MIAMI -- It took a little while, but Tyler Herro eventually got going in his season debut.

As a result, so did the Miami Heat .

Behind 24 points from Herro -- including a floater that put Miami ahead for good inside the final minute -- Monday night at Kaseya Center against the Dallas Mavericks , the Heat eventually emerged with a 106-102 victory , continuing the team's hot start and allowing everyone to celebrate the team's leading scorer returning from ankle surgery in September.

"It was a long nine, 10 weeks or so [that I was out], but it went by fast," Herro said. "[The team has] been having a lot of fun, and just to be able to go out there and compete with them tonight was great."

Herro had spent the past few weeks ramping himself back up into full basketball shape with a t

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