Miami Heat Regular Season Thread 6.0 -Everything's Gonna Be All Wright

[Lennyzinho]

Does anyone have a real update on rozier?
I read he has a neck sprain. He last played April 7th which is two weeks ago.

Found this online;
Most symptoms of neck sprain or strain will go away in 4 to 6 weeks. However, severe injuries may take longer to heal completely. If you injure your neck during athletic competition, you may not return to sport until your symptoms have resolved (gone away completely) and you have received clearance from your doctor.

He's really gonna miss the whole series?

[RexBoyWonder]

Going into Celtics series, Just let Bam Herro Jamie Niko cook.

Let them **** play and play free.

Don't want to see Kevin Love and Caleb fucxking Martin chuck a ton of shots, They're irrelevant going forward.

We're not going anywhere, so at least lets see the young guys take the reins.

Miserable end to the season, Very hard to find any silver lining.

[wade44]

MIA's 1st round pick to CHA protected for selections 1-14 in 2027, conveyable if MIA conveys a 1st round pick to OKC in 2025, and unprotected in 2028 [CHA-MIA, 1/23/2024]

Hmm that one takes some unpacking

[eddieheatfan]

most of the heat fanbase feels pretty elated after this victory agaisnt a 9TH SEED TEAM and thinks that they will beat the celtics in 5 or 7 games. i feel bad for them because i dont think the heat can beat the celtics in a 7 series.

maybe just maybe the heat wins just one game. but i think its going to be a sweep. that's when everything will come crashing down on many of them.

can the heat really repeat the feat that they did last year without their star player?

[iamoti]

most of the heat fanbase feels pretty elated after this victory agaisnt a 9TH SEED TEAM and thinks that they will beat the celtics in 5 or 7 games. i feel bad for them because i dont think the heat can beat the celtics in a 7 series.

maybe just maybe the heat wins just one game. but i think its going to be a sweep. that's when everything will come crashing down on many of them.

can the heat really repeat the feat that they did last year without their star player?

I dont think anyone really thinks we can beat them without Jimmy in a 7 game series but that doesnt mean we cant make it competitive for a while

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[contract]

... Don't want to see Kevin Love and Caleb fucxking Martin chuck a ton of shots, They're irrelevant going forward...

You want to take the green light from our Celtics killer from last years playoff series?

https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2023-nba-eastern-conference-finals-heat-vs-celtics.html

[batterybro42]

This is going to require amazing defense, and Robinson is going to have to really get going with his shooting, Martin is going to need to find his form last season.

It is possible, the Heat just have to drag the Celtics into the mud and make the series bloody. If you can steal one in Boston and get them sweating I could see an implosion from them.

Miami winning this series will require them to keep fighting regardless of the circumstances and make Boston earn everything they get. You have to force Boston to win this series because I do believe there is a chance when they are confronted with the reality of losing to Miami again the moment may get a little big for some of their guys.

Nothing to lose, I just want to see war from Miami, and if Boston can do their thing and win, I’ll be alright with the outcome.

That being said Miami has a lot more chance in this series than people will give them. Spo is a weird guy and it seems like things really open up when the game is more on the team, than it is on just one player. It’s like the reigns come off, and guys start playing way above themselves. I have seen it time and time again even in our season this year, it won’t shock me if things become very difficult for Boston. Momentum is a crazy deal, and 1 win in Boston in the first two can flip this series very quickly.

[eddieheatfan]

This is going to require amazing defense, and Robinson is going to have to really get going with his shooting, Martin is going to need to find his form last season.

It is possible, the Heat just have to drag the Celtics into the mud and make the series bloody. If you can steal one in Boston and get them sweating I could see an implosion from them.

Miami winning this series will require them to keep fighting regardless of the circumstances and make Boston earn everything they get. You have to force Boston to win this series because I do believe there is a chance when they are confronted with the reality of losing to Miami again the moment may get a little big for some of their guys.

Nothing to lose, I just want to see war from Miami, and if Boston can do their thing and win, I’ll be alright with the outcome.

That being said Miami has a lot more chance in this series than people will give them. Spo is a weird guy and it seems like things really open up when the game is more on the team, than it is on just one player. It’s like the reigns come off, and guys start playing way above themselves. I have seen it time and time again even in our season this year, it won’t shock me if things become very difficult for Boston. Momentum is a crazy deal, and 1 win in Boston in the first two can flip this series very quickly.

without a doubt its going to be ugly. tomorrow we will see whats the plan by spo in action

[AirP.]

Chicago's bad defense compared to Miami's very good defense coupled with a touch great shooting (which didn't seem to happen much this year) gave Miami a blowout last night. Had Miami a few hot shooters last night they probably still would have won the game because of their defense. Since most won't go look at the advanced box score stats, I brought them here, look how many anomalies there are.

Love, Herro, and Wright all had incredible shooting nights for themselves which made them more efficient shooting than their norms, Bam ended up higher than his norm too.

As well as Herro shot and got assists from hot shooting teammates, his calculated ORTG was only 116 because of the 5 TOs, I was fine with a couple of them but being picked by Andre Drummond was bad, luckily Drummond tries to do too much and gives the ball right back.

Kevin love had 16 points in 12 minutes which includes 10 for 10 from the free throw line, I highly doubt that happens, he basically did to Chicago what Batum did the previous game to Miami.



I am very happy with the outcome and hope to see some bright spots from the younger players in the next round. I don't have a lot of hope Miami can shoot well enough 4 games to win the series but there's a small chance they can.

[AirP.]

On Butler and continuing to play in the first play-in, I suspect he knew he could do more damage which means being out longer but there was a way better chance (although not good) that Miami could still be playing weeks down the road as the 7th seed vs the 8th seed.

I too liked Miami's odds to get deeper in the playoffs as the #7 seed without Butler then the #8 seed with a not 100% Butler. We get to see what kind of smoke and mirrors Spoelstra can come up with for Boston.

Miami's going to have to replicate their 3pt shooting at least 4 times from the Chicago play-in game to even have a chance against Boston, so there's a little bit of hope there.

[AirP.]

This is going to require amazing defense, and Robinson is going to have to really get going with his shooting, Martin is going to need to find his form last season.

It is possible, the Heat just have to drag the Celtics into the mud and make the series bloody. If you can steal one in Boston and get them sweating I could see an implosion from them.

Miami winning this series will require them to keep fighting regardless of the circumstances and make Boston earn everything they get. You have to force Boston to win this series because I do believe there is a chance when they are confronted with the reality of losing to Miami again the moment may get a little big for some of their guys.

Nothing to lose, I just want to see war from Miami, and if Boston can do their thing and win, I’ll be alright with the outcome.

That being said Miami has a lot more chance in this series than people will give them. Spo is a weird guy and it seems like things really open up when the game is more on the team, than it is on just one player. It’s like the reigns come off, and guys start playing way above themselves. I have seen it time and time again even in our season this year, it won’t shock me if things become very difficult for Boston. Momentum is a crazy deal, and 1 win in Boston in the first two can flip this series very quickly.

We all know there's very little chance against this version of the Boston Celtics that has KP healthy but there is a chance just not very likely, great defensive games are a must!

It doesn't happen all that often, Miami did it last year and 30 years ago Denver shocked the world in the first round. Screw an extra 2-3 draft positions in the middle of the 1st round when you can give yourself a chance at something special. Always let your team compete. We could see something special from Bam, Herro, Jaquaze Jr or even Jovic that changes their protectory of their career and/or the way Miami builds it roster for the future.

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[3ammy3uck3ts]

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[AirP.]

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If you don't have those big easy to digest basic stats, voters overall don't dive in too deep on how good a player is, it's why reputation can carry you a long way in voting.

Bam is the reason on defense that a lesser quality roster had made it to the ECF 3 of the last 4 playoffs and the finals, yes Butler had to have some incredible games but Bam laid the framework of a very good defense that made it possible for someone to carry a team offensively from time to time to advance deep into the playoffs. It's pretty crazy that too many people just look at the basic numbers and not how good a player really is.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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If you don't have those big easy to digest basic stats, voters overall don't dive in too deep on how good a player is, it's why reputation can carry you a long way in voting.

Bam is the reason on defense that a lesser quality roster had made it to the ECF 3 of the last 4 playoffs and the finals, yes Butler had to have some incredible games but Bam laid the framework of a very good defense that made it possible for someone to carry a team offensively from time to time to advance deep into the playoffs. It's pretty crazy that too many people just look at the basic numbers and not how good a player really is.

Voting has honestly become a joke. Best defense in the league since Feb 1st, biggest on/off differential in the league and he’s going to be overlooked. Wemby is amazing, possibly top 10 in the league overall next season but he’s going to finish higher for DPOY because of BPG while the spurs have a bottom 10 defense and we’re a bottom 5 team in the league

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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We need this so bad.

[El Alonzo scowl]

Going into Celtics series, Just let Bam Herro Jamie Niko cook.

Let them **** play and play free.

Don't want to see Kevin Love and Caleb fucxking Martin chuck a ton of shots, They're irrelevant going forward.

We're not going anywhere, so at least lets see the young guys take the reins.

Miserable end to the season, Very hard to find any silver lining.

I'm gonna be sick if Highsmith ends up taking more shots than any of the four first rounders.

[AirP.]

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[3ammy3uck3ts]

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Yea listening to Woj last night had me hype, this dude was literally explaining Mitchell’s entire situation without flat out saying Mitchell

[twix2500]

Too many blowouts in the playoffs now a days make the games boring.

[eddieheatfan]

Too many blowouts in the playoffs now a days make the games boring.