Saturday, May 27, 2023

HT Miami 53 Boston 57

Hatem on track to drop a double nickel on us. 25 pts, 11/11 fts. In this game it's not true that Beans can only win if they hit treys. Spo did not think Hatem was capable of putting up 25 in one half against his team and having 11 of those come from the free throw line. He was 0/4 from 3 and we didn't even slow him down. We cannot stop the man. He could switch in the 2H and hit 3's like he did against Phila. We are denying him the long ball and it's not mattering. He's still killing us. The score is close and we're outshooting them from 3 but they're shooting 51.3% overall and we, 38.3%. Jimmy is invisible, 2/10 from the field for only 9 points. The game is close but the writing is on the wall. Our last lead was 11-9 at 6:50 1Q. Boston is laughing at us in the locker room right now. They’re beating us and they haven’t even given us their best shot. Our hope is that they come out unfocused and we have a fire-breathing 3rd and tilt them. That is plausible but I don't see them being tilted the whole 2H. Predict Boston win.