After a productive run with the Heat, rookie Kel'el Ware is beginning to showcase why the organization selected him with the 15th pick in the draft.
MIAMI—Though the Miami Heat lost to the Portland Trail Blazers devastatingly on Tuesday night, 116-107, the one bright spot came from rookie Kel’el Ware. The long-awaited duo of the Heat’s first-round pick and Bam Adebayo is coming off a game in which they excelled against the Spurs.
That’s because Heat coach Erik Spoelstra played three-time NBA All-Star center Bam Adebayo and rookie center Kel’el Ware together for an extended stretch for the first time during Sunday’s 128-107 home win over the San Antonio Spurs ... and the double-big combination looked better than anybody could have imagined.
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Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Sunday game against the San Antonio Spurs.
To continue on with the lineup change, Spoelstra would trot out Ware to start the second half along with Adebayo, Butler, Robinson, and Herro. It led to nothing but exceptional play from Miami as when Ware eventually was subbed out by Nikola Jovic, the Heat outscored the Spurs 36-13 when the rookie big-man and Adebayo were on the floor together.
The Miami Heat finally got a glimpse of the potential for 7-1 rookie center Kel`el Ware. He finished with 25 points and eight rebounds in a victory Sunday against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs.
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