This is our GAMETHREAD: Chat live about the game here!
Injury Report:
Miami Heat:
- Tyler Herro (Right Foot; Medial Tendinitis) — OUT
- Josh Richardson (Right Shoulder; Surgery) — OUT
- Kevin Love (Right Heel; Bruise) — OUT
- Caleb Martin (Left Thumb; Sprain) — AVAILABLE
OKC Thunder:
- Adam Flagler (G League) — OUT
Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Terry Rozier, G
- Duncan Robinson, G
- Jimmy Butler, F
- Nikola Jovic, F
- Bam Adebayo, C
OKC Thunder:
- Josh Giddey, G
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, G
- Luguentz Dort, F
- Jalen Williams, F
- Chet Holmgren, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 8:00 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)
High quality basketball. Luka buried us previous game, Shae this one. But we can compete against the best in the west except maybe Denver and we can compete against the best in the east except maybe Boston right now, which is not that bad.
I cant remember Bam being so bad. We could won this one, if Spo would sit Bam earlier.
Time for sobering analysis and a little objective honesty. The team did their best, but is not good enough to beat the best. And, not sure Love or Herro would have helped enough to change the outcome. Both of those players can give up as much on the defense end as they help on the offense. We do need to try to utilize everything we have including Wright, and possibly even Bryant. But, unfortunately, there is still a gap between us and OKC, and any other of the league’s best. We played very well last night, particularly in the first half. This is an improved team with Rozier and Mills helping out a lot. But, it’s still probably not enough to go far. But, with the additions, at least we have a chance now, with more scoring options and players capable of better defense too.
Reality sometimes does bite but we will still have a lot of fun following this team for the rest of the year.
If Spo was ever going to use put full court pressure on opposing guards it would have been these last two games. It gives your defense more time to get back and set up and tires out their guards/top scorers. Use Wright and Highsmith like that in spurts. Am I missing something here?
im sicking hh on shae and luka all night long slow these guys down just a tad we win both games.i was really impressed with wrights d and bball iq hes mia.thought he was joikingly wiaved.ive always questioned spos use of personnel.no more evident than last few games.
Wright on Irving and HH on Luka for stretches would have definitely slowed them down and tired them out. Same thing yesterday with SGA and Giddy. It worked very well and helped turn game around vs Utah. It isn’t any good to have tools in the box if you don’t use them. Spo should come around to that logic by the time the playoffs arrive. I think he’s still trying to assess his team’s talent and various player combinations. With as deep as this team is, I could see him going 10-11 deep in playoffs if he uses certain players in certain spots (e.g., full court pressure on guards). It will keep his primary players rested and ready to go at crunch time. Nonetheless, I think the Heat would have won both games if Herro (and Love off the bench) had been available. OKC and Dallas had all their starters available.
But props to this young talented OKC team. Your years of tanking paying off still don’t wanna go that route. Bam has some soul searching to do.
Bam, I think has logged in so many minutes because Spo has relied on him match up bigs for most the season.He seems worse off. Running from rim to rim to secure rebounds and then score too.
You gotta point there maybe need a week of vacation.
dunc in the 1960s would have been an all star nowadays vs these athletes
beat the bad teams lose to the good teams
Game over, this loss on spo. Started the wrong group in the 2nd half. Didn’t let patty cook long enough, and questionable 4th quarter lineups. Also bam is the other reason we lost, this is probably the worst game I’ve ever seen him Play. He played like trash for the past 2 or 3 games. He needs to wake up. Two winnable games and we lost them both smh 🤦
if jim and bam played to their norm 2 wins
bams been playing pretty bad for a good month
did wright get waived
Please tell us you’re not serious. Pretty easy to figure out
sarcastic rc where the f is he
Bam this is on you
spobot 2
caleb dunc and especially bum were terrible patty jjj were great.where the f was patty in the second spobot.
Tsk
Good night. Need to lick our wounds and get our sh-t together. Spo needs to soul search after these two winnable games.
Might be the worst game I’ve seen Bam play in 5 years. His defense was poor. He turned the ball over. Looked lost on offense. And obviously couldn’t get a shot to fall.
You can live with poor shooting nights, but that effort was gross.
Hopefully he turns it around.
I never watch post game show when we lose.
Clutch Robinson.
Off rebs again ouch
game over thanks spobot and bum
Must be nice to have a star…
hh played a minute spo on drugs
Caleb can’t stop sga.
stfu crotty all players feel bad when they miss shots
JJJ SHOULD BE IN CLOSING .
If we lose this I’m blaming bam and spo.
I agree. Last 2 games. We could’ve won both.
Agreed there is no reason we should even lose 1 of these.
Another suspect night from the ft line.
Need stops
Jimmy got his 20 and hopefully win this. Go Heat!!
And misses the ft lol
Jimmy buckets and 1
Still not over
jjj out patty out spobot on drugs
Clutch shot rozier .
lucky we are in the east if in the west dont think wed make playoffs.lal gsw 9 10 seeds
Last push and Dunc is in lets see
to young athletic and sga
jimmy old
Spo got the wrong lineup in .
Bam back in. No one here knows why
Bam you need to wake up now
One of nine you got to kick urself after this game
Why take out Patty??
Exactly
Spo panicking
young legs 2nd chance shots our cryptonite
locksmith in finally
And gets blown by
then he stones sga makes him take 3pt er hes a very good defender
Ft shooting suspect tonight.
ok got him before strip very questionable jimmy created contact himself
Got lucky with that call.
all ball on that looks like good challenge unfort
Jaquez is the man tonight 🙌
this is how jjj played every game earlier in year
I know he was playing better before the injury but he definitely was not scoring 25 points a game.
JJJ!!
Now, please don’t sit Mills. The team has played well with him in the game!
Agreed can’t take him out, just like when spo took him out when he was hot.
keep bum on the bench ride it out with jovic
Momentum starting to shift .