Miami was hot right out of the gate, drawing first blood and doing some great work on offense. What’s interesting about the Heat’s offense this season is how many players are involved. In the first few minutes there were baskets from Whiteside, Waiters, Dragic and Babbitt. As a result the Heat got off to a big lead.
Miami was solid on defense to start as well, though it was confusing as to why Waiters started on DeRozan after Winslow’s solid defense on him last season and postseason.
Josh Richardson made his season debut towards the latter half of the first quarter and his rust was evident, but either way it’s great to see him back.