MIAMI — From the moment the Miami Heat moved to this season’s high-octane offense that emphasizes rim attacks, Jaime Jaquez Jr. experienced a revival. When the Heat got away from that approach, the season started to get away from Jaquez.

It is why Jaquez stands as arguably the team’s greatest proponent of standing by the style, getting back to the early-season aggression.

“We’re really just buying into the principles that we’ve been working on since training camp,” Jaquez said of the two-game winning streak the Heat carried into Monday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets at Kaseya Center. “We kind of got away from it. And we realized what works, work. And for us, that’s cutting, being disruptive, reckless, playing fast.

“So we really just got back to what wins for us and embracing that identity and bringing that every single night.”

So the Heat got back to that and Jaquez got back to his reinvigorated self.

“He’s been very consistent this year,” coach Erik Spoelstra said of Jaquez’s return from his sophomore-season swoon. “And I know there was a stretch where we were losing those games, he was missing some shots and there were some plays he could make. But the competitive will and competitive spirit, that’s what we need. And he’s all about that. And he’s getting more comfortable now in his role to start using his voice more, which is also great.

“We need his paint touches. We need his aggressiveness, that stuff where he can create something out of nothing.”

Jaquez entered the week as one of three players with 400 or more points off the bench this season, along with the San Antonio Spurs’ Keldon Johnson and the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Naz Reid.

Wiggins, too

With Jaquez again boosting the bench, there also has been a boost from Andrew Wiggins, who helped keep the starting lineup afloat amid the injury absences of Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo.

“He has those kind of gifts to be able to make the difficult look easy — the contests, the multiple efforts,” Spoelstra said of Wiggins’ complementary skills. “Yes, he can run and he’s an athlete, but he’s naturally like a settle-you-down type of player.”

Even if he sometimes needs to be pushed.

“I’ve talked to Wiggs a few times,” guard Norman Powell said, “about we need him to be aggressive, assertive on offense, doing the little things, playing off of the catch, attacking guys, put him in the post and just being confident in everything that he does and aggressive. And also just his energy, keeping plays alive, his second jumps on offensive rebounds and his athletic ability on the defensive end.”

“He’s just telling me aggressive me is the best version of myself. So I’ve just got to stay with it and continue,” Wiggins said.

Lately Spoelstra has also been cycling Wiggins into rotations with the second unit.

“I mean I love playing with Wiggs,” Jaquez said. “He impacts the game on so many levels, defensively, offensively. Just a guy, like I said, impacts that game in so many ways.

“He’s a big help to our group, obviously he’s got so much experience, knowledge. And to have him in that group for us, it really just settles us, for sure.”

No star system

In the first returns of fan balloting for the All-Star Game, Powell is the lone Heat player among the Top 20 in the Eastern Conference, at No. 18. Balloting this year is not position specific.

Fan balloting counts for 50% of the vote for the five starters from each conference, with media voting worth 25% and player voting worth 25%. Coaches then will select the seven reserves from each conference.

From that 24-player pool, three teams will be divided up for the Feb. 15 All-Star Game in Los Angeles, two domestic rosters and one international roster. Powell could qualify for the international roster, having represented Jamaica at this past summer’s World Cup qualifying.

Milestone win

The Heat’s G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, recorded the 1,000th victory in the franchise’s 37-year history on Sunday night, a 101-98 decision over the Los Angeles Clippers’ affiliate, the San Diego Clippers.

The victory was paced by former Heat two-way player Josh Christopher, who closed with 29 points and 14 rebounds. The Skyforce also got 17 points from Heat two-way player Jahmir Young and six points and seven rebounds from Heat two-way player Vlad Goldin.