Thursday, April 08, 2021

No Streak! "Heat" Beat "No Lakes"

110-104 at the FTX. LA covered the spread. "Heat" played pretty good D against no-LBJ, no-AD, "No Lakes, who shot 44.3% (34.3%). Miamuh shot better 47.9% (40%). Striking balance to the scoring for both clubs. "No Lakes" had six guys in doublay figures including all five starters, led by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's (nickname please) 28. He was averaging 8.5 ppg before the tilt at Bitcoin Place. Drummond had 12 boards, Schroder's Cat had 14 assists but seven TO's. Not the assist-turnover ratio you want. Jimmy had 28 for the homies, did most of the da-maj at the line de free. No "Heater" was in doublays in any other category. Victor had a nice game, 18, 5/8 (2/3). Bam had 14, 7, , 4, 0, 2, and 2. Only played 28' due I assume to 5 fouls. Tyler had 15 on 5/9 (4/5). Looks like Spo has settled on a starting lineup whether he likes it or not for the duration. Trevor, 8, 2, 1, 0, 0, 1, was quiet; Jimmy, Bam, Victor, and Duncan started. It was a pretty close game and a pretty strange stat line for both teams. Miami now 27-25, 6th in the East, one one-hundredth of a percentage point out of 4th and one game out of 7th. "Heat" goes on a four-game western swing Sunday. LAL 32-20, good for only 5th in the West, a game and one-half behind Denver and one ahead of Portlandia.