Herro leads Heat past Pistons with 4th quarter rally

Tyler Herro had 31 points and eight rebounds as the Miami Heat rallied to beat the Detroit Pistons 100-92 on Tuesday night.

Miami (12-6) outscored the Pistons 27-6 in the first 8:17 of the fourth quarter to turn a nine-point deficit into a 12-point lead.

“It wasn’t just Tyler. Our entire second unit changed the game in the third quarter, ”said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra."We didn’t really have any offensive rhythm in the first three quarters, and Detroit had a lot to do with it, but we did make a few saves and that helped us get going offensively.".

Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo added 15 points and nine rebounds each for the Heat, who won for the fifth time in six games. Kyle Lowry had 15 points, eight assists and six rebounds.

"It’s easy to get assists when Tyler is pitching like this"said Lowry, who had seven assists in the fourth."I passed him the ball and he hit it a 3".

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Jerami Grant had 21 points and seven rebounds for Detroit (4-13), which went 1-4 while at home. The Pistons played without center Isaiah Stewart, who served the first of a two-game suspension for Sunday’s altercation with Lakers star LeBron James.

Detroit led the Lakers 15 after three quarters Sunday before losing 121-116.

"The game is different in the fourth quarter and we are still learning how to handle that."said Pistons coach Dwane Casey."You can go up 10 or 15, but it doesn’t matter because of the triple and the way teams raise it late".

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The Pistons led 53-47 at halftime, and Miami failed to pull off a meaningful run in the third quarter. Hamadou Diallo’s layup with 0.2 seconds left in the period gave Detroit a 76-67 lead going into the fourth.

Herro’s consecutive 3s cut the deficit to 77-74, and Casey called a timeout with 9:58 left.

"We played slowly for three quarters, but we started rolling in the fourth"said Herro, who scored 14 points in the fourth. “I’ve always been the guy to take big shots, all the way back to high school, so this is the situation I love. I want to win matches ".

The timeout didn’t help much, as Herro’s float gave the Heat an 80-79 lead with 8:09 left, and Herro hit another 3 on the next possession. After a Pistons miss, Dewayne Dedmon’s dunk put Miami ahead 85-79, extending the run to 18-3, and triggered another time out of Detroit.

"They went to a zone and we just couldn’t get a bucket"Casey said."We did not score and we did not contain Herro".

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