The Miami HEAT face the Portland Trail Blazers Tuesday night at Moda Center. Tip-off is set for 10:30 PM, and television coverage is on TNT. You can also listen to the action live on 790 The Ticket.
1: What did you take away from Miami’s loss to the Indiana Pacers to close out their homestand?
Couper Moorhead: Despite Victor Oladipo being out for the season, this game played out like just about every HEAT-Pacers matchup of the past few years – as a slowdown, grind-it-out slugfest. Both teams struggled at times to put together consistent offense, particularly when they both scored just 11 points in the final period, but it was Indiana’s defense that carried their offense across the finish line as they had 15 steals (on 24 Miami turnovers) which became 24 points.