Heats v. NY Mesquite Rats, 5/2, 7:30PM Round 2, Game 2: SHUTDOWN THE GARDEN!

[KingDavid]

If bam isn’t going to take shots whatever.. atleast grab the boards

I was going to mention that, but I'm guessing he was busy closing out shooters and boxing out? I'm not sure. Wasn't a fan of what I saw from him tonight but I probably missed some stuff. Still, we did better with him in the game. There's another game Saturday and we stole game one.

Those rebounds at the end weren’t his fault. He found himself closing out to shooters in the corner. Spo needed to either go to Love earlier or abandon the zone

Yeah, I remember seeing him at the perimeter quite a bit tonight. I'm not blaming him for anything. That's why I stopped myself from commenting about his low board total. I remembered throughout the game, he had to give up pristine box out positioning to close out on shooters.

Just wish he were capable of more offensively so we wouldn't have to use a 50 3pt attempt gameplan from g-leaguers. We would certainly be running our offense through Big 3 Bosh tonight if we had him.

Watching AD rn in awe.

[Heat_Down_Under]

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[Rapaz]

Cherna

[Wiltside]

I've calmed down a little and, taking some perspective, there's positives to come from tonight.

Supporting cast stepped up, Jimmy is getting healthy, and we have 2 games at home. Take care of business, and we'll be up 3-1 with multiple opportunities to move onto the ECF. I feel we're the better team, and we have more playoff experience. Have to hold home court though.

[3ballbomber]

Bam 1 shot in the 4th? 1 board? I understand the extender was doing his finest work in the 4th but 1 f*ckin shot & 1 board? Bam apologists starting to turn. . .

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[Heat_Down_Under]

I was going to mention that, but I'm guessing he was busy closing out shooters and boxing out? I'm not sure. Wasn't a fan of what I saw from him tonight but I probably missed some stuff. Still, we did better with him in the game. There's another game Saturday and we stole game one.

Those rebounds at the end weren’t his fault. He found himself closing out to shooters in the corner. Spo needed to either go to Love earlier or abandon the zone

Yeah, I remember seeing him at the perimeter quite a bit tonight. I'm not blaming him for anything. That's why I stopped myself from commenting about his low board total. I remembered throughout the game, he had to give up pristine box out positioning to close out on shooters.

Just wish he were capable of more offensively so we wouldn't have to use a 50 3pt attempt gameplan from g-leaguers. We would certainly be running our offense through Big 3 Bosh tonight if we had him.

Watching AD rn in awe.

Bam wasn’t near the paint for 1 of the rebounds.. and 1 of them randle got by bam and was infront of bam when randle missed and hartenstein bodied Caleb for the rebound.

The 2 bam was in the paint was when Brunson did a layup missed and hartenstein ripped the rebound off bam.. next possession hart did a turn around jumper and missed bam was in the paint again and hartenstein got the board from him bam didn’t box him out..

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Dame doesn’t want to be here without Bam

[gom]

Tough loss with a heaping helping of **** care of Scott Foster.

[3ballbomber]

One thing for sure after gm2 is, and i've already guaranteed a win, is that i'm even less concerned w/ this Knicks team after struggling to win tonight when it shld have been even a little easier than that. They're merely a small obstacle before reaching the ECF.

& F*ck this bam bullsh*t, i'm over this tired ass issue. Can't wait for Jimmy to come back gm3 & exact revenge.

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[Flash4thewin]

We didnt step up to win a winnable game. Honestly thought Bam would have a great game, oh well on to the next game.

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

Bam would be a nice 3rd option. Excellent defense, scores his 10-15 points within the offense. I don't expect Bam to ever be more than this consistently. We need a 1st option superstar scorer, so Jimmy doesn't have to drop 40 a game to get a win

Would be nice if Duncan catches fire these playoffs and Spo prominently features him.

"He's back!!" we can say

and then promptly trade him. Suckers

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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Return the favor when we need a bail out win.

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

it's a rigged league. We're watching WWE NBA, but we still watch

Mickey Arison and the rest of NBA owners know its rigged, but they accept it because they know its more revenue if the NBA extends series and controls storylines

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Losing like this sucks, blatant rigging that the entire basketball world (even Knicks fans) agree on. It’s such an embarrassing look when Scott Foster is announced as a ref and literally everyone who follows the NBA knows what they’re about to see take place.

All that being said, we took home court and now they have to come and win in our house against an angry Heat team that knows they were cheated (reporters said this postgame) an angry Spo and a fresh Jimmy. We’ve easily looked like the better team through 2.

[ShulaDon92]

It was prob nvr going to be....we just needed more. Yet again it didn't happen. He's human though. It's ok.

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– The debate remains whether Adebayo is a strong enough No. 2 alongside Butler, at least at the level of playoff competition.

– A debate that could resume with a Butler return in Saturday’s Game 3 at Kaseya Center.

– In this one, Adebayo showed versatility.

– Which matters.

– Spoelstra needed Adebayo to be his best self.

– With this arguably who he is.

– But more was needed.

– It could have been his moment

– It wasn’t.

Ira's been cooked since like 97. Dude what is this trash lol / jk

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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[3ammy3uck3ts]

Damn even EReid went in on the refs postgame

[3ballbomber]

Foster wins, again

Spo's masterclass vs Fosters masterclass

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[ShulaDon92]

Foster wins, again

Spo's masterclass vs Fosters masterclass

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And what in the heck is even this?? Lol

[Dc__20]

Can someone explain this to me; why can the nba retract a 3 from strus in the ECF 30 mins later but not in this game. But I’m this game they can’t watch the play and do the same for us when gabe got a put back after the ball grazed the rim. I’m telling you another Netflix doco is going to come out on the league and anyone who watches the game closely can see it. It’s so unbearable