Elite outings from each of Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Bam Adebayo helped lead the Heat to their third straight win over the visiting Charlotte Hornets. (Photo via NBA.com)

The Miami Heat have come out to open the season on a sizzling start on both ends of the floor. And that continued on Tuesday night after Miami dominated the visiting Charlotte Hornets on route to another impressive 144-117 win.

Their 144 points was good to tie for the fourth-highest in franchise history. The revamped fast paced Heat offense has been unstoppable, as they will now improve to a 3-1 record thus far on the season.

Through four games, the Miami Heat have scored 121, 146, 115 and 144 points, respectively.

This is the first time in franchise history where they’ve scored at least 144 points twice in a single season — and the second with 140+ twice (2023-24).

What. A. Start.

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Both of the team’s near 24 points per game scorers in Tyler Herro and Norman Powell were sidelined in this matchup— making the Heat’s continued offensive dominance that much more impressive. Powell was a late addition on the injury report this afternoon and was downgraded from questionable to out closer to tip-off time. He had suffered some groin soreness at this morning’s practice, although it doesn’t seem to be any serious setback for the Heat newcomer.

Powell’s status will be worth monitoring prior to Thursday’s matchup on the road against Victor Wembanyama and a rising San Antonio Spurs squad.

But tonight, Miami’s depth and next man up mentality was on full display.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. continues to turn heads with his resurgence back to rookie-year form. The third-year forward led with a team-high 28 points to go along with 5 assists and 4 rebounds on an efficient 9 of 14 shooting. Most impressively, he sported a +43 plus/minus in his minutes on the floor.

“Jaime was terrific tonight and that’s an understatement, +43… that is remarkable,” coach Erik Spoelstra said in the postgame presser. “He’s playing downhill and making really nice reads. We want him to play with confidence and not put a limit on it.”

Outside of Jaquez’s huge bench spark, captain Bam Adebayo also filled the stat sheet in just 30 minutes of action. The All-Star big man posted 26 points and 6 rebounds on 10 of 16 from the field (63%). Additionally, he knocked down 3 of his 5 attempts from 3-point range and had an elite +29 plus/minus impact himself.

With Powell’s absence, Andrew Wiggins helped make up some of the scoring in a versatile two-way outing of 21 points and 3 steals on the night. Pelle Larsson, who got the start to step in for Powell in the backcourt, added 17 points and 5 boards.

Miami shot 54% as a team overall, as well as 44% from deep and knocked down 20 of 22 free throw attempts (91%). They limited themselves to just 11 turnovers on the night, and even kept the Hornets’ LaMelo Ball in check. It was a truly efficient all around performance on both ends from the Heat.

As mentioned earlier, next up will be the tougher task of holding off Wemby and the Spurs on Thursday.

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