Wagner 27 pts 11/23 (0/3)--Not a home run hitter, Franz--36'.
"Starry, Starry Night" Vincent 27 pts 10/20 (4/11), 36'.
Still without stars Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo and key reserve Tyler Herro, the Heat were... short-handed and had just 10 available players.
The Magic scrambled on Friday and signed four players from their G League franchise in nearby Lakeland — Aleem Ford, Admiral Schofield, B.J. Johnson and Hassani Gravett — with hardship exemptions in order to meet the NBA's minimum eight-player rule.
... Orlando has been without Markelle Fultz, Jonathan Isaac, Michael Carter-Williams and E'Twaun Moore all season because of injuries, while Cole Anthony was scratched because of an ankle sprain and Jalen Suggs has a fractured thumb.
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With his Heat down 18-8 in the early going, Spoelstra angrily called time and Miami responded with a 15-0 burst.
"Yeah, but." That's what this season in the NBA and NHL are becoming, another asterisk season because of COVID. You can't get away from it no matter what you do to occupy your mind.
