Game Thread: Miami Heat Game Thread for December/January

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ASK IRA: Can the Heat build on the victory over the Bulls?

This is the ultimate challenge - But one that might be easier to believe the Heat are up for after last night then they would've been a few days back. Lets see if by some miracle we get someone else healthy again for tonight - a long shot - but a man can dream.

 

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4 point favorites for whatever thats worth -- what are your thoughts Heat gang?

 

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Miami Heat’s Tyler Johnson back to role as bench star | Heat Zone

 

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Happy Birthday to Gerald Green aka G-Squared - hope he has himself a heck of a game tonight. Would surely help our cause.

 

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Heat assistant Smart again away from team due to treatment for skin cancer

Best of wishes to coach Keith Smart as he now deals with the tough rounds of radiation to fight skin cancer. I think I speak for all of us , if not most , when I say -- FUCK CANCER!

 

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No Hassan, McRob and Andersen tonight all as expected. Dragic is Questionable which I believe is an upgrade from yesterday? Lets hope he surprises is with a return tonight?

 

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Heat owner says LeBron got Blatt fired: 'He tried the same with Spo'


This one is for you Andres - your boyfriend Queen James tried to pull off what he did in Cleveland while with the Heat but it obviously didn't work - thankfully and rightly so. Players don't run this organization - coaches and the front office do as it should be.

Glad home wrecker Queen James is gone

 

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Next target date for a Dragic return now turns to Friday which was the target to begin with. At least everyone who played last night is available tonight and thats a very big deal IMO.

 

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Good to see the good news and vibes are starting to pile up again instead of the bad news

 

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Same starting lineup as in Chicago: Deng, Bosh, Stoudemire, Wade, Udrih. Heat's inactives tonight are Andersen, McRoberts, Whiteside.

 

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Hopefully Wade can play well on the back end tonight

 

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Erik Spoelstra says Goran Dragic's calf is healed

 

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Hopefully Wade can play well on the back end tonight

The way he played last night fills me with encouragement and hope he will do just that tonight. Different from most front end of a b2b , and really any other game this season for him or any other in recent memory -- he looked really focused in what he and the team had and wanted to do -- his shot was as fluid as ever -- all within himself and the offense - even when we were down big -- thats a change from most nights.

How he plays in the early minutes of the game will dictate what kind of night he will have

 

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Heat assistant Smart again away from team due to treatment for skin cancer

 

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Amare with the dunk to start the game. More of that from him and some defense on the other end please

 

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Same as last night Heat getting killed inside - otherwise not a bad start

 

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A vintage Wade block followed by a vintage Wade bad shot that was near air ball - not a good thing

 

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And after that timeout - Spo and his staff as usual get the Heat back on track and make a run of their own to cut the deficit to 2