Ira Winderman: Moe Harkless (thigh) out for Heat on Monday at Nets. Still out and away from Heat are Butler, Bradley, Herro and Leonard. Okpala (knee) is questionable. Silva (hip) is out. Both Dragic (foot) and Vincent (knee) are probable.
Miami Heat Rumors
Nine teams allowing fans in arenas this week
Marc Stein: The NBA will soon be up to nine teams allowing reduced crowds with Atlanta and Miami planning to start admitting fans this week, Indiana starting last week and Memphis allowing floor-seat and suite-ticket holders. Cleveland, Houston, New Orleans, Orlando and Utah are the others
The Heat will use coronavirus-sniffing dogs at AmericanAirlines Arena to screen fans who want to attend their games. They’ve been working on the plan for months, and the highly trained dogs have been in place for some games this season in which the team has allowed a handful of guests — mostly friends and family of players and staff. Starting this week, a limited number of ticket holders will be in the seats as well, provided they get past the dogs first.
“If you think about it, detection dogs are not new,” said Matthew Jafarian, the Heat’s executive vice president for business strategy. “You’ve seen them in airports, they’ve been used in mission-critical situations by the police and the military. We’ve used them at the arena for years to detect explosives.”
Alex Schiffer: Kyrie Irving asked about his attempt to get a jersey from Bam Adebayo at the end of the game and having it broken up by security: “I just want to follow NBA protocols.”
Tim Reynolds: Bam Adebayo is the 11th player in Heat history to have a 40-point game.
Ira Winderman: Steve Nash, pregame, on shorthanded Heat, “This is an organization that just keeps going and going and going. No matter who’s in the lineup, they’re going to play hard, they’re going to play smart. They’re going to ask a lot of questions of your defense.”
