Tyrese Maxey and Kyle Lowry spear-headed a valiant effort to bring the Sixers back in the second half, but they fell short of a major comeback in a 110-96 defeat.
The Heat sat in zone for most of the night, and the Sixers ran out of solutions on offense in the middle of the third quarter en route to a 109-104 defeat.
A clearly injured Joel Embiid did what he could through three-and-a-half quarters, only to leave with a knee injury in the fourth quarter as the Sixers fell, 119-107.