The Miami Heat travel to the nation’s capital to take on the Washington Wizards in a matinee affair on Super Bowl Sunday! What are your predictions and thoughts, as the Heat try to rebound from a tough two-point loss against Boston?! Let us know in our game thread below!
Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):
Washington Wizards:
- Anthony Davis (finger) — OUT
- Trae Young (MCL) — OUT
- Dante Exum (not with team) — OUT
- Anthony Gill (hand) — OUT
- Jaden Hardy (rest) — OUT
- Tre Johnson (ankle) — OUT
- D’Angelo Russell (not with team) — OUT
- Cam Whitmore (shoulder) — OUT
Miami Heat:
- Pelle Larsson (elbow) — OUT
- Vlad Goldin (G-League) — OUT
- Keshad Johnson (G-League) — OUT
- Tyler Herro (ribs) — OUT
- Terry Rozier (not with team) — OUT
Starting 5 (subject to change):
Washington Wizards:
- Bub Carrington, G
- Kyshawn George, G/F
- Bilal Coulibaly, F
- Justin Champagnie, F
- Alex Sarr, C
Miami Heat:
- Davion Mitchell, G
- Norman Powell, G
- Myron Gardner, G/F
- Andrew Wiggins, F
- Bam Adebayo, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 2:00 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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Okay, is there anybody – ANYBODY? – here that doesn’t see Kas is an NBA player?? That is not to say he will always have games like this or that he won’t make mistakes, just that he clearly belongs.
I was thinking the same. He broke a team record today, most threes without a miss.
need to see more rc to early to say .this was versus a college team even niko might have gotten a couple buckets today
No. Wrong! I specifically said we can’t expect that every night and he will make mistakes. If you can’t see that he is an NBA player, you have some weird kind of bias. If he evolves into a 12 point, 6 assist guy, then he’s an NBA player.
And, btw, Jovic did, in fact, score a couple of buckets today.
6 of 6 beyond the arc for kasparas kaboom .
Fantastic!
Nico all star.. best game in a month
i cant see anthony davis on this team next year i know he will get paid but why beat your body up for this sht
He’s under contract for next season. It’s not up to him and he needs a season to prove himself again. Trae plus AD plus what is likely a top 5 pick this season plus the young players there now will equal a playoff team next season.
If those two acquisitions play, I think they make play in for sure, maybe better.
I love how Gardner plays. Great pickup
Yes, I like him too. I believe he is an NBA level player.
I feel the same way.
So who we getting in the buyout market?
Jovic in
Lol
i should have prefaced my comment with only in blowout games
Lol, but you didn’t
Good too see ware happy and smiling
i was really rooting for dru with all his injuries but he cant play in the nba
Yes he can. Decent bench guy
I agree. Players have ups and downs. He’s a solid player.
Best game ever for casper!
i didnt see him
Probably cuz he’s all over the floor .
u familiar with casper the ghost
Yes, great game.
gardner should displace shnozzys last spot in rotation
As good as Kas has been playing today, I will still take it one game at a time. But I saw his potential from the beginning.
5 of 5 from 3 from kas wow 👌
need to build on that.see what he does going forward his confidence should be very high
Yes sir, I hope his ball handling evolves into a luka/dragic level.
He plays aggressively, not afraid.
I also like that he balances aggressiveness with a pass first mentality.
bam ware only way to get to promised land rc says we have no chance not 100% sure aboutthat
I am. Championship this season? There you go again with irrational exuberance on a one game sample.
bam ware bam ware bam ware baby lets go bring on duncs team .of course norm is now hurt again and again
Championship? This season? Seriously?
no but we should be better spos rotations and use of or lack there of bam ware is a killer
koulibali great name should be sunmans name
jjj 2 for 12 a jovic type game
bam ware miami vice towers
I like that,has a ring to it
thanks bro.u think eric and crutty see this
Idk but if I see them at kaseya I’ll mention it
thanks bro
e reids not bad looking guy rc.like his voice lol
I keep saying to post your picture so we can all see how much more handsome you are. But you haven’t. Brad Pitt or Woody Allen?
dont know how to do that rc,woody allen lol brad pitt lol.let me get my colombian wife to post some comments on my appearance,oh sht shes bz lol
Just hit that little tv like box on the lower right of the comment box and it will bring up a menu to attach a photo from your photo library. Me and E Reid are looking forward to it.
our whole medicocre division will represent playin tournament
For those who suggest hard tanking.. that’s the reality of a young talented team, and you have to watch several years of that.
How hard is watch for Was fans having all those high picks players playing for years, and then comes guys like late first round picks Kas and Ware showing them what is all about.
I prefer mediocrity.
me to fk tanking no guarantees
trae will stay there i think ad gets moved
I think the plan is to keep both.
This is shaping up to be a nice, feel good win. No turds in the third.
college team wash
The Wizards will play much better when they get Young and Davis.
Exactly
anthony davis from lebron to this his last years in the league i say hes on a diff team if not this yearnext year 4 sure
Disagree
I want a whole quarter of kas, myron,jjj,keshad,and ware.
keshaed out g league
Dang
the over use of shnozola fkd this year up.years not over that big nosed serbian better never see the dam floor
But he will.
i think hes played himself out of the rotation i really do rc i know they payed him but u got at least 8-9 guys clearly clearly better
I don’t disagree, but he will play at some point.
Why does his nose bother you so much? It’s his problem, not yours. It will take a beating. Good thing Pelle doesn’t have his bone structure. Pelle is so fearless he gets hit in the face so often. I worry about him.
bam ware plus 2 all star like players pus solid 2 way player reserves like dav pelle.spo fkd this year up not giving us alot of bam ware from day 1
if im ad im saying get me the f otoh do u think he might do that
Idk not too many good teams that want a injury prone player called street clothes. I think wash is good for him with a front court of him and sarr and got Trae, with decent young players, and not a lot of expectations.
If both Trae and AD are healthy next season, adding them to this young core gets them at least into the playoffs.
Probably play in battle royal between us, them,hawks,hornets, and bulls.
Yes, they will be at that level.
Random question: Do you think it’s possible that demar will get bought out and we could get him?
how much $$$ do we need big
Some of the rotation decisions today have worked out well.
how can i change my name to bamware4life need a name change
That was a really good first half, especially from the young guns jjj,ware, kasparas. There bench production was very impactful. Also I really liked that unit spo played when we first made our run, it was kasparas, jjj, fonzi,bam, and ware. I really love that double big look, I hope spo plays bam and together a lot more the rest of the season. Lastly that bam putback dunk on ware was amazing and funny lol.
there playing against a college team big
Still helpful for the young guns. Maybe this the game that makes spo start to play ware and bam more together.
dumbot should have been doing that from day 1 hes got a hard on for niko though.by now bam ware would be dominating i believe
But you kept saying it wasn’t working and the team should trade one or the other.
Got em lol
not really SPOradic use of it fkd it up.r u experienced i am
I think you’re in a Purple Haze
30 how could u defend hothoopsfan4 life he just spews negativity and bad vibes.not a heat fan
But sometimes it seems like that description fits you. Or, anyway, how some perceive you. I’ve learned there are different sides of you, some good, some funny. It’s hard to see them sometimes. I just have to work to bring you closer to the light of positivity.
no jovic good coaching give those mins to ware
Keshad should also get minutes over jovic
I agree
goldin to
Just turned it on. Everything going right. Checking the box scores, Kaspar went off with his threes!
11/2/4 plus a steal in 9 minutes.
bams playing like max player this year for the most part his defense is as good as anybody in nba
bad wig today
bam slam ware would of had that slammer to lol
Bam posterizes Ware lol!
bam ware plus 2 all star players norm jjj solid 2 way wiggy thats pretty dam good.gotta stick with bamware
Didn’t you say like a million times that it wasn’t working? Must’ve been a different hfl.
practice makes perfect he should have played them from day 1 35mins by now it would be the new twin towers
But you didn’t say they should keep practicing it. You said it wasn’t working. A lot of us wanted to continue seeing it because it created some nice mismatches.
bam ware pls
kaspers best minutes
19 years old. It is quite reasonable to believe he will continue to improve. Clearly an NBA player.
pg or 2g gotta be 2g
He is good with handling and assisting. Can be a pg with good size.
I think they’ll use him as a combo playing both g spots depending on who else is in the lineup.
im just worried about foot speed on d .think his offense will be ok
He’s a combo guard, pg on off, and sg on def.
why the f take out ware needs experience playing with bam
bam ware 4 life.
bam ware4 life
look at ware getting pt looks like best player
Should get 25-35 minutes per game.
33-35
34-35
35
34.5.
ware low post fk yes need more
Are you experienced
Jimi Hendrix hair
We look like a lottery team and that wouldn’t be a bad thing. We have zero chance of contending this season H. Have to be realistic and improve this team.
so what do u do with norm and wiggy
Good question. Wiggins may opt out after this season.
lottery team up 21 on cs yesterday
And blew it
j brown cheap shotted pelle knocked him out if that doesnt happen we win ,norm gets hurt to.i think when healthy we are a tier two team in east nyk cleve det better.but if bam ware jjj norm wiggy get 35 mins think we’d be much better
I thought at the beginning of the season we could be a 5 or 6 seed, maybe get in the second round. Seriously contend? No.
if bam ware worked thought we could be 1 seed in east it didnt spo didnt give it a chance
You said it wasn’t working and stunting his growth
young legs good thing to have