The Miami Heat Have A MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY…

The Miami Heat Have A MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY…

The Miami Heat have a massive opportunity tonight. I am Nick Rolloff. This is the Heat Report by Chat Sports. Hopefully everybody had a good Thanksgiving week. But the Heat have won six straight games. And Tyler Herro officially returned to the Heat lineup on Monday against the Mavericks. And the Heat narrowly escaped both the games on Monday against the Mavericks and Wednesday against the Bucks. But on Saturday, tonight, as we’re filming this, they host the Detroit Pistons, who come into this game number one in the Eastern Conference. They have the best record in the East at 15 and four. Miami has the third best record at 13-6. And although we’ve made a lot of videos describing how the Heat can make an official statement to the NBA, to themselves, and everyone in the sports world, that this is a legit contender in the East, they can do it once again today in this game against Detroit, who by the way have lost back-to back games. I mentioned Miami, winners of six straight. Second largest winning streak in the Eastern Conference. Only team better than them right now is the Toronto Raptors who are winning nine straight games at 14 and five. But I truly do think this is a really good measuring stick. I think Detroit is an excellent basketball team. So much the fact that I actually placed a future on them to win the Eastern Conference back in July. That’s how strongly I felt about the Pistons taking another leap forward this season with Kate Cunningham, Jaylen Duran adding Duncan Robinson among some other players coming off their bench. This is a really good ball club and Miami has exceeded expectations to the highest degree to this point in the season. Can they do it one more time and take down the top team in the East? Because not only would it make a statement that this Heat team can beat anybody in the conference as they’ve already beaten the Cleveland Cavaliers, they’ve already beaten the New York Knicks, they’ve beaten the Philadelphia 76ers, they beaten the Milwaukee Bucks. Like, it would do that, but it would also just showcase how Miami is that legit. And moving to 14 and six on the year would put them one step further into potentially becoming a top two team in the conference. And we’re talking no longer playins anymore. We’re talking where are we being seated, we’re jockeying for position. So when the playoffs officially start in um April that Miami is going to potentially be hosting a playoff series against a team like Atlanta or Cleveland or Toronto potentially in that part of the season. So this is a big-time opportunity for the Miami Heat. And I think if you want to win this game, you’re going to need to see this Heat offense fully regain and get back to where it was prior to Tyler Herro returning because there is a little bit of a difference with this Heat team over the past couple of games. Before we get into that though, if you want the Heat to beat the Pistons today, hit that thumbs up icon. Don’t jinx it. Let’s get a win against the 15-4 Detroit Pistons. But yeah, there’s no sugar coating it. The Heat’s offense has been a little bit different over the past couple of games. Yes, they’ve won both of those games against the Mavericks and Bucks, but they only scored 106 points in each of those two games. Allowed 103 to the Bucks, allowed 102 to the Mavericks. So, narrowly winning those two games after consistently putting up 110, 115, 130, 120 in the games prior to Tyler Herro returning. And a lot of fans are asking, is Tyler Herro the reason why Miami is struggling right now offensively? Is he bringing down this Heat offense? I don’t really know if that’s the case perhaps. Now, there has been some differences obviously and Miami is going to have to have a grace period here because I think a lot of people just expected Tyler Herro to return to the lineup for Miami today and next thing you know, oh, they’re scoring 124 points per game. Oh, it’s going to be 128 points per game. No, that’s not how it works. Like when Hero returns, he’s obviously going to take some spots in the rotation. He’s going to shoot the ball more than some other people. So other guys are losing opportunities to put points on the board. And that’s not any fault to Tyler. Hero is pro proved in the past that he can be an all-star, a 24 point per game scorer. But the part that is going to be the one where it takes time is Miami is going to have to find the way to play in that uptempo speed that they have been the first 15 16 games of the season to where Tyler returns. And it’s not that they’re going to play slow. They certainly have been a little bit slower in the two games with them. But they got to figure out the best way to mesh because now you’re seeing lineups that you haven’t seen this year. The Heat started in that game on Wednesday against the Bucks where they were fully healthy. Da’Von Mitchell, Norman Powell, Tyler Herro, Andrew Wiggins, and Bam. That was the lineup that I expected them to go with, moving where to the bench and moving Larson to the bench. Now, the Heat still did play 10 guys. Nicole Yovic didn’t actually even play in that game, so he might be out of the rotation. Might have to make a video about that in the next coming days. But the point I’m trying to make is it’s going to take some time for these guys to gel. But Tyler looked really good in those two games in my opinion. He got off to a rough start, but he’s averaging 26 and a half points through his first two games. Like that is certainly not a concern. And I just think as the players are meshing and gel together more and more here as the season progresses with Hero back in the lineup, it’s only going to get even better. And we’re going to continue this conversation and talk about another opportunity the Heat have. But this episode is brought to you by Prize Picks. It is the holiday season. Best time of the year for sports. Bowl games, basketball matchups, playoff pushes, it’s all happening at once. And while you and I are out here making decisions every day, what gifts to buy, what to eat, which game to watch, there is one place where it feels good to be right, and that is prize picks. I play prize picks every single day. I’ve had a lot of success with DaVon Mitchell. His more than on points because he’s averaging about 10 a game this season. That’s usually where his projection is, about eight, nine points a contest. They also have a new feature. They have early payouts. 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And then on Wednesday against the Bucks, he had 29 points, seven assists, five rebounds on nine of 15 shooting and going three of five from beyond the arc. Although the fit has been clunky at times because they are still learning where people need to be in the right spots, the meshing, the jelling, but he has bailed out Miami in a couple of tough spots offensively where the Heat are going through a drought or they’re at the end of the shot clock and they don’t have a good set rolling and they just throw it to Tyler and he’s able to create something out of nothing. I mean, his ability to have his touch around the paint, like he gets two feet in the paint, it’s night night because he is either going to stop and hit that little five to seven foot floater, which feels like he makes 90% of the time, or he’s going to draw a defender and lob it to wear or drop it off to KL We still has looked very, very good in this past week, even with Tyler Herro returning and wear heading to the bench. Now, I do think he might start in this game against the Pistons because Detroit goes a little bit big with Jaylen Dur and Isaiah Stewart. So, it could make sense to go with a double big lineup with Bam and Wear and maybe move Da’Von Mitchell to the bench for a game or even move Andrew Wiggins to the bench for a game. We’ll see what Eric Spolster ultimately does, but that’s certainly an option. But I don’t think Hero is going to slow down this offense. Yes, the numbers have gone down over the last two games, but I think it’s way too early to tell this is something that’s going to be here for the rest of the season. I think we got to let it play out, give it two weeks, and once we get into mid December, let’s just say like the 14th or 15th of December, if the Heat’s offense has clearly gone off a decline, there are going to have to be conversations had. Now, there’s also a reason to maybe expect it to go down because they’re playing at such a fast pace. these veterans like Wiggins, Mitchell, Powell might just decline in efficiency because it’s going to take a tear and toll on their body. But there’s a lot of different reasons why the offense could decline. I’m not making excuses for Tyler Hero. I think it’s just way too early to make a statement that he is dragging down this Heat offense because in the last two games, they haven’t put up 120 and 125 points. If this continues over the next couple weeks, okay, then we can diagnose the issue and talk about another problem. And we’ll be here every step of the way. So, make sure you hit that sub button, subscribe to the channel. We’ll be live again on Monday night for the Clippers Heat game. And also, let me know, do you think Hero is slowing down this Heat offense? Y for yes or N for no. But I want to end this show by saying this. The Heat did officially move on in the NBA cup. First time in team history they have advanced from the group stage to the knockout stage defeating Milwaukee on Wednesday moved them to three- one on the year and due to their point differential being so high because they beat the Hornets by 18 they beat the Bulls by like 30 even with that one eight-point loss to the Knicks they still had a what 40 plus 44 49 point differential which ultimately made them the wild card team that the Knicks finished three and one and because they beat Miami they won the group so the Heat made it in as that fourth Eastern conference team, that wildcard team if you will. And the schedule, if you’re wondering, is December 9th. It’s a Tuesday. Miami will go to Orlando, who actually ended up being the number one team in the East in terms of their group play. So, they’ll go to Orlando. It’ll be a 6 p.m. game. And if they win that game, they’ll move on to the semifinals, which is in Las Vegas. They move to four games. And then if they were to win that game, they actually move on to the finals, which would be, I believe, a Tuesday. Um, the next game would be a Saturday in the semifinals for Miami. The teams that they might play is the Knicks and Raptors. They won the two other groups. So, the Knicks and Raptors play that Tuesday. Winners play each other, losers play each other. What do I mean by that? Well, obviously, if the Miami Heat win, they advance to the semi-finals and will play the winner of Knicks Raptors in Las Vegas. But if they lose, they will have a different schedule because Miami still obviously has to play an 82nd game because they all lot two games in this kind of stretch. And if you make it to the finals, you just play a 83rd game that doesn’t count in the standings or the stats in the NBA. It just is its own random game that the teams play to potentially win the NBA Cup and make money. But here are the situations. If the Heat lose and the Raptors beat the Knicks, Miami will play the Knicks in New York on December 14th at 700 p.m. Eastern time. If the Heat lose and the Knicks win, Miami will host the Toronto Raptors on December 15th at 7:30 p.m. So, those are the two scenarios. Either Miami wins and plays the winner of Knicks Raptors in Las Vegas in the semifinals or Miami loses, they will play the Knicks in New York if they lose. If the Raptors lose, it will be in Miami. So, there is an opportunity if the Heat lose this game and the Knicks lose. The Heat will only play 40 home games this year rather than the usual 4141 split. So, we’ll see here how this ultimately goes. But either way, uh, fun game tonight on tap between the Heat and Pistons. We’ll be here tomorrow with another video. Little bit of a hiatus due to the Thanksgiving week. Hopefully you all had a good holidays and we ramp up our coverage here on the channel once again. So, hit that sub button and let’s get a win tonight against the Pistons.

Miami has won six-straight games and host the Detroit Pistons on November 29th, 2025. Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS and use code CLNS and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! The Heat’s record is third-best in the Eastern Conference, 13-6, and the Pistons come into town with the best record in the East, 15-4. Miami has an opportunity to make a statement by taking down the Pistons and force the NBA world to look at the Heat as legit threats for the NBA Finals. Tyler Herro returned to the Heat lineup earlier this week as Miami got two wins against the Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks. Miami’s offensive statistics have went down with Herro returning which has caused many Heat fans to question if Herro is bringing down this Miami Heat offense.

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Tyler Herro stats:
Vs. Dallas Mavericks: 24 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 12/18 FG, 0/2 3P
Vs. Milwaukee Bucks: 29 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB, 9/15 FG, 3/5 3P

The Miami Heat advanced in the NBA Cup to the knockout stage. This marks the first time Miami has advanced, and they will play the Magic in Orlando on December 9th, 2025 in the quarterfinals.

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