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Winderman’s view: Jaquez shows his possibilities even as Heat show their failings

Observations and other notes of interest from Monday night’s 123-118 double-overtime loss to the Sacramento Kings: – Erik Spoelstra went back to the expected on Monday night. – Jaime Jaquez Jr. responded with a bit of everything. – After some creative, albeit unproductive, lineup tinkering by the Heat’s coach in the first game of Jimmy Butler’s seven-game suspension in Saturday night’s blowout loss to the Jazz, Spoelstra went with Jaquez as a starter Monday night. – Jaquez responded with one of his best performances of the season. – And certainly his most compete. – No, not a dynamic scorer. – No, not Jimmy Buckets 2.0. – But mature beyond his NBA experience. – And able to fill the boxscore. – So rebounds when needed Monday. – Assists when needed. – Enough points to join in the scoring. – And a mix of blocks and steals, to boot. – The finals numbers: 16 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals. – Yes, a couple of costly missed free throws. – But also the aggression to go for that critical late rebound. – If this is the Jaime Jaquez Jr.

 

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