Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 126-106 blowout loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night at Kaseya Center to close its quick two-game homestand at 1-1 and fall back to .500. The Heat (23-23) now hits the road to begin a four-game trip on Saturday against the San Antonio Spurs:

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MIAMI – One day before Miami Heat star Tyler Herro finds out if he is an All-Star or not, the team loses to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, 126-106. As the standoff between the Heat and Jimmy Butler continues, the team is still finding a way to find some semblance and consistency.

Among those Herro beat out were the Hawks’ Trae Young, Hornets’ LaMelo Ball, Bulls’ Zach LaVine and 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey.

An argument could be made that this one was over on Dec. 8, when the Heat dared defeat the visiting Cavaliers. With the Cavaliers back at Kaseya Center on Wednesday night, Cleveland made clear

The Miami Heat (23-22) will try to extend their two-game winning streak and pull off an upset when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers (37-9) on Wednesday night. Miami was able to get back above the .500 mark this season when it took down Orlando in double overtime on Monday night.

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young sent a strong message over social media on Thursday after getting snubbed for this year's NBA All-Star Game.

Although they dealt with the second game back-to-back, the Cavs showed no sign of fatigue at home against the Hawks.

The reigning rookie of the year is an NBA All-Star for the first time, with the 21-year-old from France one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the midseason exhibition that will take place Feb. 16 at the home of the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.

Be so good at playing basketball that you make an NBA roster and then enjoy all the benefits that go with it: Money, fame, the home crowd cheering for you, flights on charted jets, a night in a

The NBA head coaches have to pick two guards, three frontcourt players and two "wild card" players at any position for the reserves. The West All-Stars have five frontcourt reserves in Davis, Jackson Jr., Sengun, Wembanyama and Jalen Williams.