Saturday, March 25th 8:00ET Miami Heat (40-34) vs Brooklyn Nets (39-34)

3ammy3uck3ts · Post #41 » by **3ammy3uck3ts** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:11 am

Now we’re just giving up wide open 3s to make up for our great shooting

3ammy3uck3ts · Post #42 » by **3ammy3uck3ts** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:12 am

Put Bam on Cam in the 2nd half. He is torching these guys

twix2500 · Post #43 » by **twix2500** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:12 am

Lawd the closing unit sucked the lead away

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Beenie · Post #44 » by **Beenie** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:13 am

Cant rebound for poop

eddieheatfan · Post #45 » by **eddieheatfan** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:14 am

heat with just 3 pt lead. hope didnt ran out of gas. they must bring it in the 2nd half

twix2500 · Post #46 » by **twix2500** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:14 am

3ammy3uck3ts wrote:
twix2500 wrote:
3ammy3uck3ts wrote:
For someone with as great of an offensive game as Love used to have that may have been one of the ugliest overall possessions I’ve ever seen
3ammy3uck3ts wrote:Alright get Bam in, we’re getting abused during the Love center minutes. Need Zeller back asap as crazy as that sounds
Regardless how clumsy Love looks. Love at center is working. He is allowing Butler to dominate the paint. Today's rotation is playing well.

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We were up 12 when Bam went out, up 12 when he came back in. I will say that’s an improvement over Dedmon and Yurt at least

Hell yeah its improvement. Its usually a -30 with the 2nd and 3rd unit.

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3ammy3uck3ts · Post #47 » by **3ammy3uck3ts** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:15 am

66% from the field, 64% from 3, 23 first half points from Strus, and only up 3. Gearing up to be another embarssing loss after forgetting how to play defense since the Love acquisition

SerialChiller · Post #48 » by **SerialChiller** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:16 am

Not much of a lead to show for our offense being lights out like that. Hopefully we can keep rolling on that end and start to play some defense.

twix2500 · Post #49 » by **twix2500** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:18 am

Thank gawd the starters do not have to try and dig the team out a hole for once in the second half

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AirP. · Post #50 » by **AirP.** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:19 am

eddieheatfan wrote:heat with just 3 pt lead. hope didnt ran out of gas. they must bring it in the 2nd half

The guards quit running out to contest shots, so there were wide open 3s or if they missed they easily were able to tip the ball out to wide open players. They quit giving effort on the defensive end.

Beenie · Post #51 » by **Beenie** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:23 am

AirP. wrote:
eddieheatfan wrote:heat with just 3 pt lead. hope didnt ran out of gas. they must bring it in the 2nd half

The guards quit running out to contest shots, so there were wide open 3s or if they missed they easily were able to tip the ball out to wide open players. They quit giving effort on the defensive end.

And even the non tip out loose balls are being gobbled up by Brookyn.

The glass is completely exposed

AirP. · Post #52 » by **AirP.** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:25 am

Beenie wrote:
AirP. wrote:
eddieheatfan wrote:heat with just 3 pt lead. hope didnt ran out of gas. they must bring it in the 2nd half

The guards quit running out to contest shots, so there were wide open 3s or if they missed they easily were able to tip the ball out to wide open players. They quit giving effort on the defensive end.

And even the non tip out loose balls are being goobled up by Brookyn.

The glass is completely exposed

When Miami's defense is more spread out (vs 4 mostly short players) on long rebounds there's less easy tap outs. Gabe and Herro got sucked in a bunch at the end and didn't make efforts to get back to contest shots.

BTW, Miami is currently out rebounding Brooklyn. It's those long rebounds that turn into uncontested 3s that's hurting Miami. Without getting lazy on defense Miami would be up by double digits, this is big reason why Miami can't get many easy wins.

Beenie · Post #53 » by **Beenie** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:28 am

AirP. wrote:
Beenie wrote:
AirP. wrote:The guards quit running out to contest shots, so there were wide open 3s or if they missed they easily were able to tip the ball out to wide open players. They quit giving effort on the defensive end.

And even the non tip out loose balls are being goobled up by Brookyn.

The glass is completely exposed

When Miami's defense is more spread out (vs 4 mostly short players) on long rebounds there's less easy tap outs. Gabe and Herro got sucked in a bunch at the end and didn't make efforts to get back to contest shots.

100%, guards are inadequately competing and failing to close out

Love and Caleb are also getting out competed on the inside, though

twix2500 · Post #54 » by **twix2500** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:28 am

Let's see how the starters responds to having a lead

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3ammy3uck3ts · Post #55 » by **3ammy3uck3ts** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:31 am

Nets own us

3ammy3uck3ts · Post #56 » by **3ammy3uck3ts** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:33 am

Perimeter guys getting completely exposed defensively

twix2500 · Post #57 » by **twix2500** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:33 am

Lawd

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AirP. · Post #58 » by **AirP.** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:33 am

The effort level has just dropped since late in the 2nd quarter.

twix2500 · Post #59 » by **twix2500** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:34 am

Missing everything and Nets hitting every 3

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3ammy3uck3ts · Post #60 » by **3ammy3uck3ts** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:34 am

Getting swept on the season series against a nets team where 1 loss came with KD missing an entire 4th quarter and the other 2 losses coming against the post KD and Kyrie nets is pretty embarrassing.

But like I said on page 1, if you need to get out of a bad slump and losing streak just come play Miami.