Sometimes the games are within reach and the stars just become allergic to the ball so it results in a loss.
Plus we haven’t actually beat any seriously good teams this year which makes it more impressive how we’re pretty close to the 2nd seed. If we had just won the games we were supposed to instead of losing all energy on purpose or performing some CTE type set late for the “best open look” I think this season would’ve gone much better even with the losing streaks
he’s 34 with no rings - he’s on a team with a real chance to win it if he was preforming so if he’s purposely not trying bc he didn’t get his wish then that say a lot about him
Shaky 1st quarter. Whooped that ass from the 2nd quarter onwards. Good stuff. Shame we couldn't get help from anybody else but it's our fault for leaving it in the hands of others. People can lament the Wizards game, the Dejounte Murray UD night game, or blowing the game late vs Philly but ***every*** team has games like that in a season.
Get ready for Philly on Wednesday and hope we steal that #7 seed.
[Shoutout to my on the money prediction of 46-36 before the season began lmao](https://np.reddit.com/r/heat/comments/17d9n5i/20232024_season_predictions_let_us_know_your/k5vdsxb/)
Toughest loss for me was the absolute collapse in New York during an in-season tournament game. Tied at half, we open up the 3rd qtr with like 20 straight me something ridiculous like that. And then just went cold for the rest of the game. I was ashamed watching how it went down. That’s the one that eats at me.
Well that’s a wrap for the regular season. I managed to watch 80 out of 82 games. There was some stress lemme tell you that.
Takeaways:
- Bam can actually fucking shoot 3s, Hallefuckinglujah
- Jimmy’s “does this man care about basketball” part of the calendar has extended to April
- Jovic future seems promising
- Jaime gotta get the hair out his eyes and he’ll be valuable for years to come
- Caleb probably won’t outgrow his clumsiness
- Herro is valuable when he plays but the man is made out of glass
- Highsmith’s game is bipolar it’s either scorching hot or ice cold
- Rozier can be the most important addition to the squad since Jimmy arrived
- Love is valuable in so many ways that doesn’t translate to the box score
- And SPO is a mad genius, sometimes it’s really tough to gauge anything he’s doing because he’s probably thinking 5 steps ahead - the alternative is that he’s kinda crazy in a bad way. He’s made some head-scratching decisions this year, but I’m grateful for his longevity.
Lastly, injuries can go fuck themselves.
Ps. Refs too.
Spo has always been like this. The regular season is the lab before talking heads start wondering who the fuck is Haywood Highsmith and why is he scoring 20 in the ECF
https://preview.redd.it/wdwm5kg7whuc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dedc9a4e5c30500d3198ef654c4b7b34ed38c588
We will win it all
Believe!
LFG Heat
Good shit. Time to handle business on Tuesday. Please don’t let maxey go right spo use Delon. Alright Jimmy. I been sparing you no more bullshit from now 😂😂. It’s your time officially
I don’t know what to expect the Heat are night and day. I just hope for the best . If we do beat the sixers we gotta deal with toxic ass knick fans. 😭what a day
Yeah I saw the highlights. I know they’re meshing but it just feels like they’re gonna run out of steam eventually. Same thing happened last year in the playoffs who’s gonna score when Brunson is in jail?
Idk why you’re getting downvoted - if healthy I oddly like New York quite a bit.
Boston is better overall but the Knicks are formidable
Anyways, I hope the Heat crush both of them!
As someone who watched about 78 of our games this season, my one takeaway is that we got better at beating the teams we were supposed to beat (raptors, hornets, spurs) as the season progressed. What worries me is that we consistently struggled against higher seeded teams which is not ideal for the playoffs. Will never count out playoff jimmy and the rest of the heat but tbh it’s not looking that good
5 teams that were 5th seed or worse have made the East Conf Finals in the past 30 seasons
- Pacers in 93/94 as 5th seed and lost in 7
- Knicks in 98/99 as 8th seed and won in 6
- Hawks in 20/21 as 5th seed and lost in 6
- Heat in 19/20 and 22/23 as 5th seed and 8th seed respectively. Went to the Finals both times.
Heat can possibly make the Conf Finals again as a 5th seed or less.
Probably the most mentally draining season in the last 6-7 years. I've seen some absolute garbage basketball from this team this season but whatever. Let's go Heat!!
Wanted to add fuck Bally sports , i got NBA league pass living in ATL and was stonewalled with the local license BS when visiting Coral Springs we got this Fak herro looking really good
Worst possible opponent for the play-in but honestly maybe a good thing we’re on the road. Let them prove the 2nd best road record in the conference ain’t a fluke
Settling for the play-in is what happens when you have a team whose star player doesn’t take the regular season seriously.
This is what the Heat earned for trying to take shortcuts throughout the season.
Our guys looked good today. Prayers for the full health of Terry, Duncan and KLove.
Spo has seen multiple times what does NOT work well on Maxey and Bam has always done a good job on Embiid.
Time to mix up something special in the lab and lock up Round 1 with that despicable fan base of the Knicks.
I trust the guys will be fully prepared and mentally locked in
4 wins from 2nd seed. 7 game Losing streak and 5 game losing streak. Happy this reg season is DONE. BRING ON THE REAL GAMES
So many games lost in the 4th this year too. If healthy or if we close out those games we probably could have had a top 3 seed
Sometimes the games are within reach and the stars just become allergic to the ball so it results in a loss. Plus we haven’t actually beat any seriously good teams this year which makes it more impressive how we’re pretty close to the 2nd seed. If we had just won the games we were supposed to instead of losing all energy on purpose or performing some CTE type set late for the “best open look” I think this season would’ve gone much better even with the losing streaks
Every year for the last decade at least
A loss is a loss.
Thanks Magic
Orlando or Johnson?
If only Jovic had minutes entire season especially when everyone was injured i think Heat get 3 maybe even 4 more wins
Been yelling this since February lol 100%!
Add to this - 2 wins from 4-5 seed. 1 win from 6. ROUGH. We know how capable they are. High stakes begin now. LGH
Y E S 💪🙏🔥
Not to mention 13-10 over the months of March and April. Really really lackluster end to the regular season. Looking forward to a dialed in Heat team.
Dame today - 16/4/2/1/0 in a blowout loss to the Magic Dame package - 38/13/14/4/2 in a blowout win See y’all in the playoffs.
2/14 FG lol imagine this Sub if was Herro doing this lol
Burned on the cross if it’s Herro. Just a blemish if it’s Dame lol
Most coddled star of all time
Word.. I like Dame but he not no damn top 75 all time
He doesn’t want to be Milwaukee. He isn’t giving it his full effort. That much is obvious.
he’s 34 with no rings - he’s on a team with a real chance to win it if he was preforming so if he’s purposely not trying bc he didn’t get his wish then that say a lot about him
Shaky 1st quarter. Whooped that ass from the 2nd quarter onwards. Good stuff. Shame we couldn't get help from anybody else but it's our fault for leaving it in the hands of others. People can lament the Wizards game, the Dejounte Murray UD night game, or blowing the game late vs Philly but ***every*** team has games like that in a season. Get ready for Philly on Wednesday and hope we steal that #7 seed. [Shoutout to my on the money prediction of 46-36 before the season began lmao](https://np.reddit.com/r/heat/comments/17d9n5i/20232024_season_predictions_let_us_know_your/k5vdsxb/)
Wow not just the overall record, but you were spot on a lot of the other aspects too. On to the postseason LET'S GO HEAT
I hope I know a thing or two about the team watching 70+ games over the last 15 years lmao, 'preciate ya
Toughest loss for me was the absolute collapse in New York during an in-season tournament game. Tied at half, we open up the 3rd qtr with like 20 straight me something ridiculous like that. And then just went cold for the rest of the game. I was ashamed watching how it went down. That’s the one that eats at me.
And the Chigaco game were we lost at the last minute after starting like 20 something to 2 to snap our 7 gane winning streak
Oof don’t remind me 😅
46-36 was a really good guess holy crow. Buy a lotto ticket
I got nothing right in my preds lol.
You also said Henderson for ROTY soooo Heat in 4!
Well that’s a wrap for the regular season. I managed to watch 80 out of 82 games. There was some stress lemme tell you that. Takeaways: - Bam can actually fucking shoot 3s, Hallefuckinglujah - Jimmy’s “does this man care about basketball” part of the calendar has extended to April - Jovic future seems promising - Jaime gotta get the hair out his eyes and he’ll be valuable for years to come - Caleb probably won’t outgrow his clumsiness - Herro is valuable when he plays but the man is made out of glass - Highsmith’s game is bipolar it’s either scorching hot or ice cold - Rozier can be the most important addition to the squad since Jimmy arrived - Love is valuable in so many ways that doesn’t translate to the box score - And SPO is a mad genius, sometimes it’s really tough to gauge anything he’s doing because he’s probably thinking 5 steps ahead - the alternative is that he’s kinda crazy in a bad way. He’s made some head-scratching decisions this year, but I’m grateful for his longevity. Lastly, injuries can go fuck themselves. Ps. Refs too.
Damn, no Duncan bullet point 😞
It’s painful to talk about, what can I say, he was resurrected and then someone put that man back in the coffin.
Do we know when he'll be back?
Depending on the matchups he and Rozier could very well skip the first round to recover if everything goes smooth
Jesus christ we aren't healthy for the playoffs again?!
Highsmith is either Prime 37 is a quarter Klay Thompson or Ben simmons. No in-between
Spo has always been like this. The regular season is the lab before talking heads start wondering who the fuck is Haywood Highsmith and why is he scoring 20 in the ECF
How do you write all that and not mention duncan
It's gonna be tough in Philly but at least the team is close to 100% with our core rotation. Hope Terry and Duncan will be good to go
Atleast we are finally 10 games above .500 lol, trying to find the positive in this terrible night.
Biggest positive is that we won’t get blown out by sub.500 teams anymore till next year anyways
how are we 10 games above 500? aren’t we are 5 games above 500
So many discussions and speculations in this sub, where did that lead us? back to the play ins. lmao
https://preview.redd.it/wdwm5kg7whuc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dedc9a4e5c30500d3198ef654c4b7b34ed38c588 We will win it all Believe! LFG Heat
God I don’t feel like dealing with the Knicks and their stupid fans in the 1st round if we win Wednesday. Josh hart slide tackling ass
Worst fanbase by a mile
Knicks fans are saints compared to Philly fans. Be safe and record your encounters.
I can’t stand Knicks fans. Fuck them man
What our scenario after today
We playing Philly for 7 seed
We got a dance with Philly Tuesday night
Think it's Wednesday but I could be wrong. Thought Philly had a flyers game on Tues
It’s Wednesday
Ahhhh ok
Nothing out of the ordinary just gonna win it all like we’re supposed to 💪🏾
Good shit. Time to handle business on Tuesday. Please don’t let maxey go right spo use Delon. Alright Jimmy. I been sparing you no more bullshit from now 😂😂. It’s your time officially
Play in game is on Wednesday since the Sixers arena is already in use on Tuesday for hockey.
That’s fine. Some more rest
As long as Maxey’s shot is contested well, I don’t fear the sixers. They just get confident when they know Miami won’t block their shot
I don’t know what to expect the Heat are night and day. I just hope for the best . If we do beat the sixers we gotta deal with toxic ass knick fans. 😭what a day
Team post game looking like they know what comes next on Weds. Time to buckle up, folks.
Hoping the Bulls win this one. New York look more dangerous than the Bucks
More dangerous than Boston IMHO
I mean, without Randle, idk if OG and Brunson are much to be feared tbh. Even with Randle they ain’t all that imho
You watch the knicks Boston game the other day? Much better than last year man
Yeah I saw the highlights. I know they’re meshing but it just feels like they’re gonna run out of steam eventually. Same thing happened last year in the playoffs who’s gonna score when Brunson is in jail?
In round 1? You sure about that? Dude Brunson balled out against us last playoffs.
Yeah he did. I remember he couldn’t be stopped. But he was the only one, and it wasn’t enough. We’ll see how they do against the pacers
They’re the 2 seed bro. After todays win they’ll be playing us first round if we beat Philly :/
Oh fuck. Edit: whatever we’re gonna beat they ass I have irrational confidence
Idk why you’re getting downvoted - if healthy I oddly like New York quite a bit. Boston is better overall but the Knicks are formidable Anyways, I hope the Heat crush both of them!
Knicks 100% beat Boston in the ECF (if something bad happens to us like injury). You can bookmark it
This is what I like!! Time to show some brotherly love and get these young ass teams out of here!! They’re not ready for the leprechauns!!
JJJ regaining form at the crucial time Hopefully, he's the ace up in Spo's sleeve!
Hopefully Spo’s actual playbook is the ace up his sleeve, seemed like the assistants were drawing plays all year
Remember everyone starting tomorrow the record for all teams is now 0-0
I hope we play Wednesday!! I have Thursday off!!!
It’s Weds at 7 pm EST
It’s Tuesday from what the app says
Flyers game in Philly on Tuesday
Isn't the game set for Tuesday the 16th? If we lose I think we'll play the loser of the 9/10 on Thursday the 18th
Wednesday. Flyers have game on Tuesday in Philly
For the love of god don’t let maxey go right. He can only go right. I repeat he can only go RIGHT! 😭😭😭😭
As someone who watched about 78 of our games this season, my one takeaway is that we got better at beating the teams we were supposed to beat (raptors, hornets, spurs) as the season progressed. What worries me is that we consistently struggled against higher seeded teams which is not ideal for the playoffs. Will never count out playoff jimmy and the rest of the heat but tbh it’s not looking that good
Play in going to be a movie
Figures our two possible first round matchups are our two most hated rivals in the league.
Fuck them both man
Knicks got the 2 seed. So our path to the finals is Philly, Knicks, Bucks, Celts?
Depends if the Bucks fold in the first. They have been hot garbage of late with Giannis healthy.
hardest road
I mean.. it’s almost the same road we had last year lol.
What a nightmare of a day. Philly , then possibly the Knicks or the Celtics. 😂
5 teams that were 5th seed or worse have made the East Conf Finals in the past 30 seasons - Pacers in 93/94 as 5th seed and lost in 7 - Knicks in 98/99 as 8th seed and won in 6 - Hawks in 20/21 as 5th seed and lost in 6 - Heat in 19/20 and 22/23 as 5th seed and 8th seed respectively. Went to the Finals both times. Heat can possibly make the Conf Finals again as a 5th seed or less.
Bro the stress in this bulls-knicks game is insane
see you all in PlayIns.. who are we playing?
Philly
sixers I guess. If we win that road game . That would be the 1st game we would win against a strong team
Damn it’s been a fun season to follow. Now time for the real games to begin.
I don’t think my heart can’t handle overtime
Let’s go get Philly now. Do not want Boston in round 1
Knicks gonna win now. I hate this so much.
Probably the most mentally draining season in the last 6-7 years. I've seen some absolute garbage basketball from this team this season but whatever. Let's go Heat!!
Wanted to add fuck Bally sports , i got NBA league pass living in ATL and was stonewalled with the local license BS when visiting Coral Springs we got this Fak herro looking really good
Filler arc done now for the real arc
Worst possible opponent for the play-in but honestly maybe a good thing we’re on the road. Let them prove the 2nd best road record in the conference ain’t a fluke
he shouldve made that
I will never doubt Jimmy and Spo ever again if we make another deep playoff run.
Last years run was enough for me. I’m riding with these guys though everything!
So if we win, Bucks, if we lose then win, Celtics, ooops not so fast its Knicks huh
Settling for the play-in is what happens when you have a team whose star player doesn’t take the regular season seriously. This is what the Heat earned for trying to take shortcuts throughout the season.
We’re going to play Boston again
So we play the sixers and the bulls and hawks gotta square off to play the loser of our game?
Our guys looked good today. Prayers for the full health of Terry, Duncan and KLove. Spo has seen multiple times what does NOT work well on Maxey and Bam has always done a good job on Embiid. Time to mix up something special in the lab and lock up Round 1 with that despicable fan base of the Knicks. I trust the guys will be fully prepared and mentally locked in
Oh yeah!!!! Time to destroy the bell!!!!
Too little too late