Goran Dragic scored 20 points, Dion Waiters added 19 and the Miami Heat pushed the NBA's longest current winning streak to eight games with a 104-96 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night.

James Johnson had 17, Rodney McGruder scored 13 and Hassan Whiteside added 12 for Miami. Waiters and Dragic combined to hand out 17 assists for the Heat, who took the lead for good with a 17-0 run late in the first half.

Miami outscored Brooklyn 33-12 from 3-point range.

The Brooklyn Nets face the Miami Heat on the road Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET.

According to STATS:

• The Heat overcame an 18-point deficit entering the fourth quarter and defeated Brooklyn last Wednesday, 109-106. It was Miami's largest fourth-quarter comeback win since at least 2002-03. The Heat have now won eight of nine meetings against the Nets since 2014-15.
• Through Sunday, Nets opponents have combined for a .523 winning percentage, making Brooklyn's strength of schedule to date the toughest in the Eastern Conference. Only Dallas and Phoenix (.526 each) have faced tougher slates in the entire NBA.
• After going just 11-30 through their first 41 games of 2016-17 (halfway point of the season), the Heat have won their last seven games. Miami surrendered just 12 points in the fourth quarter of Saturday's victory over Detroit, and currently leads the league this season with an average of 23.6 points allowed per game in the fourth period.
• Rookie guard Isaiah Whitehead led the Nets with eight assists on Saturday, matching a season high. He currently paces Brooklyn with 2.9 assists per game, the lowest rate by any team leader in the league.
• Goran Dragic scored 23 points Saturday, just above his season average of 22.2 points per game at home. That's 4.5 better than his rate on the road (17.7), the largest such disparity in the NBA (based on home better, minimum played 75 percent of team games both home and road).
• In addition to scoring 18 points on Saturday, James Johnson contributed eight rebounds and five assists. It was the seventh time this season that Johnson combined at least five rebounds and five assists off the bench, the most by any reserve in 2016-17.

PG Isaiah Whitehead (concussion) is probable for the Nets matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday, while Caris LeVert (left foot rehab) and Jeremy Lin (strained left hamstring) remain out, the team announced Monday afternoon. 

Whitehead suffered the concussion during Brooklyn's win against the Timberwolves last week, and has missed the last two games. The Coney Island native is averaging 4.7 points, 3.0 assists, and 3.0 rebounds in 17.0 minutes per game during his rookie season. The Nets selected Whitehead with the 42nd overall pick in this year's draft.

Rookie Isaiah Whitehead will make his first career start in the NBA on Friday night against the Hornets, head coach Kenny Atkinson told reporters.

The Nets sat struggling rookie guard Isaiah Whitehead in Thursday's loss to the Celtics, although head coach Kenny Atkinson said the rest was pre-planned. The 6-foot-4 rookie shooting guard has just nine points on 3-of-13 shooting from the field in two preseason games. He also has four turnovers and has yet to hit a 3-pointer. Atkinson said after the loss that Whitehead will get back in the lineup at some point soon.

NEW YORK -- Isaiah Whitehead always envisioned himself as a first-round NBA Draft pick even if DraftExpress.com had him going late in the second.

So when the 6-foot-5 former Seton Hall point guard was selected at No. 42 by the Utah Jazz -- a pick that was then conveyed to the Nets in exchange for former North Carolina point guard Marcus Paige -- he said it will only serve as motivation going forward.

"It's definitely motivation," Whitehead said at Barclays Center. "I mean, I always dreamed about being a first-round pick. It didn't happen, so you've got to move on and just keep working and try to prove everyone wrong."

LAS VEGAS - For an NBA prospect like Isaiah Whitehead, every opportunity to improve his draft stock has to be taken very seriously. That's why the Seton Hall guard felt a little nervous before Tuesday's pro day at Impact Sports Academy in Las Vegas.

More than 120 scouts and front office executives from all 30 teams were on hand to watch the workout, and after going through some shooting and ball-handling drills and playing some 3-on-3 games, Whitehead said he was pleased with his performance, even if it took him a while to settle down.

"I don't care who you are, if you're coming in and playing in front of every scout and GM in the NBA, you're going to have some nerves," Whitehead said. "I think I was solid. I felt some [nerves] last night, but once I got here and got loose and made some shots, I got comfortable. I wasn't great and I wasn't bad. I think it was a solid day."

The Knicks famously passed on former Lincoln High School star Lance Stephenson not once, but twice in the 2010 NBA Draft.

The franchise chose Andy Rautins and Landry Fields instead.

Both players are now out of the NBA, while Stephenson has turned into a serviceable, if controversial NBA player.

The Isaiah Whitehead Era at Seton Hall is officially over.

The 6-foot-4 sophomore point guard will remain eligible for the NBA Draft and has signed with Stephen Pina of Andy Miller's agency.

Seton Hall Has Been A Blessing To Me & My Family As Hard As It Is I Decided To Turn Pro & Live My Dream Thanks For Everything ������ #SH4LIFE

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Seton Hall sophomore point guard Isaiah Whitehead has at least one NBA workout scheduled for early June and all signs point to him remaining in the NBA Draft.

The 6-foot-4 point guard from Brooklyn has a workout scheduled for June 2 with the Indiana Pacers, a source with direct knowledge told SNY.tv.

Whitehead has already worked out for Philadelphia, but cancelled workouts with Indiana, Boston and Chicago because of a hamstring injury.

Isaiah Whitehead didn't work out on Wednesday for the Indiana Pacers as originally planned, and pushed back his announcement plans until March 24.

Back To May 24th Patience Is A Virtue Last Tweet Until Then ✌��️

- Isaiah Whitehead (@IsaiahW_15) May 18, 2016

Whitehead had initially Tweeted he would announce on Thursday whether he would remain in the NBA Draft or return to Seton Hall. He has until May 25 to decide.

PHILADELPHIA -- Seton Hall point guard Isaiah Whitehead performed in his first pre-draft NBA workout Monday morning for the Philadelphia 76ers at their practice facility at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Following last week's NBA Draft Combine, Whitehead had originally scheduled four pre-draft workouts: the Sixers, Wednesday with the Indiana Pacers, Friday with the Boston Celtics, and wrapping up with the Chicago Bulls on May 23.

As of now, only one of the remaining three workouts is set in stone.

Seton Hall sophomore point guard Isaiah Whitehead will announce his future plans on Thursday, with sources telling SNY.tv he will remain in the NBA Draft.

Will Make An Decision On The 19th Whether Or Not To Stay In The Draft ����

- Isaiah Whitehead (@IsaiahW_15) May 15, 2016

The Brooklyn native is currently projected as the No. 58 pick in 2016 by DraftExpress.com, but he's hoping to go higher than that.

CHICAGO -- Isaiah Whitehead hasn't formally signed with an agent and has until May 25 to return to school, but the Seton Hall sophomore guard says he's "100 percent" gone if he gets a promise to be chosen in the first round of next month's NBA Draft.

"Oh yeah, 100 percent," Whitehead said Thursday at the NBA Draft Combine after going for 13 points on 6-for-8 shooting with 5 assists, 3 rebounds and no turnovers in a 109-69 victory. "You can't give up opportunities like that. I mean, when they tell you it's time to go, you just gotta go."

He added to SNY.tv: "And anybody at Seton Hall would have to agree with me. When they tell you that you're a first-round pick, you can't turn that down."

Seton Hall sophomore guard Isaiah Whitehead, Syracuse freshman guard Malachi Richardson and Iona senior guard A.J. English headlined the list of New York/New Jersey-area players invited to the NBA Draft Combine May 11-15 in Chicago, sources told SNY.tv.

The 6-foot-5 Whitehead won the Haggerty Award given to the best player in the metropolitan area. The 6-6 Richardson helped lead Syracuse to the Final Four. And the 6-5 English was named the MVP of the recent Portsmouth Invitational. English was also set to work out Saturday for the Utah Jazz, a source said.

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It promises to be an eventful couple of days for Isaiah Whitehead.

On Tuesday morning, the 6-foot-5, 208-pound Seton Hall sophomore won the Haggerty Award presented to the top Division 1 player by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. In beating out other top contenders like Stony Brook's Jameel Warney, Iona's A.J. English and Monmouth's Justin Robinson, Whitehead became the first Pirate to win the award since Andre Barrett in 2004.

Warney, English, Robinson, Sacred Heart's Cane Broome (who has since transferred to Cincinnati), Columbia's Maodo Lo and Hofstra's Juan'ya Green made up the rest of the first-team All-Met.

NOTE: This post was updated on March 30 to reflect Isaiah Whitehead's Tweet.

Seton Hall sophomore guard Isaiah Whitehead will test the NBA Draft waters, head coach Kevin Willard told SNY.tv.

DENVER -- Ten years of waiting boiled down to 40 minutes of game play for the Seton Hall Pirates Thursday night at the Pepsi Center.

The No. 6 seeded Pirates were bounced from their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2006 as quickly as they got there - losing to No. 11 seed Gonzaga, 68-52, in the first round.

Isaiah Whitehead, the man responsible for steering the Pirate ship to a Big East Tournament championship, ended the game with 10 points. Whitehead shot 4-24 from the field, including an NCAA Tournament record-tying 0--for-10 clip from three-point range.

DENVER -- After winning the Big East Tournament championship at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, Isaiah Whitehead got a text from an old friend and teammate.

Kamari Murphy, a redshirt junior forward for Miami and Whitehead's former Lincoln High school teammate, was texting to offer congratulations.

"I mean Kamari's always been a brother to me basically since I was a freshman in high school when we played on the same team," the 6-foot-4 Whitehead said in Denver where Seton Hall will play Gonzaga in a first-round Midwest Region game on Thursday. "But I've been following him a lot, he's been having a tremendous season so far. I mean, he just hit me up after the Big East Tournament and told me to keep ballin', just keep playing my game. Just stay confident and all the good things will happen."

NEW YORK -- If Seton Hall wins its first Big East tournament championship since 1993 on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, the school may want to send Steve Lavin a case of his favorite red wine.

The former St. John's coach and current FoxSports1 analyst has done his best this week to provide some lighthearted bulletin board material for the surging Pirates.

After Lavin said on air that the young team might not be able to handle Creighton's changing defenses, Isaiah Whitehead and company have now rattled off back-to-back wins over No. 6 Creighton and No. 2 Xavier to advance to the Big East title game against No. 1 Villanova.

NEW YORK -- The comments of a former New York City college basketball coach motivated young players from the Big Apple to step up on the big stage of the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden.

That's how it went down Thursday night according to Seton Hall star Isaiah Whitehead.

"I heard that Steve Lavin said we wasn't mature enough, but if you watch us down those last four minutes that looked like a mature team to me," Whitehead said after going for 24 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 turnovers and 1 block in a thrilling 81-73 victory over Creighton that propelled No. 3 Seton Hall (22-8) into the semifinals on Friday night against No. 2 Xavier (27-4).

Four BIG EAST standouts were unanimous selections to the 2015-16 All-BIG EAST First Team. The league announced the All-BIG EAST First and Second Teams, Honorable Mention and the All-Freshman Team. The conference's head coaches choose the all-conference teams and are not permitted to vote for their own players. 

The four unanimous picks are: Kris Dunn and Ben Bentil of Providence, Josh Hart of Villanova and Isaiah Whitehead of Seton Hall. Trevon Bluiett of Xavier and Henry Ellenson of Marquette also made the All-BIG EAST First Team.

The BIG EAST Player of the Year will come from the All-BIG EAST First Team. The conference will announce Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year and the BIG EAST Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year on Wednesday, March 9. The announcement will be made on the first day of the BIG EAST Tournament Presented by the Jeep Brand at Madison Square Garden at 4:30 p.m. ET. The other league individual awards will be announced Monday, March 7.

NEW YORK -- While Seton Hall was busy winning the biggest game of the Kevin Willard Era on Sunday afternoon at the Prudential Center, Tiny Morton was watching the game on TV in a Manhattan restaurant with his Lincoln High School players.

"We all watched it at a restaurant," Morton told me in the Baruch College gym later Sunday after Seton Hall knocked off No. 5 Xavier, 90-81, to ensure its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2006.

During the Seton Hall game, Morton and Lincoln were awaiting their own contest, which turned out to be a 96-54 beatdown of Queens High School of Teaching in the PSAL AA quarterfinals at Baruch. Lincoln will next meet Westinghouse in the semifinals on Saturday at St. John's.

Providence's Kris Dunn, Villanova's Josh Hart, Seton Hall's Isaiah Whitehead and possibly Providence's Ben Bentil are likely to split votes for Big East Player of the Year, according to an informal poll of the league's 10 coaches on Friday.

Marquette's Henry Ellenson remains the overwhelming favorite for Rookie of the Year honors, although Xavier's Edmond Sumner is also likely to receive some consideration.

Dunn was the Preseason Player of the Year, while Villanova's Jalen Brunson was the Preseason Rookie of the Year.

Fourteen NBA scouts were slated to attend Thursday's Providence-Seton Hall game, including Clarence Gaines, the Knicks Vice President of Player Personnel, who was in attendance.

The Knicks, of course, don't own a pick in 2016.

Those scouts witnessed Seton Hall sophomore guard Isaiah Whitehead out-play Providence's Kris Dunn, a projected Top-5 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft who was bothered by an illness all week and was throwing up during the game, according to Friars coach Ed Cooley.

NEWARK -- The basketball left Isaiah Whitehead's right hand at the top of the paint, whizzed behind his neck and left two Providence defenders looking silly before it landed perfectly in the hands of a cutting Desi Rodriguez.

All Rodriguez had to do was lay it in for an easy two points.

So, Isaiah, what exactly went down there anyway?