Overview
- Larrysson posted 16 points, six rebounds and a career-high nine assists on 7-for-9 shooting in his 23rd start.
- DeMar DeRozan received an earlier technical and a fourth-quarter Flagrant 1 for fouling Larsson, marking his first flagrant of the season.
- Erik Spoelstra praised Larsson’s growing role as a secondary playmaker, citing his paint reads, lob passing and finishing.
- Miami opened with Bam Adebayo, Larsson, Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell and Davion Mitchell; the group is 3-2, and Adebayo logged his 499th career start.
- Kel’el Ware sat with hamstring tightness as Miami’s thin frontcourt prompted Nikola Jovic minutes while the team continues to hold an open roster spot with tax room.