Heat vs. Suns: Play-by-play, highlights and reactions


The Miami Heat (20-14) play against the Phoenix Suns (18-16) at Footprint Center

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Game Time: 9:00 PM EST on Friday January 5, 2024

Miami Heat 0, Phoenix Suns 0 (9:00 pm ET)

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
#Suns vs. #Heat starting lineups:
Devin Booker
Bradley Beal
Grayson Allen
Chimezie Metu
Jusuf Nurkic pic.twitter.com/iMLoD4FbFJ8:54 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
‘Can’t make excuses’: Bradley Beal talks Phoenix Suns defensive priority, offensive execution, his health (w/video) #Suns azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 8:50 PM
Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Same Heat starters:
Kyle Lowry
Tyler Herro
Jaime Jaquez
Nikola Jovic
Bam Adebayo – 8:42 PM
Miami Heat @MiamiHEAT
No change in tonight’s 5⃣ pic.twitter.com/Te3N8DcxeH8:41 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Heat opening with the starting lineup of Kyle Lowry, Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo tonight vs. Suns for the second straight game. – 8:33 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Darvin Ham confirmed that Russell and Hachimura will both be out tonight vs. Memphis, and remain day to day.
Having watched the film of the loss vs. Miami, he thought the players competed, but couldn’t overcome excess turnovers and missed shots (particularly 3’s). – 8:31 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Heat guard Tyler Herro’s friendship with Suns guard Devin Booker has been well-documented. But how about the lessons Herro has learned from Booker along the way? miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… And both the Heat and Suns missing key players tonight – 8:21 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Cole Swider says he will return to the G League for Sunday’s Skyforce game in Sioux Falls. – 7:57 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Spoelstra says Heat went through shootaround preparing for Durant to play. Durant out tonight. – 7:35 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Caleb Martin is out tonight. It’s the fifth straight game that he has missed since spraining his ankle. – 7:29 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat say Caleb Martin out again tonight. – 7:28 PM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
Caleb Martin out for the Heat, per Heat – 7:28 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Frank Vogel on the Suns, “We want to be the best team in the league. I think we can be the best team in the league.” – 7:22 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Frank Vogel on Bradley Beal, “I finally feel he’s at the point where he’s ‘not returning from injury.’ “ – 7:21 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Suns coach Frank Vogel notes that the Heat is 5-1 in the last six games it has played without Jimmy Butler, adding that Erik Spoelstra always does a good job of utilizing his entire roster. – 7:20 PM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Kevin Durant (hamstring) is out forfor the Suns’ game vs. the Heat pic.twitter.com/81kK84ONi47:19 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Suns coach Frank Vogel notes Heat 5-1 in last six games without Jimmy Butler. – 7:19 PM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Kevin Durant, Eric Gordon and Nassir Little are all out tonight – 7:17 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Eric Gordon (knee) and Nassir Little (knee) also OUT. #Suns7:16 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Kevin Durant, Nassir Little and Eric Gordon are out tonight for the Suns vs. Heat. – 7:14 PM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Kevin Durant (hamstring) OUT. #Suns7:13 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Kevin Durant and Eric Gordon are out tonight for Phoenix against the Heat. – 7:13 PM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
Kevin Durant, Eric Gordon and Nassir Little all out, per Suns – 7:13 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Re Jimmy Butler, Erik Spoelstra said this morning: “We’ll treat him day to day and we’ll see how he’s doing when we get back to Miami.” – 7:11 PM
Phoenix Suns @Suns
Our halftime concert series La Música del Valle continues tonight with Tornillo, fueled by The Desert Ford Dealers! pic.twitter.com/hbuxSYUSwX6:59 PM

Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Feels like a Tyler Herro type night
Whole lot of mid-range pull-ups, always comes to play against Booker, and coming off a game where he feels he could play a lot better
He will be hunting – 6:29 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
With back relenting, Heat’s Josh Richardson back to prioritizing defense sun-sentinel.com/2024/01/05/wit… From earlier. – 5:44 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat’s Jimmy Butler returns early to Miami to treat foot injury sun-sentinel.com/2024/01/05/hea… From earlier. – 5:43 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
ASK IRA: Is Heat’s young core four the new personnel starting point? sun-sentinel.com/2024/01/05/ask… From earlier. – 5:43 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Heat guard Tyler Herro’s friendship with Suns guard Devin Booker has been well-documented. But how about the lessons Herro has learned from Booker along the way? miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Also, Jimmy Butler back in Miami and Erik Spoelstra on Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s accomplishment – 5:39 PM
Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach
For @YahooSports: On Kevin Durant, legacies and finding joy in the muck.
sports.yahoo.com/nba-fact-or-fi…5:29 PM
Bob Finnan @BobCavsinsider
Washington has three players on G League assignments, including Patrick Baldwin, Jules Bernard and Ryan Rollins. Landry Shamet (left hamstring) is also out. – 5:21 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Tonight’s Heat-Suns game is a matchup between the NBA’s two worst fourth-quarter teams this season based on net rating.
Suns rank 30th in fourth-quarter net rating and Heat ranks 29th.
Buckle up for a wild fourth quarter. – 4:58 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
New Locked on #Thunder Podcast:
🏀 The Trade Deadline heat is too much
🏀 Mailbag episode
🏀 Ousmane Dieng check in
🏀 Rotation guesses
#ThunderUp #FirstListen:
link.chtbl.com/LOThunder pic.twitter.com/9rbKmV4mvI3:40 PM

Shandel Richardson @ShandelRich
Live stream tonight for Heat-Suns game at 9 pm on @PSF_App relevnt.app/m/21168603:38 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat’s Jimmy Butler returns early to Miami to treat foot injury. sun-sentinel.com/2024/01/05/hea… Plus: Spoelstra on Jaquez; Fizdale resurfaces with Suns. – 3:30 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
NEW: Heat guard Tyler Herro’s friendship with Suns guard Devin Booker has been well-documented. But how about the lessons Herro has learned from Booker along the way? miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Also, Jimmy Butler back in Miami and Erik Spoelstra on Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s accomplishment – 3:27 PM
Bill Simmons @BillSimmons
Raised the following hypothetical to @HowardBeck on last night’s pod – if the Lakers season goes south and LeBron on an expiring wanted to chase a title, what would a Miami deal look like? pic.twitter.com/kxQe0q53yL3:19 PM





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