The Heat turned a game that looked buried into one that could have been won, but the Hornets walked out with a 115-110 victory anyway. The Heat trailed by as many as 23 with 5 seconds left in the 3Q, then ripped off a 27-4 run to tie it before the final swing went the other way.
That is the part that makes this loss sting. Erasing a 23-point hole and getting back level should have changed the night for the Heat, but it only moved the game to a different kind of pressure, one they could not finish under.
The result leaves the Heat at 0-3 on the season and sends the Hornets to 2-1. For Miami, the comeback effort has to count for something, but the standings do not soften the blow. The loss also sharpens the concern around a winless start, because the Heat have now shown they can claw back, but not yet close.
This game recap came from NBA.com, and it fits the larger shape of the early season for both teams. The Heat are still searching for their first win, while the Hornets have now banked a second one. The scoreline does not just show who won; it shows how close the Heat came to changing the story and still ended up with the same record they started with.
What matters next is not the comeback itself, but whether the Heat can turn that kind of response into a finish. Until they do, a rally like this will read as proof of fight, not proof of a turnaround.
