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Injury Report:
Miami Heat:
- Jimmy Butler (foot) — OUT
- Haywood Highsmith (concussion) — OUT
- Caleb Martin (ankle) — OUT
- Josh Richardson (back) — OUT
- Orlando Robinson (G-League) — OUT
- Dru Smith (knee) — OUT
- Cole Swider (G-League) — OUT
Los Angeles Clippers:
- None
Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Kyle Lowry, G
- Tyler Herro, G
- Jaime Jaquez Jr., G/F
- Jamal Cain, F
- Bam Adebayo, C
Los Angeles Clippers
- James Harden, G
- Terance Mann, G
- Paul George, F
- Kawhi Leonard, F
- Ivica Zubac, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 10:30 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)
Injuries are the story again. Who knows if we are good, everything is unclear when you never have a full team. And, just like all the other GLeaguers, the shortcomings of these players we rely on get exposed. Add Cain to the list with RJ, ORob, and HH, they give glimpses of ability, but usually not sustainable. Games like the last two make you wonder, do we have enough, no way to know.
I think the Heat are good when healthy. I think it’s good the young guys are getting some playing time. As long as they don’t drop into the play-in, I’m fine with using the rest of this road trip as a learning opportunity for the young guys. Hopefully they can steal another win or two
Too many injuries to overcome this super team, next up the lakers. Hopefully we can sneak a win against the lakeshow.
I root against Harden no matter what team he plays for. Except OKC, and that’s because I didn’t know any better 😆.
On to the next game. Let’s get some guys healthy.
okay, it’s over. Put in the bench
Shooting 43%, Clippers 58%. You just can’t win many games with such lopsided stats.
Hey hey! We’ve blown a bunch of 4th quarter leads this season. Let’s go steal one back! We’re in LA, do it for Jamie!
Would be nice. Still time.
Knock down a couple 3s in we’re back in this.
Love energy!
This what happens when we miss 4 of our top defenders .
This is why the Heat need somone like Dame or Donovan Mitchell. Win or loose, those guys are going down shooting. This team needs a lead ballhandler. Tyler is a good player, but he’s not running the offense.
ps hopefully he proves me wrong after this timeout
We played the best we could’ve, just too many injuries.
Up 15, down 16. A 31 point turnaround. Enough said.
ok sleep time c u guys wednesday
Bam been great tonight
hey russ jjj can defend hes strong ty not so much
Bam gotta takeover the 4th .
Dang Kawhai
We still In this…
should have signed russ just for his energy and d
Ain’t he a free agent next season?
He signed a VERY team friendly contract
He has always played hard. I admire his energy level.
tys a good scorer not sure hes good for team
love bam dunc jjj rj was our best lineup when we had almost 15 pt lead
It ain’t over til it’s over. Let’s go Heat!
1230
The fat lady sang?
Why are there like two guys on every team wearing the Kobe Reverse Grinches? Duncan has them on the Heat. Two dudes on the Clippers wearing them. I think there were two dudes on Utah wearing them
Jamie is wearing the Luka Jordans
Hand bam the ball every trip down.
Cut it down to 10 , and go ballistic in the 4th
games pretty much over dont empty bench yet mcdaniel lol
Lowry moving up the standings for “most likely to have a NYE hangover”
opposing teams shooting % way to high night after night
let russ shoot
Good ball movement
Herro and Jaquez starting to find a little rhythm
It’s coming at the right time, but they gotta keep it up in the 4th .
oops, thanks Cain for coming alive.
Love and Duncan have been good. Cain has been invisible. Herro 3 turnovers. Bryant and Hampton non factors.
I think Cain has good energy, but he looks young out there tonight
hes in for d rebounding like crotty says never gets play called for him.but hes missing his shots tonight
Oh, I see. Tonight you’re agreeing with Crotty.
Reid says he’s only made something like 7 3-pointers all season and 14 in his career. He’s going to need to shoot if he wants to be out there when it matters
Paul coming alive .
Bam is the bright spot even though he’s missing, he’s at least getting to the line
too quick for zubac
clips if healthy gonna be a tough out
Bam running point on that feed to love was beautiful
bams quickness gets him lots fouls
I know we’re very short tonight, but it doesn’t seem to matter who is on the court. These second half struggles are so troubling.
what do u think it is adjustments by opposing coach all i can think of
Adjustments and 2 or 3 players get cold and/or sloppy.
I think that’s where the injuries get you. Heat are running the G-League team off the bench
Certainly a factor, but we’ve struggled with this all season. Still have time to fix it. We’ll see.
My top-five suspects for playing with a New Years Eve hangover
Bam is too quick for Zoo
cain missing everything
Kahwai just big-boy’d Jamie
games getting out of hand put love in lol
pg in playoffs a choker big time
jjjs game fallen off a bit
Rookie wall
tys taking his shots he was getting w/o ty
heat have to play some balt ravens defense.too many points scored by our opponents
crottys a decent announcer not as good as tony he was excellent
tony was terrible but lovable. My wife loved his accent. Dr. Jack was my all-time favorite. I think this is only Crotty’s second season? I think he’s pretty good.
But really, they’re all just the icing on the cake. The Dulcet tones of Eric Reid will always bring a smile to my face
crottys been here at least 7 years i believe.tony was fantastic disagree bro
Crotty good but his voice never changes always mono tone.
manila where ru
Bam already with 11 rebounds, his offense should come around more in the 2nd half. Clippers shooting 63 percent, hopefully that goes down in the 2nd half.
lets face it if your gonna giv elots minutos to ty dunc lowry and some to love your not gonna be a good defensive team
Got no choice with all the injuries
this is true hh jim both locksmiths
u think tua can become drew brees .hes kirk cousins.doesnt have the it factor
Idk tbh he has prove it to me by winning a playoff game. And play great the bills