It only took four days for the Heat to become fun again

"Heading into Christmas, the Miami Heat were playing a brand of basketball we wouldn't have recommended anyone watch, even if they were on Santa's naughty list. The uptempo, high-flying offense that defined Miami prior to Thanksgiving had been replaced by a sluggish and plodding system that culminated with just 91 points against Toronto last Tuesday. Santa must have dropped off highlights from October and November into the stockings of Heat players because in the past four days, Miami has pulled a 180 and gone back to being the high-flying team we loved to start the season."

"It kind of is amazing how Miami scored a season high 147 points against Denver, and the leading scorer for Miami had "just" 25 points (Norman Powell). But this is the version of Miami we saw that shot out to a 14-7 start before embarking on a December to remember for all the wrong reasons. Niokla Jovic continued his strong play since returning from injury and had 22 points off the bench, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. was right behind him with 20."

"Even after Miami had blown their initial early lead in the 1st half, 47 points in the third quarter helped the Heat pull away from Denver for good. It begs the question: What was going on between Thanksgiving and Christmas? Too much egg nog? Too many cookies? Is it as simple as blaming Tyler Herro and wondering if this team is somehow better off without him? That's for Erik Spoelstra to figure out, and the caveat to this newfound three-game winning streak is that it has come against a flawed Atlanta team that might want to trade Trae Young, a dilapidated Indiana team, and a Denver team that did lose Nikola Jokic heading into halftime."

The Miami Heat fell into a sluggish, plodding style after Thanksgiving, culminating in a 91-point outing against Toronto. Over the past four days the team reverted to an uptempo, high-scoring identity and produced a three-game win streak. Miami scored a season-high 147 points against Denver with Norman Powell leading at 25 and strong contributions from Niokla Jovic, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel'el Ware, Bam Adebayo and Andrew Wiggins. A 47-point third quarter sealed the blowout. The recent surge came against flawed opponents and Denver was without Nikola Jokic at halftime, tempering enthusiasm.

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