The runway has been his the entire season, with Jimmy Butler nearly as often away as present, with Bam Adebayo uneven off the offensive end. So it hasn’t just been Tyler Herro seizing a

Tyler Herro made seven 3-pointers and recorded 32 points, five rebounds and five assists to lead the Miami Heat to a 119-98 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night.

That’s when the defining moment of the night happened, as Rockets forward Amen Thompson and Heat guard Tyler Herro sparked a melee that led to six ejections before the Heat escaped with a gutsy 104-100 road victory. “Just two competitors going at it, playing basketball,” Herro said, downplaying the incident.

Tyler Herro had 32 points, including seven 3-pointers, and the Miami Heat downed the Portland Trail Blazers 119-98 on Saturday 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).

Tyler Herro scored 23 and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 20 points in a 97-92 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday in Salt Lake City.