5 Best Miami Heat social media in-game chats

5. Biscayne Bay Brewery – Twitter (@BiscayneBayBrew)

For Game 1 of the NBA Finals, this will be the spot to be for a host of reasons but primarily because they are letting yours truly take over their timeline tonight. I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to say while I’m on there, but it will be loaded with toughness, grit, guts and a few nearly indecipherable tweets. Also, they make good beer.

4. Miami Heat Original Fan Page (Timeline) – Facebook Group

One of the best Miami Heat fan groups online. Lively discussions and disagreements, hilarious memes and some of the more insightful fans in terms of game analysis. This group allows Heat fans to express themselves in a comfortable atmosphere no matter how they choose to do it. The group lives up to its reputation as being the digital version of the American Airlines Arena.

3. Miami Heat Source Destination (Game Talk) – Facebook Group

This, in my opinion, is the best Facebook groups of all time. Imagine a fan group that becomes an actual family and you will get a feel for what this group is all about. It has an actual culture. The admins search out Heat fans across the web to join the group. That’s right, they recruit fans to be a part of the page. And while the people are great, the reason to keep coming back is because of the game talks. Good takes are praised, bad takes are crucified, and we come back and do it again for every game. There is also a new original graphic/meme for every game chat created by members of the group.  That’s right, all 82 regular season games and every playoff game. On Gameday, expect pandemonium in the game talks from the debates, cheering and jokes. It is my favorite group online. That’s right, it is FIRST.

2. #HeatTwitter – Twitter

Hide your kids and hide your wife. We are now entering the domain of Alf954. #HeatTwitter is the most savage battleground for Heat fans known to man. Media members tremble in fear of stirring up the basketball equivalent of the BeeHive. The receipts pulled by the best detectives online are unmatched. Local reporter calls Jimmy Butler a loser? You will be exposed. Colin Cowherd still not giving Bam his respect? He’ll be bombarded with stats proving him wrong. Again. Call Erik Spoelstra a “good coach”? Prepare to spend the rest of your day trying to convince these goons that you still deserve your job (Sorry Bomani). And don’t worry, they will @ you.

1. 5 Reasons Sports – Twitter (@5ReasonsSports)

C’mon. Who else could have this spot? What’s understood doesn’t have to be explained…. even with Alex Toledo (@TropicalBlanket) taking over tonight. (Find Ethan from the arena at @EthanJSkolnick).

Royal Shepherd (@RoyalAShepherd) has written for several major newspapers, including the Tallahassee Democrat and the Augusta Chronicle, and now contributes to Five Reasons Sports.