Kevin Love trying to do a postgame interview.
Jimmy: βLead us Kevin.β
Bam: βTake us there. Show us the way.β
Love: βThis is why I canβt do postgame interviews.β
This whole βratings will suck if the Heat and Nuggets are in the Finalsβ thing is squarely ESPNβs fault.
Jimmy Butler is the most interesting person left in the playoffs.
Nikola Jokic has become the leagueβs best player.
Both coaches are excellent.
Bring it on.
The Miami Heat just won a game against the Boston Celtics, without Jimmy Butler for the second half, with Tyler Herro struggling, while facing the 3 officials and a road crowd energized by the injury dramatics of two Celtics starters.
What a win.
And everything they are about.
Cody Zeller smiles when asked about the dust up under basket: βit was nothing.β
More media come over.
Jimmy Butler:
βTalk to his violent aβ. Setting a bad example for my daughter.β
Doris Burke is the best NBA game analyst.
Not best for a woman.
Not best who is sometimes on the sidelines.
Best.
It s ridiculous that sheβs not on the top team.
Pat Riley: "The Lakers were great. They were a great team. And they have the greatest player in the game today, with LeBron and Anthony Davis, and a cast of real veteran players. They beat us fair and square."
βIt was just the Bubble.β
βEmbiid wasnβt 100%β
βThe Celtics won more quarters.β
βGiannis missed some time.β
βThe Knicks canβt play in warm weather weekend games.β
Whatβs next?
The Miami Dolphins offense through 5 weeks:
#1
in Yards per game
#1
in 1st downs per game
#1
in EPA/Play
#1
in Success Rate
#1
in Passing Yards/Attempt
#1
in Passing Yards
#1
in Passing TDs
#1
in Passing Success Rate
#1
in Rushing EPA
#1
in Rushing success rate
#1
in Rushing
Jimmy Butler on the bubble:
"This is easy. When you look at what's important, we do get to eat, we do get a roof over our heads. For a lot of people, it could be worse. For a lot of us, it has been worse."
"I'll speak for our team: we're cool with it."
Duncan Robinson should be talked about more.
All season, heβs had to hear how heβs gonna get traded and his contract was a mistake. Heβs gotten inconsistent minutes and no respect from the officials.
And here he is β¦ running circles around the Celtics in the East finals.
Asked if he feels wanted by the Heat after all the trade rumors, Tyler Herro repeated what Tua said about the Dolphins previously:
βI donβt feel not wanted.β
Erik Spoelstra on Jimmy Butler not wanting the offense to go through him: "We don't care about what he thinks right now. There's no turning back. He likely will have to do something very similar to that again. To accomplish what we want to accomplish, you can't be ordinary."
If youβre following at home...
Dragic
Herro
Leonard
Nunn
Bam
Haslem
DJJ
Have all backed Butler on social media, basically mocking Warren.
Never seen this before.
We have acquired Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional fourth-round draft pick from Calgary in exchange for Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, prospect Cole Schwindt and Floridaβs lottery-protected first-round selection in the 2025 draft.
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Spoelstra said he was "in shock" that the Strus shot was overturned.
"The fact that it happened 4, 5 minutes later in game time, it does change the context of how you play.... If it happens like that, it should happen immediately and then you can adjust accordingly."
The Miami Heat are trying to figure out a way to reunite free agent DeMar DeRozan with his former Raptors teammate Kyle Lowry in Miami, multiple sources have told
#5RSN
.
There are many complications to getting such a deal done.
@GregSylvander
@AdamNBorai
Spoelstra blames himself for not shifting starting lineup before Game 1
βClearly we needed that size and physicality and veteran experience that K Love brings.β
Itβs funny to hear Heat fans ever complain about anything when theyβve been able to watch Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Jimmy Butler do things like this and the best perimeter player the Orlando Magic have had since 2004 is Evan Fournier
Whatβs PJ Tucker thinking this morning?
He left a team that matches his toughness to joinβ¦. Philadelphia.
A couple extra million. sure.
But we just saw the 76ers fold against this same team the Heat are bullying.
Erik Spoelstra calls it reasonable to compare Jimmy Butler to Dwyane Wade in terms of being more lethal from 3 in playoffs.
"Would you leave Dwyane open in a big moment? You would not. Because he's a killer. He's gonna seize that moment. Jimmy has a lot of those same qualities."
"I'm just a little disappointed in the fanbase of the Miami Heat. Too many open seats."
"That's not a great fanbase at all. It hasn't been. They're frontrunners. They're frontrunners."
Kendrick Perkins and Michael Wilbon calling out the Miami fans.
Since Pat Riley left the New York Knicks for the Miami Heat in 1995:
Heat
22 Playoff appearances
31 Series wins
6 Finals appearances
3 championships
Knicks
12 Playoff appearances
10 Series wins
1 Finals appearance
0 championships
Bing bong.
You know the most impressive thing about this Heat run.
They never make excuses.
Every other team does.
This comes from their coach.
βWe have enough.β
I truly believe Boston sweeps Miami 4-0. The way the teams play are a mirror image of each other, but unlike the heat who have plenty of weak links defensively, Boston has none. There's not one C defender you can exploit. There's not one C offensive player you can shut down
Jimmy Butler about Kyle Lowry: βI hope that motherfucker knows my daughterβs birthday is tomorrow. And she needs a really expensive gift. $100,000 Kyle, I ainβt fucking around.β