(MIAMI) – Jimmy Butler knows this Miami Heat team can get much better. That being said, he's quite happy with the start. Butler scored 11 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, added 13 assists and the Miami Heat wasted most of what was a 29-point lead before hanging on to beat the shorthanded Detroit Pistons 117-108 on Tuesday night. Kendrick Nunn also had 20 points for Miami, while Ban Adebayo scored 18 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for the Heat who at 7-3 matched the third best 10 game start in franchise history. Butler's 13-assist, zero-turnover game was the fifth in Heat history and the first since Dwyane Wade had one in 2009. Luke Kennard was 0 for 7 in the first half, but recovered to score 22 for Detroit.; Andre Drummond had 16 points and nine rebounds before fouling out, and Christian Wood added 16 for the Pistons, who never led, but made the second half plenty interesting by getting as close as seven late. Detroit held Blake Griffin (hamstring, knee) and Derrick Rose (hamstring) out, not wanting to play either on a back-to-back after both played Monday.