Entries by Mateo Mayorga

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: The Heat reduced the Trail Blazers to a pile of ash in the most lopsided win in franchise history

Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin sat somewhere, likely with a scowl that can kill roses, witnessing the Heat mow down his G-League Trail Blazers in Miami. The visitors were so inept that they lost by 60 points and made a clumsy transition team look like greyhounds. The NBA’s old slogan reads “where amazing happens,” […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Heat players, coaches and trainers were shamed at home in loss to the Warriors

The short-handed Heat hosted the second Golden State Strangler (Draymond Green) and the Warriors, getting disgraced, inching closer to a return to the Play-In Tournament. The Heat was missing Jimmy Butler (illness), Tyler Herro (foot), Duncan Robinson (back) and Kevin Love (heel). Not even three minutes into the game, Draymond Green, tied for second in […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Haywood Highsmith pops off the bench as the Heat slaughter the Cavaliers

Evan Mobley’s return nor divine intervention could stop the Cavaliers from getting slayed by the Heat at Kaseya Center. The Heat was missing Tyler Herro (foot), Duncan Robinson (back), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (ankle) and Kevin Love (heel). The Cavaliers were absent Donovan Mitchell (knee), Max Strus (knee) and Dean Wade (knee). Early, the Heat’s zone […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Kim Mulkey senselessly tried to intimidate the Washington Post

As LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey gaslighted the press for nearly four minutes, assuredly, her team’s communications department watched in horror as queen pomposity ensured their jobs would get exponentially burdensome. Goodness willing, parents of current players watched, questioning why they want their daughters to take instruction from a bully. The Washington Post is […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Heat let go of the rope in the final minute against the short-staffed 76ers in Philadelphia

Bam Adebayo and Co. climbed out of a 17-point second-half deficit to tie late, but the “Hardest working. Best Conditioned…Nastiest Team in the NBA” was gassed, physically and mentally. Jimmy Butler (foot), Tyler Herro (foot), Kevin Love (heel) and Nikola Jović (hamstring) were absent for the Heat. The 76ers were missing Joel Embiid (knee), Robert […]