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Injury Report
Miami Heat:
- Josh Richardson (heel) — OUT
- Jimmy Butler (suspension) — OUT
- Dru Smith (achilles) — OUT
- Isaiah Stevens (G-League) — OUT
Portland Trail Blazers:
- Deandre Ayton (calf) — OUT
- Jerami Grant (face) — OUT
- Matisse Thybulle (ankle) — OUT
- Robert Williams III (illness) — OUT
Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Terry Rozier, G
- Tyler Herro, G
- Jaime Jaquez Jr., F
- Haywood Highsmith, F
- Bam Adebayo, C
Portland Trail Blazers
- Anfernee Simons, G
- Shaedon Sharpe, G
- Deni Avdija, F
- Toumani Camara, F
- Donovan Clingan, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 10:00 PM EST
- TV: FanDuel Sports Network 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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Hey, where is the jackass from the Portland blog that for no good reason came to troll here about a week ago? 😆
what did he say to ruffle your feathers rc
Don’t remember exactly, but something like we are the most arrogant fans in the league, and that Miami as a city sucks. As if Portland is heaven. At least you can buy weed in stores there if you want to, if that’s your thing.
need to see jimmy less team versus some good teams see how we compete with them
We were a 500 team with Butler. Not much difference there. He’s dogged it for 1 and a quarter seasons.
he picks and chooses when to go.hes old and injured has to play like that
Didn’t we beat cavs and rockets without jimmy, and played okc well after Jimmy got hurt.
Great win, and a BIG F U TO CRONIN, HAHAHA
i never thought ty would be this good did u big
I thought he could become this good, all he needed to do was bulk up, and drive some more in the paint. Now he’s the best on ball shooter in the league after curry and dame.
From the start, he had a very impressive offensive bag of tricks. Could clearly score from 3 levels. He needed to finish at the rim better. His bulking up definitely helped and now he gets to the ft line far more than before. Certainly, his d needed to improve, and he’s at least adequate there now.
Agreed 👍
Held 4 straight teams to 40 and under percent shooting without jimmy.
WAREWOLF MONSTER JAM!
Another W for the young guns! Every one counts. Last season, we lost a lot of games to sub par teams.
Spo listened to about the closing lineup lol
Smart move by Spo to leave this group in (cough cough) 😬
rcs little off the spo bandwagon lately,your been hanging ROUnd me to much
No, I just try to be objective. Like many here feel, his stubbornness can be very frustrating.
Clutch 3 from herro
If spo ain’t gonna put in ware, at least take out dunc for Jaquez to help with rebounds.
id put ware in for bam
bam is a protypical 4 not a 5.cost us a ring versus denver and prob lakers .if we had ware vs ad or joker might haven been a parade in miami
That ain’t the reason we lost, injuries lost us those championship. Both bam and dragic missed 2 – 3 games against lakers, who we could of beat. Also didn’t have herro in nuggets series.
Yes
hero wasnt that good then.bam was too small for joker
Still could of used that extra scoring punch .
Butler totally dogged it last game vs Denver. Insisted he wasn’t hurt which was strange as he looked hurt.
Yes, I forgot about that detail.
did that vs lakers after an unbelieveable game 5,joker just totally dominated us we had no shot unless ware could have been in there,it was comical bam vs joker size diff
I was talking about Denver. Against Lakers, he busted his butt with 110% and was totally exhausted at the end. That was different.
Change personnel, start losing the lead. Yes, it went from 17 to 12, but that group got you to 17. Let them play!
put ware in bam to small hes a 4 heat play them together.clingan just reached over little bam kept ball alive led to simons 3
Agree!
bam cant get a ware rebound clingan a head talller
terrys shot is broken not sure its fixable
I think it’s his confidence, I rather have on bench instead of starting.
hes playing really good d if he wasnt couldnt play him his shooting #s awful.i am so intrigued with this josh cristopher.
ware jovic 2 tallest players.they play well together
Imagine this huge lineup herro,jjj,jovic,bam, ware
wow thats my dream lineup big unless jim comes back
jovic at 6 10 effects ;lots shots dunc at 6 8 no effect ever
how big is clingan 7 3 300
Close. 7’2, 280.
heat have been playing better with ware in there than bam on this west coast trip
u a jazz chisolm fan big
Lol maybe, but I kinda stop watching baseball for a longtime cus the front office sucks. I stopped watching after they traded stanton.
jazz one of the few from bahamas might be only one
I peep and fo might trade him away too
hes with the yankees big
Marlins have worst front office by far compared to other miami sports teams 🙄
csn u win with hh jjj jovic your 3 forwards going forward
Yes, 3 different tools in the toolbox.
agree lots tools in the chest
OK, here we are again, team is doing well. In my opinion, you don’t change this lineup right now.
agree hes been sticking with this for a while good to see
Hope they keep up the scoring so ware can finish the rest of the game.
dunc needs to play with screen bam
terry 5 for 39 jeez
Closing lineup should be herro,jovic,locksmith, bam, Jaquez.
maybe ware? in there.id have in with bam herro hh either jjj or shnoz
I would too, but you already know spo won’t do that.
jovic has gr8 bball instincts
Jovic trying to go for a career high Tonight!
Bam does NOT block that shot as Ware just did.
it seems ware likes to take 3s which he doesnt hit at a high clip.he needs to be a low post guy,and just throw him lobs
Ware is shooting almost 43 percent from 3 on a small sample size.
yup your right i take that back
terry looks hurt.nice drive to the hoop.
Bad transition defense
gr8 game here ill take a 1pt win
Gotta be better on defensive rebounds
Absolutely
oh no their athleticism killing us
tyler every night hes gr8
this game 5 jimmys due back soon
Simons hot smh
he reads hhh big
bam very quiet turd qtr
stop that man lol ereid get on ct
3s company for tyler ereid da best
jaime highways has to lead league in shots blocked
Good Ole turd quarter welcome back
ka bam ereid what a joy listening to him
jjj wow what a hoop
simons there best player hes got decent #s
jaime hwy closed for repairs tonight
This is where you need to change personnel. Stop this momentum.
For anyone who thinks that I agree with Spo all the time, this is where I strongly disagree.!
u use to rip me criticizing spobot.
Thanks for that tip in clingan.
Ayton is worst with the Blazers then the suns, I guess suns was right to move my fellow Bahamian brother.
dolphins won maybe one day in my lifetime before im 6ft under
At least you seen them win a super bowl , I haven’t even seen dolphins get 2 straight playoff victories.
family had season tix in 70s.need ross to sell team