POSTGAME REACTION: Miami Heat at Brooklyn Nets, 1/15/2024.

You often talk about winning in the mud one does this even qualify as mud two what was that whole grind like this is cement uh you see that first half I mean that was uh about as ugly as it can get um so when I said I wasn’t going to

Breing it into existence I think I did and uh I I think this is good for us um you know this is what I wanted uh to see if we could win some games with different solutions when it wasn’t a free flowing game offensively where weren’t necessarily making shots

Uh where it potentially could be a little bit ugly and then you just figure out how to Rally around uh the competition and figure out how to get a win at the end and so now that’s three games where we’ve held uh our opponents under 100 two out of the three have been

In the mud and um you know that’s progress uh uh for our team and and there’s been a lot of moving parts and I appreciate the group for not making any excuses about it you can develop a talent to learn how to win regardless of whether you have rhythm regardless of

Whether uh you’re changing lineups rotations whatever you can create an identity and figure out how to win and then uh When Things fall into place you’re you’re in a better place when that time happens how was it to have Jimmy and specifically in the situation tonight to settle things down within the

Fourth quarter and overtime in the 16 fre yeah it it it was phenomenal I mean come on you you don’t ever forget about his greatness the fact that he can score 31 on 12 shots that’s a misprint uh and that’s should be uh studied by every young player coming into the league

Where you don’t just need to be a chucker you don’t need to be a volume shooter to be able to score 30 uh you can do it efficiently uh if you take the right shots and you you find the different gaps and weaknesses um you know you know with

Your IQ uh and that’s what he did uh tonight uh you know obviously I played more minutes than we all planned on um but you know that’s what was necessary tonight we’ll figure that out uh tomorrow by the time we get to Toronto uh however with that said you know Jimmy

Was was was fantastic but you know Bam’s uh 20 rebounds and his defensive uh anchoring uh of our um of that side of the floor was critical If he if he didn’t do all of that um we’re not winning this game uh and then it he also uh felt like what

It’s like to be absolutely schemed against and I think that’s great for him and for us um you know to face those constant double teams that’s the first time really he’s been doubled that consistently uh and that’s born out of uh respect for what he’s been doing the

League is noticing and uh he’ll adapt he’s he’s he’s been um figuring things out you know exponentially um you know through through the competition and uh and this will be a good step for him and us and then you know Tyler uh really uh played a great all-around basketball

Game he had some clutch plays down the stretch um you know where it wasn’t just all Jimmy uh Tyler was getting those plays in in between um and also defense you know is has improved uh markedly um you know where we didn’t have to scheme stuff he

Was just taking on the challenge I think that probably covered everything right you guys go now hi um you talked about the game being in the mud in the first half and it did look like Tyler was in a little bit of a slob but by the second half he

Was able to get to his floater can you talk a little about a little bit about his being able to stick with the process and get to his his spots but also his defense on cam Thomas also picked up in the second half yeah I mean I think in

General Tyler’s defense has really improved really the last two years and this year he he had the an intention to um be a legit two-way player you know Tyler’s ambitious uh he wants uh to be known and recognized as a as a winner um and he understands that he has to do it

On both T at a super high level it can’t just be about scoring uh and he he more than held his own defensively he he was very reliable made some great defensive uh plays uh individually um you know versus a team that’s hard to guard they have a lot of

Guys that can attack you off the dribble and compromise you and if you’re not in great position they can draw fouls or score uh and then offensively he has a a great knack for putting the ball in the basket and creating uh opportunities where you know there’s there creat

Something out of nothing and and we needed that down the stretch they really locked in on their defense and they kind of jammed us up and Tyler had some great relief points down the stretch all right thank you s in three2 first of all the way that you

Guys have put this string together this matched clearly uh the down the stretch Dynamic you’ve needed for these last couple wins uh yeah you know just sticking with the game plan you know for the full 48 minutes um you know tonight the first half wasn’t pretty at all um I

Think we scored 30 31 you know points in a in a half which is not like us at all um but to just come in here we talked about it a half we stuck with it and you know you seen the energy we brought in the second half um even without shots

Falling we got to be able to bring that energy um and and on both sides too I felt you know we were moving a little too slow paced on the on the first in the first half on the offensive end you know the defense was wasn’t great but it

Was good enough what started in the third quarter what did you guys talk about in here that led to you know having that 37 points that allowed you to stabilize the game and while you had to take it to another session you’re at least in position to win the game yeah

Uh I mean we just talked about waking up getting our bodies moving um you know we felt like once we brought our our minds and bodies to the game and to the court you know the rest will follow up um and it did for the most part you know we

Started to get stopped started to get running transition got a couple easy looks and then from there you know we got brought ourselves back into the game pleased are you with the floater at this particular point it uh seems like you could you did you literally made it from

Everywhere yeah uh baby float remember baby float come on now in a game like this sometimes you just got a creative way to find points the three pointer is especially in the in overtime was that a point of you just realize you guys needed points pull up

And transition got to get something down by their start that comeback um yeah just trying to be aggressive and you know they were junking up the game on thir when they were on defense just switching everything mucking everything up and it was a slow pace so just trying

To find you know gaps in the defense where I could be aggressive you know off the catch and um off the dribble this was only the ninth time all season that you bam and Jimmy played in the same game how nice was it number one how

Important is it number two to build on that and to get that number up and to get that cohesive cohesion and chemistry up make it more galvanizing uh know um no it’s good you know we we need time together um especially leading up to Allstar break and going into the

To the playoffs um you know but it’s all part of a NBA season you know we would like to get everyone healthy but there’s no guarantees and um whoever’s on the court we just got to bring what we can and and try to stack W’s they bam a lot

Tonight was that the most you guys have seen that how do you feel like you guys handled that uh yeah I mean we we could have done better for sure but you know they’re I’m sure teams will start doubling bam doubling Jimmy um in a low

Post um and our spacing was all right on on certain possessions but I think we’ll watch the film and you know get get better with that spacing when they do double thank you thank you I got my my rhythm as I was coming back guys are on me get out in over

Court more than anything man I’m just I’m just glad we won that’s all play 40 minutes and your return were you expecting to play that much or was that that surprise you I mean I I I never know I mean I would hope if I was

Playing like some bad word SP would take me out of the game um obviously that’s not the case but I got to be ready um I mean I think I did enough running and conditioning to be able to come back and play 40 so whatever whatever was needed

You do Jimmy this is only the ninth time all year you Tyler and Bam played in the same game do you feel now that it’s time you know getting to the second half of this ISM you can get that Rhythm back and you can sort of get into more of a

Move with all these injuries there’s been no consistency know we’re um just got to keep playing basketball the right way with or without myself TI B in the lineup we’ve always found a way to win games uh we will continue to do so but I

I like the idea of us three being on the floor at the same time when you guys hold up tiny when you guys have a second quarter like that when you go 4 22 you don’t make a three in the first half do you see a 14o deficit sort of feel good

At halftime that you’re not out of the game already I don’t think a 14 point deficit ever feels good to anybody in this league um but we know we keep taking the right shots to eventually they’re going to go in and keep attacking um but before anything we have

To start guarding somebody and then um good things happen all right guys thanks for uh we had to get out of the mud and you know we came in the halftime said we had to get out of the mud just was playing slow basketball and we really

Sped up in the second half and as you can see uh we CH we turned the game around offensively what aside from just making shots offensively what worked in the second half better uh our Pace you know that’s the biggest thing for us our PA our Pace was

Amazing in the second half we played played fast uh got the ball up the court was really flying around and we also took that energy to the def and uh really got stopped was there any way to expect that Jimmy would be able to go that much uh as pertains to

Minutes and give that yeah what what what do you mean yeah uh that that that that was one of those moments where you know he’s had he’s had he’s got fresh legs uh so I’m glad he uh he brought that intensity he bought that he bought that dog with him you you Jimmy

And Tyler have only played nine games together all season so far how important is it now to kind of get a stretch together where you guys can get some consistent time together to play yeah uh feel like this is a great great stretch for us to just get back to you know the

Big three playing with those with with three guys uh and also everybody figuring out you know spacing and and how we can keep going with this thing the way they defended you SPO was even saying for this long and this relentlessly it might have been a first

He also said like you said out of respect but what was it like dealing with something maybe we haven’t seen for this extended a period in any game uh different um very very different that’s the first time I’ve really been you know doubled that much in the game so but

Definitely a sign of respect um and you watch film and you build off of that um knowing that teams are going to double you now so biggest thing is to find an open man one of those things where took a few possessions to kind of figure out

What was going on and maybe get a rhythm with it or or did it ever feel feel right uh it it was weird um not going to say it didn’t feel right uh just cuz you used to like all right maybe you know certain actions you get double but it

Was like every time uh and you know you got to had a mental stability to keep playing and uh be productive and I did that rebounding and defending congratulations on player of the week honors the things that I think most connects with that award is not only do

You have to play well the team has to play well your thoughts about the week that was yeah I mean I don’t get that obviously I don’t get that award without my teammate so you know I’m glad they’ve been they’ve been hot um they definitely been making me look good uh so the

Biggest thing for us is just keep doing what we doing keep improving and uh keep stacking these W’s

The Miami Heat defeated the Brooklyn Nets on Monday. Hear from coach Erik Spoelstra, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, and Bam Adebayo on the win! 🎙