Breaking: Tyler Herro scores 28 points as the Miami Heat beat the Orlando Magic 115-106….

ORLANDO, Fla. – Tyler Herro had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to help the Miami Heat beat the Orlando Magic 115-106 on Wednesday night.Bam Adebayo had 18 points and seven rebounds for Miami, which scored 32 points in 6 1/2 minutes of the second quarter and won for the fourth time in six games.Herro made 10 of 17 from the field in his 10th game of the season. He went 4 for 5 from 3-point range. I feel like the more games I play, the more comfortable I get,” Herro said.

“I’m not in average shape yet. I would like to say there’s another level I can take it to.”Haywood Highsmith, one of four Miami reserves to score in double figures, made four of the Heat’s 15 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 15 points. “Our bench really pushed us to this win,” coach Erik Spoelstra said. “They finished the second quarter and most of the game.”Miami played without Jimmy Butler, who has a strained left calf, and Kevin Love, who is out due to illness. Cole Anthony led the Magic with 20 points. Franz Wagner added 15 points and Paolo Banchero scored 10 points on 2-of-12 shooting, along with eight rebounds and eight assists.Orlando center Wendell Carter Jr. returned to the lineup after missing twenty games with a broken left hand. He was injured in the final seconds of the Magic’s fifth game of the season on November 2. “Our bench really carried us to this win,” coach Erik Spoelstra said. “They finished the second quarter and the game for the most part.”Carter played 23 minutes and finished with eight points and six rebounds.The Heat made its final 12 shots in the first half, including two three-pointers from Highsmith and one each from Herro, Duncan Robinson and Josh Richardson. Highsmith’s consecutive 3 came during a 17-0 run that pushed Miami to a 58-40 lead. According to Anthony, this stretch doomed the Magic. “We were no longer on the defensive. We were always in trouble and they made us pay,” she said. “We must grow as a unit. We had a good run for a while and then we went through a difficult moment. We can’t hold ourselves back like that and expect to get ourselves out. This is called fighting.Miami made 8 of 12 3-pointers in the big second half and had just three turnovers in the first half.”We’re disappointed. We should be disappointed,” Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said after his team lost its third straight game for the first time this season. “Give Miami credit for what they did, but our guys know what we can do and we have to hold ourselves accountable for that.”