Entries by Mateo Mayorga

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Jimmy Butler and the Heat got humbled at home by old foes

The bigger, stronger and faster Boston Celtics annihilated the Heat at Kaseya Center on national TV. Five members of Gang Green feasted behind the arc. Jayson Tatum outplayed Jimmy Butler. And newly acquired point guard Terry Rozier started but was attacked and ineffective from the field. Early, Kristaps Porziņģis slaughtered the Heat’s defenses in the […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: The Heat shellac the Hornets on Dwyane Wade’s Hall of Fame night

On Dwyane Wade’s Hall of Fame night at Kaseya Center, Jimmy Butler’s understudy- Jaime Jaquez Jr.- oppressed the inferior Charlotte Hornets early, and Bam Adebayo took charge in the second half. The former scored 15 of the hosts’ first 22 points, finishing on the break, isolating PJ Washington for a layup and hooking in the […]