Daily News | Sixers cannot overcome slow start in 99-82 loss at Miami Heat | Analysis
MIAMI — As Bam Adebayo grabbed an offensive rebound and laid the ball back in, Doc Rivers pointed to Isaiah Joe to signal it was time to begin subbing out the 76ers’ starters. The coach had really seen enough when Caleb Martin proceeded to knock down a three-pointer with Joe waiting at the scorer’s table, calling timeout with his team suddenly trailing by 17 points.
The Sixers next play the Chicago Bulls, who entered Saturday one game behind the Sixers, on Monday, before a highly anticipated showdown against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday. Then after a March 13 game at lowly Orlando, the Sixers host Denver, visit Cleveland and then play a rare home back-to-back against Toronto and Miami.
Then when a Danny Green three-pointer and two free throws by Joel Embiid in the third quarter’s final minute got the Sixers within 70-68, Gabe Vincent answered with a three-pointer right before the buzzer. Max Stus followed with a deep shot to make the score 76-68. The Sixers responded with a 12-2 run that sliced that advantage in half at 42-32 with about five minutes to play in the second quarter, but then they essentially traded baskets for the rest of the half before buckets by Vincent and Herro gave Miami a 54-40 lead at the break.
The center started 2-of-10 from the floor, and only got to the free-throw line twice in the first half. But he helped anchor the Sixers rally attempt, when they outscored the Heat 28-19.
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