bruise. He was listed arsenic questionable until an hr earlier the game. In his pregame availability, Spoelstra expected Adebayo to play. … Dewayne Dedmon started successful Adebayo’s place. … Miami connected connected its archetypal 5 3-pointers of the game. … All 5 wins person been by treble digits.

Grizzlies: G/F Dillon Brooks, who has not played this play recovering from a fractured near hand, is “trending existent well,” according to manager Taylor Jenkins. “He’s going to person a travel up successful the adjacent week, but hopefully erstwhile we get that travel up, he’s going to beryllium ramping up adjacent more.” … Jenkins successfully challenged a play successful the 2nd 4th and a foul against C Steven Adams was overturned. … It was Memphis’ archetypal wire-to-wire nonaccomplishment since April 11 against Indiana.

19 AND COUNTING

Udonis Haslem got his archetypal minutes of the season, officially making this his 19th play successful the NBA — each with the Heat.

He’s present the 5th subordinate successful league past to look successful astatine slightest 19 seasons, each with 1 team, joining Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, San Antonio’s Tim Duncan and Utah’s John Stockton.

Haslem had the last handbasket of the nighttime for the Heat, 1 that led to teammates getting retired of their seats connected the seat successful celebration.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

The scoreboards astatine FedExForum went connected the fritz successful the archetypal 4th leaving lone the main scoreboard implicit the halfway of the tribunal moving with the people and time. The clocks implicit each handbasket were moving arsenic acold arsenic the clip and changeable clock. The full strategy came backmost connected aboriginal successful the 4th quarter.

UP NEXT:

Heat: Travel to Dallas connected Tuesday to look the Mavericks.

Grizzlies: Play the archetypal of 2 consecutive location games against the Denver Nuggets connected Monday.

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