Kyle Lowry and Kyle Kuzma, with a night of heroes in the Miami Heat vs. Washington Wizards

The fight between Washington Wizards Y Miami Heat, two rivals from the NBA’s Southeast Division, didn’t hint at too much of a show before kicking off. Neither team is in a great moment and what’s more, the ones from Florida were full of casualties, without enough of their stars.

Not Jimmy Butler, not Bam Adebayo, not Tyler Herro, not Victor Oladipo and not even a Duncan Robinson who had never missed a game but suffered a cut hand before the game and was therefore unavailable, could play, all with injuries. Dewayne Dedmon, Udonis Haslem, Gabe Vincent and Omer Yurtseven didn’t count for Spoelstra’s men either, with just seven players available to face the game in Washington (Vincent dressed but wasn’t there to play).

However, before this scenario and in a game he had another five minutes Due to overtime, Miami was just one point away from winning in Washington, with good play and a lot of trickery. In the end the celebration went to the Wizards 107-106, but the Heat were proud of themselves “magnificent seven”: Kyle Lowry, Caleb Martin, Nikola Jovic, Max Strus, Haywood Highsmith, Jamal Cain and Orlando Robinson, three of them rookies.

Kyle Kuzma, the savior of the Washington Wizards

If Washington avoided the role today and got its ninth win of the season that puts it within the top 6 of the East (the top six go directly to the Playoffs), it was for Kyle Kuzma and his 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter.

The 27-year-old forward struggled from the perimeter all night (making just two 3-pointers in twelve attempts), but he didn’t miss the most important moment, after made the game-tying 3-pointer with 15 seconds left.

Miami then missed a last-ditch chance to win it and an unbelievable overtime that had just a double by Porzingis, two free throws by Kyle Lowry and a Kuzma’s final foul shot with more than two and a half minutes left what it ended up being the pitch that decided the match.

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Kyle Lowry, the heart of the Miami Heat who never gave up

Among all the youngsters from Miami, it was mostly because of Kyle Lowry that the Florida guys pulled out the win. The former Toronto Raptors point guard flashed a game that seemed lifted from his performances five years ago: 24 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds in 51 minutes from a match in which he barely rested for two minutes.

Lowry shot 8-23 from the field, gave Miami a +4 in 51 minutes and signed the first match at least 20 points, 15 rebounds or assists and 10 rebounds or assists by a player aged 36 or over in NBA history. So far he was the oldest to do so Pau Gasolwith 35 years in the Chicago Bulls (22 points, 16 rebounds and 14 assists)

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