Heat’s offense perks up at most opportune time
The Heat’s offense is trending in the right direction with the NBA playoffs approaching, and Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler are leading the way.
The Heat has been searching for consistent and efficient offense for most of the season. The Heat is hoping the past month is an indication that it has finally found it just in time for the start of the playoffs.
After reaching the end of March with the NBA’s sixth-worst offensive rating through the first 48 games of the season, the Heat has featured a top-10 offense since the start of April. Miami has posted an 11-6 record during that stretch, including Sunday’s important 121-111 road win over the Charlotte Hornets.
The Heat (35-30) has posted four of its best 10 single-game offensive ratings of the season during this month-long stretch.
“I think we’re playing well offensively,” Duncan Robinson said, with the Heat hosting the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night to begin a two-game homestand. “We’re really working on it. We got good spacing, the ball is going where it needs to go and it’s in the right people’s hands. So I think that’s helped. We’re getting on the same page in terms of that. We’ve had a kind of ever-changing roster this year, new acquisitions and guys in and out of the lineup. So obviously, I think developing some continuity also helps. I think it’s a combination of things.”
Whatever it is, it’s coming at the right time.
With just seven games remaining on its regularseason schedule, the Heat entered Monday in sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings. Miami