According to reports, veteran guard Patty Mills is poised to join with the Miami Heat.
The Heat are expected to add a player in the late part of the season, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Since Kyle Lowry left the team at the trade deadline, the Heat have lacked depth at point guard this season. The only
genuine point guard on the team is Terry Rozier, who was acquired in the trade for Lowry.
Additionally, the Heat have Tyler Herro, a combo guard, but he has been out of action lately due to a knee ailment.
Mills has an abundance of postseason expertise.
Throughout his career, he has participated in 95 postseason games for the Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs,
and Brooklyn Nets. When the Spurs faced the Heat in the 2013 and 2014 NBA Finals, Mills was a guard for the
Spurs. Mills was formerly a member of the Atlanta Hawks. The Heat, who lost point guard Dru Smith to injury early
in the season, had no trouble making the choice. The Heat will play the Detroit Pistons at Kaseya Center on Tuesday
night.
This regular season, the Heat and Pistons will play four times. This meeting is the second. Miami defeated Detroit
103-102 on Opening Night of this season. Since then, the Heat have defeated the Pistons three times in a row,
winning eight of the previous ten games overall. Miami won the series 2-1 the previous year. The Heat have an all-
time record of 68-57 against Detroit in regular season play, with home games ending in 38-24 and away games
ending in 30-33.
“When Bam and Jimmy play with that competitive spirit and are connected from a competitive standpoint, our guys
feel like we can beat anyone,” said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra following the team’s victory over the Utah Jazz on
Saturday.
Injury Report for Miami Heat vs. Detroit Pistons: Tyler Herro, Kevin Love Continue to be inactive
Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Sports Illustrated on Fan Nation’s Inside The Heat channel. Since
2010, he has covered the NBA.
