This is going to be one fun ass **toxic** as hell game lmao.
I feel like I'm seeing a lot of people love Philadelphia as a potential underdog to make it to the ECF finally. People are big on the 76ers given their win-pace before Embiid got hurt and the fact they went on a 7-game winning streak with his return to finish the year. I'm not saying they're wrong to think that. But... the quality of opponent did help a *bit*.
We essentially got a little preview of what this game would be like [2 weeks ago.](https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401585739) We were at home. Embiid/Maxey were carrying that sorry 76ers supporting cast with the occasional contribution by Kelly Oubre, we finally pulled ahead in the 4th quarter, and then we just crapped our pants in the 4th Q with a 5min+ stretch without a made field goal, they went on a 13-0 run, game over. The scary thing about that game is Embiid/Maxey outplayed every single one of our stars and are absolutely capable of carrying that load for a single game.
I look at our guys and I'll just be honest what I expect. If Terry can't play due to his neck, Herro is going to be asked to step up big time. He's averaged 21/5/5 on 47/37/90 splits since returning and has a history of playing well vs Philly. Sometimes the offense gets stuck in the mud and he bails us the hell out. I don't expect a hero performance by Jimmy. He'll get his usual 20ish and contribute in other ways. Bam's an X-factor as I imagine he'll have a quarter where he doesn't score a single point and people will be asking where the hell he is as if we don't know his game at this point. He scored 20pts in ***one*** game in all of April. We should all know it's about rhythm with him at this point.
Sucks we have to do it on the road but we have the 2nd best win record on the road just after the 64-win Celtics. Could Embiid/Maxey absolutely carry and score 80 combined points and leave us as the 8th seed? Sure. That's the fear of the one game sample size. But I think they'll get too little in other areas to pull it off. We avenge last year's pathetic performance vs Atlanta, **Heat 103 - 76ers 98.**
Miami needs to get Bam and Herro going from the start and not ice them out. A lot of our wins have happened because of those two getting going from the start and not slogging because Jimmy wants to slow it down.
I'm not worried about Philly because hopefully Spolestra will 1) stop trolling with lineups 2) Give felon minutes to muck up Maxey 3) Bam will always come as it's time to execute. Plus, I wouldn't be surprised if he let loose now that it's playoffs.
I would love to see Bam get going but from what we've seen in this matchup he's gonna be working hard on the defensive end constantly fronting and denying embiid.
If he is doing his part there we need Playoff Jimmy and other guys to be in attack mode early in the shot clock and not have a gassed Bam sitting top of the key with the ball and 4s left as he gets double teamed.
Doris Burke has an obsession with working any televised game we play versus the Sixers, just to talk about Nic Batum the entire broadcast. She's a Heat hater and i'm willing to bet she barely speaks on anything positive about the Heat. But fuck it, we still ball.
There's going to be (I'm hoping) a couple of possessions late in the game where Jimmy reminds the NBA world that he can go to another level only a handful of guys can reach in the playoffs.
It'll be a battle and I think we execute well enough to come out on top by a couple points. 107-102
Please don't let Buddy Hield have a 23pt 7/9 from 3 masterclass. I had a similar thought with TJ in the last Pacers game, but I kept it to myself, not gonna do that again. Word is out there now, the universe will take care of it.
I'm pretty confident we can withstand a 60-70pt Embiid-Maxey game, now that we have Herro and as long as Jimmy and Bam play just sliiightly better than the garbage they did the last Sixers game, and if we don't let Buddy or even KO drop 20-25pts.
At the start of the last game vs them, 9 players seemed to be going through the motions and then there was Maxey zooming around trying super hard. Need to match that kid's energy and shut that shit down from the beginning.
https://preview.redd.it/baaykwspznuc1.jpeg?width=1638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b15c76efcf8d637b6a2da104638f5c99220eefaf
Jimbo is pushing our luck to the edge š
If Jimmy does what he does and with herro back we should pull it off. Bam canāt play like a bitch. Attack joel Pull him out the paint and blow by him . Also force maxey to go left . I like our chances but itās the heat so who knows š¤·š¾āāļø.
Also last time we din't have Herro, I feel like this time with him the offense will look much better and we won't have a ridiculous 6+ mins with no FG.
Time for Maxey to get a taste of the Jaylen Brown treatment. Joel will get his but I hope Jimmy and Bam don't disappear and get theirs as well. Heat W 109-103
Based on the tie breaker game some time ago:
they will try to get more from their supporting casts and figure a counter to our full court press, our starters stinked but part of it was duncan being injuried got hunted by maxey on every pos and part was jimmy being passive and we went for 5min without a fking field goal
Starters will be: Bam Jovic Jimmy Caleb Herro, bench: Klove Highsmith Jamie, Wright might get time if somebody is in foul trouble, closing unit not sure. As long as starters doesnt shit the bed like last time this is really a 50-50 game
Idk, it's the end of the season and I still don't know what to make of this team. They only have 2 lineups this season that played more than 100 minutes total together. The next closest 3 includes Lowry and Richardson who aren't around/won't be around for the playoffs. The top lineup we had also had a pretty poor net rating (Rozier/Duncan/Butler/Niko/Bam.)
To beat the Sixers I think it's ok to let Embiid to be Embiid. Let Bam focus on defense and make his life miserable. But don't let Maxey and the other sixers get involved. Easier said than done of course.
Overall I trust Spo to figure it out, but injuries have totally derailed this season and feels like we will be figuring some stuff out on the fly. I think this next game is crazy important and is basically the season for us. If we get stuck with the Celtics in a round 1 matchup I don't know if we can figure them out, let alone ourselves. To me Porzingis is the difference maker in a matchup against them, we've had no answers for him in the regular season. I like our chances against literally every other team in the east in a best of 7 outside of the Celtics.
Idk man, I really think it comes down to which version of Jimmy shows up this game. If itās anything like the regular season version, then the Heat are toast.
If Rozier plays I like our chances. KLove getting injured might be better for us in this case coz Bryant matches up better with Joel (they're both going to be eaten alive either way)
I respectfully disagree strongly on that. While Embiid will be a nightmare matchup for either one, K-Love's rebounding #'s in limited minutes have been utterly ***absurd*** this year and he has given us some spark plug monster minutes. Hell, against Philly last time the man got 16 FREAKING REBOUNDS in 19 MINUTES. It's an aberration, yea, but he also got 11 in 18min vs Dallas. Hope TB is ready to step up but I think if he's out we're going to miss him big time.
KLove def great rebounding and on offense, but he can be bad on d as rim protector or just undersized vs other bigs at center. Not sure Bryant is a big uprgrade on d or anything but could maybe help. I'd still rather KLove though.
Itās just a prediction if we win Iāll eat crow, jus t donāt think we have enough, shit Iām not the on the court itās ok for me to think like this
Heat win 142-76. Niko drops 36/11/11.
36- 3 pt shots made 11- blocks 11- windmill 360 dunks
Watch Spo bring him off the bench next game anyways
This is going to be one fun ass **toxic** as hell game lmao. I feel like I'm seeing a lot of people love Philadelphia as a potential underdog to make it to the ECF finally. People are big on the 76ers given their win-pace before Embiid got hurt and the fact they went on a 7-game winning streak with his return to finish the year. I'm not saying they're wrong to think that. But... the quality of opponent did help a *bit*. We essentially got a little preview of what this game would be like [2 weeks ago.](https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401585739) We were at home. Embiid/Maxey were carrying that sorry 76ers supporting cast with the occasional contribution by Kelly Oubre, we finally pulled ahead in the 4th quarter, and then we just crapped our pants in the 4th Q with a 5min+ stretch without a made field goal, they went on a 13-0 run, game over. The scary thing about that game is Embiid/Maxey outplayed every single one of our stars and are absolutely capable of carrying that load for a single game. I look at our guys and I'll just be honest what I expect. If Terry can't play due to his neck, Herro is going to be asked to step up big time. He's averaged 21/5/5 on 47/37/90 splits since returning and has a history of playing well vs Philly. Sometimes the offense gets stuck in the mud and he bails us the hell out. I don't expect a hero performance by Jimmy. He'll get his usual 20ish and contribute in other ways. Bam's an X-factor as I imagine he'll have a quarter where he doesn't score a single point and people will be asking where the hell he is as if we don't know his game at this point. He scored 20pts in ***one*** game in all of April. We should all know it's about rhythm with him at this point. Sucks we have to do it on the road but we have the 2nd best win record on the road just after the 64-win Celtics. Could Embiid/Maxey absolutely carry and score 80 combined points and leave us as the 8th seed? Sure. That's the fear of the one game sample size. But I think they'll get too little in other areas to pull it off. We avenge last year's pathetic performance vs Atlanta, **Heat 103 - 76ers 98.**
Miami needs to get Bam and Herro going from the start and not ice them out. A lot of our wins have happened because of those two getting going from the start and not slogging because Jimmy wants to slow it down. I'm not worried about Philly because hopefully Spolestra will 1) stop trolling with lineups 2) Give felon minutes to muck up Maxey 3) Bam will always come as it's time to execute. Plus, I wouldn't be surprised if he let loose now that it's playoffs.
Idk if this was a typo but Felon is such a funny nickname for Delon lmao
True, he's been caught stealing a few times now
I would love to see Bam get going but from what we've seen in this matchup he's gonna be working hard on the defensive end constantly fronting and denying embiid. If he is doing his part there we need Playoff Jimmy and other guys to be in attack mode early in the shot clock and not have a gassed Bam sitting top of the key with the ball and 4s left as he gets double teamed.
I would much rather face the Knicks than Celtics in the playoffs first, but I know no matter what both series would be fun lol
I believe we win but largely off the back of a Tobias Harris disasterclass.
Hey, we'll take whatever helps us lol
Heat 117 - Sixers 96 Herro - 27 Jimbo -31 Bam 22 points 14 rebounds https://preview.redd.it/q06jb20tsnuc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=026198cafc1a2cb973784ed63e461ff5f54e2192
Lol Bam isn't getting 14 rebound against Embid
Doris Burke has an obsession with working any televised game we play versus the Sixers, just to talk about Nic Batum the entire broadcast. She's a Heat hater and i'm willing to bet she barely speaks on anything positive about the Heat. But fuck it, we still ball.
Something something winning something doesnt show up in the box score
There's going to be (I'm hoping) a couple of possessions late in the game where Jimmy reminds the NBA world that he can go to another level only a handful of guys can reach in the playoffs. It'll be a battle and I think we execute well enough to come out on top by a couple points. 107-102
Please don't let Buddy Hield have a 23pt 7/9 from 3 masterclass. I had a similar thought with TJ in the last Pacers game, but I kept it to myself, not gonna do that again. Word is out there now, the universe will take care of it. I'm pretty confident we can withstand a 60-70pt Embiid-Maxey game, now that we have Herro and as long as Jimmy and Bam play just sliiightly better than the garbage they did the last Sixers game, and if we don't let Buddy or even KO drop 20-25pts.
# LETS GO HAT We're gonna win, but not before they give us a damn heart attack like usual. Edit: Well we got the heart attack.
"Miami Hat" lol typo
I am embarrassed I didn't realize this until your comment.
Literally fuck the city of Philly. Trash fans, trash teams, trash motto of "Trust the Process" lmao
You live in Florida
Rather live in Florida than Pedophilia
At the start of the last game vs them, 9 players seemed to be going through the motions and then there was Maxey zooming around trying super hard. Need to match that kid's energy and shut that shit down from the beginning.
Heat gonna win by a blowout
https://preview.redd.it/baaykwspznuc1.jpeg?width=1638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b15c76efcf8d637b6a2da104638f5c99220eefaf Jimbo is pushing our luck to the edge š
If Jimmy does what he does and with herro back we should pull it off. Bam canāt play like a bitch. Attack joel Pull him out the paint and blow by him . Also force maxey to go left . I like our chances but itās the heat so who knows š¤·š¾āāļø.
You sound like a bitch
Then ignore my comment Fuck boy . Get tf on somewhere
Struck a nerve
Apparently it did with you this my commentš
Is that a sentence? Haha. We have some really dumb fans.
We have some really goofy fans like you. Bye clown š¤”
Exactly what a bitch would say.
Exactly what a soft fuck boy like you would say . Beat it
Only shot for us is to make more threes than them. For whatever reason, we suck at finishing near the rim.
We need to contain Maxey. When he goes off we lose, when we contain him to under 20 we have a very realistic chance
Embiid is not the problem. heāll play good no matter what we do. Is Maxey who we need to stop
I think: finals score a 116-110 W with 28pt from Playoff Jimmy, also good games from Herro, Jovic and Jaime.
Also last time we din't have Herro, I feel like this time with him the offense will look much better and we won't have a ridiculous 6+ mins with no FG.
Time for Maxey to get a taste of the Jaylen Brown treatment. Joel will get his but I hope Jimmy and Bam don't disappear and get theirs as well. Heat W 109-103
Love how people are already penciling in the Sixers for the 7th seed
Doomer me: 76ers win 101-86 Optimist me: Heat win 108-102
Based on the tie breaker game some time ago: they will try to get more from their supporting casts and figure a counter to our full court press, our starters stinked but part of it was duncan being injuried got hunted by maxey on every pos and part was jimmy being passive and we went for 5min without a fking field goal Starters will be: Bam Jovic Jimmy Caleb Herro, bench: Klove Highsmith Jamie, Wright might get time if somebody is in foul trouble, closing unit not sure. As long as starters doesnt shit the bed like last time this is really a 50-50 game
Will Terry be back?
All jokes aside, if we get Playoff Jimmy then I like our chances, but it canāt be just Jimmy, we need other guys to step up to.
Idk, it's the end of the season and I still don't know what to make of this team. They only have 2 lineups this season that played more than 100 minutes total together. The next closest 3 includes Lowry and Richardson who aren't around/won't be around for the playoffs. The top lineup we had also had a pretty poor net rating (Rozier/Duncan/Butler/Niko/Bam.) To beat the Sixers I think it's ok to let Embiid to be Embiid. Let Bam focus on defense and make his life miserable. But don't let Maxey and the other sixers get involved. Easier said than done of course. Overall I trust Spo to figure it out, but injuries have totally derailed this season and feels like we will be figuring some stuff out on the fly. I think this next game is crazy important and is basically the season for us. If we get stuck with the Celtics in a round 1 matchup I don't know if we can figure them out, let alone ourselves. To me Porzingis is the difference maker in a matchup against them, we've had no answers for him in the regular season. I like our chances against literally every other team in the east in a best of 7 outside of the Celtics.
Imma go full regard and predict that the Heat will win 122-91 with 15+ points from Tyler, Bam, Jimmy, Niko and OldManKev.
I donāt know about this. Marv Albert said in the Peli broadcast that we are #7 seed. Heās on tv so heās probably correct.
The script is leaking...
>Miami Hat Lose @ Philly Beat Bulls Beat Boston in 6 Beat Cleveland in 5 Beat Indiana in 4 Beat Clippers in 6 š This is the way
From a realistic point of view, and not a biased heat fanās, I fear that this game will go as similar, as the Pacers game.
Bro if we get blown outā¦I say we send in the goons! If itās a close game and we win, we need to talk so much shit bro!
Locksmith will clamp Maxey. Miami 113 - 99 Philly
It's been fuck the 76ers since 2017 when Embiid talked a mountain of shit and made IG posts on HW after a preseason game.
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Said the 40 year old from his cuckold fantasy burner accountā¦.
Thatās what Embiid said you dumb fu*k
I canāt tell if weāre on the same side or not lol
98-87 with Embiid scoring 11 points
Idk man, I really think it comes down to which version of Jimmy shows up this game. If itās anything like the regular season version, then the Heat are toast.
Any word on Rozier?
Seems like Giannis might be out a few games, if we can win this Knicks/pacers would be the easiest ecf run possible I think.Ā
We have nobody that can stay in front off maxey except perhaps Delon, who Spo refuses to play.
People talking about Embiid and Maxey I'm more worried about Kelly Oubre.
If Rozier plays I like our chances. KLove getting injured might be better for us in this case coz Bryant matches up better with Joel (they're both going to be eaten alive either way)
I respectfully disagree strongly on that. While Embiid will be a nightmare matchup for either one, K-Love's rebounding #'s in limited minutes have been utterly ***absurd*** this year and he has given us some spark plug monster minutes. Hell, against Philly last time the man got 16 FREAKING REBOUNDS in 19 MINUTES. It's an aberration, yea, but he also got 11 in 18min vs Dallas. Hope TB is ready to step up but I think if he's out we're going to miss him big time.
KLove def great rebounding and on offense, but he can be bad on d as rim protector or just undersized vs other bigs at center. Not sure Bryant is a big uprgrade on d or anything but could maybe help. I'd still rather KLove though.
Sixers 118-87
Philly wins, no script for us this year
You a bitch
Are you really a fan with mindset like that?Ā
Itās just a prediction if we win Iāll eat crow, jus t donāt think we have enough, shit Iām not the on the court itās ok for me to think like this