In the moment, it appeared as little more than an innocuous substitution as Heat coach Erik Spoelstra cycled through his rotation in the hopes of finding something that would work while down

After the Heat beat the Spurs, Erik Spoelstra speaks on the Bam Adebayo-Kel'el Ware pairing.

Jimmy Butler might have thought he escaped the abject mediocrity earlier in the day, with his third team suspension of the season. But instead of those left behind reduced to flailing and failing, the Miami Heat put together one of their best character wins of the season,