WASHINGTON — There have been similar moments in Miami Heat lore, including Rex Chapman going 9 of 10 on 3-pointers and a roster short-handed at the 1996 NBA trading deadline beating Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, or more recently, the Heat signing an entire bench on emergency COVID-19 contracts last December and beating the Houston Rockets in what might somebody be reflected up on as The Kyle Guy Game.
This time, the odds again were stacked, injuries leaving the Heat without Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro, Gabe Vincent, Duncan Robinson, Dewayne Dedmon, Omer Yurtseven and Victor Oladipo. And with Udonis Haslem away for personal reasons, it left coach Erik Spoelstra with only seven available players.
And this time, something nearly rather remarkable again ... nearly.
