This is our GAMETHREAD: Chat live about Game 3 here!
Injury Report:
Miami Heat:
- Kevin Love (personal reasons) — OUT
- Terry Rozier (left ankle sprain) — OUT
Cleveland Cavaliers:
- Darius Garland (left toe sprain) — OUT
Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Tyler Herro, G
- Alec Burks, G
- Andrew Wiggins, F
- Bam Adebayo, F
- Kel’el Ware, C
Cleveland Cavaliers:
- Sam Merrill, G
- Donovan Mitchell , G
- Max Strus, F
- Evan Mobley, F
- Jarrett Allen, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 1:00 PM EST
- TV: TNT/Max, FanDuel Sports Network Sun (Eric Reid & John Crotty)
- Radio: SiriusXM, WQAM 560 / S: WQBA 1140, 100.7 WMMS & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson)
- Spanish Radio: WAQI 710 AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda)
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Oh, well, I forgot of early start and I missed most of the game. Then I made a mistake and watch from the beginning. I wish I wouldn’t.
What the hell was that?
🎵 turn out the lights, the party’s over 🎶
dandy don
Tuned in to watch a basketball game but all they had on was Cornhole. Bam and D-Mitch good core to start with. Play Anderson, Jaquez, Rozier, Johnson, Stevens, Christopher.etc. Can’t do worse.
no slo mo no burks they were very good when we won 6 in a row.55 came back fkd everything up.should have stayed with the overrated 8 dumbot
We just endured a severe whooping’. Nothing really else to say except, start thinking about next year. Yes, we weren’t competitive against the Cav’s. But, no that doesn’t mean we suck, just are middling. We got some team building to do, at it may take a year or two, but we have the start of a core that could become a top team.
ditto cats on the whipping
Why does Miami need to get down by 20 before they pick up the intensity level? Poor preparation! My wife used the term Disgusting! Pretty much sums it up. More like embarrassing to me. Boy does this team needs help! Feel bad for the fans who paid good money to watch this garbage. Spo should pull these guys and play the rooks. Heat better not let Mitchell get away. He’s a true warrior.
(Direct quote below from my partner)
What a waste of time! They should’ve lost the playin
Should have been beat: yes. Should have intentionally tanked: no. If hey had tanked we would need to change the team name to the Miami Jazz, 76ers or Wizards.
Yes, that is how we feel. Others have different views.
davs body of work says to me backup.when dru was cooking he was really looking good has more size than dav
Dru is a good back-up. D-Mitch has much more experience and potential. He is also more sturdy, a better scorer and is younger. Mitchell is 26. Smith is 27. He has also been most the consistent game-to-game Heat scorer in the series, 18, 18 and 16. Wiggins is the one underperforming. He has scored 11, 14 and 10 points (35 total) in the 3 games (11.67 ppg). For that matter, Herro only scored 13 points today. Regular season stats don’t mean Jack! It’s the playoff performance that counts.
pls pat going forward we have enough whitesiders
This team needs an enema. What happened to the defense? Talk about unprepared. Did Jovic take Ware’s place in starting unit? What’s going on with Wiggins and Herro. This is playoff basketball! Miami is sleep walking. Did somebody throw in the towel and forget to tell us? If Miami can’t penetrate the exterior defense they don’t a chance in hell of competing. Bam and D-Mitch look like the only ones who are engaged. What ever happened to P-R-I-D-E?
when your 2nd and 3rd best player suk yur fkd.bams our best player and he might be a top 35 player.thank pat for that,slomo i thought played really good bball when in where the f hes been
The towel should’ve been thrown in before they made the playoffs. But it’s water under the bridge, doesn’t matter now. Let the offseason begin.
diff between dunc and max starts in the upper body.all the way down to the legs,hes just a better physical specimen than 2qbs and alaskas fav cornrolls
been saying since day one ty or bam cant be your best player
whos been worse ty or wiggy
lightningscore 2 1 tampa
Ouch, sports can be cruel. The Bolts are desperate, won’t go down easy. In fact, there is a far smaller difference in team strengths in hockey. A lot of games are decided by puck luck.
great game unlike the heat game i like hoops way more than pucks but not today
this jerome has some handle
ty jerome ufda get him pat
They are kicking our butts without Garland. Everything we were hoping for is pretty much out the window.
True, but I was hoping for the lottery pick.
Very good TEAM effort by Cleveland.
They won the east for a reason. Solid overall team that has played together for a while now.
would u trade ty for hunter rc i would in a san diego second
Not as simple for me because I value Herro. Would at least be worth discussing.
im not a big hockey guy but i got cats game on big tv heat on 48incher
Quick series because Mia shouldn’t even be here but y’all scared for them to tank a couple of games for better talent in the building every blowout I’m laughing because this what yall wanted some even saying Mia could beat Cleveland now are hiding under a big rock but I never wavered this team is devoid of talent and until they do something besides chase old stars that aren’t coming here and draft one or two they will corp be a perennial playing team picking in the teens while the east gets better and better
Someone here ‘scared’ for them to tank? No. It’s just the fact that they haven’t historically tanked, so to expect them to do that after 30+ years was unrealistic. And laughing when your team is getting their ass kicked? I was adamant about getting the picks, but I take no joy in watching them get embarrassed, regardless of being right.
And it’s a fact they e been whale hunting for 10 years and not one whale has come here? Yeah imma laugh at them cause they shouldn’t be here. What I’m supposed to blindly follow them like you?
jimmy was a whale ok
What do you mean blindly. Try to follow my posts. I am critical of players, coach, and management periodically. Because I’m not a negative nelly on every single thing like you seem to be, I am blindly following? Since the first time you showed up here, you’ve been nothing but negative. You’re entitled to your opinion like anyone else. Congratulations on being right- so was I.
You got a right to what you’re saying. And it took some cahones to take the stand you did.
30, if you’re okay with someone ‘laughing’ about our team getting embarrassed, I’m surprised. You and I have been critical of the team, but being happy about the way things are going?
the guy cant be a heat fan no way
Why not laugh again they shouldn’t even be in the playoffs. What you mad someone agrees with me for, it’s a laughing matter they haven’t beaten a healthy playoff team all year yet was supposed to beat a 60 win team? I mean even w/o its 2nd best player it wasn’t competitive that shows the gap in talent and also having a top 5 draft pick dpoy also help. But sure let’s root for experience over such player like that
Tell me any post, ANY POST, where I said getting experience was more important than getting the pick. Let me save you time, you won’t find it anywhere because I didn’t say it. Why would I be mad at someone agreeing with you WHEN I PREVIOUSLY AGREED WITH YOU? But laughing at your team when it’s getting its ass kicked is, imho, pathetic. But you’re entitled to respond any way you want to. Some people only drop in to complain. We’ve seen it here before.
One never said you so Idk why your upset, it’s people like dumman that yall always agree with
I don’t always agree with anybody here.
Size matters.
7 minutes of experience for ware lmao this imo gonna hurt him more than help. But dumman thinks experience is better then talent
He was for the picks. We even discussed who the Heat could get at 11 and 20. Once the team won their way into the playoffs, the only benefit he felt was getting experience which clearly has served no purpose. The sooner the offseason, the better.
whats your beef with sun id pay to read his posts excellent writer of heat news and notes excellent
Me too.
tys out of juice he knows they cant win same with bam he knows they cant win.2 good players,that aint gonna get it done pat.keep on drafting whitesiders
evan mobley would be our best player for sure love his game.dandre hunter would be our best player.to.bam and ty are third options on a good team
Both very good, neither would be our best player. Maybe in this series, yes.
mobley or bam close ty with that d sorry
cleve boston inevitable wata a series
gregg anthony excellent announcer
Not listening to Eric?
no crottys to much of a homer,gregg anthony not bias.miss e reid but i dont like crottys work loved fiorentino
Tony was a bit all over the map as a color commentator, but he was really funny. I miss him.
him and eric were iconic.crotty is ok but not near tonys level
Crotty is the Doris Burke of the Heat team. Tony and Dr Jack were great!
leonard
they also have ty and the bros with a little max
i think dandre hunter would be our best player rc
Probably not
But he would look fine in a Heat uniform.
hes better offensive player than bam hes smooth.bam is an improved joel anthony on offense nothing fluid.very choppy not a natural offensive player anthony mentioned something that crotty would never say or hed be unemployed asap
And for the record I’m not negative I’m Mr they have no business in the playoffs THIS YEAR. But you just love watch “heat basketball” this is what you get 3 blowouts and a morale victory. Should’ve mailed it in in the playin to get that lottery pick in a talented draft, but since they are the playin kings that was never gonna happen. Next year gonna get passed by Washington and Brooklyn.
“And for the record I’m not negative”. 😆😆😆 That has to be the funniest comment of this sad season.
palying shnoz over lost ware lol
keep on drafting whitesiders pat
My tv must need an adjustment. I’m also seeing our athletic brothers getting torched just as much as those other guys. Gotta call the repair guy.
u got a swedish guy and a serbian going against these guys lol
Might as well play Anderson, Jaquez, and Keshad. Can’t do any worse than the others.
jjj scores 40 never sniffs ct
shnoz go back to serbia please
bam is so overrated hes preventing ware from growing.he needs to go
bam brainfart neverfails
mitch had layup there to much passing out
wheres slo mo dam it spobot
hh great d on spider not much u can do there
close out game u got shnoz dunc on ct ty pat
wiggy ware bam ty dav are 5 best ,id just go with them rest of squad suks
Somebody should change their handle to ‘heat for 2 picks’.
smfl
dandre hunter wow
wares not coached correctly hes friggin lost wassup top 15er
I’m gonna lose sleep for this?!
They look like they deserve to get the broom
Shouldn’t be there in the first place but Sunman convinced y’all it was good for ware (who’s become unplayable) and Mitchell who never played in the playoffs…….oops he has experience with sac in that department. All because he wanted to watch more games and lied about experience
Let’s go overrate (d) 8!
not saying slo mo a savior but everytine he plays he plays good rc.
A good rotation player
this wade some defender
18 0 run wow
18-0 good grief
fu pat
No, quitter
both
should have payed him kept him happy major mistake
Totally disagree. You don’t pay someone who isn’t playing hard on purpose
wow wow wow
butterfingers
put slo mo in his iq the best on team