MIAMI – While the Miami Heat's new and improved offense was on display once again in the 136-131 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night, the standout of the night was the performance of Nikola Jovic . As Heat captain Bam Adebayo continues to be out with a toe injury, Jovic stepped up to the plate in leading the team under the up-tempo offense, but it wasn't always easy for the 22-year-old.

J0vic would score 29 points and made 10 shots from the field, both career-highs, to go along with nine rebounds, seven assists, two steals, and a block. He was making total use of the free-flowing offense that Miami prides itself on this season, but Jovic admitted after the win that in the past two weeks, he “felt like everything I did was wrong.”

“I thought it was gonna be a lot

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