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Tyler Herro set the basketball world on fire Wednesday night after scoring a career-high 37 points to lead the Miami Heat to a win over the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. So, how did Herro respond on the team’s day off?
He was the first person to show up to practice, of course.
Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra on Thursday commended Herro for the work he has put in this season and said his performance in Game 4 offered yet another reason why he has been invaluable to the team. Spoelstra also spilled the beans that Herro even beat him into practice.
He puts in a great deal of work. He’s coachable. He’s at it every single day, even today, the pre-practice group he was in there before the head coach even got in there getting in his work. That’s not something he’s changing just because more people are noticing now, this is who he has been all year long.
Head coaches often arrive well before players make it into the gym so Herro must have really been early if he beat Spoelstra to practice. Herro has often impressed his teammates with his work ethic so there probably isn’t one person in the organization surprised by that.
From working out with Jimmy Butler at 4 a.m. for a week straight to showing up first to practice, Herro has not been your prototypical rookie. The work he has put in has shown and his contributions have the Heat just one game away from returning to the NBA Finals.
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