Heat (13-17) vs Thunder @ Oklahoma City (12-18 after beating Cavs), 2/22/21. 9 PM EST
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 3:59 am
Miami Heat are on a 2-game winning streak and are now 3-3 on this road trip. We’ve lost some games we should have won and won some tricky ones. Beating the Lakers (even without AD) is a big deal. No… I AM NOT CONVINCED. No, I am not going to forget the bad basketball, but they deserve a chance. They’ve earned it.
To seal the deal, they need to beat the Thunder.
Oklahoma CIty play tomorrow so they will be on a back-to-back.
IN (obviously)
Miami’s record against the Thunder/Supersonics is only 25-40 in the regular season. Against the Thunder it is 11-14. Against the Supersonics 14-26.
In Oklahoma City, we are 6-6. One game we played in the bubble with OKC as home team was also lost.
In the postseason, Miami won the only series, our second championship in 2012. WE BEAT OKC 4-1, sweeping them after the game 1 loss.
As of OP time, in points scored OKC is 27th in the NBA with 106.9. Miami is 26th with 107.2. Both teams are near bottom of the league in 3 pt percentage: (OKC=34.2% (28th), MIA=35.2% for 25th). Both teams get to the stripe about 21 points per game, but MIA is better at free throws by 5%, mostly due to Bam and Butler.
Miami continues to lead the league in turnovers with 16.5. It is the only stat our offense leads.
OKC gets 2.6 more rebounds than Miami. The difference in offensive rebounds (again OKC leads) is only 0.7.
In defense, Miami is 8th in the league with 110.5 opposition points compared to more than 113 against the Thunder. The Thunder are stingier behind the arc though (35.3% compared to Miami’s 37.1%) Miami forces 15.1 turnover per game versus 13.3 for the Thunder. Opponents of Miami commit 2.6 more fouls than opponents of the Thunder.
Miami’s record against the Thunder/Supersonics is only 25-40 in the regular season. Against the Thunder it is 11-14. Against the Supersonics 14-26.
In Oklahoma City, we are 6-6 in the regular season (1-1 in postseason). One game we played in the bubble with OKC as home team was also lost.
In the postseason, Miami won the only series, our second championship in 2012. WE BEAT OKC 4-1, sweeping them after the game 1 loss.
As of OP time, in points scored OKC is 27th in the NBA with 106.9. Miami is 26th with 107.2. Both teams are near bottom of the league in 3 pt percentage: (OKC=34.2% (28th), MIA=35.2% for 25th). Both teams get to the stripe about 21 points per game, but MIA is better at free throws by 5%, mostly due to Bam and Butler.
Miami continues to lead the league in turnovers with 16.5. It is the only stat our offense leads.
OKC gets 2.6 more rebounds than Miami. The difference in offensive rebounds (again OKC leads) is only 0.7.
In defense, Miami is 8th in the league with 110.5 opposition points compared to more than 113 against the Thunder. The Thunder are stingier behind the arc though (35.3% compared to Miami’s 37.1%) Miami forces 15.1 turnover per game versus 13.3 for the Thunder. Opponents of Miami commit 2.6 more fouls than opponents of the Thunder.
Our opposition:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (g)
Darius Bazley (pf)
Luguentz Dort (sg/sf)
Al Horford (c)
Hamidou Diallo (sg/sf)
Théo Maledon (pg)
Isaiah Roby (pf)
Mike Muscala (pf)
Kenrich Williams (sf/pf)
Justin Jackson (sf/pf)
Trevor Ariza is not with the team.
George Hill has a thumb injury.
Moses Brown, Josh Hall, Ty Jerome, and Aleksei Pokusevski are on G League assignment.
Against the Bucks last Friday:
Starters: Maledon, SGA, Dort, Bazley, Horford
Diallo, Roby, and Williams played significant minutes too.
Horford was 2/9 from the 3 and took only 5 shots inside the arc (2 for 5 inside)
Horford also had 4 assists and only 1 turnover.
Almost half of the team’s attempts were from beyond the arc.
