[Post Game Thread] The Miami Heat (19-12) defeat the Golden State Warriors (15-16), 114 – 102

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1. A Spoelstra coached team is a well oiled machine no matter who the personnel. Like robots, just high quality insync. Kerr got spanked by Spo

   No way Moody still be here post trade deadline. It’s a pity to lose him but he’ll have a long solid career, guy stays forever ready.

   Really hoping we don’t go on another losing streak after losing to the Nuggets again

2. We got absolutely outplayed. Plain and simple. Can barely blame the refs. They even gave us some calls

3. We’re totally gonna end the Pistons’ streak next week aren’t we lol

4. We were poop offensively today, unfortunate.

5. Did the warriors gave their players expired cookies for Christmas?

6. Ah yes the .500 teams special.

   1. ⁠Be 4 games below .500

   2. ⁠Win 5 in a row.

   3. ⁠Lose a couple in a row.

   4. ⁠Rinse, repeat

   This team ain’t it.

7. Moses Moody needs more minutes

8. Pain.

9. What an awful shooting performance

10. Is this season more frustrating than last season or vice versa?

11. Any time they play a decent team, the roster construction gets exposed.

    JK’s 6 turnovers in a quarter were a terrible look after talking to the media.

    Changes need to be made, I just know how they can do it with the salary cap and luxury tax situation.

    Wiggins continues to be a big concern. His defense has regressed and his shooting is still missing.

    I’ve been taking a lot of heat tonight with the notion of me refusing to criticize Steph. That’s not true. He was very bad

    I’m not trying to not criticize him. But to not expect regression at his age at some point is just not based in reality

12. 24.2% on 33 threes says it all tbh

13. Steph played like a total coward. People pay good money to go to Chase and watch him and he put 0 effort in the first quarter and then thought he could flip the switch and just bricked shots left and right while playing terrible defense. Hes done this multiple times this year and its gotten overlooked because of all the problems this team has but he has to be called out at this point.

14. Hard to win games when Steph and Klay are slumping.

    JK with his quotes only to come out next game and go back to his habits lol good for Steve that he actually let him play through those mistakes.

    Everybody calling for JK and Wiggins to play together, are we good now? Do we understand they shouldn’t be on the court together?

    As wild as it sounds I actually see Moody more of a mini Dray, if only he could handle the ball and be a better playmaker it would be a game changer.

15. When are we going to accept that this team is just not good?

16. Warriors just don’t have enough top end talent and have offense limited players. No one can create outside of Steph. No one can dribble or shoot consistently. The scheme doesn’t help either.

    Warriors failed to score at least 30 in each quarter today. 24th in the league in fg% lmao

17. I’ve been watching this team since the early 2000s so trust me when I say I’ve seen some shitty warriors basketball. I can handle losing. I can’t handle talented players sleepwalking through the motions of a game they don’t give one fuck about. Be better, guys.

18. Luka going to drop 50 on Saturday

19. changes are incoming

20. Don’t you find it bizarre that almost every Dubs game, the opponent team always has a non-star player on fire??

21. We suck ass

22. MDJ gon be at it like a 13yo at his first Pokemon trade lol

23. At least we got blowned out early so we can rest the starters. Mike got his work cut out for him because not only he needs some trades but also we need a staffing change because this team is clearly poorly coached. Keep Kerr but Kenny needs to go or get demoted because we need a real assistant coach. This ain’t it.

24. Moody plays a key part in getting the game close with his effort and defense just for Kerr to not play him until the team is down 20 midway the fourth period. Let’s play Wiggins right? Maybe he remembers he’s a basketball player!!

25. The Warriors missed a ton of easy looks and Bam made one of the most ridiculous tip ins of the season. Sometimes it’s not your night.

26. Talent / Effort / Coaching

    Where’s the problem?

27. I will give Kerr the benefit of the doubt 9 times out of 10, but this game was truly the most frustrated I’ve been with his decisions since the Lamb BS. This game would have looked so much different had Moody been given the minutes he deserved in that second half. Steve has been preaching all season (because it makes sense) that those who play the best in the first half will get continued run in the 2nd half. Kuminga should have been benched after his first 3 TOs and not only was he not, after committing 6 of the Warriors 9 TOs (which the Heat converted into 9 points; that’s 9 pts directly from Kuminga turnovers, not the 9 total Warriors TOs) in the first half, he started the 2nd half and then proceeded to receive 11 minutes and Moody didn’t see the court until Kuminga was finally subbed out mid-4th (because Moody and Kuminga don’t work together on the court any better than Kuminga and Wiggins do).

    Kerr’s decisions this game flew completely in the face of everything he’s preached and stuck by all season and I’m genuinely confused. On top of all of that, he did his don’t call any timeouts as the opposing team’s lead gets out of control and instead let them figure it out schfick he sometimes does when he’s not really chasing a win and again, I don’t get it. We were 15-15 and there was not a single minute this game where we played controlled ball, that’s not a game you go with the “let them figure it out” strategy. This game felt like last season all over again in terms of in-game coaching vibes, and it’s the first time I’ve felt that this season and it was just bizarre. I’m not concerned from a larger picture standpoint, but this game was genuinely genuinely frustrating.

    Sidenote: want to point out a trend I’ve been noticing for the last several games, and which stuck out like a sore thumb tonight – Steph’s shooting splits with Kuminga on the floor are horrid. Since Kuminga was moved to the starting lineup, Steph has shot 40.8% overall and 36% from 3 for an average of 22.7 pts while playing an avg of 33 mpg. His shooting splits before that? 48% overall, 43% from 3 and an average of 29.5 pts per game while averaging 33 minutes per game. Tonight, the only quarter Steph played any extended stretch without Kuminga was in the 2nd quarter – he played 6 minutes without Kuminga and scored 10 pts going 2/3 from 3 and 4/5 from the line. The rest of his minutes tonight (all but roughly 2 mins – Steph’s last stretch in the 4th – of which were with Kuminga lineups)? 1/12 overall, 0/5 from 3, and 1/1 from the line.

    For all those that were criticizing Kerr for his comments about Kuminga needing to swing the ball more and get it out of his hands quicker and hit Klay and Steph when they’re open, this is exactly why he said that. When he doesn’t, the shot quality available to Steph if/when he does finally get the ball, is infinitely worse than it could and should have been. Not to mention Kuminga is never setting screens or moving when he doesn’t have the ball/after he gets rid of the ball, which makes it much harder for his teammates to get a decent shot off – namely Steph and Klay, because they’re the ones actually doing the brunt of the work to get good open looks for themselves and others with all of their off ball movement but in order for that work to ultimately be successful, it requires their teammates to set screens for them and/or cut to open up space, not stand in the corner.

    Klay also played 24 of his 25 minutes with Kuminga tonight, which is frustrating given he’s the one that thrives the most on flying around screens set for him. Also not for nothing, but Klay managed to attack the basket just as much as Kuminga did tonight – and got to the line twice, as a result. With Kuminga’s athleticism, there should never be a game wherein he and Klay are applying equal amounts of rim pressure, especially when they play all of their minutes together (ie neither had more or less opportunity than the other).

    *rant over* 😭

28. We are old and slow while struggling to adapt to the new nba we fumbled our previous draft picks. We are being coached like we are back in the dynasty infamy. Adapt or die win now or commit to rebuilding. If we don’t infuse our youth seemingly with older guys we are done done.

29. I feel like the warriors don’t teach how other people can find their own shots. It’s just look for curry or Klay. There’s no randomness because the defense can just wait until it’s late in the shot clock for one of them to try and iso. They’re too old to provide any speed and it’s not as hard to defend them anymore. I feel like the defense doesn’t even need to worry about defending in the paint

30. Kerr is being a moron. He is minimizing our weakness by playing Looney with Steph & Klay instead of trying to maximize our strength by playing TJD with Steph & Klay. Whatever gravity advantage Steph & Klay creates, Looney cancels it. A genuine roll to rim threat will unlock Steph & Klay. Teams completely ignore Looney on offense unless he is near rim. Steph & Klay are old now, they can’t keep making up for Dray & Looney’s offensive limitations.

31. Andrew Wiggins might be my least fav warrior. Def my least favorite to watch . Dude just mails it in every day & collects a kings ransom.

32. No draymond, no heart

33. my GOAT needs to actually try. For the love of god. WE need a championship

34. Today’s game is Kerr’s response to Kuminga’s statement I guess. I typically think he will pull players fast when they make a mistake. But we lost the momentum in 2nd quarter because of JK. And Kerr kept playing him to teach him something. This is a winnable game man…

    I sincerely wish we make better use of Moody. JK may be flashier but Moody is more dependable.

35. Need a trade or this season is washed

36. We made fun of them before but we are legit turning into the 2017 Rockets.

    We need to stop living and dying by the three.

    This was JK’s worst showing ever since he started which was a bit embarrassing after that interview.

    Steph and Klay are bricking during the 2nd half.

    Wiggs didn’t turn up today.

    I’m not sure anymore what we can do.

    We got cooked by Herro and Bam by all people…wth?

    And Kerr spent more time texting Spo instead of figuring out what to do with our rotations.

37. Spo dominated Kerr in this game.

    Also, I will ride and die for Looney but we really need to start Saric to space the floor. It would literally benefit every other starting player

38. Steph plays with zero urgency and looks like he’s already on his holidays

39. Why is Saric not getting more shots, he is very efficient

40. Trade wiggs from a huge wiggs fan. Dude is lost in space.