Ira Winderman

The game and success, Norman Powell said, is what continues to motivate. But as the Miami Heat guard deals with a series of nagging issues, there also is an appreciation of more at play.

For the Heat, Monday represents more than a return to action after a five-day break. It also opens an additional window for transactions.

As the calendar flipped to December, did the Miami Heat make clear exactly where they stand?

And then there is Miami Heat forward Andrew Wiggins, the quiet man who arrives in a hoodie, settles in quietly in his locker space, puts in a day’s work, lets others do the talking.

Could Simone Fontecchio and Nikola Jovic both wind up as odd men out for the Miami Heat?

In secret societies such as the Miami Heat, what is said in the locker room typically stays in the locker room. “Slightly reckless,” however, is one that got away.

To a degree, the season already has been a pain in the groin for the Miami Heat, with three players missing time with groin strains, Norman Powell and Jaime Jaquez Jr. the latest.

Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Saturday night game against the Detroit Pistons.

Heat’s late rally not enough against Pistons as six-game win streak snapped 138-135

It was anything but easy for the Miami Heat in Saturday night’s absence of Jaime Jaquez Jr. against the Detroit Pistons?