The takeaway from these first two months of the Miami Heat’s season has been the lament of being less than whole. The lesson Monday night from the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum is that doesn’t always matter. Sitting leading men Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bane, among others, on the second night of a back-to-back set, the Grizzlies foiled the Heat’s bid to return to South Florida at .500. Instead, despite being mostly whole, the Heat were unable to follow up on their dramatic Friday night overtime victory over the Boston Celtics, falling 101-93. “It was a disappointing loss, for sure,” coach Erik Spoelstra said. Pounded in the paint, the Heat ended their trip at 2-2, with their record falling to 11-13. “I would say this is probably the first game of the year where it just looked like we were flat, in mud, for a large portion of the game,” Spoelstra said. The Grizzlies, who had only one regular starter in the lineup, center Steven Adams, who had sat out Memphis’ Sunday road victory over the Detroit Pistons, rode the season-high 28 points of fill-in guard Tyus Jones. “They did what they were supposed to do,” Heat forward Jimmy Butler said, “had a couple men down and came out and competed extremely hard and played extremely well.” Tyler Herro led the Heat with 23 points and 13 rebounds.

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