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Injury Report:
Miami Heat:
- Kevin Love (personal reasons) — OUT
- Terry Rozier (left ankle sprain) — OUT
Cleveland Cavaliers:
- NONE
Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Tyler Herro, G
- Alec Burks, G
- Andrew Wiggins, F
- Bam Adebayo, F
- Kel’el Ware, C
Cleveland Cavaliers:
- Darius Garland, G
- Donovan Mitchell , G
- Max Strus, F
- Evan Mobley, F
- Jarrett Allen, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 7:30 PM EST
- TV: NBA 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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At least our Heat neighbor in Orl is not doing well either lol
I hope Heat win those home games
Did somebody say Karma?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6cb1apwkvg
that was a nasty fall i think hes actually injured now sun
I’m proud of how the guys fought back when they were down by 19 and nobody thought they had a chance. Herro, Highsmith and Mitchell had good games for Miami. Bam to (11 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists) also had a good one. Give credit to Cleveland for clutch 3 point shooting (22 of 45 – 48.9%), solid defense, steals (10-3) and better coaching.
The loss is totally on Spo. WTF was he doing pulling Wiggins and playing Jovic? Dude hasn’t played regularly for two months (February 23rd). Airballs (1-8 from 3 pt) and turnovers at the end cost Miami the game. They were down 101-99 with a chance at one point. Again, I don’t blame Jovic. I blame Spo. Period.
The one bright spot is Davion Mitchell. Miami has provided him an opportunity to demonstrate what he is capable of doing. He’s a tough defender, a very good floor general and a good shooter. He’s a better version of Marcus Smart, all the way around. He is definitely a keeper, unless Riley lowballs him and let’s some other team come in and swoop him up.
Enough venting. On to game 3.
GO HEAT!!!
Yep. Good call starting Davion made a booboo in the end with that Jovic move. We got 2 days rest
what if jovic makes wide open shot.if thats burks there thats a bucket.again spobot use of personnel with jovic was bad prob cost us game.over use guy who hasnt played in months whos prob not 100%.
when they won 6 in a row slo mo and burks played good zero minutes.wtf dunc pelle jovic havnet had a good game in months
11 pts max player unacceptable sun sorry.wheres the shake and bake bam these days for a while he looked like sean kemp now hes back to bam (pretty good player) not a max player
wiggins is easily 3 rd best player on team until dav started balling like this but yes he should be closing.thanks for pointing spos flaws .on point sun
quitter to locker room
quitter took a bad fall here hope hes ok
Fragile quitter can’t fall like that already now Warriors are getting spanked
Cavs 3 ball, super saiyan mitchell took over that was the difference.
niko makes few open looks dav goes to the rim we win .ware has become unplayable not sure u can start him.save him for next year
True that, I would start jovic, and let ware come off the bench.
Nah experience
jimmy hendrix experience
quitter time go rockets
where wasbam in the 4th did he play
if niko makes his airballs we might have won
Almost. More respectable ending but nonetheless a loss. Love the fight. 2 days rest again home game next
theres one ss on both teams
davs gotta ball from tipoff not just 4th.
strus more athletic than 55 better over all player rc
3/0/1 vs 14/6/2? No argument there h.
max can move his feet unc not as much.max is too streaky dunc more consistent.max better overall player
Max was always the better defender.
50% of the game big.shooting pretty close
Either herro or mitchell should of been giving them 3pt shot attempts, but jovic will learn from this
Jovic wrist weaker than muscle memory used to from the injury? Been short multiple times here
Free Jaime Jaquez.
nice comeback dav theres 4 quarters to a game though
Couple of Jovic’s misses were late in the shot clock. Last couple been wide open. Needs to hit those.
come on he sukd he had open looks all night
jovic was a killer at the end
dav passes again what r u doing to jovic brutal
He did that too much tonight, could been the difference tonight.
if he takes to rim thats 6 -8 xtra pts bad decisions big
allen fouled before the shot
bam a max player lol.dissapears crunch time
critical challenge
Jovic gotta stop airballing
bad turnover killed us
niko niko niko bad bad
The wrong mitchell is on fire omg
Mitchell a SS for a reason
Mitchell vs Mitchell
double spider
Wow! Go Heat!!
not sure y spider on bench is he hurt what is atkinson doing.keep him on bench coach great move
jovic has really impressed.he guards everybody
His d got better this year
Mitchell has had some amazing 4th quarters for Miami. Went from a negative in the first three to carrying Miami in the 4th.
Also Jovic should get Wiggin’s minutes. Put Wiggins in the Rozier doghouse (yeah that’s probably a reach, but I think his overall upside is far more interesting to watch).
wiggins former #1 pick hes averaged 20 for us dont think so
dav and jovic been big.tys been gr8 the whole game hes finally getting dav help
They smell blood
2 pt game, we gotta a chance to steal this yall 😤
wow ty walked big time there
I’ll take it
Davion doesn’t quit I love it!
I am in awe of him and Jovic and the team right now
Davion amazing in his 1st playoff career start, and jovic playing great after not playing in months.
jeez 4th qtr dav yes
Can’t miss both fts dav
Defense to offense baby love this guy
davs not passing off now hes feeling it
A great defender
hunter looks bad jeromes off tonight.spider darius mobley all star players
Mitchell playing well in his 1st career playoff Start, and down by 6
6 pt game led by jovic hh dav bam ty good coaching
BANG
Jovic 9 points 6 rebounds 17 minutes. But, yeah, not an NBA player.
Idk why ppl keep saying he’s not when he’s been our most consistent/best bench player before getting hurt.
team plays better w/o ware .might have to bench him
8 pt game and were still battling hard