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BOSTON — Jayson Tatum rolled off a screening action with Grant Williams and suddenly — somehow — found himself all alone with the ball beyond the 3-point arc. On a night he punished the Heat for 48 minutes, there was little question what was coming next.

The second of four such meetings between the two East rivals, both teams will be looking to protect their own respective win streaks of three (Heat) and four (Celtics) games.

If you aren’t sure of what to make of the Heat, who stand just 10–11 a quarter of the way through this NBA campaign, don’t worry. Really, none of us do at this point. Over their last 16 games, the Heat—coming off a run to Game 7 of the Eastern…

MIAMI — Bam Adebayo gave all he had.

MINNEAPOLIS — Continuing a recent trend, the Timberwolves played yet another shorthanded team Monday at Target Center.

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…

TORONTO — The other side of .500 will have to wait at least until Sunday night, against the emerging Cleveland Cavaliers.

MIAMI — This was the reminder that Miami Heat games can be more than hair-raising thrill rides decided in the final nerve-racking seconds.

MIAMI — The Miami Heat had to try it a different way, with Tyler Herro and his all-or-nothing theatrics not available Monday night due to an ankle sprain.

If there is to be additional time off this season for Jimmy Butler, as there has been with the Miami Heat’s leading man missing the past two games with hip soreness, it is becoming increasingly clear who will stand as the stand-in.

INDIANAPOLIS — The previous time the Miami Heat played on the road, they went down 22 to the Sacramento Kings, rallied within one, before coming up short.