CRUSHED: Miami Heat Defense EXPOSED as Bam Adebayo Absence Leads to Blowout vs. Hornets
The Miami Heat collapse against the Charlotte Hornets, with Bam Adebayo’s absence exposing just how far Kel’el Ware still has to go in his development.
Wes Goldberg and David Ramil dissect the Heat’s 136-106 blowout loss, spotlighting the impact of Miami’s poor defense and abysmal three-point shooting. Key topics include Norm Powell’s post-All-Star struggles and how Bam Adebayo’s injury altered Miami’s pick-and-roll coverage.
00:00 Heat Blown Out by Hornets
11:36 Norm Powell’s Post-All-Star Struggles
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38 Comments
We needed Miami Kobe tonight
7-0 without Norm; 0-2 since Norm came back
Remove norman powel
Norm isnt the issue. He's just rusty but its time for the Heat to move on from Herro and maybe Bam. We know what a bam and Herro team is and its this. They've done as much as they're gonna do in a heat jersey. Time to move on and start over
Ship Norm off. No chemistry
No chance without bam? We don't have a chance with bam either.
https://youtube.com/shorts/C8tBv2ph5tM?si=HYPmGaSqN5ED_L5V
Ware has fallen in love with the 3 point shot and that's a big problem…. When he's not hitting them he doesn't do anything else.
We are 8 & 3 without Bam. If Bam would have played maybe we would've only loss by 25.
This team is a roller coaster minute they’re winning next minute they’re losing. Can we get some consistency?
Ware is too soft,too weak,no energy at all.
Pelle Larsons had the worst plus minus today (-25).
Wow… that's what we look like without Bam!?
Ware plays super soft in the paint and loves the 3 point line now
It ain't Ware' s fault that Spo couldn't stop the Hornets from going on runs. While he was on the bench
In my opinion,the Heat showed this week they are behind Orlando, Charlotte,Atlanta with New Orleans #1 pick,in talent within the division,just scrap the Play-in Kings Heat,and just try to aquire difference making talent thru the draft,as presently constructed the Heat do not have a single player that a playoff team has to double team,and want max paid role player Bam and barbecue chicken Hero on the floor for easy wins,Go Heat.
It's okay. Maybe you'd have lost by 15 if bam was playing.
No one is missing Bam Wes they are missing Heat being a championship contender
Powell came down to earth he not as good as I think
Pat Riley & ownership stink for the heat
Ware why this why spo hasn't guve him the big minutes
What happened last night? Jaquez only 3 shot attempts? Herro only 11 shot attempts? It looks like they didn't lean into their scorers. I missed the game.
Bad loss we not that good
And ware looked un interested
Lol this lose has nothing to do with Bam not playing the Heat could not score Norman Powell is such a shot chucking ball hog and the lineup Spo started the 4th with got demolished once again Herro is the only true source of Offense and Charlotte knew that so they were blitzing and double teaming him . That 83 point game was a jinx’s it was a bad look for the team
Average team
We need a 3rd big who plays like a big
With Herro leading this is a lottery team
Truth is Ware is BBQ chicken in the pnr. Literally he's crispy or extra crispy. Bam on the other hand has had stretches recently with a sub-100 defensive rating. Sometimes even down to -82 in small samples. That’s elite-of-elite level…he’s covering for everyone. So yes, no Bam, no chance.
Foul baiting just to miss free throws crazy
This felt way too hard on Ware. Plenty of bigs play drop coverage. Plenty of bigs get cooked especially if the guard can’t hold their own.
More Bam glazing….. we have only lost 3 games withiut Bam and won 7
No wiggs no win…Bam and wiggs were missed…best defenders on the team
It didn't make no difference if Bam was here or not the hornets are just better. Bam be getting cooked defensively too, so spare me.
This game should show all the doubters and haters of Bam just how important he is to the team. He sacrifices his game and does the dirty work to make others be better. When he’s not out there it just shows how much everyone else is lacking and just how much he covers up for people.
And Norman Powell people are finally realizing why the clippers let him go for nothing. People were so hype about his pre all star performance not even realizing he was doing that just to get all star. Once he got it he came back down from earth and now we have this
It's kind of weird that the Heat was 6-2 earlier this year when Bam didn't play.
Now we know why Spo always yanks Ware out the game. I like Ware but he doesn’t really play big outside of catching lobs 😢
Just a bad game. We’ve had plenty of those with Bam. Ware also has had bad games alongside Bam.