POSTGAME REACTION: Miami Heat at Philadelphia 76ers, 2/14/24.

POSTGAME REACTION: Miami Heat at Philadelphia 76ers, 2/14/24.

And and really instead of out quicking him really using almost a bully ball mentality yeah man coach just decided to throw me the ball today all right before and then you guys found a little bit of a in the fourth just look about just taking over there that fourth

Quarter and that heading guys step up and making key rebounds and getting key shots yeah I think uh you know in the second half our commitment defensively um was much more to our identity and you know after that first time out in the game they were on their

Way to a 50-point first quarter 200 point game uh that was not going to be a great formula for us I told the guys in the Huddle I’m not sure we we’ll try but I’m not sure we can score 2011 points um you know the way they’re it was just so

Easy at the beginning but uh at halftime we we um regrouped and um you know I was encouraged to see the commitment you know to do the tougher things um defensively and you saw a lot of those plays in the last six minutes of the game multiple efforts uh it’s not easy

With maxi and healed um you know they create a lot of different triggers and overreactions uh and then you know the rebounding this is a very good offensive rebounding team and we were able to get a lot of those uh in traffic you know down the stretch and um you know that

Kind of gave us some um a little bit of um of airspace to be able to to execute on the other end without so much pressure but guys uh you know made some big plays and um H’s tip Jam was a big one um it was a winning

Play for sure Tyler and Bam uh you know the last two games were um you know really good just playing winning basketball on both ends of the court and I I can’t see without my glasses so I don’t know what the numbers are but um you know that’s that’s winning

Basketball with three rotation guys out it’s not about the numbers it’s about caring the wind and about doing things on uh both ends of the Court which uh they did Eric when heith gave you tonight was big yeah he was really good defensively you know that that’s and

He’s put together three straight games defensively where he’s had a massive impact uh on the game and whether it was man or Zone um it just you know his discipline um his wingspan his ability to move his feet uh I think was allowing us to be able to Corral the ball uh a

Little bit easier so it wasn’t there wasn’t the necessar the necessarily straight line drives um and then he hit a big three you know in the in the fourth quarter and I love the fact that he stayed with it he missed you know some open ones didn’t get discouraged by

That and when we really needed him to knock down one um you know based on how they were guarding him he he hit a big one and the two free throws uh as well you know basically to to create a little bit of Separation The energy in the

Defensive end but you could also see that energy on the offensive glass at the end six offensive rebounds in the fourth quarter I think the last few points were Second Chance points just that commitment and relentlessness to play it to the Finish yeah you know we

Talk about it all the time that you know there’s a little bit of a of a conflict of you know what the narrative is and what what gets celebrated you know unfortunately uh you know people just want to see big scoring individual scoring in nights uh but those are

Winning plays you know Bam’s uh offensive rebounds you know those those extra possessions uh were huge for us and Himes with the tip dunk uh was big both Hae uh bam and K LOVE were really grappling uh on the defensive glass in in the zone you know the shot would go

Up and they would crash three three guys well you have to go body to body there’s going to be three yards and a cloud of dust and somebody’s got to come up with the ball and and we were able to come up with the ball quite a few times uh down

The stretch and um and then it was fitting that uh you know bam was able to get the offensive rebound that kind of kind of sealed it down the stretch it’s been eight solid games in a row six wins competitive in all of them Beyond just defending better which obvious of your

List beyond that which is a huge part of it what else has pleased you yeah I’m not I’m not going to skip over that because uh you know sometimes you have to go through that uh NF season where you have to deal with your harsh realities we were not defending you know

The way uh we needed to and we were losing games because of it and at after a certain point do you get sick and tired of being sick and tired of losing uh and the pain of losing and then you work towards solutions that was the lowest hanging fruit for us was to

Commit to defend and do tough things uh do things with physicality with force with toughness and multiple efforts and that’s now 7 eight games where we’ve done it um and and committing to it and some of the games have been great offensively some of them have been you

Know average but we’ve been able to win games either way you know with that uh and I think that’s the key takeaway from this uh but you know from the other uh side of it uh different guys stepping up uh and making plays offensively in the moments of Truth uh and sometimes you

Know if you want to do and Achieve great things uh in this league uh you you have to show up in in big moments for your team and we’ve had a lot of those moments uh in particular this last 48 hours and speaking of stepping up with

The guys out Duncan steps in a start or what he’s done in the last two maybe even three games for you just the way he can sort of ignite things or even settle things with this series he’s been uh fantastic uh with his shooting uh with his movement uh creating

Overreactions uh he’s basically been doing it all uh and then defensively he’s been you know so so um you know disciplined and detailed uh whether we’re in the man or the Zone he’s been making great progress there and uh whenever Duncan Robinson is on the floor for us our offense finds a way

To look better it looks better it feels better uh it helps all of our main guys uh and then when you need him to make a big play he’s he’s found a knack you know to be able to do that all right thank you have a great

Break how much of a relief is this um and just how good does it feel if you’re going to go into an 8 day break might as well do a winning six of eight right um it feel feels good um couldn’t say it any better than you you know like you

Said you you um you want to manage the highs and lows of a season but you know they come regardless um and uh I think we weathered it well and you know there’s no better way to go into a break than how we how we are right now off a

Two game win streak on on the road um against two really good teams tonight was just trying to get away from the Sixers in a game that had so many lead changes uh so many ties what was key down the stretch to get the win uh I

Mean we just wanted to make it ugly honestly just figure out a way how how we can get um get ourselves in a position to to win the game at the end and uh we did we had a really good end of the third quarter we were able to

Pull away a little bit um and then kind of just back and forth throughout that fourth and made a few more plays than them at the end to get the win you’ve been on a real three-point rle recently this is sort of a different game today

Was more of an attack mode game for you the three wasn’t there but you were able to get to the rim hit the floater get I guess I’ll call it your two-point game going also but how important was that for you when the three’s not going to

Find another way uh yeah I think just trying to be aggressive um you know it wasn’t easy getting getting up we got here late last night to be able to to um get rest on on your body you know my body didn’t feel great but to come in

Here and just find any way to get the win

The Miami Heat defeated the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday by a score of 109-104. Hear from Bam Adebayo, coach Spoelstra, and Tyler Herro on the win!