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What was also frightful bill was the injury report in this one both teams without some of their big stars including no Joel and beid no Jimmy buckets well for the heat no Butler but hello haime hwz the rookie had a career night career high 31 points a revelation
For the Heat this year how do you explain just how the heat continue to find maybe these unheralded guys that end up making these big impacts for the team yeah great question I’ll give you the answer that they’ve given me which is they believe and their culture we
Always talk about the the heat way and everybody rolls their eyes and I’ll be honest I was talking to some heat officials at the start of the year they obviously did not get Daman Lo and my question was my concern for them in our conversation how are you going to get
The offensive Firepower you need you were not a top seed last year even though you made that deeper R the postseason and the answer they gave me was hakz they told me he was going to be extraordinary that he fit in exactly what they want their players to do they
Understood that culture right away so credit to the heat they recognize the players who have some upside other teams don’t see and they see him players they think and I think this has born itself out to be true guys who are going to fit into what Eric spoler and Pat Riley and
That organization wants they thought hakz was going to be great from from Jump Street and what an incredible Christmas Day game for him to announce himself to folks who haven’t been paying attention just how good this rookie has been what a stage to actually do that on
We talk about no Butler but on the other side we saw the rookie stand up as we’re just talking about or step up but Tyrese Maxi was supposed to step up with embiid out but he had 14 points hitting four for 20 this isn’t his typical type of
Performance I think that we’re used to seeing out of Maxi what was not clicking for him tonight yeah you’re right not not not a great not a great game for for Maxi he’s still a player and I think he can get there they certainly think he will in Philadelphia he’s still a player
Trying to figure out how to wear the mantle of being one of the top guys on a championship contending team to be a superstar to be a star to be a guy that can carry a team now there are nights where that’s going to need to happen
When he’s got Joel embiid by his side that takes some pressure off he can play looser but in games like this one this is the fourth game of the year in which embiid has not played this is a Sixers team that has that is own for they have
Not won a game when they’re reigning MVP hasn’t been able to to hit the floor that’s what Max’s got to step up but that is a process it takes time it’s not easy and so I think we just saw some of those Growing Pains but not only do you
Have to be one of the two guys you have to be the guy that is much easier said than done and that’s part of learning in the NBA how to be a superstar if you have a chance to get that opportunity and in Maxi’s case try to get to that
Level yeah how to be a superstar kind of missed the Mark at least in tonight’s matchup Bill we appreciate the Insight it was an exciting Christmas Day slate and let’s talk more about haime hakz who had the most points by a rookie on Christmas over the last 40 Seasons
Well tied for the third most putting up 31 last person that actually did that was KY kma in 2017 with 31 but that’s the most points by a heat rookie on Christmas I don’t know about you but that sounds like a pretty nice gift added with the bow the bill how about
This stat they’re 15- one when Tatum Brown porzingis holiday and white all play together what is it about this combination that just makes them so tough to beat I I think it’s overwhelming talent and and so many F of the game that are covered by by that five by those guys you’re talking
Offensive Firepower you’re talking three-point shooting you’re you’re talking defensive Excellence you’re talking especially with porzingis add to the mix just size and height and length to just offer a a diff profile a different reality ingredient into that equation I was sitting here thinking as you were
Talking I was sort of ruminating on this game I gotta start booking it’s a little early but I think it’s time even though it’s Christmas start booking my finals travel for Boston get those good hotels locked in because as good as Milwaukee is and some other teams right now Boston
Looks Head and Shoulders to me at least not just above everybody in the East but everybody in the entire NBA in large park because as you noted the depth of this team and the talent is just absolutely intimidating and outstanding uh yeah listen uh bill as the Avid
Traveler get those deals in while you can while they’re pretty cheap especially if Boston keeps rolling the way that they’re doing right now but how about the team on the other side of things the Lakers lost five of six what is not clicking for them right now since they won that inseason
Tournament yeah I I just think from a roster construction perspective they’re just not good enough to compete at the levels they want which is let’s let’s be frank it’s the level the Boston Celtics are at top team in the NBA if both Anthony Davis and LeBron James aren’t playing utterly fantastic basketball and
That’s a lot to ask of at least LeBron who’s almost 40 years old I mean the guy turns what 38 39 did this month so Anthony Davis was outstanding in the game you look at LeBron’s box score right he was he was really good you know sort of flirting with that triple double
Area but he wasn’t able to be utterly dominant and when that happens this is a team that has not been consistent defensively they haven’t scored enough points the three-point shooting hasn’t been at the same level some of the guys last year that really were not All-Star level but just below that really
Important players have taken a couple steps back and so at least for right now when ad and LeBron can’t do what they did in the inseason tournament where they those two guys dominate night after night the Lakers are what we saw tonight which is which is average and that does
Not live up to the expectations of the purple and gold here in LA and certainly of LeBron James as his career at some point this year the next years’s comes to or near a close Okay but we’ve seen stretches like you just talked about the inseason tournament where we’ve seen
LeBron hot we’ve seen ad hot and both of them are are just collaborating together what needs to happen for this this Lakers team to maybe turn that corner and maybe LeBron kind of finish his career whenever that does happen at least on a high level it’s a great
Question you know and it’s worth making a point because I’ve covered LeBron my entire career moved to Miami to cover him when he first went to the Heat and it is is true and Lakers fans will tell you this LeBron James teams start really slowly they have been under 500 under
500 in January and made it to the NBA finals they’ve had slow starts so there’s certainly time for them to turn it around that maybe that’ll happen in January or February the answer to the question I think is Austin Reed has got to play better d’angel Russell’s got to
Be better they’ve got to get back to that defensive identity top 10 defensive rated level team which they can do it’s about effort energy we saw it last year and then LeBron James just has to be able to be outstanding and remarkable maybe more often and earlier over the
Course of a season in the past LeBron’s the kind of guy and he he’s talked about this he knows his body he knows his age when he has the right team around him and doing the things that we’re talking about he can take his foot off the gas a
Little bit and he can wait to really apply that level of LeBron James goat Excellence until March till April he would prefer till May when you’re in the postseason then you’ve got this long Marathon for a championship so they need better play from their their guys not
Named ad and LeBron they’ve got to be better defensively and if that doesn’t happen you’re going to see LeBron probably exert himself more in the regular season than he wants which could have an impact on what he’s able to do when we get to postseason basketball but
Just looking at the history and what you just mentioned maybe uh this LeBron Le team starting off slow maybe picking up in that second half Bill I’m just going to put it out there I I’m run kind of slow too in the holiday so maybe things
Will turn the corner the New Year all right well we talk about the Lakers maybe being a little sluggish how about the Nuggets they stay hot their win they get their fifth win in a row beating the Warriors 120 to 114 and how about Nicola yic he scores 26 points which included
Going 18 from 18 from the line absolutely perfect the most free throws made without a Miss on Christmas day in NBA history bill it seems like whenever you think you’ve seen it all from yic he comes up with more magic what’s impressed you most about his performance
Here on Monday yeah that’s it we know that that that that great basketball teams championship level basketball teams find ways to win in when they’re not playing at their highest level and that’s also true for alltime great Stars I thought the game was ugly I thought it
Was an ugly game it was tough to watch and we saw Steve cerry afterwards complain about the officiating but joic who had a poor shooting night and really and and not just joic Steph Curry guys on both sides of the equation just started really sluggishly yic did not
Shoot well but you said it he got to the foul line he found ways to try to put himself in the position to put points on the board for his team in this in this case in this day on this Christmas day it was the free throw line you’re right
In that respect he was perfect so on an imperfect night he figured out what he could do to help his team and in that thing and get to the free throw line the guy didn’t have a single blemish it’s what greats do it’s what alltime greats
Do it’s what MVPs do and frankly it’s what Championship level teams do because the Warriors have not been outstanding this year this was the kind of game the Nuggets could have lost I didn’t think they played very well but they found a way to win and a big part of was yic
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ESPN breaks Jaime Jaquez Jr. SHOWED OUT in Heat’s 119-113 win over Sixers 🔥🎄; Bam Adebayo 26 PTS
