MIAMI _ It's beginning to feel a lot like ... 11-30.
Everywhere the Heat go.
(But especially at AmericanAirlines Arena.)
Unable to score early and unable to finish late, the Heat fell to 3-7 at home with a 104-92 loss Tuesday night to the Brooklyn Nets, going into their Thanksgiving break at 6-11 and rekindling memories of the 11-30 start of two seasons ago, when the losses came in a similar variety of distressing performances.
Going from a 13-point first quarter (by the team, not any single player), the Heat later would push to an eight-point lead only to fail to finish.
The loss came despite 21 points and 23 rebounds from Heat center Hassan Whiteside.
A 14-2 surge put the Nets up 88-80 early in the fourth quarter. Later, six consecutive points from Whiteside got the Heat within four, but the Nets then regained control, led by D'Angelo Russell's 20 points.
The Heat had Dwyane Wade back after he missed the previous seven games following the birth of his daughter, but were without sidelined guards Goran Dragic and Tyler Johnson, with Dragic missing a second consecutive games with a swollen right knee and Johnson sidelined by a sore hamstring injured during Monday's practice.
