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Injury Report:
Miami Heat:
- Alec Burks (back) — AVAILABLE
- Nikola Jovic (hand) — OUT
- Dru Smith (achilles) — OUT
- Josh Christopher (g-league) — OUT
- Keshad Johnson (g-league) — OUT
- Andrew Wiggins (leg) — OUT
- Isaiah Stevens (g-league) — OUT
Detroit Pistons:
- Jaden Ivey (fibula) — OUT
- Daniss Jenkins (g-league) — OUT
- Bobi Klintman (g-league) — OUT
- Tolu Smith (g-league) — OUT
- Ron Harper Jr. (g-league) — OUT
Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Tyler Herro, G
- Duncan Robinson, G
- Jaime Jaquez Jr., F
- Bam Adebayo, F/C
- Kel’el Ware, C
Detroit Pistons:
- Cade Cunningham, G
- Tim Hardaway Jr., G
- Ausar Thompson, F
- Tobias Harris, F
- Jalen Duren, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 7:30 PM EST
- TV: ESPN & 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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Another boomer.
Someday Heat will beat somebody for 50 points. 10 games from now.
With 13 games to go, it looks like there’s gonna be real dog fights for the 7 & 8 as well as the 9 & 10 spots. If Miami ends up in 9th or 10th place, the team will need to win two games to earn the number 8 spot in the playoffs and the right to face the first place Cavaliers.
7- Atlanta: 33-36
8 – Orlando: 32-38 -1.5 g/b
9 – Chicago: 29-40 – 4 g/b
10 – Miami:29-40 – 4 g/b
Shout out to the Heat’s players. They played their best…but it just wasn’t good enough. The team’s record dropped to 29-40. If that record hasn’t convinced Arison and Riley that the team they have assembled is mediocre, I don’t know what will.
Miami needs a closer like what we saw tonight. It took Cunningham three years to develop. The Pistons lost 27 in a row at one point last year and ended up in 15th place in the East with a record of 14-68! A few veteran signings to go with their young developing core and voila, they are a 39-31, in an upward trajectory, playoff bound and one game out of fourth place. Great coaching job by Bickerstaff. Add Detroit to the list of teams that have evolved while Miami has been “running it back” year after year hoping for different results.
In my eyes, the only players I would not put on the table this summer are Bam, Ware, Herro and Michell. Like Detroit, Miami has a good core, what it needs is a very good two-way playmaker, a closer and a bench that can defend (average or better) and consistently score. Detroit’s bench outscored Miami’s 39-19. Mitchell is a great back-up PG. However, he is not a starter. Neither Bam nor Herro has proven to be a reliable closer.
It is what it is. I’m glad to see the guys haven’t quit. This kind of challenge builds character and motivates you to do better or has the opposite effect.
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”
~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~
arison writes the checks pat pisses ss off.just think wade gave bron to riley and pat pooped on the king.if mr ego would have kissed brons ars i might have got to meet rc 30 big on bisc blvd a bunch of times.hey pat u dont put the ball threw the net anymore when u have ss u do as they say.when u have the duncs of the world u can be an ego maniac.
LeBron fully intended to leave that year regardless of anything Riley did or didn’t say. Then, he strung the team along until it was too late to pivot. He also screwed us by not allowing the Heat to do a sign and trade that would have helped the team.
As for Butler, I believe things ended badly with every team he has been on. Who is to blame for that?
As for meeting on the the blvd, I do hope that happens, but am I supposed to bring the boxing gloves? 😆😆
maybe rc but riley was not doing things lebron was asking for.i believe if he kissed lebrons ass and gave him what he wanted he might have stayed here.lebron is a diva riley just treated him like he was just another player.if i got lebron james i am doing anything i can to keep him here.now i will prob never meet u on bisc blvd im 68 and this team isnt sniffing a ring for a while.boxing gloves smh your my heat bro
Not saying we can pull an Atlanta and get the 1st pick, but I would be happy, if the ping pong balls give us a 5 – 7 pick.
I believe it only determines the first four picks
Just confirmed that. It determines only the first four picks. After that, it goes by the record of the teams.
Dammm that sucks 😕
Sheeesh
Guys should not hang their heads low. They played well. Heat players I am proud of you!
True. This, too, shall pass.
Can’t do much against a game winner, with our best defender on him. It is what it is, embrace the tank.
get a cade type player in off season
There was a point in time even pistons fans were saying Ivey was better then Cade as far back as last season. I say Miami should make a run for him nobody comments, but if sun man said it everyone would agree
I wanted Ivey since last season, and Sunman didn’t have to say it .
Not true. He’s a good player. I’d be happy to see him in a Heat uniform.
sunman is our ss he leads the way u r a complementary poster
I hope so, but those type of players are hard to come by.
look at the build on cade strong dude we dont have to many of those
He was a number 1 pick for a reason.
Wow. Unreal way to lose. The Heat gave it their all.
Good night and good luck
cades a ss we dont have one they win
And there it is again
ty n dunc cant be in now
Ty clutch at the line.
no fouls if they score so be it
This is like watching a car accident. I don’t want to see it, but I can’t look away
You knew it was coming. Just came very late.
Shades of Jimmy from herro
ty always never scared of the moment
davions quickness use it
schroeder chap shotted ty there
im giving ball to davion let him make a play
Just need the sure 2 and maybe get fouled
Needed that rebound
Uh oh, here comes one of those last second plays
Big bucket herro
nice rebound dunc lol
ty not a closer neither is bam
Down to the wire again with these Pistons. Go Heat!
been watching espn feed enjoying not hearing jc
jjj ty dunc should nevernever be on the ct at the same time
shnozy out for year?
Best game for ware in a while.
thompson has moves pelle jjj will never have rc
Look man, I don’t really like your implications. When the draft happens this season, nobody is going to say ‘hey don’t take the white guy’. I don’t care about a person’s ethnicity on or off the court.
thats reality what world u living in.look at the players dude
share that with others please.
I would assume so since he was a lottery pick
Ware tremendous tonight
About time Jaquez did something
what did he do
Here is the lineup that could have trouble.
change this lineup
ty dunc jjj yilkesput a brother in
They saw the defense get soft and adjusted. Still leading.
double cade
whats wiggins injury didnt he play versus knicks
hh jjj unplayable these days .things went south when shnozic got hurt .i miss the shnoz
I miss him too, we wouldn’t have an 8 game losing streak with him playing.
not sure about that but just not having jjj or hh getting minutos would help
Ware needs to be inserted.
dunc d lol bump n run defense
great shot dunc
dunc davion hh burks 4 stiffs yikes we suk
where the f is ware he was impressive
malike beasley career scrub
does spo take in consideration a mans defense
y is 55 in there smh
det heat 2 even steven teams in a playoff series id think we would win.there playing without ivey whos prob their 2nd best player.det one and done in playoffs.1 ss player in cade
We will find out more in the fourth. This is the toughest part to get thru.
This is our best lineup, the one we have in at the end of the third, if we want to have a chance to win this one.
no jjj pelle dunc yes.need more bros in there
And Ty. Or just Dunc. Both good, effective, when used that way.