Tyler Herro scored 23 points and Jaime Jaquez had 20, including five in the final 1:03, to lead the Miami Heat to a 97-92 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night.

Takeaways from the Heat’s 97-92 win against the Utah Jazz on Thursday night at Delta Center: ▪ The Heat shook off a poor start, seized on dismal Utah shooting, got clutch work late from Bam Adebayo and Jaime Jaquez and Tyler Herro and avoided the ignominious feat of losing to one of the league’s worst teams for the second team in six days.

That helped the Jazz stay close to the Heat despite struggling mightily on the offensive end. The Jazz had just two players reach double figures (Lauri Markkanen and Collin Sexton, who both had 23 points) and shot under 40% from the field. The Heat, though, were just as bad; they just made the big shots down the stretch.

Tyler Herro scored 23 and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 20 points in a 97-92 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday in Salt Lake City.

Down five at the end of the second quarter, the Jazz now have the lead. A win is still up for grabs for either team after three quarters, but the Jazz are up 80-77 over the Heat. This match is far closer than the pair's previous matchup, which was decided by 36 points.

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Brice Sensabaugh scored a career-high 34 points, John Collins finished with 24, and the Utah Jazz snapped a five-game losing streak with a 136-100 rout over the Miami Heat on Saturday night. Walker Kessler had 14 points and 16 rebounds while Jazz starters Collin Sexton (17 points) Lauri Markkanen (15) and Keyonte George (11) all

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Florida native Brice Sensabaugh scored a career-high and game-high 34 points off the bench as the Utah Jazz snapped a five-game losing streak with a 136-100 win over the host Miami Heat on Saturday night.

Tyler Herro scored 23 and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 20 points in a 97-92 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday in the NBA. Herro and Jaquez each drained key free throws in the waning moments as Miami improved to 2-1 on its six-game trip.

Though Butler leaving the Heat in free agency (without the Heat’s help) would not leave Miami with cap space to sign a max player this summer or anything close to a max player directly into cap space, there are ways around that — avenues that could give the Heat more than $60 million in spending money in July.