From the 7:27 mark onward in the fourth quarter of the Miami Heat’s Saturday 111-101 win over the San Antonio Spurs in Mexico City — when Jimmy Butler checked in for Haywood Highsmith — Erik Spoelstra had a lineup of Victor Oladipo, Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson, Butler and Bam Adebayo.
It was a lineup many of us hoped to see when the Heat traded for Oladipo in March 2021 — three All-NBA Defensive Team players making up for the defensive liabilities of Robinson and Herro. (As an aside, Herro got robbed of a block yesterday.