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In the middle of Miami’s comeback run, follow Jimmy Butler as he’ll end up with the perfect opportunity to cut the deficit to only 4 points. Look at this, he is wide open right in front of the basket . But he doesn’t want to take the shot. Instead, he dribbles around, gets stuck and forces Lowry to take a much tougher shot with the shot clock expiring. So just seconds later on the other end, Trae Young punishes them on the other end as he hits a three and the lead goes back up to 9 and Atlanta wouldn’t let go of it.
Let me show you how Butler and Miami overall literally forgot how to play basketball in a crucial game against the Hawks. What up everybody, my name is Stefan and this is Heat Check. Let’s get into it.
Watch this fast break here as Jimmy is one on one against Murray, goes up to lay it in with no contest whatsoever and misses it.
Previously Butler had another great opportunity. Sure Collins is there but doesn’t really contest the shot, this should be a bucket.
And again, the same exact thing. He gets the ball right at the rim and blows a perfect scoring chance. Unbelievable.
But what’s crazy is that Jimmy had 7 of these bunnies with no real contest that should be an automatic score. 7! And he missed them. That’s 14 easy points in a game that they lost by 11. That’s the win right there.
Thing is, it wasn’t just him but pretty much the entire team did not show up.
Right here Adebayo has deep position on the catch, and once again without a contest from the defense we got another miss from short range.
Bam also had a few of these and when you add it up it’s close to 20 points total that the Heat could have had.
Kevin Love was unplayable as he got burned on 2 straight possessions defensively. Once right here as he tries to trap, leaving Okongwu all alone, and again here still like a statue as Johnson easily steps around him and finishes. And on offense he hit the side of the backboard on a wide open shot. So 3 minutes was all that he got in this game.
Speaking of the side of the backboard, there’s this horrific shot from Gabe Vincent as well.
And I gotta call out Caleb Martin who ran around for almost 30 minutes and didn’t contribute with a single point. Zero.
Miami also got outrebounded 63 to 39. And they allowed the Hawks to get 22 offensive rebounds resulting in a ton of second chance points.
As much as Atlanta did their thing to win this game, it’s Miami’s own fault for how they wasted this opportunity at home against an opponent that they’ve shown that they can consistently beat.
They’ll have one final shot against the winner of Chicago and Toronto but things are definitely not looking good for the Heat at the moment.
Can they squeeze into the playoffs? Let me know in the comments. That’s it for now, subscribe and talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
42 Comments
Damn Stephen please do some push ups.
They want to lose
That’s crazy click bait… you edited John Collins out the thumbnail 😂
fixed game 😉
They clearly not trying to win
May be, the bet against themselves…
As a long time Blazers and Dame fan I hope Miami will find a way to sign him soon
He's focusing too much on coffee ☕
So now the excuse is that the heat forgot how to play basketball 😂😂😂
The dude is shooting 54% from the field and close to his career high in scoring. No idea what you are talking about
This was indeed a Heat Check, and the results were negative.
Hawks better💪
Well as a hawks fan . I have seen many games like this with the hawks. So what is your point?🤔
Can't wait for analysis on KAT
Nah he's throwing
I feel the jimmy-bam front court experiment has failed miserably. They were successful in the bubble, but just didn't click after that. And tyler hero and kyle lowry in the back court are just not making things pop. Its time to go nuclear and rebuild the hell out of this team now
should've played haslem, dude might've had one last playoff game in him 🥲
maybe the Heat took a dive
Maybe they don’t want to play the Bucks in the playoffs
Jimmy Butler is the most overrated player.
I guess its that strong Trey Young defense again we saw on Ben Simmons 💪
Haslem 20 pts would've helped them
Spo needs to go with Haslem… Nobody listens to his uninspiring "I never played pro ball or Div I ball" ass!!!
If you watch the heat play this is Something that happens every fucking game, and it’s very disturbing to watch
Tyler Herro is the only one who tried to make Kyle Lowry's Renaissance game worth it. Everyone else sold. Miami needs to either change the roster or blow it up.
Adebayo is a fraud
What a horror show – must better utilise Oladipo…
Yeah that was a crazy game! If they play like that again, they won't get in. Every team (everyone) has bad games from time to time. I just laughed that Charles Barkley said that Jimmy would have a better game than Trae. Couldn't have been more wrong
It’s just one game get over it
Shit happens sometimes… if you’ve ever played competitive sport you know that when things are going bad, you can only grit your teeth and wear it most times.
Markelle F syndrome
The Heat look dysfunctional. There are some scary karmic vibes from past years, but I'm not buying any of it. I very much do not believe in "flipping the switch."
Also, Clint Capela pounded Bam on the boards(22). He had 2 more offensive rebs than THE WHOLE HEAT TEAM(8-6)🤬!!! The Hawks overall pounded the Heat on the glass(63-36). Not only that, the Hawks had way more 2nd chance points(26-6). Also, the Hawks' bench demolish Miami's bench.
Playoff jimmy butler is scary 🥶
The heat is too scared to play the Celtics so they threw and they think they will win the next one 🤣
Those moments like in the 2022 playoffs will forever define him. I think he took a real good shot. It just didnt go down
no UD no lucky charm
Same with Bam
The Heat are in trouble.
They didn't want the Bucks in first round
ima calling it right now. harrison barnes hezzy tween game 7 against golden state game winner
Heat are my team thanks for uploading this one bro.