Heat extend win streak to 4 with 127-117 win over 76ers

Ira Winderman, South Florida Sun Sentinel on Nov 23, 2025

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It continues to be a case of not who but rather how for the Miami Heat.

With Andrew Wiggins, Nikola Jovic and Tyler Herro back in South Florida, the Heat went into Philadelphia Sunday and extended their winning streak to a season-best four in a row, with a 127-117 victory over the 76ers at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

Once again, Erik Spoelstra’s mantra of his team having enough proved more than prescient, this time with guard Norman Powell leading the way with 32 points, supported several stat-filling efforts.

In addition, from the Heat’s big men there were 20 points and 16 rebounds from Kel’el Ware and 18 points and 13 rebounds from Bam Adebayo.

On the wing, Davion Mitchell closed with 12 assists, nine rebounds and eight points, with Pelle Larsson with eight assists, six points and six rebounds.

And from the bench, 22 points from Jaime Jaquez Jr.

It was a robust Sunday brunch of an effort from a team that as soon as possibly Monday could have Herro in the mix for the first time this season.

About the only place where there wasn’t feasting was the foul line, where the Heat closed 20 of 30.

As for the 76ers, another case of being overmatched in another game missed by center Joel Embiid, with guard Tyrese Maxey pacing Philadelphia with 27 points.

Next up for the 11-6 Heat is a Monday night home game against the Dallas Mavericks, at the start of a four-game homestand.

5 degrees of Heat from Sunday’s game:

— Game flow: The Heat led 37-27 at the end of the opening period, a quarter that featured 10 points from Powell, eight rebounds from Ware and six assists from Mitchell.

The Heat then went up 16 in the second period, only to see it all erased by a 16-0 Philadelphia run, with the Heat up 71-67 at the intermission.

The Heat pushed back to a 14-point lead in the third quarter, with the 76ers this time responding with a 10-0 run, to stand within 99-93 entering the fourth quarter.

The 76ers got it within two early in the fourth quarter, before the Heat then pushed back to a 13-point lead, holding on from there.

— No doubt: Having briefly left Friday night’s blowout victory over the Bulls with a groin issue and then surfacing on the injury report with what was listed as an irritated left hip, Powell not only was in the starting lineup, but active from the jump.

Setting the tone with eight of the Heat’s first 12 points, Powell had 10 points in the first period, including the Heat’s only two 3-pointers of the first quarter.

Powell then was up to 23 points by halftime, twice drawing three-shot fouls in the second period, and then another in the third.

Powell’s 19th point was the 8,500th of his career.

— Ware-with-all: Starting for the second consecutive game amid the injury absences of Wiggins and Jovic, Ware had eight rebounds and eight points in the first quarter.

Ware cashed in on yet another injury absence by Embiid, with Philadelphia again instead having to start veteran Andrew Drummond in the middle.

Ware had a double-double by halftime, at that point with 11 points and 10 rebounds, now with six double-doubles in the past seven games.

Ware’s rebounding was needed, with Drummond closing with 23 for the 76ers.

— Scrappy support: It wasn’t only about the Heat’s leading men, with the Heat’s supporting cast drawing three charges in the first half, including two drawn by Pelle Larsson and one by Dru Smith.

As is his won’t, Larsson drew one of the offensive fouls with his face.

At the start of the trip, Spoelstra ahead of Friday’s game in Chicago said of Larsson, “Someone should chart how many times he’s been hit in his face with an elbow or something. I mean they chart everything, right? They’ve got to chart that somewhere. He’s definitely leading the team on that.”

— Maxey factor: Maxey entered second in the NBA in scoring, at 33.4 points per game, coming off a 47-point outing Friday against the Milwaukee Bucks. He closed 10 of 23 from the field, 5 of 14 on 3-pointers.

“You’re just seeing somebody that his confidence continues to grow,” Spoelstra said. “You know, he’s had moments like this the last couple of years. But now, because of some of the injuries, his usage has gone way up. I think he’s leading the league in touches right now.

“But you have somebody with that kind of speed, that kind of shooting ability, and he just has an exuberance with the way that he plays, that has everybody on high alert.”

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