FlatearthZorro wrote:iamoti wrote:FlatearthZorro wrote:We had so many opportunities to win this in regulation and didn't play our game on offense. My takes are:
- Kemba hasn't lived up to his contract so far.
- We should've gotten Jaylen way more involved.
- We should've moved the ball and Brad should've emphasized it instead went iso.
- If Hayward is not back by game 2, he's basically a scratch for the series cause his kid is due somewhere in late September. If he comes back in say game 4, there's a high likelihood of him being gone after that.
- Tatum's last drive was good, but he should've went up with 2 hands in hindsight.
- Heat have a bunch of ways of initiating contact when our guys weren't expecting it and basically weren't doing anything to merit a foul, they should be mindful of that.
- Heat shouldn't complain about the whistles, they legit got the better part of it, easily.
This was a huge waste for us. Let's see how the guys respond.
Please tell me how we easily got the better part of it. I'm so tired of hearing this excuse. I can name you at least 3-4 bad calls in your favor, not to mention the most important call that got you guys to OT. Jones was pushed into Smart who flopped.
Theis got his 5th foul on a call where Adebayo was absolutely holding his jersey. Dragic seemed to be out of bounds on that pass for the easy lay up to Butler(at least that's what I saw, I'll need more angles, but Dragic looked like his left foot was on the line under the basket). The 3 pt foul that Jae got, I don't know who touched him there for it to be a foul. There was literally no contact and he somehow got the call. That's the 3 calls I can remember off the top of my head. You also had a ton more FTs, which I'd always take. I know you'll come back with the Jones foul, but to me he shouldn't have extended both his hands towards Smart, if he didn't do that I doubt that would've been called.
Jones was pushed before "hitting" Smart , check out the play again, it could've been called the other way easily. Smart is a better actor.
You dont have a good angle on that Dragic play , i saw the picture.
I dont remember the 5th on Thies but i remember for sure a play where he clearly fouled Bam and it wasnt called.
I'll give you Jae's that shouldn't have been a 3pt foul but side of bounds instead (don't remember if you guys were in foul trouble or not)
There were bad calls either way and you can argue the most important one was against Miami. It was a hard fought game , any team could've won. Let's not blame the refs.
