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Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is sitting out against the Los Angeles Clippers. He has a sore lower back after a fall at Portland on Saturday.

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently on a three game losing streak, having been decidedly beaten by the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, and San Antonio Spurs

Jaquez then delivered an alley-oop to Adebayo to put Miami up 12. Herro’s three free throws – following a Portland flagrant foul - pushed the margin to 15, and Jaquez’s driving layup made it a 17-point game, essentially settling matters.

Amid an up-and-down season for the Miami Heat, Bam Adebayo has remained a steady, influential force for the franchise that drafted him 14th in 2017.

With that said, here is the 11th edition of the NBA Power Rankings: Previous ranking: 30 The Wizards are squarely in the driver's seat for the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes. They rank dead last in the league in both offensive rating and defensive rating and Washington's focus for 2024-25 should be on moving the veterans and developing the youngsters.

The Portland Trail Blazers will be without their rookie center, Donovan Clingan, for a while. The Blazers will re-evaluate their rookie center in a week after he suffered a mild left ankle sprain on Tuesday night against the Brooklyn Nets.

When it comes to Heat seals of approval, few carry as much weight these days as one from emerging leading man Tyler Herro. That, alone, has rookie center Kel’el Ware working ahead of the

However, the Heat rallied and enter Monday's showdown with the Clippers riding a three-game winning streak. "The three gam

That identity starts with defending with zeal. With Bam Adebayo the fulcrum, the Heat has held three consecutive opponents below 100 points and is now 11-0 this season when doing that. Miami is now 8-7 without Butler, whose Heat suspension for “conduct detrimental to the team” runs two more games.

The runway has been his the entire season, with Jimmy Butler nearly as often away as present, with Bam Adebayo uneven off the offensive end. So it hasn’t just been Tyler Herro seizing a

Tyler Herro #14 of the Miami Heat looks to pass the ball against Toumani Camara #33 of the Portland Trail Blazers during the first half at Moda Cent