3 things we've learned about the Miami Heat from their first two preseason games in 2021-22

#2 Tyler Herro is walking the talk

Tyler Herro in action against the Atlanta Hawks

About 10 days ago, third-year Miami Heat player Tyler Herro said in an interview, “I’m ready for a bounce-back year. No question I feel like I had a lot of expectations coming into last season and some people are sleeping on me again. In that way, I am going to wake a lot of people up again like I did in the bubble in my first year.”

Herro’s remarks in the interview were in reference to his 2020-21 performance, which didn’t exactly skyrocket after a cracking rookie year.

Herro, however, has walked the talk in Miami’s first two preseason games. He has scored 50 points in total, shooting 64 percent from the field in Miami’s two wins. Herro scored 26 points on 9-of-12 field goal shooting versus Atlanta on October 5 and had 24 points on 7-for-13 shooting from the floor against Houston. Herro is also shooting an insane 64% combined from downtown in both games.

#3 Miami Heat will shoot more triples in the 2021-22 NBA season

Jimmy Butler attempts a jump shot

The Miami Heat attempted 36.2 three-point shots per game last season. In their two preseason games, they have jacked up 41 and 40 attempts from downtown, with Lowry only attempting four total attempts versus Atlanta and Houston as against his last year’s average of 7.2 three-point attempts per game.

The other indication that the team will end up shooting more from long range is that both Herro and Duncan Robinson have played well under 30 minutes in the preseason outings. Both sharpshooters averaged 30-plus minutes last season. The return of Oladipo too should see an increase in the Miami Heat’s total three-point shot attempts, all of which do not bode well for their opponents.