Tyler Herro steps up in return with 24 points, winning basket as Heat down Mavericks

Ira Winderman, South Florida Sun Sentinel on Nov 24, 2025

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MIAMI — The consistency of Norman Powell was missing, with the Miami Heat scoring leader again sidelined by a groin issue.

But Tyler Herro was there to step in, with his own steadying presence, in this case a run of nine consecutive made shots ... and later the winning basket.

No, this 106-102 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on the second night of a back-to-back set hardly was pretty, nothing close to the relentless offense that largely has built what now is a 12-6 record.

But with Herro arriving in time to lift the offense and second-year Kel’el Ware continuing his mastery in the middle, the Heat had enough to extend the season-best winning streak to five at the start of a four-game homestand.

Herro closed with 24 points on 12-of-18 shooting, his 10-foot jumper with 42.1 seconds breaking a tie and putting the Heat ahead for good.

And when it came to the dirty work, there were 20 points and 18 rebounds from Ware.

Factor in 17 points from Bam Adebayo, including two late free throws to seal it, and the Heat were able to win in the injury absences of Powell, Andrew Wiggins and Nikola Jovic.

5 degrees of Heat from Monday night’s game:

— Game flow: The Heat led 20-19 at the end of the first period, with the Heat .308 from the field in the quarter and the Mavericks at .316. The Heat then pushed to a 52-44 halftime lead.

From there, the Heat moved ahead by 13 in the third period, before going into the fourth up 80-72.

Dallas trimmed the deficit to three early in the fourth quarter on a pair of Klay Thompson 3-pointers and the Heat lead later was down to 91-89 with 6:46 remaining when Herro returned.

It then was tied 96-96 with 4:33 to play.

From there, the Heat went up 100-96, with the offense then stalling, a pair of Cooper Flagg free throws tying it 102-102 with 65 seconds to play.

Each team then had empty possessions before Herro converted his 10-footer for a 104-102 Heat lead.

A pair of missed Mavericks attempts later, with Adebayo’s two free throws closing the scoring.

— Herro’s return: Herro went 7:45 in his opening stint, missing all three of his shots, but grabbing four rebounds and coming up with two steals.

The seventh-year guard then fell to 0 for 4 before his first points of the season came on a driving floater with 4:48 left in the second period, the first of three consecutive conversions.

That first basket began a run of nine consecutive conversions by Herro, before a miss on his first attempt of the fourth quarter.

All of that in his first game back from September ankle surgery.

— Ware’s way: Ware again provided a spark, already had a double-double by halftime, with 15 points and 10 rebounds at that stage.

With his overall effort, Ware extended his career-best streak of games with double-digit rebounds to nine and has now grabbed multiple offensive rebounds in a career-best 11 consecutive games.

— The 3 thing: At halftime, the Heat were 2 of 17 on 3-pointers, with both by Ware, his second consecutive game with multiple 3-pointers and the fifth time he has done so this season.

It wasn’t until 9:04 remained in the third period that a Heat player other than Ware converted a 3-pointer, with Larsson converting from beyond the arc after the Heat had fallen to 2 of 18.

The Heat then went into the fourth quarter 4 of 23 on 3-pointers, with Ware 3 of 5 from beyond the arc at that stage.

The Heat closed 5 of 27 on 3-pointers, the non-Ware 3-pointers coming from Larsson and Keshad Johnson.

— Still attacking: Heat sixth man Jaime Jaquez Jr. again thrived in his role as sixth man, up to eight points on 4-of-5 shooting at halftime, his lone miss coming on a 3-pointer desperation attempt at the end of the shot clock.

Jacquez closed with 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

Jaquez’s effort helped offset the ongoing struggles of reserve forward Simone Fontecchio, who shot 2 for 10, including 0 for 7 on 3-pointers.

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