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The Miami Heat (1-3) return home to host the Brooklyn Nets (1-2) tonight at the Kaseya Center.
Injury Report:
Miami Heat:
- Caleb Martin (knee) – OUT
- Kevin Love (shoulder) – OUT
- Bam Adebayo (left hip contusion) — available
- Haywood Highsmith – available
Brooklyn Nets:
- Dennis Smith Jr. (hip) – OUT
- Spencer Dinwiddie (ankle) – OUT
- Nic Claxton (hip) – OUT
- Cameron Johnson (calf) – OUT
Projected Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Kyle Lowry, G
- Tyler Herro, G
- Jimmy Butler, F
- Jaime Jaquez Jr., F
- Bam Adebayo, C
Brooklyn Nets:
- Ben Simmons, G
- Cam Thomas, G
- Mikal Bridges, F
- Dorian Finney-Smith, F
- Royce O’Neale, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 7:30 PM EST
- TV: Bally Sports Sun (Eric Reid, John Crotty)
- Radio: AM 560 Sports WQAM & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson)
- Spanish Radio: WAQI 710 AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda)
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I’m thinking Spo and LeBron make up their differences and think of coming together again.
what planet do u live on
im thinking this might be the season that proverbial window closes on jimmy. lowry seems closed already. need to have the ball more on captain Bam in closing moments. 1-4 looks bad just hope it doesnt get worse.
bams not a closer manila.offense not good enough.shys away from ball in crunch time
Hey, ik I’m late watching this game, but this lost is concerning losing to the nets when they was missing 3 starters, and yet another blown lead. We’re only missing Martin and love, so no excuses to lose at home. Herro, bam, butler combo played good,but everyone else besides Thomas was bad. I love spo, but sometimes he has head scratching rotations. Also he leaves player’s in the game too long who been playing badly like jrich,JJJ,and duncan. It baffles me that jovic isn’t getting the minutes he deserves when we could of easily used his size and shooting. Jovic should of started and needs more minutes then JJJ In my opinion,even if JJJ might be a lil better defensively. We need to make a trade, and Lowery has to be in that trade because all that money we paying him and barely shoots the ball smh. This a long season but I still got faith in the team in the long run just gotta correct some issues, especially blowing leads, which was a problem last season. Also sorry for the long rant, this game pissed me off. On another note bucks look bad too,especially there D.
I can’t definitively say since he didn’t play, but not sure if this was a good matchup for Jovic. If he would have played I would had have him guard Simmons and that’s about it
Sure, you could say he wouldn’t have been a good match up, but we needed more offense then defense, and his length would of helped. Jrich played too many minutes and was terrible. JJJ was good defensively, but was bad in every other factor of the Game, and forced too many shots. Duncan wasn’t good either. Also Lowery barely shot the ball, which is getting to be a habit. Point is we need to make a trade because this team lacking something offensively.
I’m sure they’ll want to make a trade but my guess is it won’t be for a while. Most teams are still “in it”
And if we are going to suck might as well play Jovic and JJJ as much as you can.
Ok… I understand with the caveat that jovic needs more minutes …if we’re going to suck.
I’m not saying that. I’m saying if we’re going to start out this bad might as well play him so they can gel. Nice try 😉
i feel you…hehe. i think this is a good place to rant lol. no one can know what really goes on Spo’s mind but id got to trust the guy. there maybe tons of happening in the background we dont see. so just got to ride with whatever is there. 1-4 and all. sigh 🙁😒
I feel you and you’re spot on. I will ride with this team forever through the good, and the bad. They gotta correct some issues, so hopefully spo, and Riley can figure this out….sooner rather than later.
In defense of Spo, this starting unit may arguably be the Heat’s best unit.The best way to asses it, is only by giving JJJ extended minutes, for him to gain experience and players to get used to each other playing together.
You might be right, but jovic still deserved at least 15 minutes, he needs the experience just as much as JJJ, and spo could of cobbled up minutes for him. Between jrich and Duncan both playing badly. Also Lowry should be shooting more 3’s then JJJ.
I agree with everything you see. Good analysis, even if the truth hurts.
Thank you and it was hurting Me just to type that lol.
lowry is so fkn done he was really good with toronto.youve got to at least try hampton spobot
1.Richardson,Jaquez need some shooting practice.
2.Jimmy’s age catching up on him fast, reason why Heat ddid not play a fast tempo offense unlike the two previous games.
3.Still not much to worry about the team, Heat will be fine.
seriously this stinks but as rc said no giving up. they’ve overcome a 3% chance maybe Heat going for 2% this time.
Very similar to season after playing the Lakers in the bubble. Injuries and spotty play.
jimmys few years older
From what he looked like in May/June to this seems like a precipitous drop. I’m not quite there on saying he’s old because of some off games. He could legit have an injury but they don’t say anything. We’ll see how he continues to play
diff for me is the quickness of the athletes
caleb wtf is wrong with u get your ars back in there dam it
he has chin bruise, lol.
shin or did somebody punch him in the face
Spo: ok we got to see our team for 3 qts thats good enough we can give the 4th to them and piss off some at hothothoops 😂😂😂
are there any wembenyamas in the 2024 draft
i want cooper flagg in ’25
what about 24
Entirely unacceptable loss. But I’m not giving up on this team after 5 games. In fact I haven’t given up on this team for 35 years.
Following a bball team clearly isn’t for everyone.
we all love the heat but theres a reason there 1 -4 3 good players 12 bad players aint gonna cut it.could really use caleb and give shnozic a try or hampton.when both have played they look good
Make no mistake- bad loss against a team with a few players absent. A lot of our weaknesses were exposed. Caleb will help a tad, but not so much that it is looking more and more like we’re going to need some upgrading from outside the organization.
we have nobody that will get us anything good except ty bam jim.
turnover refs missed it but heat suk jim ty bam ok rest are sht except hh
HH? He’s shown nothing more than being a minor contributor at this point. How many years has he been in the system? If he’s going to bite it has to be this season
still better than Cain, imo.
I wasn’t arguing for Cain either. I think HH can be a decent contributor this season but HFL talking like he James Posey
Josh Richardson played 30 minutes of -12 basketball. Played the entire 4th quarter.
HFL said +/- doesn’t matter
jjj was a plus 11 at halftime.means nothing,he suked the whole game
And they were in the lead. Jrich has a negative and is in the entire 4th and they lose. 😉
what was jovics line zach
Agreed, Richardson chewed up 30 minutes for nothing.
in nba if your name doesnt end in ic u better be athletic
We lost because ManilaHeat did not go for more water.
Facts
im soooo sorrryyy!!!
you’re forgiven, lol!
Lowry might have broke a hip there.
that would be a plus for the heat
Not really. His contract is going to be one of the main ways this team can make a change
dolphins are good this year panthers prob heat
Miami 1-4, but 2q thinks this is a great product. If this was twitter I’d assume it was someone’s burner.
Miami is clearly lacking. They don’t have enough on offense.
Spo’s lineups aren’t working…seasons long, but if you’ve watched the first 5, you don’t see a good team.
Are your feeling still hurt? That’s sweet. So what is your online pouting getting you?
I’ll stop ‘pouting’ when you stop sucking Pat’s…
It’s funny to me, you want this team to suck, and are happy to watch shit and says it’s great. I however like to see good basketball. That’s not being played.
Like I always say, one of these seasons you’ll be correct. Let me know when we get a top pick.
just talking about ball when your done crying we will continue
No idea who you’re talking to. You literally shit your pants every game spouting off like you have Tourette’s
Yes, I believe the same and have been saying it since the Lillard trade fell thru. If G Leaguers could fix all your shortcomings, it would be great. But it hasn’t happened very often.
After Lillard the only possible legit move left was for Harden.
ran out of ammo in the 4th seesh
they got athletes we dont
back ct there
Just missed everything when it counted
too athletic 4 us
We take and miss two 3’s in a row lol
ty pushed offensive foul there
I looked out my window and saw one of those Batman like lights in the sky, except it said ‘calling Stephen A Smith’s Close Friend’. I wonder what it means? 😀
jimmy time
Nope. Herro time
lowry try jumping wow
lets go Heat!! you can do this now
Shh. Some of our guys here are too busy wetting themselves
dont “shhh” me…im already wet! 😅😂🤣
It’s early and Jimmy clearly isn’t right, but Miami doesn’t look like a very good team. Pat’s willingness to run it back is tracking poorly.
disagree hes just old now
still too early to complain.
there looking for ty
ty needs a blow
caleb caleb caleb can u save us
cmon boys…1-4 looks so sad lol
Could be one of those after Finals appearance fatigue seasons. Who knows
is there a wembeyama in the draft
Going to need Jimmy. We have a lot of trouble in crunch time.
hes pt player
bam just watched there
coach use of personnel failure
tys kinda spent jimmys kinda rested
need to get the ball to Bam more than Herro now
tyslittle tired hes worked his tail off bam and jim gotta take us home
i cant believe butler on bench unreal
jimmy if u cared at all your ars be in there hope this is your last year here
And the bad 4th quarter…
spos non use of jovic has me scratching my head although i dont think jovic could hang with any of the nets but neither can duncan
get fn butler in u douche
Take it easy on the wine coolers
jimmys useless any athlete would say get me in this fn game
Jimmy: too early to get in…give me another 3min to rest lol
bam should be feasting feed him no claxton no dinwiddie no johnson jeez lose this game god forbid that
if jim needs so much rest its embarassing for an athlete
get jim in dam it bam to