The Brooklyn Nets visited Miami-Dade Arena on Saturday to face the Miami Heat for the third and final time this season and won 129-100. Brooklyn has swept the regular-season series 3-0.
For the Nets, Mikal Bridges had 27 points and seven assists while Cam Johnson had 23 points and four assists. Spencer Dinwiddie had 15 points and Nic Claxton had 14 points.
For the Heat, Tyler Herro had 23 points and three assists while Max Strus had 23 points and five rebounds. Jimmy Butler had 18 points and Bam Adebayo had 16 points.
In the first half, the Heat started the game on fire as they seemingly couldn’t miss from anywhere on the court. The Nets struggled to make any shots harder for Miami and the Heat took full advantage of that. A prime example of that was Heat forward Max Strus scoring 20 points off the bench while not missing a shot.
In the second half, something happened in the third quarter as Brooklyn won the period 39-18. The Nets locked down on the defensive end and they couldn’t miss from anywhere on the floor. In the fourth quarter, it was more of the same as the Heat couldn’t find their way out of their funk. Brooklyn turned things around to the point that Miami didn’t know what to do on offense as they looked like a tired team.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to Brooklyn’s dominant win over the Heat: