Herro scores 25, Adebayo hits milestone and Heat top Pistons 121-110, Detroit's 4th straight loss

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Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) and Detroit Pistons forward Isaiah Stewart go for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) aims to score as Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. (11) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) — Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) and Detroit Pistons forward Isaiah Stewart go for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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8:38 PM on Sunday, March 8

By TIM REYNOLDS

MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo had 24 to go over the 10,000-point mark for his career, and the Miami Heat beat Detroit 121-110 on Sunday night to extend the Pistons' season-worst losing streak to four games.

Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 19 points and seven assists for Miami (36-29), which has won five straight and matched a season best by moving seven games over .500. The Heat are still without Norman Powell (groin) and Nikola Jovic (back), and Andrew Wiggins (toe) was also sidelined.

Adebayo — who added nine rebounds and six assists — entered the night 23 points away from the scoring milestone. He and Dwyane Wade are the only players with 10,000 points in a Heat uniform.

Cade Cunningham finished with 26 points and 10 assists and Jalen Duren scored 24 for the Pistons, whose lead in the Eastern Conference is down to 2 1/2 games over Boston.

Detroit trailed by 25 in the first half — the Pistons' largest pre-halftime deficit this season. Miami's lead was 18 by the end of the first quarter and the Heat kept a double-digit lead for the final 38:27.

The Heat won the season series with the Pistons, 2-1 — becoming the first East team to do that this season. Detroit also went 0-2 against both San Antonio and the Los Angeles Clippers; it has either already won or clinched no worse than a tie of the season series with 11 of the 13 other East clubs.

Marcus Sasser had a look at a 3-pointer midway through the third that would have gotten Detroit within 15. He missed, and then Herro went on a run that basically sealed the outcome.

He hit three 3s in the next 1:51, pushing Miami's lead to 93-66.

Up next

Pistons: Visit Brooklyn on Tuesday.

Heat: Host Washington on Tuesday.

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