Game Thread: Miami Heat Game Thread for December/January

[Paolo305613]

Might as well start a new thread for the coming month.

Here is our schedule


Dec. 3 Oklahoma City 7:00
Dec. 5 Cleveland 8:00
Dec. 7 Washington 7:30
Dec. 9 at Charlotte 7:00
Dec. 11 at Indiana 7:00
Date Opponent Time
Dec. 13 Memphis 6:00
Dec. 14 at Atlanta 8:00
Dec. 16 at Brooklyn 7:30
Dec. 18 Toronto 8:00
Dec. 20 Portland 1:00
Dec. 22 Detroit 7:30
Dec. 25 New Orleans 12:00
Dec. 26 at Orlando 7:00
Dec. 28 Brooklyn 7:30
Dec. 29 at Memphis 8:00
Jan. 1 Dallas 7:30
Jan. 3 at Washington 6:00
Jan. 4 Indiana 7:30
Jan. 6 New York 7:00
Jan. 8 at Phoenix 9:30
Jan. 9 at Utah 9:00
Jan. 11 at Golden State 10:30
Jan. 13 at Los Angeles 10:30
Jan. 15 at Denver 9:00
Jan. 17 at Oklahoma City 7:00
Jan. 19 Milwaukee 7:30
Date Opponent Time
Jan. 20 at Washington 7:00
Jan. 22 at Toronto 8:00
Jan. 25 at Chicago 8:00
Jan. 26 at Brooklyn 7:30
Jan. 29 at Milwaukee 8:00
Jan. 31 Atlanta 6:00


Lets talk it up

 

[Paolo305613]

Another 2 months filled with adventures awaits the Heat. Will be a great deal of fun!

 

[Paolo305613]

We could go on our first losing streak of the season within the next 2-3 games we got. So, hope you boys and girls rubbed enough of that vaseline on yourselves after last night. There is so much movement with the way seedings work now we dropped from 2nd to 4th last night and the up and down movement will continue with every win and loss.

 

[Paolo305613]

ASK IRA: Do Heat have enough of a motor to compete?

The answer to this question can fluctuate depending on how the Heat feel like playing on a given night - but they usually get outworked by most teams.

 

[Paolo305613]

So, yes, they have enough - its just a matter of if they decide to show it on a given night. Last night obviously wasn't one of them.

 

[Andresrenee]

Yep...brace yourselves. If we don't bring it, we could drop to below 500. Offense is not clicking and the defense needs to play with max energy. Let's see if they figure it out.

 

[Paolo305613]

Yep...brace yourselves. If we don't bring it, we could drop to below 500. Offense is not clicking and the defense needs to play with max energy. Let's see if they figure it out.

And then you probably think our season is over and we should just prepare for another lottery draft pick, right? idiot

 

[Flauge]

Bad loss last night, no other way to put it. But those will happen through the course of 82 games. We really need to figure out how to get Dragic out of his funk. Tyler Johnson is the better PG right now, and that shouldn't be. I think Dragic is bothered by Whiteside on the court. He does clog lanes. He does bring big men in there making it harder for a guy like Dragic to finish at the rim. We also have a real big lack of shooters on this team.

Heard this stat today on the radio. Take a guess who has taken the most 3 pointers this season for the Heat. Chris Bosh. He is shooting 37% from 3.. but it is Chris Bosh who has taken the most. That isn't good. We really need shooters. Also, is McBob afraid to shoot? Seriously.. that dude is so bad right now.

 

[Andresrenee]

Yep...Spolestra is not the best at offense. Dragic is not fitting in with this team yet.

 

[bksballer89]

We could have another solid month but January is brutal

 

[bksballer89]

I think we can go 9-6/10-5 this month which would push us to 19-12/20-11 heading into January

 

[Paolo305613]

ASK IRA: Are Heat hurting their Hassan hopes with lack of shots?

 

[Paolo305613]

Yep...Spolestra is not the best at offense. Dragic is not fitting in with this team yet.

Since when is Spo out there on the court playing for us?

 

[bksballer89]

Since when is Spo out there on the court playing for us?

You have to put your players in the right position to succeed as coach. Dragic has been having issues since preseason and it doesn't look like Spo has made any adjustments to help Goran.

 

[bksballer89]

ASK IRA: Are Heat hurting their Hassan hopes with lack of shots?

I do think Hassan deserves more touches. Most nights he is the biggest player on the court so there is no reason why we should not give him the ball in the post a little more and let him go to work.

 

[Paolo305613]

So many guys are struggling offensively for this team to get going - there is only one ball to play with throughout the course of a game. This is why I said last game, we should run our offense through Dragic as a way to help him get going - running our offense through Wade when he, and the team is struggling/losing is recipe for disaster.

Gotta take matchups in consideration as well. And as I said previously, it seems like without Deng on the court our floor spacing is really not up to par. Hopefully the team is a little more healthy by game-time tomorrow

 

[bksballer89]

So many guys are struggling offensively for this team to get going - there is only one ball to play with throughout the course of a game. This is why I said last game, we should run our offense through Dragic as a way to help him get going - running our offense through Wade when he, and the team is struggling/losing is recipe for disaster.

Gotta take matchups in consideration as well. And as I said previously, it seems like without Deng on the court our floor spacing is really not up to par. Hopefully the team is a little more healthy by game-time tomorrow

Dragic has been bad all year. The Deng excuse is lame for him.

 

[Paolo305613]

The Deng excuse is lame for him.

What Deng excuse? lame for who? Reading comprehension, brother.

What I said was the spacing for the Heat as a whole has lacked since he has been absent the last few games. As I remember, early on, people agreed with me on this -- I get it - losing in frustrating fashion as we did last game, and may continue to do so in the next few can make people a little butthurt and sensitive in here but come on.

 

[Paolo305613]

This is what the Heat need to do more of in practice. In-game situations. A lot of the teams problems seem to be reoccurrence, so work on them in practice. Also, looking back at the game again - a lot of our turnovers were due to not just Boston playing the passing lanes well - but also, a lot of our pass attempts were telegraphed passes and lazy passes - which is what contributed to 7 turnovers from Wade. And, no I'm not saying all of our turnovers were his fault - so no one get butt hurt. The lazy/telegraphed passes were from everyone who attempted a pass that game for the Heat.

Hopefully they fix that.

 

[Paolo305613]