Tyler Herro scored 32 points to lead five Miami scorers in double figures and the host Heat defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 119-108 on Wednesday night.

Butler, who has been selected for the NBA All-Star Game six times in his career, ranks sixth among East frontcourt players with 257,901 votes behind Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo (1,710,630), Boston’s Jayson Tatum (1,385,851), New York’s Karl-Anthony Towns (1,099,966), Orlando’s Paolo Banchero (484,096) and Boston’s Jaylen Brown (433,636).

Heat guard Tyler Herro is not concerned with being the focal point of opposing defenses amid Jimmy Butler suspension and trade rumors

Tyler Herro scored 32 points, Bam Adebayo flirted with a triple-double and the Miami Heat beat the New Orleans Pelicans 119-108.

New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray (5) defends Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) during the first half at Kaseya Center. / Rhona Wise-Imagn Images Tyler Herro led the Heat with 32 ...

Tyler Herro receives an All-Star endorsement from his teammate in Heat's Bam Adebayo.

A: Which is why all eyes will remain on Jimmy Butler, especially the eyes of Pat Riley. Jimmy remains an enigma, but also a capable enigma – when motivated, both physically and mentally. Wednesday night certainly did not tell much of a story considering Jimmy’s playing time and the opponent.

MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 32 points, Bam Adebayo flirted with a triple-double and the Miami Heat beat the New Orleans Pelicans 119-108 on Wednesday night. Adebayo finished with 23 points ...

Lastly, fan voting returns from Thursday suggest that LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets has a strong chance to be voted as a starter. He leads all East backcourt players in fan voting. Given Ball's time missed to injury (11 games so far) and Charlotte's lowly 8-27 record, his safest path to the All-Star Game is as a starter.

Tyler Herro scored 23 points and Jaime Jaquez had 20, including five in the final 1:03, to lead the Miami Heat to a 97-92 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night

At 35 years old, Butler is averaging 17.6 points on a career-best 55.2% shooting from the floor along with 1.2 steals. The six-time All-Star and five-time All-Defensive Team selection would be sent to a third team in the deal, but the waters remain murky regarding his destination.

With that said, here is the 10th edition of the NBA Power Rankings: The Wizards back at the bottom of the power rankings following a 4-game losing skid that included two losses to the Pelicans. They were very close to stealing one in Philadelphia,