MIAMI — The call for change has not come, even as the scoreboard tells a different story. Pace still remains a goal for the Miami Heat.

The outside view has not changed, either, with opposing scouting reports still stressing the need to prepare for rapid fire, even as the scoring totals have dropped and the losses have mounted for Erik Spoelstra’s team.

To Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla, it’s all part of the natural cycle of adjustment in the NBA.

“I think the stuff that is trends lasts a decent amount of time,” said Mazzulla, whose Celtics defeated the Heat on Saturday night at TD Garden. “But I think you’re always having to evolve, 10, 15, 20 games in small ways.

“I still think their offense is good, and they have the ability to play fast, they have the ability to spread you out, those driving gaps that they have. So sometimes, it’s you may not see the result every game, but the process of how you play is still there.  And I think you have that case with their offense.”

So, yes, more pick-and-rolls than at the start of the season, but sometimes it is as basic as shots falling or not falling, with the Heat taking a stretch of seven losses in eight games into Tuesday night’s matchup against the Toronto Raptors at Kaseya Center.

“I think their 3-point percentage has gone down a little bit from where it was when they started out. But they’re generating good looks and now they have driving gaps for guys to be able to drive every time down the floor,” Mazzulla said. “So it still presents a lot of challenges.”

Entering the game against the Raptors, while still leading the NBA in pace, the Heat ranked No. 14 in offensive rating, fifth in scoring.

No Herro ball

The Heat remain limited in insight when it comes to the toe contusion that has sidelined Tyler Herro for seven games, including Tuesday night against the Raptors.

“It’s part of the process,” Spoelstra said of this latest time missed. “He’s working diligently as well. And as soon as he can get back to feeling like he can move the way he wants to move, he’ll be back out there.”

Factoring in the September ankle that had him sidelined until his Nov. 24 return, Herro has appeared in just six of the Heat’s 30 games.

Through it all, Herro has remained active in the community, including a pre-Christmas event Monday at the Nike Store in Miami Beach, when he provided 10 youths with gift cards to shop with him in the store.

The event was in conjunction with non-profit partner Voices for Children Foundation.

In addition to Herro, Pelle Larsson (ankle) and Nikola Jovic (elbow) being out against the Raptors, the new NBA injury-reporting rules mandate that any player either receiving treatment or wearing protective gear also needs to be on the team’s injury report.

For the Heat, that meant that even though the players were listed as available, also listed on the team’s Tuesday injury report were Kasparas Jakucionis (ankle), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (calf), Davion Mitchell (ankle), Norman Powell (thumb), Dru Smith (ankle) and Andrew Wiggins (back).

New angle

With Spoelstra remaining with the bigger lineup of Kel’el Ware starting alongside Bam Adebayo, it has upped the ante with 7-foot Ware when it comes to defending on the perimeter.

After a challenging Sunday against the Knicks’ Josh Hart, Ware said he is ready for more.

“Just with the more reps, more reps and more reps, I’m going to get it down,” Ware said. “I’m going to get used to, I guess, just knowing how far I can be from a guy, and just figuring out my length better, guarding the perimeter.”