Pelicans at Heat SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2014 7:30 PM ET - KFC

overland · Post #1 » by **overland** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:19 am

First Preseason game!

Well Miami Heat fans...it's here. Well, not exactly. But the NBA preseason is tipping off for the Miami Heat on Saturday night as they play the New Orleans Pelicans on a neutral site in Louisville, KY.

For the Heat, it's a chance for head coach Erik Spoelstra to continue to use his 20-man roster and help determine what the team needs to work on and fix before opening night on October 29 against the Washington Wizards. But it's also an opportunity for the team to evaluate the players who are fighting to make the roster. Ultimately, the Heat will have to cut five of them.

The venue is nearly sold out already at the KFC Yum! Center for a state that has no professional basketball team (although plenty of college options). This will be the first of three neutral site games for the Heat during the preseason, as they will play in Brazil on October 11 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and also in Missouri on October 17 against the Golden State Warriors.

The Pelicans are obviously led by their young star, Anthony Davis. Davis spent the summer with Team USA capturing a Gold Medal in Spain at the FIBA World Cup, and his talent was all on display. Davis is an emerging superstar, and this will be a big year for him. The Heat likely will have no answer for him, especially if Josh McRoberts, Chris Andersen and Justin Hamilton sit again as they are expected to. All three were held out of the scrimmage on Wednesday and Spoelstra indicated after Friday's practice session that it would indeed be the case.

If you've forgotten what the Pelicans have, they will also be running Omer Asik, Eric Gordon, Tyreke Evans, Jrue Holiday, and Ryan Anderson as their main core...plenty for the Heat to deal with. It will be a homecoming for rookie Russ Smith who graduated from Louisville last year.

The Pelicans missed the playoffs last year, but have a strong aim to get in this year if all goes right.

For the Heat, this will be the first real chance we get to see what Spoelstra will plan to do on both ends of the court with a newer roster. Will the offense focus more on Chris Bosh or Dwyane Wade? We likely won't see them play many minutes, but we should get a taste early on what the plan looks like.

Unfortunately, this is the only preseason game that isn't going to be televised in some way. So you'll have to either go to the game or listen to it.

Sign5 · Post #2 » by **Sign5** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:28 am

My body is ready.

BIRDMAN BIRDMAN · Post #3 » by **BIRDMAN BIRDMAN** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 3:10 pm

WOOOOOOOOOOOO IT'S FINALLY HERE

PRE-SEASON, SEASON, PLAYOFFS, FINALS I DONT CARE

LETS GO HEATTTTTTTTTTT

HEAT111 · Post #4 » by **HEAT111** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 3:37 pm

Is it on FoxSports?

Heat_team02 · Post #5 » by **Heat_team02** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 3:48 pm

HEAT111 wrote:Is it on FoxSports?

I briefly posted the stream link & took it down cause I don't want it to get heavy traffic & freeze.

RexBoyWonder · Post #6 » by **RexBoyWonder** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 4:39 pm

Let's see what the youth movement can do - I want to see a lot of Napier, Ennis, Tyler J.

Rio can ride the pine.

deedsy · Post #7 » by **deedsy** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 5:05 pm

really hoping to find a stream tonight

dr3am · Post #8 » by **dr3am** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 6:31 pm

I'll be at work tonight tho

but let's go HEAT!!!

Post #9 » by **DefenseWins** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 6:35 pm

Ugh still sucks McBob won't be playing, and I don't know if he will play during the preseason with his toe coming off surgery

Anyway, looking forward to the closest thing we'll get to a real game to see how our team

Zasterror · Post #10 » by **Zasterror** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 7:11 pm

I will need the stream (BTW, is the stream audio and video too or its not televised at all?)

Post #11 » by **PaulieWal** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 7:14 pm

YESSS!! Finally basketball is back. Too bad I won't be able to watch it as I am going to a house party tonight. Hopefully I can catch some good highlights on YouTube tomorrow.

goodboy · Post #12 » by **goodboy** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 7:50 pm

For people having trouble streaming the game via anywhere, use this site

Spoiler:

yungsin1 · Post #13 » by **yungsin1** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 7:59 pm

Heat_team02 wrote:
HEAT111 wrote:Is it on FoxSports?

I briefly posted the stream link & took it down cause I don't want it to get heavy traffic & freeze.

what's the link?

Post #14 » by **KingDavid** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 8:43 pm

God I hope the stream works...

vincent · Post #15 » by **vincent** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 8:45 pm

Guys don't waste your time looking for a live stream
because according heat.com their none....

no tv, not even in soflo.

http://www.nba.com/heat/schedule

Heat_team02 · Post #16 » by **Heat_team02** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:19 pm

There is a Live Stream. I'll post it after the game starts just want to see how it looks 1st.

Ive used the stream link for years to watch all sporting events around the world. NBA, NFL, NCAA, Euroleague, Soccer etc.

Zasterror · Post #17 » by **Zasterror** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:29 pm

vincent wrote:Guys don't waste your time looking for a live stream
because according heat.com their none....

no tv, not even in soflo.

http://www.nba.com/heat/schedule

There is always a live stream, even if it isn't televised.

Heat_team02 · Post #18 » by **Heat_team02** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 9:59 pm

Please don't flood the streams

http://ifirstrowus.eu/sport/basketball.html

Just click the NBA logo then Link 1 or 2 then scroll down the page a bit and click "Close" to remove the advertisement from in front of the screen. Again please don't flood it.

HeatDaChamps · Post #19 » by **HeatDaChamps** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 10:13 pm

theres a stream even w/o it being televised? uh how?

shanedude · Post #20 » by **shanedude** » Sat Oct 4, 2014 10:57 pm

HeatDaChamps wrote:theres a stream even w/o it being televised? uh how?

Yeah wth?