Friday, January 10, 2020

The "Heat" Take a Step Back

No D in Brooklyn in the second half for Miami. The "Dodgers" outscored the "Heat" 60-44 in the second half and shot 48.4% (that is no defense) for the game in an embarrassing 117-113 loss for Miami. Jimmy, Duncan, and Bam were a combined -41 when they were on the floor together, an average per player of -13.7. Oh my goodness, this game was a complete reversal of the Indiana game: all the Miami starters were minus, all the reserves were plus; all "Dodger" starters were plus, all reserves minus. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Heat. God, that's weird.

The "Heat" are staying up there for the cross-town game against the "Knicks" Sunday. I would not blame Spo and Jimmy for taking a blow torch to their asses in practice tomorrow. In fact, I will send them mine. This was not the Miami "Heat" of 2019/20 and this was certainly not an example of "Heat" Culture. This was an embarrassing, infuriating performance.

The "Heat's" record is now 27-11 which means it is just mathematically possible to match the 2016/17 team's 30-11 second half record. Tonight they played more like the 2016/17 team in the first half of the season when they went 11-30.