ORLANDO — The shots were there, so was the flow.

So in the first half Wednesday night in Dallas, already 20 points over the first two quarters for Tyler Herro.

Then the shots weren’t there, so no flow. Herro scoreless over the final two periods.

So what changed?

“Not touching the ball,” the seventh-year guard said softly and succinctly in the locker room following the 118-108 loss to the Mavericks at the start of the two-game road trip that concludes Friday night against the Orlando Magic at Kia Center. “I didn’t really have the ball in the second half.”

Twelve shots in the first half, seven in the second.

“It just didn’t find me,” he said. “It’s all good.”

But is it? Two seasons ago, when coach Erik Spoelstra legislated against midrange shots, Herro snapped back with, “I guess I’m a spot-up shooter now.”

Compromise soon was reached, with Herro emerging as an All-Star last season, season success built largely on scoring only at the rim or 3-point line.

Now the Heat menu has changed, as Spoelstra has pushed the pace. Back five games since September ankle surgery, Herro has scored 20 or more in all five, extending his career-best streak of games with at least 20 to 15, dating to last season.

But the issue now is whether Wednesday’s second half was a blip or part of an ongoing adjustment process.

“They were in the zone a lot, so you have to have the right execution a lot of times,” Spoelstra said of Herro’s feast-then-famine halves. “There was a segment where they finally went back to man. I probably could have done a better job getting the group organized to get him some space and places where he could operate.

“It was that kind of game. Both teams were jumping in and out of zone, out of man. So you just had to play out of principles. We didn’t do a phenomenal job of playing out of those principles.”

Until last week, Herro wasn’t available, so perhaps as simple as reclamation.

“We’ll see,” Herro said.

One solution, he said, is, “We’ve got to get in transition a little bit more, get the ball out, play faster.”

With Norman Powell out Wednesday night with an ankle sprain, it led to yet another adjustment for Spoelstra and his roster, Herro cast more in a featured role, at least at the start on Wednesday night.

Such a single-minded approach, center Bam Adebayo said, required its own adjustment.

“We’re all playing well, so it’s hard to say somebody has the hot hand,” he said, closing with 21 points and seven rebounds against the Mavericks. “But we understand the kid can go get a bucket at any time, Just understand that.

“For us, it’s sharing the game and figuring out how we can all get this ballgame and a win.”

A constant, Spoelstra previously said, has been Herro returning ready, willing and able to fully function in the team’s new offense.

“I’m sure he wants to feel like he’s 100 percent, physically, mentally, emotionally and with his movement and everything,” Spoelstra said. “But I think he’s moving great. And it’s a testament to how hard he works. Everything he does is full speed.

“So behind the scenes he’s doing things full speed. And that allows you to come back and be ready. It’s hard to replicate that kind of training if you’re not really scrimmaging and not playing in games. And then all of a sudden everybody else has been and you get thrown out there, I think he made that look a lot easier than what it actually is.”

Big 3s

A game after Adebayo converted a career-high five 3-pointers against the Clippers, Kel’el Ware shot 4 of 5 from beyond the arc as part of his 22-point performance.

Adebayo said centers converting from deep further fuel the attack.

“It just helps the offense,” Adebayo said. “That means the bigs have to close out to us and it gives us open driving lanes and or gives someone like Tyler, Norm, (Andrew Wiggins)  driving lanes when we swing the ball to them.”