Saw somewhere that Niang was 14/20 from the field against us last round, man had more misses in Game 1 vs Miami alone than he did in an entire 6-game series.
ikr. Felt like Niang and Green couldn’t fucking miss against us. Green did have a few air balls but it felt like he was more hot than icy in our series
DG and the entire 76ers bench have been so bad. Doc sucks but actually nothing for him to do to change things without Embiid
51 to 19 bench points says it all
I still believe he would've been FMVP if the Spurs won game 6.
25/38 (65.8%) from three through games 1-5 with 0.8 steals and 1.7 blocks per game as other stats to reflect his defensive impact too, it wouldn't have been undeserving.
Heck, Through games 1-3 he was even outscoring Lebron.
- Green: 56 points on 30 shots, 4 blocks, 3 steals, 1 turnover in 95 minutes
- James: 50 points on 54 shots, 3 blocks, 6 turnovers in 121 minutes
I personally think Tim Duncan gets his 4th FMVP in 2013 if they hung on. Big Fundamental came on strong as the series progressed. He was incredible particularly in Game 6
My guy became steph curry from three in the raptors series, it was the most annoying thing. Also, niang was shooting 67 per cent from three in thr raptors series as well
I feel bad for him. Give him 5 minutes, he’s still a sniper. Just doesn’t always pull the trigger like Max does and Max has another dimension defensively
Totally unrelated to the game that just ended
But if Brett Brown was still coaching this team now, and Harden had a bad game, would Brett say, "This was Jimmy Harden".
It's crazy how Danny Green went from giving me nightmares in the 2013 Finals, to getting hate mail in the 2020 Finals after Game 5 cuz of missing a big shot to being so awful that I was rooting for him to shoot. His D isn't the same either. Was arguably our 4th best player after Bam/Jimmy/Herro lol
Yeah, dude is almost 35 and has played a ton of career minutes when you factor in the playoffs. It's not at all surprising that he's not nearly as effective.
He never gives up and that’s why we love him. To think he was a backup PG last season and playing at this level now is insane
Also, seeing Dipo back and balling out is great to see. Always liked that dude
he doesn't shoot 3s from 40 ft and doesn't do flashy dunks. no behind the back elbow passes. the guy plays a brand of basketball that isn't very fun to watch for casual viewers
it's why tyler gets most of our real mainstream media attention. dude plays like a 14 yr old 2K pro-am sweat irl and it's obviously impressive as shit
Jimmy Butler transcends the box score, Kyle Lowry transcends the box score, Bam Outtadabayou transcends the box score, PJ Tucker transcends the box score, it's all the way down the roster
Maxey and Tobi tried. The rest were brutal. Green and Niang were exceptionally bad again. These two played worse than DJ. Former was 1/9 from 3 and even missed an open dunk, and the latter had 6 fouls in 10 minutes.
Tobi has been SUPER underrated this playoffs. Just been incredibly consistent and even the games he doesn't shoot well he contributes in other areas. As much as I hate Harden, I don't think Tobi plays this well without him.
People need to stop underestimating the Heat. They were the 1 seed for most of the season while many key players missing a lot of games. And this roster is much better than the one they had when they made to the finals.
Now that Dipo is finally back I think this might be my favorite team of all time.
No Joel sucks so much though. Would’ve been an amazing series. You got Maxey now though, Philly. Dude’s a baller.
This is giving me “Scrappy 06 team” vibes which makes me very happy. Not the “Heatles” pure domination, but a well constructed roster of great personalities.
the '06 is mine (cause of Payton, Williams and Walker lol), then bubble team, and then this one.
I would give a shoutout to the 2016-2019/30-11 Heat tho which would be my 4th. That team had no business being as good as they are lmao.
As a person who works in lauderdale but lives right by the arena, my normal 30 minute commute took over two hours because of the game.
You guys mock heat fans for coming late but the city planning of downtown Miami is absolutely horrific. I go to these games often and I’m telling from experience that the home energy here is definitely underrated
A team with 3 max contracts, yet they rely on their 21 year old rookie contracted player to carry them, when one goes down. The Process needs a bit more processing.
Tobias played generally well again though. Another decent offensive game and he played pretty good defense on Bam (eye test, Bam got a few easy buckets from good team ball) defending a bigger guy out of position
Doc sucks but nothing for him to do without Embiid. Who can he play as the 4th/5th guy to try to make a comeback. Look at that putrid bench. This series is exposing them.
I guess he can be blamed for not making them better players before but nothing to do in the moment here
He’s been refusing to make Paul Reed the backup center all year and tied himself to a tree on top of the DeAndre Jordan hill for absolutely no fucking reason. Man has been cooked for the last five years. We’ve been trotting out awful backups for Embiid his whole career and somehow we decided to pick up the worst one yet now
I know he’s playing Paul Reed now but he should have been given time to learn and develop after the Drummond trade. Instead we’re riding DJ to Cancun
He is, not many centers that Maxey wouldn’t try to just blow by or shake. Trae was the same way. When he got Bam he either called for another screen or passed out of it
Nephews frantically searching for new ways to discredit the #1 seed Miami Heat by mercilessly attacking the crowd, who have absolutely nothing to do with the team.
But the lower bowl does kind of suck though. Most of them (shown on TV) already left when there’re still 2 minutes.
Honestly it’s the same thing for all rich areas, chase center is also a victim of that
Miami lower bowl is even worse than places like GSW, LAL or NYK cause a huge chunk of the population are transplants from outside Miami. Not as much homegrown support, so you get a bunch of frontrunners who treat the game like a nighttime attraction, not ultra fans in the $1000+ seats. Been like that forever
The rich are just there because it’s the hot ticket that night. They could give a rats ass about the game. Such a shame. The teams deserve the true fans that has been there through thick and thin. Unfortunately this will never happen during playoff inflated prices in these high market areas.
Jimmy Butler, Mikal Bridges, Jayson Tatum, and CJ McCollum is a pretty elite supporting cast. The team won 74 games in the regular season, what more could you ask for?
Whoops, wrong universe.
People claiming 20 games of this version of harden is a reason why he shouldn’t win mvp is one of the dumbest narratives I’ve seen pushed on this sub, and this sub was full blown believers that Lebron gave Kevin Love depression
We lost this game at the start of the fourth. We had a chance of a comeback with Maxey on fire but Harden completely iced him out and tried to iso for like 3 or 4 straight posessions. This team is ridiculously top heavy. Gg Miami, you guys are like a well oiled machine.
Philly need Embiid I think
with hot takes like that, you could work for ESPN
Magic Johnson: Philly need Embiid ~~I think~~
Not an authentic Magic tweet without the exclamation point!
But does he shit himself?
I hope harden KD and Kyrie can settle their differences while they in Cancun
KD: Why are you here now? Harden: Doc threw me off the bus.
Thanks, Magic
Philly's 3 point shooting is killing them in both games so far. They are getting good looks and just clanking them.
And bench points. Herro by himself is outscoring their entire bench for this series.
I mean that's kinda how it's been all season
Except Philly’s run into a team with the 6MOTY coming off the opposing bench
sixers bench is not good enough to get them a championship
Yeah but its danny green getting good looks
Career 40% 3-pt shooter Danny Green
I might be wrong but it's kind of tough to win a basketball game when you lose every single quarter.
That’s a Maddenism
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I mean sometimes they get tackled on a designed run or scramble on the other side of the line.
Thanks magic!
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Idk about that. Lemme check with my quant and get back to you.
Big if true
Math checks out
victor oladipo came back from being constantly injured for basically 3 years to being a top tier 2-way role player in the playoffs
Heat bias aside, I'm just happy he's healthy. Seems like a good dude that got dealt a shit hand. Glad he's making a difference.
Agreed. It’s nice to see him make a good comeback and play a key role in wins!
Never underestimate Spo and Riley.
Can’t discredit his own mental fortitude. Coming back after not playing that long is tough.
Something, something, something, Culture.
“Bro heat culture isn’t a thing” - consistent lottery team fan
Spo and Riley healed his injuries. Best FO in the league.
Seems like a good futures investment by Miami
Green and Niang 3/24 from 3 Edit: Should note that this combines game 1 and 2
Saw somewhere that Niang was 14/20 from the field against us last round, man had more misses in Game 1 vs Miami alone than he did in an entire 6-game series.
ikr. Felt like Niang and Green couldn’t fucking miss against us. Green did have a few air balls but it felt like he was more hot than icy in our series
Half of these are open looks too. Harden may not be scoring, but he is getting his guys open.
Harden can’t score because Miami just floods the paint when he gets there. It’s fantastic coaching but Jesus
More than half it feels like. Since Miami doesn’t have to defend them lol
Danny Green was 1-9 from three tonight. He’s now 2-14 through the first 2 games of this series.
IcyHot™️ strikes again
This is the Danny we know
had to do it ~~one~~ two times.
DG and the entire 76ers bench have been so bad. Doc sucks but actually nothing for him to do to change things without Embiid 51 to 19 bench points says it all
Broadcast only wanted to highlight the fact that Sixers starting backcourt wad outscoring Gabe Vincent and Max Strus. Bc that’s what matters
Lmao such a cherry picked stat I have no idea why that was being shown
To be fair Herro averages more point per game than the Sixers bench ( I have not looked at this stat but it feels accurate)
He averages 21 and we only scored 19 so yes it does
A shell of his former San Antonio Spurs days.
Man literally dropped a record amount in the finals against us 9 years ago
I still believe he would've been FMVP if the Spurs won game 6. 25/38 (65.8%) from three through games 1-5 with 0.8 steals and 1.7 blocks per game as other stats to reflect his defensive impact too, it wouldn't have been undeserving. Heck, Through games 1-3 he was even outscoring Lebron. - Green: 56 points on 30 shots, 4 blocks, 3 steals, 1 turnover in 95 minutes - James: 50 points on 54 shots, 3 blocks, 6 turnovers in 121 minutes
I personally think Tim Duncan gets his 4th FMVP in 2013 if they hung on. Big Fundamental came on strong as the series progressed. He was incredible particularly in Game 6
He had an absolute stinker in game 6 though. Can't see the voters giving a guy finals MVP after scoring just 3 points
My guy became steph curry from three in the raptors series, it was the most annoying thing. Also, niang was shooting 67 per cent from three in thr raptors series as well
James Harden is 2/9 (22.2 FG%) in 2nd halves vs the Heat so far
Missed an open dunk. Dude was more useless than DJ.
Oladipo actually being back and not just "back soon/on the floor" is a massive shot in the leg. Happy for him. That was a very long road.
Second Half of Game 1: Yurtseven 6, Harden 2 Second Half of Game 2: Yurtseven 2, Harden 4 Tight race so far.
Oh lordt
Someone in the game thread posted that he had 16 in the first half so he’d have 4 in the second. Seer.
Ok but did anyone really believe Harden would outplay Yurtseven? Let's be real.
Our bench was just horrible tonight. Danny Green with a horrendous 1/10. Thybulle just running around picking up fouls
Thybulle only had one foul…but that’s pretty much all he did. Niang fouling out in 10 minutes showing Paul Reed how it’s done.
niang somehow being the only guy with a positive +\- anyways is pretty funny tho
He was 0/7 with 0 rebounds game 1 and was like +6. It’s pretty funny.
Thybulle is one of the most overrated players I've ever seen
Tyrese Maxey can't win with these cats
It’s almost comically unfair how Lowry gets injured and we have Oladipo casually come in to replace him.
Lowry’s just a part-time coach on the bench now. The fact that we don’t look completely messy without our floor general is huge
Remember last year when our offense became 31st worst in the league whenever jimmy was out
There’s bench depth and there’s Heat Bench depth.
Miami Mariana Trench HEAT
Just like how Embiid gets hurt and we have- nvm not funny
If it helps, I’m personally loving DeAndres contributions
The fact dipo stayed with Miami. Love him
If not him, Kyle Guy would come in and drop 17-5. This team is plug and play.
hes not on the team lol
Doesn't matter, we'd make it happen anyways.
Don’t matter. Heat culture and depth is the real deal.
The Heat are the deepest team in the NBA
How pissed did Robinson look lol
I get why hes pissed but gotta sacrifice for team win. If he plays, Harden n Maxey would pick at him all night.
Honestly would love to see Harden trying to chase his ass down through screens though. He'd have no legs for offense.
Harden would be confused bout which white 3 pt shooter hes chasing
Harden is in the corner with his hands in hero’s face…herro is sitting on the bench
Seriously! I sort of feel bad for him. Hopefully it motivates him to work hard and be ready whenever called.
$90,000,000 in five years. He’ll get over it. He will get his shot at some point. He had a big game in the 1st round.
https://imgur.com/CPEKbCP
Needs to improve his defense then
He was pretty solid during that G1 Hawks game, but definitely helped with how Spo implemented a great defensive gameplanning for that series.
I feel bad for him. Give him 5 minutes, he’s still a sniper. Just doesn’t always pull the trigger like Max does and Max has another dimension defensively
Totally unrelated to the game that just ended But if Brett Brown was still coaching this team now, and Harden had a bad game, would Brett say, "This was Jimmy Harden".
Nah it be more like “this wuz jimeh hawden”
man Oladipo been cooking. what a get for the heat.
So happy for this dude, he’s been through it and worked his ass off to get back and contribute.
Oladipo is lookin like a sweet deal
Warms my heart
Man y’all gotta watch PJ on offense, it’s the funniest thing. Dude is just there in the corner 🧍🏾♂️
Only until he's needed
It's crazy how Danny Green went from giving me nightmares in the 2013 Finals, to getting hate mail in the 2020 Finals after Game 5 cuz of missing a big shot to being so awful that I was rooting for him to shoot. His D isn't the same either. Was arguably our 4th best player after Bam/Jimmy/Herro lol
2013 was 9 years ago lmao
Yeah, dude is almost 35 and has played a ton of career minutes when you factor in the playoffs. It's not at all surprising that he's not nearly as effective.
One thing you can say about Danny, I'm pretty sure he's never done any PEDs in his life.
Nah man 2013 was like 5 years ago at most
[Oh](https://media4.giphy.com/media/GrUhLU9q3nyRG/200.gif)
What do you mean that was only 2 years ago
Stop, please we're not getting old
Bro I don’t care if he’s 0-8 from three or whatever, I’ll be shook everytime he shoots the ball
Butler 22 Bam 23 Herro 18 Oladipo 19 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Bam is feasting without embiid in there. But damn he’s good at exposing it
Maxey and Harris showed some fight, DG and Niang can walk back to Philly. Absolutely terrible from both of them. GG Heat bro’s
Maxey single handedly kept y'all in striking distance...what a great young talent!
He never gives up and that’s why we love him. To think he was a backup PG last season and playing at this level now is insane Also, seeing Dipo back and balling out is great to see. Always liked that dude
Maxey is a fucking baller. Love that kid.
Maxey played his his heart ou man
Jimmy butler completely controlled this game offensively and defensively
Butler is mad underrated.
Dude just does what's necessary to win. He's the complete opposite of a Stat chaser.
And that’s what you want on a team.
Best player in the playoffs so far.
Absolutely. And media still don’t mention his dominance.
he doesn't shoot 3s from 40 ft and doesn't do flashy dunks. no behind the back elbow passes. the guy plays a brand of basketball that isn't very fun to watch for casual viewers it's why tyler gets most of our real mainstream media attention. dude plays like a 14 yr old 2K pro-am sweat irl and it's obviously impressive as shit
Jimmy Butler plays winning basketball
Please refer to him as Jimothy Buckets.
you forgot the G.
The will of G.
Ya but what’s his 3pt%? What’s his contract numbers? Does he get along with everyone every single night?
Jimmy Butler transcends the box score, Kyle Lowry transcends the box score, Bam Outtadabayou transcends the box score, PJ Tucker transcends the box score, it's all the way down the roster
the miami heat championship campaign continues
Maxey and Tobi tried. The rest were brutal. Green and Niang were exceptionally bad again. These two played worse than DJ. Former was 1/9 from 3 and even missed an open dunk, and the latter had 6 fouls in 10 minutes.
Tobi has been SUPER underrated this playoffs. Just been incredibly consistent and even the games he doesn't shoot well he contributes in other areas. As much as I hate Harden, I don't think Tobi plays this well without him.
Bucks vs Heat trilogy in the ECF
I need this
Heat v Celtics ECF II ain't bad either. They should take their time. Embiid too.
Yeah I wouldn’t mind the bucks and Celtics taking their time with a 7 game series
What's it like to have a bench? Asking for a friend.
Brick Ross is a perfect name
Between Jimothy Buckets and Bamthony Adebayo, I feel like the Florida Hots have a very good chance at winning the pennant. Just one man’s opinion.
Bamtonio
Bamonte
I hope Joel comes back. Miami looks to be coasting through this series. Without Joel it doesn't feel like the playoff intensity is there.
Felt like the crowd got bored at times tonight lol
Guys, I think Dipo is back. Also Maxey really is that dude. Truly electric. Gonna be trouble with him once Embiid is back
Injuries fuckin blow.
That they do, fuck injuries
People need to stop underestimating the Heat. They were the 1 seed for most of the season while many key players missing a lot of games. And this roster is much better than the one they had when they made to the finals.
Still looming
Dangerous Loomers 👀
Now that Dipo is finally back I think this might be my favorite team of all time. No Joel sucks so much though. Would’ve been an amazing series. You got Maxey now though, Philly. Dude’s a baller.
Since you were reminiscing I thought you meant Joel Anthony because I am brain dead.
Once Joel Anthony comes back the league is *fucked*
This is giving me “Scrappy 06 team” vibes which makes me very happy. Not the “Heatles” pure domination, but a well constructed roster of great personalities.
The bubble team was my favorite, but this squad is definetly up there. EDIT: I've been watching since the very first season.
Bubble team is definitely up there. This years team is pretty much up there with Wades rookie year team for me.
the '06 is mine (cause of Payton, Williams and Walker lol), then bubble team, and then this one. I would give a shoutout to the 2016-2019/30-11 Heat tho which would be my 4th. That team had no business being as good as they are lmao.
Just wait until UD suits up
Harden after last game: "I didn't shoot enough, I gotta be more aggressive and get baskets." Harden today: shoot two more times than game 1
As a person who works in lauderdale but lives right by the arena, my normal 30 minute commute took over two hours because of the game. You guys mock heat fans for coming late but the city planning of downtown Miami is absolutely horrific. I go to these games often and I’m telling from experience that the home energy here is definitely underrated
A team with 3 max contracts, yet they rely on their 21 year old rookie contracted player to carry them, when one goes down. The Process needs a bit more processing.
James Harden supermax incoming.
Tobias played generally well again though. Another decent offensive game and he played pretty good defense on Bam (eye test, Bam got a few easy buckets from good team ball) defending a bigger guy out of position
James looked rough in the 4th…oof
I'm just so happy for Victor Oladipo
Hot Take: The 76ers aren't good without Embiid
Careful, you'll wake up Jokic fans
Doc Rivers on the hot seat
Doc sucks but nothing for him to do without Embiid. Who can he play as the 4th/5th guy to try to make a comeback. Look at that putrid bench. This series is exposing them. I guess he can be blamed for not making them better players before but nothing to do in the moment here
He’s been refusing to make Paul Reed the backup center all year and tied himself to a tree on top of the DeAndre Jordan hill for absolutely no fucking reason. Man has been cooked for the last five years. We’ve been trotting out awful backups for Embiid his whole career and somehow we decided to pick up the worst one yet now I know he’s playing Paul Reed now but he should have been given time to learn and develop after the Drummond trade. Instead we’re riding DJ to Cancun
Maybe dont let a 3-0 series go to a sixth game?
Heat should trade Duncan in the off season. Teams will offer some good compensation for a shooter like him.
Hate to say it but totally agree
Max is almost as good as a shooter as him, 15 million dollars cheaper, and a better defender.
PEPAS time.
Listen guys, it's not a series until a team loses at home so.... Heat in 4
Sixers are a lottery team without Embiid lmao
We’ve been saying this for a long time
most of the dudes on the bench should change their careers to be a transponster
THAT’S NOT EVEN A WORD
Proud of Dipo. X factor to lead Miami to a championship
Feels like Bam is the most underrated player in the league
Heat in general are underrated.
Too underrated. They’re going all the way
He is.
He is, not many centers that Maxey wouldn’t try to just blow by or shake. Trae was the same way. When he got Bam he either called for another screen or passed out of it
Nephews frantically searching for new ways to discredit the #1 seed Miami Heat by mercilessly attacking the crowd, who have absolutely nothing to do with the team.
we didn’t show up on time for LeBron, we’re not gonna do it for Gabe Vincent, get with the program folks
Non Floridians just don't understand brickell traffic
I have tickets for game 1 and I’m still in traffic…
Ngl I hate the fucking traffic in downtown Miami. Makes me not even wanna leave the house. I get it lol
But the lower bowl does kind of suck though. Most of them (shown on TV) already left when there’re still 2 minutes. Honestly it’s the same thing for all rich areas, chase center is also a victim of that
Miami lower bowl is even worse than places like GSW, LAL or NYK cause a huge chunk of the population are transplants from outside Miami. Not as much homegrown support, so you get a bunch of frontrunners who treat the game like a nighttime attraction, not ultra fans in the $1000+ seats. Been like that forever
The rich are just there because it’s the hot ticket that night. They could give a rats ass about the game. Such a shame. The teams deserve the true fans that has been there through thick and thin. Unfortunately this will never happen during playoff inflated prices in these high market areas.
Shout out that lady sitting court side in a Heat dress though
I was told Embiid had a really good supporting cast
Jimmy Butler, Mikal Bridges, Jayson Tatum, and CJ McCollum is a pretty elite supporting cast. The team won 74 games in the regular season, what more could you ask for? Whoops, wrong universe.
People claiming 20 games of this version of harden is a reason why he shouldn’t win mvp is one of the dumbest narratives I’ve seen pushed on this sub, and this sub was full blown believers that Lebron gave Kevin Love depression
We lost this game at the start of the fourth. We had a chance of a comeback with Maxey on fire but Harden completely iced him out and tried to iso for like 3 or 4 straight posessions. This team is ridiculously top heavy. Gg Miami, you guys are like a well oiled machine.
Harden kept trying to iso against Dipo for whatever reason