Five On The Floor: Miami Heat/NBA

Phoenix, the team with the NBA's best record, came into Miami and, after the Heat's hot start, bullied the home team for the final 43 minutes.

 

Ethan Skolnick (at the arena) is joined by Brady Hawk for five takeaways, from the rebounding trouble to why they needed Jimmy Butler to whether this may be a good thing in the long run. 

 

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We are not assuming the Miami Heat reach the NBA Finals.

But what if they did?

Which team -- tonight's opponent Phoenix, Golden State, Memphis or someone else -- would give the Heat the most trouble?

Ethan, Alex and Brady make their cases.

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It was Dipo Day at FTX Arena and, after a slow Miami Heat start, it was a success.

 

Ethan (from the arena) is joined by Greg and Brady to discuss the emotions of the evening, and a situation the Heat -- and Victor Oladipo himself -- handled right from start to finish.

 

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At last, Monday is expected to mark the return of Victor Oladipo.

 

Ethan, Alex, Greg and Brady commemorate the occasion.

 

Is this more about this season, or next?

 

What can he add right away?

 

What opponents are most suited to his style?

 

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The Heat defeated the Sixers Saturday night behind strong games from Tyler Herro and Jimmy Butler. 

 

Brady Hawk and Greg Sylvander recap all the action from Miam's victory.

 

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Without Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry and PJ Tucker, the Heat's two young stars made enough plays down the stretch to survive a late Brooklyn Nets rally, a day after Milwaukee came back on the Heat.

 

But for Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo, it was bigger than that. This could be the start of a new direction.

 

The whole crew -- Ethan, Alex, Greg and Brady discuss the duo -- and also the contributions of Caleb Martin, Max Strus, Duncan Robinson and Erik Spoelstra.

 

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The Miami Heat rallied from an early deficit to take a 14-point lead, only to squander all of it and lose to the Bucks by one.

 

Tyler Herro made mistakes late, but he wasn't the overall issue, scoring 30. Gabe Vincent made big shots. Duncan Robinson contributed. But Jimmy Butler's struggles proved too much to overcome. Is that a concern? And will Kyle Lowry's return be enough to finally fix the late game struggles?

 

Ethan, Greg and Brady discuss.

 

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He still doesn't seem to be getting the national attention, even though no one really can do what he does. Should Bam Adebayo be among the frontrunners for Defensive Player of the Year, regardless of how many games he's missed? And what's with the media's lazy annual anointment of Rudy Gobert?

Ethan Skolnick and Alex Toledo evaluate Adebayo's chances, while looking ahead to a challenging rest of the Heat's week, with games against Milwaukee, Brooklyn and Philadelphia.

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A dominant performance by the Miami Heat as they rise to 41-21.

 

Strong nights from Gabe Vincent, Tyler Herro and others.

 

Ethan Skolnick and Brady Hawk were at FTX Arena.

 

Ethan puts Pat Riley's work into perspective.

 

Brady handles the X's and O's.

 

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The Miami Heat remain in first in the Eastern Conference, but now enter one of their most perilous periods of the season. The Bulls, Suns, Bucks, Cavaliers, Warriors and 76ers are all coming up on the schedule.

 

How will the Heat handle it? And if they're the No. 1 seed at the end of the season, will they be considered a "weak one"?

 

Ethan, Alex and Greg discuss.

 

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The Miami Heat made their return from the All Star Break with a convincing win at Madison Square Garden over the Knicks 115-100. 

 

Greg Sylvander & Brady unpack the Heat victory including Tyler Herro looking sharp in his return to action, Bam Adebayo playing dominant defense, interesting things we observed about the rotation & they end with a look ahead to tomorrow back to back at home vs the Spurs. 

 

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Ethan Skolnick and Brady Hawk speak with the Miami Heat's Spanish language voice, Jose Paneda, about the current team, his favorite and players moments from the past 34 years, his regrets about the Ray Allen game call, the best Spanish-speaker in Heat history and his remarkable durability streak -- he's never missed a game call. 

 

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With the NBA's East so jumbled, what are the Miami Heat's easiest playoff paths.

They're not easy to find, but Ethan Skolnick tossed out some options to Greg Sylvander and Brady Hawk. There's a consensus: best to stay out of the Bucks' bracket.

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There are 25 games left in the regular season, and then the Heat will go to the playoffs.

Ethan Skolnick gave Greg Sylvander and Alex Toledo five "upgrades" for five key players the rest of the way. And he let them each pick one above all the others, that would help the Heat reach the NBA Finals. They did not agree.

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As the league's best players put on a show in the All-Star Game in Cleveland, Ethan, Alex and Brady pondered a question:

Which East star is the greatest singular threat to the Miami Heat's chances of reaching the NBA Finals? 

Giannis? Durant? Embiid? Or someone else? 

And why did Ethan change his list?

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