REACTION: Miami Heat Find WINNING Blueprint as Bam Adebayo LEADS Upset Over Thunder
The Miami Heat secure their biggest win of the season, raising the question: have they finally found a winning formula? Bam Adebayo’s two-way mastery and a rejuvenated offensive rebounding strategy spark hope for a season turnaround, while Norm Powell hints that Erik Spoelstra has revealed a blueprint for consistent victory.
Wes Goldberg breaks down Miami’s thrilling win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, spotlighting key performances from Bam Adebayo, Norm Powell, Pelle Larsson, and Myron Gardner. Hot topics include the Heat’s dominance in the possession battle, impact of offensive rebounding rates, and how sharing the ball drives success. Listener questions explore Tyler Herro’s trade value, Kel’el Ware’s development, and whether Miami should keep building around their core or eye major moves ahead of the trade deadline—with an eye toward a potential Giannis Antetokounmpo pursuit this summer. Can the Miami Heat maintain this momentum and climb up the Eastern Conference standings?
0:00 – Heat’s Biggest Win, Bam’s Breakout
7:14 – Heat’s Winning Blueprint
17:47 – Credit Cookies
24:51 – Listener Questions
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25 Comments
So you’re trying to tell me that offensive rebounds are good?
Genius detective work Wes.
Gardner is who keyshad is supposed to be
Why do you think we hate Bam taking so many shots and Spo not playing Ware? You’re handicapping your ability to get offensive rebounds.
This is the real blueprint: stop putting so many bad defenders ion the floor together. When everyone is defending the Heat keep their effort level high. When Tyler is getting dusted and Bam is bricking on the other end, the team starts to give up, and then it snowballs.
They need to talk about Ware NOT getting enough minutes 😬😬😬🤨🤨🤨 the kid is very good. He remind me of Chris Bush
This delusional every now and then is just insurmountable laughable. It's almost childish sometimes..
Kas deserved a cookie
Ja just went off. Trade him for street clothes Herro already!!!
Credit goes to unsung hero Gardner. Lifted Miami from a 9-point hole with 3 threes.
Spo has to go. Bam has to go. Herro has to go.
Still in a Bam’s trade Idea. 😊 of course for Giannis.
9 on 22 shots is bad. That will lose you 99% of games especially if it’s coming from Bam.
They’ve only won games where Bam shoots uncharacteristically good from 3. Bam has still been bad from around the rim so let’s pump the breaks on Bam being out of a slump my guy & pray this 3pt shooting is sustainable & he is becoming Chris Bosh/Brook Lopez
More trade Herro talk . It's like Heat media's version of MJ vs LeBron debate, that dead horse has been beaten
C’mon, the reason they won was Bam offense. If Bam played the way he played before, they would got blown out.
Trade Bam while people who don’t care about efficiency think he’s “hot”. Before he goes back on a 4 week slump
The Bam 3 point Shooting is another reason to play Ware and is good for both.
This victory is meaningless, they are still in the play in, they are not getting better and they are missing out on the chance of getting themselves into the draft lottery, instead they are planning for free agency in 2027. What a joke of a franchise👎🏿
Why now with trading Tyler? How about a) he makes the team worse b) Spo can’t NOT play him and c) he has an extension we don’t want to deal with.
Don’t be stupid. “Now” is long overdue.
Let me get this straight you wanted to trade Bam when he wasn’t playing good enough for you but don’t want to trade hero 🤔
Wait for Giannis? Aren’t you sick of doing this? Wait for Dame, wait for Mitchell, wait for Giannis, do nothing to improve…just wait and miss out and stay an 8th seed.
Fuck Giannis. Trade guys NOW to get better. If we’re not tanking for draft picks, IMPROVE. Enough of this waiting shit. Enough with the prioritizing cap space for 2 years from now. These are the things that make us a bad team. Not mid, bad. We would not be mid if there weren’t 14 teams tanking. Being the 16th best team out of 16 teams that wanted to make the playoffs isn’t mid, it’s shit. And obviously you support it.
The blueprint is to have bam get more than 20 shots
Found the blue print this one of the biggest reason heats going always be ass over reacting n holding on to players way too long
This podcast needs David! Wes just runs a muck throws a whole bunch of useless numbers out there and goes to saying that the Heat have turned a corner wtf great win for the team forsure and Heat fans should celebrate it but let’s not get ahead of ourselves
yall are insane herros contact and Terry's contact need to be traded nobody said he wasn't a good player you dont make it to the NBA and suck as a player. and your not getting giannis stop this nonsense. hurry up and pick up ja
Before I watch his answer on Herro… His answer is no. Using his quote from earlier: “He can’t see the forest through the trees”…
The only logical trade in every sense of the way for Giannis is to include Bam.
Team building, being able to sustain a contender for years, financially like not hitting the 2nd apron, playstyle wise, having draft picks, having young talent on cost controlled contracts. All of this is GONE if the Heat keep Bam in a Giannis trade.
It makes WAYYY more sense to keep Herro, Powell, Davion Wiggins, & Ware to pair with Giannis due to playstyle while retaining draft picks, a future with some of their young guys, & financial flexibility to sustain a contender.