Because there never is an easy button for the 2024-25 Miami Heat. Not even with the San Antonio Spurs forced at the last minute Saturday night to go without ill All-Star big man Victor Wembanyama. Not even with the Spurs playing on the second night of a back-to-back set and the Heat idle the previous two days.

Bam Adebayo hit a 19-foot jumper as time expired to cap a 30-point, 13-rebound outing and give the Miami Heat a 105-103 victory over San Antonio on Saturday night with Spurs star Victor Wembanyama sitting out because of an undisclosed illness.

Heat defeats the Spurs 105-103 on a walk-off game-winning jumper from Bam Adebayo. Adebayo finished with 30 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists.Source: x.com What’s the buzz

There stood Erik Spoelstra’s Miami Heat, teetering in the fourth quarter amid arguably Bam Adebayo’s best game of the season. That’s when Adebayo said enough was enough.

That’s because the Spurs — reportedly Fox’s preferred trade destination — currently have nine tradeable first-round picks that they can include in a deal to the Heat’s one tradeable first-round selection. San Antonio also has young talent such as Keldon Johnson, Devin Vassell and others who it can add to any trade package for Fox.