Terry Rozier has found his rhythm – ESPN on Heat beat Knicks 109-99 to improve East playoff outlook

Terry Rozier has found his rhythm – ESPN on Heat beat Knicks 109-99 to improve East playoff outlook

Tonight’s riveting victory over the Knicks you get 50% off regular menu price items tomorrow on your online order at Papa johns.com or on the app and on the promo code Heat win to enjoy the savings the pizza and a heat victory over the New York Nets New York Falls to

44 and 31 one the night with embiid back in the lineup Maxi didn’t play but they beat the Thunder Indiana was idle tonight the Pacers play at Brooklyn tomorrow they are a half game out of the Heat even in the Lost column and now just seven games left in a season that

Continues to entertain and keep you guessing and and keep you involved joh this was this was a wild game because the heat LED for most of the night they had a 12-point fourth quarter lead they they fell behind by a point late in the fourth quarter and yet they had enough

To come back and win with with big big Boost from Jerry Rosier well you know important win for in a couple ways first of all to win at home where Miami struggled at times next thing to me that that jumps out is beating a quality team Miami’s been able to take care of

Business and beat the teams they’re supposed to they’ve struggled at times against these teams that are in the upper etron and the eastern and western conference good win tonight uh and and really I I like the way they were able to build on their defense and then offensively execute down the stretch

Defensively they made things really tough for Jaylen Brunson this guy’s an outstanding player I mean he’s a top 10 player uh but his ability uh to be limited by by what the heat were doing defensively was really important and then being able to execute offensively you know down the stretch in particular

Shows you what a great player Brunson is he he finished with 20 points and 10 assists yet he made only five of his 18 shots and he he did have some turnover issues tonight W with five but but for Miami again the the 12-point lead in the fourth quarter disappeared they were

Actually down by a point and then put together a game-winning run that was important I again I think these are moments that you can really build upon and Heywood High Smith boy that’s a big time shot for him he’s one of those guys that stepped up you expect to Jimmy and

Bam you know to be productive but Haywood heith was outstanding in this game scoring and defending uh being able to come down with rebounds and Terry roier the same Big Bam able to step in and find the open area this was going back and fourth here defensively gritty

On the ball and helping Force 14 turnovers and again so hard for Brunson really to get clean looks um making extra dribbles here as Steven shenzo and he winds up turning the basketball over there after a shot block uh Miami making shots they had to E I mean Terry roier was

Just outstanding starting the game scoring the basketball but in that fourth quarter he had to make that shot he had nothing going on with a short clock his confidence level right now is high yeah before we get to roier and he had a storybook now he made eight threes

And including some of the biggest shots in the game but on the heat defense tonight is is physical as energetic as Relentless as we’ve seen them all year yeah suffocating and it’s multiple guys it’s not just any one guy I that’s what was exciting to me we saw Jimmy Butler

On Jaylen Brunson Caleb Martin Haywood heith bam aabo and it’s not just one on one on Brunson overall they were really good Shoring up the paint closing out when they could you know this is a good team that can really spread you out we saw Divan chenzo do that making threes

Miami didn’t hang their head they hung in there uh and and battled and didn’t give up those offensive rebounds that that was a major concern this is the number one offensive rebounding team in the league New York to complete defensive positions you got a block out come down with the basketball Miami did

That all night long you know the Heat have gotten used to playing without one of their best offensive players Tyler hero and a guy that that’s gotten him over that hump in so many ways is Terry Rosier John what a night for Terry what a stretches has been for Terry three of

His best games with a heat scored 27 twice including at Washington had the Third 34 tonight 8 threes most by a Heat player this year third time Terry has tripled eight times this season the first two occasions came with Charlotte but tonight he went 10 of 15 from the

Field eight of 11 from three and yet it was an assist to Bay out of Bio late in the game that showed you Terry’s true worth that he’s not just a guy that’s points at all costs he really plays the game well and plays it the right way

Reading the game right and reading the right defense what the defense is doing to make the right play he made some incredible offensive plays where he had to shoot the basketball and score that particular uh Play You’re referencing he read that he had a Chua drawn over and

Dropped that ball right where uh bam needed it for that 14ot jump shot that really was important uh that’s you know part of his game that I that continues to impress me he’s not a one U mentality guy hey I got to get the shot up I got

To score he’s reading the defense and and that’s a very complete player there that uh we’re getting to see but to me the Comfort I talked about this in the pregame the comfortable vibe that he has right now fitting in with everybody early on he was trying to make everybody

Happy I thought at times deferring maybe a little too much not right now he he’s really finding his rhythm when to shoot when to pass reading the defense um a lot of positive things that he’s doing right now he’s a real threat out there making defenses now really about him on

Top of bam and Jimmy an excellent Edition Terry Rose here was cost the heat a guy we really respected and Kyle Larry but Terry paying back heat Nation night after night tonight his best night with a Miami Heat this was a real good night to be a Heat fan this season

Getting better and better with each game in our next game another Eastern Conference Showdown the Sixers will come to Miami with Joel embiid they will come to Miami trailing the season series two games to one Stakes keep getting higher John Miami could maintain their advantage really put Philly two and a

Half games behind them and take the season series if they could win that game on Thursday night but we will see embiid with oh the big B’s going to be here Joel embiid and remember he was the MVP a year ago because of his ability to really score the basketball he also

Defends that Rim well for them uh looked like from what I was tracking on the numbers he’s he’s really uh playing a lot of minutes on the Philly side and pretty efficient with what he’s doing so we’re going to see the you know the full Philly contingent I’m not sure if Maxi

Maxi didn’t play is going to come back and play but you know either way they got they got some other weapons there and and embiid is alone is is quite a guy well we we will look forward to Thurs it but as we we wrap it up tonight

John Crow was on the 96 97 Heat team that beat the Knicks uh to go to the Conference finals for the first time in franchise history it felt great to beat them then it feels it feels good to beat them anytime it really does especially with what happened earlier this year with

Them winning two games one that was really close that Miami had a shot out on the road uh really nice to kind of take that edge back uh against to rewind I mean right now Amy working on the angles with the crew Bam’s biked up tonight can’t wait to listen but first

Bicard oo studio rostine and Jackson side by side just like we are in southern Coral games how are how are you buddy I’m good yeah I bet I bet this was happy time it while it’s three straight wins three different wins three different feelings about them and then this one critical to

Positioning each game is its own drama each game has its own EB and flow um you know there’s certain things that happen tonight that I don’t think are sustainable and if you try and rely on that you know like for example when we shoot more threes and our opponents

Which we did tonight we’re 10 and 13 right when we shoot leries we’re 31 and 20 not to put a damper on it but Terry Terry had a great night tonight about to ask what happens when we make more threes and yeah yeah that helps well

That always helps always okay uh but two of the biggest shots of the night were haywoods three I mean that was a huge coldblooded um that was a courageous shot by that young man it really was and then Terry’s three at the end which was you can’t explain that no that’s just

Being special that’s just exactly that’s what that is that that’s that’s Boston Terry that’s that’s Shaker Heights Terry yeah yeah exactly I take it all the way back to Ohio okay Shake he hi all right hey let’s take a run through how this all went down and the man we’re talking about for

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Terry Rozier has found his rhythm – ESPN on Heat beat Knicks 109-99 to improve East playoff outlook