The Heat made tweaks to its offense during training camp and in the preseason, emphasizing the need for a faster pace (played at the NBA’s second-slowest pace of 96.9 possessions per 48 minutes last regular season) and a more efficient shot profile that includes more threes, attempts at the rim and free throws.

On a night the Miami Heat honored Pat Riley for getting it right, Erik Spoelstra’s team offered a tutorial on getting it wrong. Thus an odd night of juxtaposition, with Riley feted at halftime in a ceremony naming the court at Kaseya Center in his honor,