Miami Heat SQUANDER Lead vs Celtics – Did Erik Spoelstra’s Decision to BENCH Kel’el Ware Cost Them?
The Miami Heat blew a 19-point lead in a crushing 119-114 loss to the Boston Celtics as fourth-quarter woes exposed serious questions about the team’s identity and Erik Spoelstra’s rotation choices. Kel’el Ware was benched down the stretch, while Tyler Herro’s defensive limitations became impossible to ignore.
Wes Goldberg and David Ramil break down where it all went wrong, spotlighting rebounding troubles, questionable rotation decisions by Erik Spoelstra, and the ongoing Kel’el Ware saga.
0:00 – Heat vs. Celtics Collapse
13:18 – Spoelstra vs. Kel’el Ware: Petty coaching?
25:03 – Tyler Herro Defensive Issues
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39 Comments
Bam back to showing why he’s not worth $50 mill.
Herro= only starter with negative plus/minus for the game. Trade that bum immediately Pat 😢
Spo on K. Ware in the press conference was brutal.
Spot doesn't hold anyone accountable other than Ware. Also, why are Niko and Simone playing?
Bam went back to being a part-timer again. This is tiring. He’ll never be consistent
Spo said Ware has been stacking bad days and that's why he doesn't play him at times, so then why does he play Jovic more when he's been worse all year? Why does he play Dru more when he's been worse all year? Why does he still give Simone mins when he's been bad? The logic makes absolutely no sense.
I want to keep Ware on this team at all costs, but at this point if Spo is gonna keep on making any excuse to not give him more mins, then I feel like we might as well let him thrive elsewhere. As much as that pains me to say, it's just not fair to him at this point.
Jovic minutes were the worst. Three players that got scored on the most, Jovic, Llarson and Jakucionis. And Spo still doesn't give a crap about his team winning the rebound battle. Mazzulla knew who to attack and gave his bigs minutes. Heat had 18 less field goal attempts than their average of 105 and Spo has the 8th best rebounder in the league sitting on the bench with 9 minutes. 19 point lead slowly bleeding away and nothing in Spo's brain asks if the Celtics 18 offensive rebounds is one of the reasons and 30 minutes of Llarson. Llarson was like an orange cone out there and Boston drilled him. OKC next on Saturday. Heat had it in the bag, but just a couple defensive rebounds short and maybe one less foul, Jakucionis with 5, and they would have won. Close game. Maybe they'll beat OKC.
Spo has never developed any young player into a superstar. Think about it, the best he’s done is Bam…
Jovic looks lost most of the time, and hes going to ruin Ware. His strength is getting the most from mid players/ undrafted players.
Ware is about to become Grizzlies young player in the trade.
Spolestra started the same thing with Ware that He did to Whiteside.
I saw the grin on Wes face when David said “it’s just practice” Was I the only one thinking about the AI reference? Lol
Bam is such a non-factor that David & Wes only ever want to talk about Herro
I'm done with the Heat until Ware starts
We lost the rebound battle, and that was the game. Boston had way too many offensive rebounds. That was the difference, and why we lost, it isn't rocket science. Where were the blockouts????? Simply just unacceptable, stop looking at the ball and block out brooooo
Jovic is a dud, need to trade him too
Ware should definitively, positively ask for a trade. PERIOD END OF STORY
Wasting ware it's so frustrating ok he makes mistakes he young let him play smh
keep blowing leads and games and keeps being chalked upto "One Offs," yet it keeps happening, so its not a one off
Spo favours Jovic over Ware, imo Jovic is overrated
If Spo is going to treat the kid like shit, he might as well send him to the Dleague. He needs to be playing .
Good job Spo for bringing Ware value down
The only reason we saw Ware ball out before is because Spo was forced to play him because bam was injured
I want Ware to get traded. Spo is hindering the youngster. Tho it would hurt please trade that man to a team that will appreciate what he brings
Lmfao yo Simons was cooking everybody 😭. Been a fan of his since his high school mixtapes ngl
Give Spo an all white European team. Thats what he wants.
Trade Tyler herro for ja morant get that done asap
Why was ware not playing against the Celtics . Why he had kasparus playing and not ware in there that's why they lost. They had the game. Get fouled to much in the 4th qtr every game giving up points.
I’ve been told y’all we need a changing in the coaching staff. I hope y’all see it now.
Dru Smith I'm smh
Spo needs to hold others accountable and not just Ware. How are you going to play Jovic and Smith and bench Ware when both Smith and Jovic were clearly playing worse? That's simply unfair, and Spo is picking and hyper-focused on Ware only, which is not helping the team. Let him play and coach him while he is playing. We needed the rebounding in this game. If Ware were in, we would have most likely won.
Spo is costing them games to teach ware some crazy lesson. This is crazy
Nine minutes is not enough to gauge a game. And good coaches let their players play through mistakes
Spo has to go. Please trade Ware
Jovic is trash and got an undeserved contract. im tired of this garbageFront office
What piss me off is they have 7 footer and never dump the inside for an easier basket from Ware. Come on people it's time, Mike Tomlin knew when to step aside, this coach is near his end.
Where is Ja! Help us Ja rule
Wes, you need to stop making excuses for Coach spo you know his coaching been bad for years, but you keep making excuses for him
They had a 19 point lead and still seem to find a way to lose something needs to change
Herro held up pretty well in those 4 switches he got late in the game. He got scored on easily by Jaylen Brown but then he got a nice block on Simons and then two back to back stops on Simons & Brown. This is way too overblown and wasn't the reason they lost. The main issue is Spo going small with Jovic at C and benching Ware while you're getting massively outrebounded.
Also Spo taking too long to sit Jovic, Dru, & Simone which is the reason Herro was -11 sinced he was the only starter that played with that bench lineup.
Another is Spo taking Tyler out at 7 mins when he goes on an 8-0 run and never got him back in the game to end the half.
Spo barely getting any shots for Herro in the 4th. How is your best offensive player in Herro have a 20.5% usage while Bam is at 28.4%, Jovic at 26.3%, & Powell at 23.9%?
Herro and Powell should always have the highest usage on the team. If I remember correctly the Heat had a great record when Tyler is at 28% or more usage.