Tyler Herro scored 32 points to lead five Miami scorers in double figures and the host Heat defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 119-108 on Wednesday night.

Butler, who has been selected for the NBA All-Star Game six times in his career, ranks sixth among East frontcourt players with 257,901 votes behind Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo (1,710,630), Boston’s Jayson Tatum (1,385,851), New York’s Karl-Anthony Towns (1,099,966), Orlando’s Paolo Banchero (484,096) and Boston’s Jaylen Brown (433,636).

Tyler Herro scored 32 points, Bam Adebayo flirted with a triple-double and the Miami Heat beat the New Orleans Pelicans 119-108.

Heat guard Tyler Herro spoke in the aftermath of his altercation with Amen Thompson during the team's win against the Rockets.

Nails five triples in victory

Tyler Herro receives an All-Star endorsement from his teammate in Heat's Bam Adebayo.

Based on Thursday’s release of the first set of results from fan balloting for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game, Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro might not make it through the process as the

A: Which is why all eyes will remain on Jimmy Butler, especially the eyes of Pat Riley. Jimmy remains an enigma, but also a capable enigma – when motivated, both physically and mentally. Wednesday night certainly did not tell much of a story considering Jimmy’s playing time and the opponent.

That talent looked like it might have a bit of an off night on New Year’s Day as Miami jumped ahead to an easy 11-3, the Pelicans barely sniffing the rim as they spent their offensive possessions passing the ball around the horn. If it weren’t for Trey Murphy III it wouldn’t have been much of a game.

Make it 10 straight losses for the New Orleans Pelicans, who haven’t been able to survive the injury bug in the 2024-25 season. Now, New Orleans finds itself as

Washington Wizards Jordan Poole – 26 points, 7 assists 6 straight games of 25+ points Top Performers – New Orleans Pelicans CJ McCollum – 50 points on 18-27 FG, 10-16 3PT Ties career-high Joins Trey Murphy III as only players in franchise history with multiple 10+ 3PM games Third player this year to hit 10 3PT in a game (Tyler Herro & Damian Lillard) The Pelicans improve to 6-29 while the Wizards move to 6-26.

Heat +2 VITALS: The Heat and Pelicans meet for the first of two regular season matchups. Last season, the teams split the series, 1-1, with each team winning on the road. Miami has currently won seven of their last eight against New Orleans.