Game Thread: Miami Heat Game Thread for month of January

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It seems like every game we get some players back from injuries but then we lose someone long term -- lets see how it goes today.

 

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Hopefully his vision will be well enough to see the painted area of the court to let him know thats where he belongs especially offensively and should only shoot from that area.

 

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Heat starting again with Dragic and thats it -- lets hope Willie Reed can continue his breakout and that Babbitt continues to stay hot from 3 like last game. The other two need to just stay out of the way.

 

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A very Heat like start to this game -- to be expected with that lineup starting

 

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JJ comes in and is already in form with the turnovers

 

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At least he recovers with a 3 and we have a game again

 

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Down 9 after 1 and this game could go down hill any moment now - heat picked it up late offensively but the biggest issue all quarter has been defense - rightly so with that starting lineup.

 

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Yes, we dearly miss Whiteside on the defensive end in the painted area - but one way to counter that is better half court defense from the first line of defense - But for as good as these guys are offensively - we just have too many defensive liabilities out there right now.

 

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Finally a good defensive stretch and now just down 3 - lets see if it can continue

 

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Only a 2 point deficit after another wild shot from TJ -- we are still in it... for now

 

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Ellington starting the second half in which we are now already down 7 -- Ellington needs to be starting more often

 

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Defense again an issue to start this half

 

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Down 8 and now our collapse is underway

 

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Dragic ejected - he earned it -- when you retaliate - no matter who started it, thats what you get - earned it.

 

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Down 11 just like that -- this one could be a wrap soon

 

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down 11 after 3 and this one is about over

 

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Goran has held back from exploding like he did tonight against refs and other players - lets hope he learns his lesson on how his unnecessary actions hurt the team - they helped us in no way