It was a hard, frustrating season for the Heat faithful because their crew stunk and was drawn and quartered in four games by the Cavaliers. Round two, which has featured only prosperity for the visitors, also shows how far away they are from the serious teams. The Cleveland-Indiana series kicked off Sunday with Darius […]
Pat Riley sat near courtside, looking as if he’d seen a ghost, but he was eyeballing the Heat’s corpse on the court named after him. His expression was similar to Vito Corleone’s when he told Bonesera, “Look how they massacred my boy.” They quit early into the second quarter because they were a team […]
The Cavaliers were as hell-bent as starving Lions when they cornered their next meal. They mentally and emotionally deflated the Heat by crushing them in almost all areas for a 37-point win, taking a 3-0 lead in the series. Despite the Heat’s daring efforts, their season was lost as the visitors ripped off an insurmountable […]
Tyler Herro needs help if the Heat are going to avoid a sweep. They are down 2-0 to the Cavaliers as both squads prepare for Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday. Donovan Mitchell has been the best player in the series because he’ll snap his fingers and take over, as he did with […]
The Heat nearly completed a 13-point fourth-quarter comeback, but Donovan Mitchell’s on-the-dribble 3-pointers denied the upset as the series shifts to Miami for Games 3 and 4. He had 17 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter and logged all but one of his team’s field goals late. Despite starting Davion Mitchell for […]
At practice a day before Game 2 in Cleveland, Heat captain Bam Adebayo said the team has to force the Cavaliers into tougher shots. Tyler Herro echoed those sentiments by wanting to be a more annoying pest on the ball. Bless their souls, but this team has no chance despite claims of being more […]
The Heat lost Game 1 because they were the smaller, slower, and weaker team against a machine that didn’t show up in top form. They also rolled into the match physically, mentally and emotionally spent after surviving two elimination games in the Play-In Tournament. They played well for their standards and hung around with the […]
ESPN’s Tim MacMahon attempted to apologize for besmirching reporter Grant Afseth as a “wannabe journalist” on Wednesday’s episode of the Hoop Collective podcast. Afseth is credentialed for Dallas Mavericks games, practices and pressers, and writes for his Substack page, Dallas Hoops Journal. On Feb. 7, MacMahon reported that the Mavericks’ top executive of basketball […]
The Nuggets obliterated the Trail Blazers in the paint with 88 points, recording a new season high. Nikola Jokić had a 40-point masterpiece and didn’t have to play in the fourth quarter. And five of his teammates logged double digits in scoring. After the game, Jokić said, “Maybe because we are scoring that much […]
The Nuggets cruised to their sixth consecutive win while facing the Suns minus Kevin Durant and Grayson Allen. Even with key absences to Russell Westbrook and Michael Porter Jr., this was still a tuneup game for the Nuggets. Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokić were unstoppable, but the hosts hung around for a half because they […]
