[Game Thread] Miami Heat (24-22) @ Phoenix Suns (27-18) – 01/25 8:00 pm ET

9 comments

1. Let’s get this win !! No Booker , Heat by 14

2. I expect a tough game. 3rd game in 4 days

3. No Booker so obviously will be L for us with some RSHK performance

4. Im betting for Phoenix. An L to complete the puzzle WLWLWLWLW

5. 3-2 road trip let’s go

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7. Let’s sweep the Suns and win the hottest matchup of the year

8. We seem to be fully embracing a “live by the three die by the three” offensive strategy which honestly….isn’t the worst choice. Even the best perimeter defense can get burnt by you making threes.

   I’m oversimplifying a bit but with this strategy we can theoretically beat anyone or inversely be beat by most teams. Also we aren’t the only team doing this which means that if the other team hits their threes our perimeter defense can’t stop it either…

   Like heres a comparison of the jazz and thunder games we won and the blazers game we lost.

   Like for the thunder game(won 122-120) last Saturday the team

   Went 20/50 on their threes, the thunder went 13/29 on threes.

   However we scored 40 points in the paint, thunder scored 50.

   Against the blazers(lost 110-127)

   We went 9/45 from three, the blazers went 20/50(ironically) we scored 60 in the paint the blazers scored 52.

   For the jazz game(won 147-116)

   We went 19/47 from three, scored 54 points in the paint whereas the jazz went 7/25 from theee and had 70 points in the paint against us.

   These are just basic stats but i thought posting this pattern might reduce frustration in our wild swings.

   Let’s see how this works with the suns…

   TLDR: we seem to be in live by the three die by the three mode and if we are making threes we seem to be living with paint points on defense.

9. Regardless of who wins or loses, at one point the suns are gonna go on a run and Spo will call a timeout. Then the first commercial that will play on the fanduel broadcast is the “price-ito” commercial

   That combination is always soul draining