SAN ANTONIO, Texas — For only the 15th time in 53 games and the first time since Thanksgiving weekend, the Heat opened Thursday with the starting lineup that it hopes will carry them well into June.
That starting group of Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, PJ Tucker, Duncan Robinson and Kyle Lowry looked good to open the second half.
But this 112-95 road win over San Antonio, snapping a three-game losing streak, was fueled in large part early on by a Heat bench anchored by Sixth Man of the Year candidate Tyler Herro, who was again ignitable on a night he was snubbed for the All Star game.