Winderman’s view: Heat reality is an inability to sustain, as again shows in loss in Memphis

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 16, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 125-91 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies: – The lesson of recent weeks and even games such as Saturday is this: The Heat are good enough to compete for stretches against elite competition. – And then reality hits home. – As it did in Saturday night’s seventh consecutive loss. – For stretches earlier this season, there at least were the occasional nights when the Heat had the best player on the court. – Whether it was Tyler Herro or Bam Adebayo. – Now those two routinely stand second (or worse) to an opposing player (or two or...

Heat skid now at seven after 125-91 no-show vs. Grizzlies, even with Morant out

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 16, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

Not good enough. Again. For the seventh consecutive game. Through all the lineup changes (including yet another one) and the alternating between falling behind early or collapsing late, defeat has become a constant for the Miami Heat, including Saturday night’s 125-91 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies at FedEx Forum, their most lopsided road loss of the season. The losing streak now seven and the record 29-38, the Heat find themselves nine games below .500 for the first time since the 2016-17 season. As in before Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro arrived. As in before Jimmy Butler was added (and then...

Winderman’s view: Heat put big lineup on hold, with Ware in reserve in loss to Celtics

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 15, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Friday night’s 103-91 loss to the Boston Celtics: – Erik Spoelstra offered the breadcrumbs during his pregame media session. –”I think for us, we’re simplifying,” the Heat coach said. “It really does become about us. You say that a lot, and sometimes that’s a cliche in this league. We have to take care of what we’re doing. We have to get to our identity. We have to really try to impact the game on our terms.” – Identity, as in the known. – As in experimentation on hold. – So the big lineup? – Kel’el Ware back to playing off the bench. –...

Heat humbled in sixth consecutive loss by shorthanded Celtics 103-91

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 15, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — Against an opponent 17 1/2 games ahead in the standings, the Miami Heat gave themselves a chance Friday night. As did the Boston Celtics’ injury report. So against an opponent lacking Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis, Erik Spoelstra’s team got back to stepping up against elite competition, fighting the good fight for extended stretches, just as it had in recent games against the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Minnesota Timberwolves. The upshot, though, was troublingly familiar, this time a 103-91 loss that extended the losing streak to six and dropped the Heat eight...

Winderman’s view: Heat again at a loss with lack of wherewithal from Kel’el Ware

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 13, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Wednesday night’s 119-104 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers: – This was never going to be a straight-line progression. – Not with a 20-year-old rookie still growing into his 7-foot body. – Which is why they call it a learning curve. – So as uneven as it was for Kel’el Ware in Monday night’s loss against Mark Williams and the Hornets, it was arguably worse in Wednesday night’s first half against Ivica Zubac and the Clippers. – So at the start of the second half, Ware was on the bench, with Haywood Highsmith opening the third quarter in his...

Heat already at last season’s loss total as skid reaches five, falling 119-104 to Clippers

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 13, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI – No blown early lead or botched late lead this time for the Miami Heat. Such tend not to be factors when your only lead is 2-0. This time, simply not good enough, even when given the advantage of the Los Angeles Clippers sitting out Kawhi Leonard on the second night of a back-to-back set. Defenseless for extended stretches and unable to find offense beyond the scoring of Tyler Herro and Andrew Wiggins, the Heat’s losing streak now stands at a season-worst five after Wednesday night’s 119-104 loss at Kaseya Center. And it’s not as if it gets any easier, with the Boston Celtics...

Winderman’s view: Couldn’t get worse for Heat? Hornets had other ideas

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 11, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI — Observations and other notes of interest from Monday night’s 105-102 loss to the Charlotte Hornets: – And now cannot even vanquish a 15-49 opponent. – One that now is 16-49 courtesy of the Heat. – Oh, and it gets worse. – Well, technically not worse, because this sure feels like rock bottom. – But tougher, far tougher. – What follows will offer the ultimate tell of where this all is headed for the Heat. – (Is the No. 10 seed actually out of the question at this point?) – The Clippers at Kaseya Center on Wednesday night (8 p.m., make note). – The Celtics at Kaseya Center on Friday...

Heat again blow leads early and late, crumble to humiliating 105-102 home loss to Hornets

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 11, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

MIAMI – There was a time when the Miami Heat backing up a previous performance was a good thing. This is not one of those times. And this has not been one of those seasons. So Saturday night there was an early 17-point lead against the Chicago Bulls that was erased. Monday night, it was a 17-point lead against the Charlotte Hornets that was fully squandered. Saturday night there was an 11-point fourth-quarter lead against the Bulls that evaporated. This time there was an 11-point fourth-quarter lead against the Hornets that disappeared. Against good teams, bad things have happened to the...

Winderman’s view: So, ugh, Cavaliers next for Heat in playoffs?

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 6, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

CLEVELAND — Observations and other notes of interest from Wednesday night’s 112-107 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers: – Put aside the Heat absences for a moment, if that is possible with so many missing faces on Wednesday night. – And then consider the reality of the Heat’s situation. – Even after this unexpectedly competitive fight. – If they do make it out of the play-in round (which appears to be their postseason starting spot again), then it could be Heat-Cavaliers in the best-of-seven opening round. – Such is what happens when you’re not good enough for a good seeding. – (With the Heat...

Shorthanded Heat fight the good fight, but come up short 112-107 vs. Cavaliers despite Adebayo’s 34

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 6, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

CLEVELAND — For weeks now, Erik Spoelstra has stressed the fight of a team fighting to stay afloat in the wake of the Jimmy Butler trade. That fight, against all odds, was on display again Wednesday night from the Miami Heat at Rocket Arena. What wasn’t on display was enough to overcome the odds in what turned into a 112-107 loss to the NBA-best Cleveland Cavaliers. Not only did the Heat enter 21 /1/2 games behind Cleveland in the standings, but had to take the court in the illness/injury absences of Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Andrew Wiggins, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Nikola Jovcic. Eventually,...

Category: Miami Heat