Detroit, MI
Winderman’s view: Heat prosper with peskiness, now need to do it again
MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Friday night’s 108-95 victory over the Detroit Pistons:
– Hands were in the passing lane, bodies were moving, seemingly a Pistons turnover at every turn.
– From the start.
– To the finish.
– This is what the Heat needed after carrying a four-game losing streak into the night.
– Some feistiness.
– And the ability to frustrate.
– Granted, the opposition was the Pistons.
– Who, at 12-54 certainly have shown the ability to get in their own way.
– But these two games against Detroit, in the set that concludes Sunday, are opportunities to get back in a rhythm.
– Back in attack mode.
– Before the real tests of this trip, in Philadelphia and Cleveland.
– So one down.
– But still one more needed to go in Motown.
– Because without backing it up, this ultimately would be meaningless.
– The Heat opened for the ninth consecutive game with a starting lineup of Bam Adebayo, Nikola Jovic, Jimmy Butler, Duncan Robinson and Terry Rozier.
– That unit is now 4-5 as a starting group.
– The Heat remained without Tyler Herro (foot), Kevin Love (heel) and Josh Richardson (shoulder), with none of the three on the trip.
– Jaime Jaquez Jr. played as the Heat’s first reserve, filling the boxscore.
– Caleb Martin followed, energizing off the bench.
– With it then another Thomas Bryant night as backup center.
– .And Patty Mills then making it nine deep.
– Again ahead of Delon Wright.
– And also leaving Haywood Highsmith on the outside of the mix.
– Even without a fully healthy roster, with Herro and Love still out, and with Richardson out for the season following shoulder surgery, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said tough decisions remain.
– Spoelstra was first asked pregame about the decision to play Jovic at times at backup center in Love’s absence and at other times go with Bryant or Orlando Robinson.
– “There’s a lot of factors to it,” he said. “Everybody that’s available, that’s healthy, they’re on the table. The rotation is the rotation right now. Anybody that can help us get a win, we’ll use our depth, our versatility. Everybody understands that. Everybody is pouring into it.”
– Spoelstra added, “Both Niko and Thomas have provided really good minutes. Thomas I thought was good in his minutes the other night. Niko was really good on the road trip. And Orlando is ready, as well. It’s all hands on deck.”
– Bryant wound up providing quality minutes in relief of Adebayo.
– Similarly, Spoelstra was asked about Wright seemingly being squeezed out with the arrival of Mills.
– “At any time, he’s always on my mind. And everybody is,” Spoelstra said. “That’s the thing when you have depth. We saw what Delon could do on our previous road trip, where he really impacted in particular that Sacramento win. He’s a winning player. You know, Pat’s been giving us some life and some offensive punch in the collaboration with Jimmy. But it could be either guy.”
– Spoelstra added, “And that’s the whole point – all hands on deck, whatever we have to do to get the win. We have the depth for a reason. And we’ll utilize however we have to, to get some wins.”
– With the teams to meet again Sunday, Spoelstra was asked how much the scouting report might differ.
– “We’re trying to get consistency on who we are and an ability especially to be able to sustain,” he said. “Now, who knows? After this game, there may have to be some adjustments. But I certainly would rather focus on our sustainability of competing and executing on both ends of the floor at a high level.”
– Of the Heat entering 2-0 against his team, Pistons coach Monty Williams said pregame, “They’ve been more consistent throughout the games than us.”
– That again was the case.
(WXYZ) — The third annual Detroit Sandwich Party is coming to Eastern Market on Labor Day weekend, bringing a massive free festival for sandwich lovers.
The festival is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 6 at Eastern Market. It’s organized by Carlos Parisi, Will McDowell and Bekah Galang.
Watch our 2025 interview with Carlos in the video below
Detroit Sandwich Party returns to Eastern Market with an expansion on Aug. 31
Organizers are looking for vendors, volunteers and sponsors for the 2026 event. You can learn more and sign up to be a vendor, volunteer or sponsor here.
The event is free to enter, and each vendor will be selling smaller-sized sandwiches for purchase, so people can try as many sandwiches as they want.
Below are some sandwiches from the 2025 festival from Leña, Tall Trees Cafe, Bar Chenin and more
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Detroit, MI
Around 400 pairs of shoes intended for charity giveaway stolen from Detroit nonprofit, organization says
Shoes intended for an annual charity giveaway in Detroit were recently stolen from a local nonprofit organization’s warehouse. Now, the group is asking for your help.
NW Goldberg Cares was set to give away 1,000 pairs of sneakers at its annual Hoopfest, a community event tied to Mayor Mary Sheffield’s “Occupy the Summer” initiative, but on Friday, the nonprofit’s founder made a surprising discovery at their warehouse.
“I just happened to notice that something seemed very off about how many shoes were in the warehouse. Sure enough, I went to the back of the facility, saw a bunch of big boxes, as well as some bags that previously had sneakers in it, completely empty,” Daniel Washington, founder and executive director, NW Goldberg Cares, said.
Washington says a person or group stole about 400 pairs of shoes.
“From the looks of it, it looks like they were somehow able to pry up the door on the backside of the building, crawl underneath, and while somebody else was in, somebody was able to hand shoes out underneath the door,” he said.
Washington says a report was filed with the Detroit Police Department, but so far, they don’t have any leads.
“DPD staff is working on the case right now. We’ve been in contact with several sergeants on the issue, and at this point, we’re just hoping for some type of information on it or recovery of some sort,” Washington said.
The custom-designed brand shoes were donated by Social Status Detroit and USA Basketball. The value is more than $40,000.
“Depending on what shoes you’re talking about, you could go as up to $45,000 to $75,000. Because again, shoes, depending, were as much as $220 a shoe. So, a lot of loss,” Washington said.
Since the news broke, the community has stepped up to help.
“We have about over 130 pairs of individual shoes that were donated via our Amazon wish list, which has truly helped us in so many ways because, you know, without those types of donations, without people stepping up, you know, we would be up a creek without a paddle, as they say,” Washington said.
Hoopfest gives hope to kids and teens.
“For so many kids across this great city, they might not have ever had a brand new pair of shoes, right? Money is tight in the household, and at the end of the day, we want to give them that level of confidence or give them that little boost to say, ‘Hey, you deserve the experience of opening up a brand new pair of shoes,’” Washington said.
Washington shared the following final message with CBS News Detroit on Sunday:
“I encourage anybody who needs help, just reach out before you make it or do an act like this that compromises the integrity of an event like ours. Just reach out. Say, ‘We need help.’ Express your needs. Say, ‘Hey, we’d love some support in this way. Is there any way we could work alongside you?’”
The nonprofit founder says they’re resilient and they’re not going to let the incident stop Hoopfest from being a success. The event runs Friday through Sunday at Curtis Jones Park.
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