Game Thread: Miami Heat Game Thread for December/January

[Paolo305613]

Face it, Bird, Amare, UD and McBob are total garbage.

Your opinion is respected

 

[bksballer89]

Not as mad about this loss as much as others considering the circumstances with the injuries and the toll its taken on the team on this trip.

Not much time between now and next game tuesday( front end of a back to back) but must get as healthy as we possibly can before than - correct the things you can correct that went wrong on this trip outside of the injuries and move on.

We all knew this was going to be the rough patch of the season - it only looks worse because of injuries and giving up some games earlier in the season. Now, its just time to regroup and move on from this in the best possible way.

Yeah Im not mad at all about this game. Go into OKC without 3 rotation players and you will likely get destroyed

 

[Paolo305613]

I'll take the under.

I say 46 - we can maybe steal another 2-3 along the way if we get right

 

[Paolo305613]

Winderman's view: Thunder 99. Heat 74

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

I say 46 - we can maybe steal another 2-3 along the way if we get right

Not if these juries keep lingering.

We can get away with playing 8-9 deep going traditional and small ball.
If we need to go with the bench bigs, were in deep shit.

 

[Paolo305613]

Not if these juries keep lingering.

We can get away with playing 8-9 deep going traditional and small ball.
If we need to go with the bench bigs, were in deep shit.

Of course. But I was speaking on the assumption we stay healthy the rest of the way - or fairly healthy - trying to keep positive.

 

[bksballer89]

As always I try not to look too far ahead with this team so we play Milwaukee and go on the road for a 5 game East Coast swing.

I'm going to hope we can go 4-2 (beat Milwaukee and go 3-2 on the trip) but 3-3 is possible. If Dragic comes back on Wednesday or Friday which is when I expect him to, I like our chances of going 4-2.

27-20 doesn't sound bad to me

 

[Paolo305613]

27-20 doesn't sound bad to me

After last season, no it doesn't. Keep it in perspective.

 

[Paolo305613]

Noteworthy, this is as friendly as the board has seemed in a loss in....forever... a notable absence helps

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

As always I try not to look too far ahead with this team so we play Milwaukee and go on the road for a 5 game East Coast swing.

I'm going to hope we can go 4-2 (beat Milwaukee and go 3-2 on the trip) but 3-3 is possible. If Dragic comes back on Wednesday or Friday which is when I expect him to, I like our chances of going 4-2.

27-20 doesn't sound bad to me

Bucks game even scares me.
Coming home for 1 game is just really an extension to the road trip.
Heat need to really be focused and play with a sense of urgency.

 

[bksballer89]

Bucks game even scares me.
Coming home for 1 game is just really an extension to the road trip.
Heat need to really be focused and play with a sense of urgency.

It scares me as well plus Milwaukee always play us tough.....even back when we had our title teams

 

[Paolo305613]

The intangibles from Luol Deng are great, but we need more from him as far as whats on the stat sheet. He has been far too unproductive of late

 

[Paolo305613]

But when you get virtually nothing from Deng and CB struggles, its just not good enough

 

[Andresrenee]

The Heat's new Big 3 of Wade, Bosh, and Whiteside will need to play like they are capable to be in a position to finish this next road trip strong particularly if Dragic is out more than the Bucks and Wizards game.

 

[Paolo305613]

Good game for Hassan but I don't think we maximized his abilities tonight as much as we could have to give ourselves a chance

 

[Andresrenee]

But when you get virtually nothing from Deng and CB struggles, its just not good enough

True. They did not play well tonight. Let's see what this coaching staff can get out of this team.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

I hoped, but certainly didn't think we'd win.
I also thought Green would be a needed asset.
Him going down didn't make the difference but sure didn't help.

 

[Paolo305613]

Curry hopes Cavs locker room smells like champagne

Only in the visitors locker-room.

I thought this was funny and had to share after our game tonight

 

[Paolo305613]

The rookie wall that Winslow has hit has reached Shabazz Napier status - its lasted far too long. Obviously with so many guys banged up its not ideal, but a stint in the D-League for him might not be bad. He has the mental toughness to better deal with it than most guys as good as him that get sent down - he is still young and developing but has a lot of good going for him

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

The rookie wall that Winslow has hit has reached Shabazz Napier status - its lasted far too long. Obviously with so many guys banged up its not ideal, but a stint in the D-League for him might not be bad. He has the mental toughness to better deal with it than most guys as good as him that get sent down - he is still young and developing but has a lot of good going for him

We don't have enough healthy bodies to even consider it IMO.