How dangerous could the Heat be in the playoffs? | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst, Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon discuss how much of a threat the Miami Heat could be in the playoffs.
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28 Comments
Dangerous like they will go home early
Mami been on a tear the last few games low key, I won't be surprised if they sneak their way into the playoffs this year
Jimmy Butler is a beast, 100% agree he is an all NBA 2nd team lock. Eric S. Should have more rings then he does, great coach.
Finally! Some Jimmy butler recognition
Miami is buttcheeks
You can never count Jimmy Butler out in the playoffs. Could have made a better choice in that last shot last year but I would trust him any other time come playoff clutch time.
Absolutely not and they are ONCE AGAIN fooling their blind fans. They can't be MIL, BOS, PHI and probably even CLE in the playoffs. Give it up already and accept the fact that when Lebron left MIA so did their championship dreams.
Finally a heat topic
No
Yes. Offensively they need consistency and they will be good.
Bucks can beat any east team.
LET’S GO HEAT 🔥🔥🔥
Jimmy is on fire Bam defense is on another level
Hahaha and this is why I love my Heat. This season had Definitely not been our best but my God we are a next level threat during the Playoffs. Especially with Playoff Jimmy Buckets
Early exit dangerous, like every other Jimmy Butler squad.
It's the weekend, and we have ESPN on YouTube!
Jimmy is built for the playoffs
Lakers .500 now
Julius Randle is an All Nba player this year
I really believe Denver should've tried to trade MPJ for Jimmy Butler. They definitely should've put together an intriguing package. Not sure if Miami would've took it but it would've been worth the gamble
Jimmy Buckets is a beast… 🐐
My Clippers do not hold the tiebreaker against the Suns but does so over the Warriors and Lakers. The Warriors don't hold any tiebreakers against any of them.
Let's say we have a 4-way tie between Clippers, Lakers, Suns, and Warriors at 43-39, the tiebreakers would go like this….
Tiebreaker Basis – Three or More Teams Tied
(-) Tie breaker not needed (better overall winning percentage)
(1) Division leader wins tie from team not leading a division (this criterion is applied regardless of whether the tied teams are in the same division)
(2) Better winning percentage in all games among the tied teams
(3) Division won-lost percentage (only if all teams are in same division)
(4) Conference won-lost percentage
(5) Better winning percentage against teams eligible for the playoffs in own conference (including teams that finished the regular season tied for a playoff position)
(6) Better net result of total points scored less total points allowed against all opponents (“point differential”)
Suns
vs. Clippers: 2-1
vs. Warriors: 3-1
vs. Lakers: 3-1
8-3
Clippers
vs. Suns: 1-2
vs. Warriors: 2-2
vs. Lakers: 3-0
6-4
Lakers
vs. Suns: 1-3
vs. Clippers: 0-3
vs. Warriors: 3-1
4-7
Warriors
vs. Suns: 1-3
vs. Clippers: 2-2
vs. Lakers: 1-3
4-8
It would be the Warriors who will fall into the play-in if we get a 4-way tie in the same division. Even if Lakers beat my Clippers next month, they would still be 5-7. Not good enough to surpass the Suns or Clippers in the standings. And that's also if Clippers lost to the Suns in the regular season finale. Clippers' worst case would be 6-6.
I study the schedules of these teams every night. I don't watch the games. I only check the scores. I personally hate watching the NBA. I hate what it's become. A bunch of short guys running around jacking threes. Such a yawner to me.
I do check scores because I have wagers on the line. The teams I'm closely watching the most are the Celtics and Sixers. I need Boston to win as many as they can. They got San Antonio and @ Washington next and must treat every game seriously. They can't afford to fall to 3rd. Philadelphia will defeat them in the 2nd round if Boston fell to 3rd.
C'mon, my Flippers. Please stay above the Fakers. The FakeShow can win 6 of their last 8 easily. That means 43-39. Clippers must go 4-4 at the very least. It's the Warriors who needs to win 44, or they fall to 7th. They would need to go 5-2 the rest of the way but they have 3 road games left.
Western Conference
1. Nuggets
2. Grizzlies
3. Kings
4. Suns
5. Clippers
6. Lakers
7. Warriors
8. Timberwolves
It really doesn't matter who gets 8th. Could be Minnesota, Oklahoma City, Dallas, New Orleans, or Utah. They're going home in the 1st round.
I think Clippers and Suns are destined to meet in the 1st round. Like Skip Bayless, I'm OUT on my Clippers. We are not advancing with such a bad player like Westbrick. It's only the Clippers who are fooling themselves with him. They will never fix him. But I don't believe the Clippers will be that bad even if Paul George is out.
Back in 2018, Cavs went to the Finals without Kyrie. It was LeBron, KLove, and who else? This year's Western Conference is as mediocre and wide-open its ever been. I think Clippers can beat any team except Denver in the West. We will get Norman Powell back and I'm optimistic Paul George returns by the 2nd round. The KD vs. Kawhi matchup should be the most fun to watch in the 1st round.
Nuggets over whoever is 8th.
Suns over my Clippers.
Grizzlies over Warriors.
Lakers over Kings.
Suns over Nuggets.
Lakers over Grizzlies.
Lakers over Suns. 👀
Bucks or Sixers over Lakers. Mark #7 L for LeBron in the Finals. AD will probably get injured again in June. Like clockwork. The West is a joke but nobody from the Lakers/Warriors-biased media wants to admit that. It's like the 2000s but it's flip-flopped. Whoever came out of the West during the 2000s usually won the title.
The winner of the East will be the NBA champion. But the media will keep clinging onto names like Lakers, Lakers, Lakers, LeBron, LeBron, LeBron, Warriors, Steph, Suns, KD, Clippers, Kawhi as if they're going to win another ring but they won't.
The Eastern Conference is no longer the LEastern Conference. They're now the BEASTern Conference again like it was in the 80s and 90s. Too bad for my Flippers needing to watch Doc Rivers win a ring. A guy we fired while we're already out fishing with Paul George because that's his favorite hobby other than video games. No wonder his IQ is low.
Let's go Knicks! God bless!
I just wanna say. Thank you. Thank you for having more than a 2 minute segment on the Miami Heat🤣🤣
Windy rockin the skip bayless hairstyle today!
As always, Miami can be swept in the first round or they can go to the Finals. That's how predictably unpredictable they are 😆
I listened to this whole thing and I’m still stuck on how tf do u round up 0.0
No 1st announcements😢