2/2 @ 7pm - Heat @ Wizards

[insfo]

Let’s get 1 more and start the month of love right.

Let’s go Heat!




Mood!

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[contract]

Please ...

[Bishop45]

EZ One OP! I'll hold this W in my cart!!

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[gom]

Yes!!! We got this!!!

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[IceColdCubano]

If we can have a legit strong month and turn around those 7 losses that would be great. We have recovered one of them already and are sitting at 25-23, means we need to get 6 more. There are 11 games in February, if we can go 8-3 in this month well be right back, that means you get your 6 games and go .500 on the remaining ones. Putting us at 33-26 by the end of February, and 7 games above .500 ball.

[IceColdCubano]

The plan to go 8-3 for the Month of February looks like this.

Fri, Feb 2 @ Washington (WIN)

Sun, Feb 4 vs LA Clippers (LOSS)

Tue, Feb 6 vs Orlando (WIN)

Wed, Feb 7 vs San Antonio (WIN)

Sun, Feb 11 vs Boston (WIN)

Tue, Feb 13 @ Milwaukee (LOSS)

Wed, Feb 14 @ Philadelphia (WIN)

Fri, Feb 23 @ New Orleans (WIN)

Mon, Feb 26 @ Sacramento (WIN)

Tue, Feb 27 @ Portland (WIN)

Thu, Feb 29 @ Denver (LOSS)

[RexBoyWonder]

A must Win.

I expect Herro to be efficient,
Bam to be aggressive,
Spo to play big lineups.

MUST win, don't **** around.

[DayofMourning]

We gonna Avadra Kadavra their asses.

[twix2500]

This is the first game I will start to truly critique the teams play. Spo has had 5 games with Terry Rozier now. The Sac game finally seen a sembalence of a offense.

Not only looking how the team looks offensively and defensively but how teams defend the Heat.

Last game, Herro primarily ran point. In the past Herro has had a problem with being pressed and trapped when running point. Teams would put their best press defender on Herro and the weaker defender on Lowry. However, in the Kings game it was the opposite. The Kings put their best press defenders on Rozier and put their SF/PF on Herro. Herro even thou struggle with knocking down shots, he was able to freely dribble without being pressed and took advantage of it. Likely the point of putting Murray on Herro to counter picks and screens utilizing Bam so that Murray can switch on Bam if needed.

Herro primary defenders vs Kings were Murray and Hueter
Rozier primary defenders vs Kings were Fox and Mitchell

Tonights game the Wiz have Jones and Wright as their press defenders. Who will they defend and how will that effect Rozier and Herro play and usage?

[Rapaz]

Let’s BTMFO and pump up those putrid efficiency stats.

[IceColdCubano]

Let’s BTMFO and pump up those putrid efficiency stats.

This could essentially be one of those years, where were looking back and just grabbing the stats since the Kings game to understand how we come into the Playoffs. Since it will take an all world level efficiency rise for us to tilt us in any top 10 category by end of the season. So we may just end up treating the first half of the season as an aberration and not to be spoken about again.

[twix2500]

A must Win.

I expect Herro to be efficient,
Bam to be aggressive,
Spo to play big lineups.

MUST win, don't **** around.

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[Rapaz]

Let’s BTMFO and pump up those putrid efficiency stats.

This could essentially be one of those years, where were looking back and just grabbing the stats since the Kings game to understand how we come into the Playoffs. Since it will take an all world level efficiency rise for us to tilt us in any top 10 category by end of the season. So we may just end up treating the first half of the season as an aberration and not to be spoken about again.

To be fair, that graphic covers only the past 10 games, the toughest stretch of the season so far (though the team’s overall efficiency probably isn’t that much better).

[twix2500]

Here are the three main units the Heat used vs the Kings

1. T. Herro - T. Rozier - J. Butler - H. Highsmith - B. Adebayo
10 mins, 125.0 OffRtg, 114.3 DefRtg, +10.7 Net, 99.39 Pace

2. T. Herro - J. Richardson - C. Martin - J. Jaquez Jr. - B. Adebayo
10 mins, 136.8 OffRtg, 68.4 DefRtg, +68.4 Net, 91.81 Pace

3. T. Rozier - J. Richardson - J. Butler - C. Martin - B. Adebayo
5 mins, 109.1 OffRtg, 145.5 DefRtg, -36.4 Net, 100.89 Pace

[IceColdCubano]

Here are the three main units the Heat used vs the Kings

1. T. Herro - T. Rozier - J. Butler - H. Highsmith - B. Adebayo
10 mins, 125.0 OffRtg, 114.3 DefRtg, +10.7 Net, 99.39 Pace

2. T. Herro - J. Richardson - C. Martin - J. Jaquez Jr. - B. Adebayo
10 mins, 136.8 OffRtg, 68.4 DefRtg, +68.4 Net, 91.81 Pace

3. T. Rozier - J. Richardson - J. Butler - C. Martin - B. Adebayo
5 mins, 109.1 OffRtg, 145.5 DefRtg, -36.4 Net, 100.89 Pace

The reason those were the top 3 is because, the (1) first one is our starting lineup.
Followed by the best statistically which is the (2) second lineup perhaps should be looked as something to jump into early in the first quarter to Stagger Herro and Rozier, then you go with swap this with Rozier in the (3) Third Lineup with the same crew later in the second quarter.

[eddieheatfan]

Yes!!! We got this!!!

Carnaval practice in Brazil!!!

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the best carnival of the world, hands down. women are sexy though not all are women

seriously now, the costumes are pretty well done and so the whole themes. the chariots and everything else.

the only thing that i dont understand is the constant samba music in the background. as i understand there are more musical styles in the country. at any rate, its all beautiful down there

[Beenie]

EZ One OP! I'll hold this W in my cart!!

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Classic

I still bump this track occasionally

[AirP.]

This is the first game I will start to truly critique the teams play. Spo has had 5 games with Terry Rozier now. The Sac game finally seen a sembalence of a offense.

Not only looking how the team looks offensively and defensively but how teams defend the Heat.

Last game, Herro primarily ran point. In the past Herro has had a problem with being pressed and trapped when running point. Teams would put their best press defender on Herro and the weaker defender on Lowry. However, in the Kings game it was the opposite. The Kings put their best press defenders on Rozier and put their SF/PF on Herro. Herro even thou struggle with knocking down shots, he was able to freely dribble without being pressed and took advantage of it. Likely the point of putting Murray on Herro to counter picks and screens utilizing Bam so that Murray can switch on Bam if needed.

Herro primary defenders vs Kings were Murray and Hueter
Rozier primary defenders vs Kings were Fox and Mitchell

Tonights game the Wiz have Jones and Wright as their press defenders. Who will they defend and how will that effect Rozier and Herro play and usage?

You got me curious since I thought they would have used Mitchell more on Herro without Rozier out there, but they put a lot of SFs on him.

Looking back at all his FGA, Assists and TO...

From most to least...
Murray 6-8
Barnes 6-8
Fox 6-3
Huerter 6-7
Kessler 6-8
D.Mitchell 6-2 (he didn't really guard him, he was moving to pick him up on a fast break)

[IceColdCubano]

This is the first game I will start to truly critique the teams play. Spo has had 5 games with Terry Rozier now. The Sac game finally seen a sembalence of a offense.

Not only looking how the team looks offensively and defensively but how teams defend the Heat.

Last game, Herro primarily ran point. In the past Herro has had a problem with being pressed and trapped when running point. Teams would put their best press defender on Herro and the weaker defender on Lowry. However, in the Kings game it was the opposite. The Kings put their best press defenders on Rozier and put their SF/PF on Herro. Herro even thou struggle with knocking down shots, he was able to freely dribble without being pressed and took advantage of it. Likely the point of putting Murray on Herro to counter picks and screens utilizing Bam so that Murray can switch on Bam if needed.

Herro primary defenders vs Kings were Murray and Hueter
Rozier primary defenders vs Kings were Fox and Mitchell

Tonights game the Wiz have Jones and Wright as their press defenders. Who will they defend and how will that effect Rozier and Herro play and usage?

You got me curious since I thought they would have used Mitchell more on Herro without Rozier out there, but they put a lot of SFs on him.

Looking back at all his FGA, Assists and TO...

From most to least...
Murray 6-8
Barnes 6-8
Fox 6-3
Huerter 6-7
Kessler 6-8
D.Mitchell 6-2 (he didn't really guard him, he was moving to pick him up on a fast break)

What that is essentially telling us is this, when both of them are on the court, Herro will have the advantage 90% of the time unless were playing a team that is completely filled with starting level, defensive all nba talent at the 3 wing positions. Having both Jimmy and Rozier on the team, has done is created a problem for the other team in regards to if you only have 2 good defenders at the wings, you put those guys on Jimmy and Rozier for obvious reasons(bigger stronger guy gets Jimmy, Smaller faster defender gets Rozier), Herro will benefit with most of the league teams if he plays it right, he could feast getting into the paint with slower, worse defenders now sent his way. there are like 5 Teams this won't work on however for the rest of the NBA that is good news for us. Eventually you may be able to migrate into JJJ at the four later in the season now creating additional problems for the defense with another shot creator, but theres some give and take here since generally when Jimmy & Bam are on the floor you need a shooter on the corner so as JJJ progresses in his corner shot this is a more viable offense.

Now on the other side of the ball, In order to get Rozier going there needs to be minute overlaps, where he gets time to shine with the starters or a version of the starting unit, staggered with Herro's minutes. Subsequently what this does for Spo it alleviates the issue with not having back up point guard to run the offense. Since you now have Rozier playing the off minutes with Herro not on the court, and Herro also gets to run efficiently those minutes he shares on the court with Rozier. Herro by himself worked as well when Jrich was at the two guard position covering for him, with Caleb/JJJ on the other side additionally made those lineups functional by keeping him as the only negative defender on the floor. This is one of the positives of not including Duncan Robinson in those lineups, yes your giving up some playmaking and shooting, but you recover some scoring off of turn overs from the defensive intensity added, and preventing the long runs that were happening.

Rozier lineups are important because even with him having a lower usage his assist ratio was top level based on how many touches he got during his time on the court. We can see him getting far more comfortable with the team, his speed and ball handling opens up many easy points for our guys as he is able to force a collapse in the paint the moment he takes a couple of dribbles inside.

[AirP.]

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