ESPN reacts to Miami Heat win over Detroit Pistons 118-110 for its 11th win in last 14 games

ESPN reacts to Miami Heat win over Detroit Pistons 118-110 for its 11th win in last 14 games

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The promo code Heat win to enjoy the savings the pizza and the Heat’s victory tonight and this was not easy it was a onepoint game late the heat closed out with four straight Jimmy Butler baskets that’s John crate I’m Eric Reed and John when you’re in a spot like this a tight

Game and you got a close the heat use their two best players to do it bam atab bio had 11 points in the third quarter Jimmy Butler scored 15 in the fourth quarter yeah I thought bam really got the team started in that second half he

Struggle in the first half a bit I thought the size inside of dur in particular was impactful to him but what I like is his teammates and himself uh really fire fired himself up to kind of get it going offensively he was a aggressive looking to attack his

Teammates found him getting uh some easier baskets going towards the rim uh with quick dump off pocket passes where he could finish in the pick and roll getting into that uh dotted line area with some touch and then attacking himself off the dribble where he had a

Foot speed advantage on Duren uh I love uh anytime they go over to top and find bam on the move so third quarter was so important then about the fourth it was Jimmy Butler time 15 points in that fourth quarter but Jimmy was really special there when five of 10 an 8 for

Eight from the free throw line really they went to him time and again which is exhausting and he made plays over and over again including this triple which really wrapped the game up in the Heat’s favor you you Jimmy Butler you don’t have to check the calendar just look at

Jimmy and you know what time of the season it’s it it is little Marsh Madness Butler style he finished tonight with 26 points eight assists six rebounds couple steals s extended his steel streak to 14 straight extended his three-point streak with at least one and now 15 consecutive games this was really

Important game for Miami when you’re in a race like the heater in and you look at your schedule you see percentage wise it’s the second easiest schedule left in the NBA second only to the Celtics you got five games left now four against the Pistons and the Wizards J those are

Those are opportunities you don’t want to pass up you you got you’ve got to just sweep through the games you’re supposed to win you’re supposed to but that doesn’t mean it’s a sure thing I mean this Detroit team to their credit uh has played much better after the

All-Star break they’re playing uh like the more experienced team they are now with a lot of these rookies and second and third year guys getting tested and uh they played that way they played with confidence they played very hard uh and where you really see the separation is

In the fourth quarter where they don’t have that closing package they don’t have that go-to guy like a Jimmy Butler to be able to score a really important baskets I think they’ve really added uh to their roster I thought fonia was a great pickup for them because he’s a guy

Uh who really does what they don’t have people on that roster do and that’s make threes so that gives them that counter to a guy like a cade C Cunningham uh who can mix it up inside and mid-range and then some of their bigs who finish

Inside so I think this team uh we’re going to see him a bit more here as we close out the season uh they’re going to continue to to battle whoever they’re playing we will see them twice not next week but the week after two games in a

Row in Detroit let’s transition back to the heat you know they’re missing Tyler hero right now so who steps up guys like Duncan Robinson Caleb Martin and the night Terry Rosier was a big part of that Johnny Played his best late he finished with 17 points and look like

The Rosier of old yeah I thought some of the decisions he made were so important and we saw early him getting his offense going loves that left hand DRM a lot like dwade of pulling it back to get his feet set and and shoot the jumper uh he

But he looked so comfortable stepping into a few of the shots that he got uh and then down the stretch his decision making to me uh was was really important this time he got all the way to the basket with that right hand and then he

Got to a a dribble where he dropped it off and found Duncan for an open three so you’re going to look at the numbers there you see the 17 points but the seven seven assists were equally important including that drop off pass that he found Duncan with uh towards the

End of the fourth you know Miami came into the game seventh in the East Orlando was ahead of them the magic won at Charlotte tonight but two other teams ahead of Miami coming into the game Philadelphia lost at Brooklyn 112 to 107 and the Knicks lost at home to Atlanta

116 to 100 so look at the standings now 4 through seven all four of those teams have 26 losses the Sixers drop from fifth to 7th the heat moved to sixth a half game behind the leaders in this back New York and Orlando what a finish

We’re going to have over the final 21 games of the Season every game so extra meaningful and John you’d rather have a season like the Celtics are having way ahead of the pack but this is exciting every game has meaning every game has intensity and consequences and it’s

Really a perfect ramp up toward what we’re all looking forward to the NBA Playoffs where you want your team to be is getting healthier and getting better and starting to improve and that’s what we’re seeing from Miami I mean they are winning games here going into the

All-Star break and now coming out of the All-Star break coach SPO has everyone playing as a group effectively everyone understanding the roles we’re seeing the defense really pick up they were the second best team in defensive rating coming out of the allar break and that Trends very well for Miami as they find

Ways down the stretch then to score their offense with that stingy defense couple challenging games ahead for Miami they’ll play three games on the next four nights in Dallas Thursday night game that’s on TNT the Mavericks right now are trailing 86 to 74 at home to Indiana early in the third quarter and

We’ll see the much improved Oklahoma City Thunder they are near the very top of the Western Conference standing so two challenging games will be sitting in Dallas watching that game along with you and then we’ll see you Friday night from OKC for heat Thunder basketball final score again the night hope you enjoyed

Miami’s 35th win of the season the heat defeat the Pistons 118 to 110 Heat paskall returns Friday night when the Heat play the Thunder in Oklahoma City our coverage begins with Heat live at 7:30 game will tip at 8 here on Bley Sports sign on the balet sports app Thursday’s game against Dallas will only be seen on TNT in the heat

House here’s what’s coming up on the program we’ll get you disposed press conference in moments Ron’s going to rewind and just few Amy’s working on her angles present in a little bit and we’ll take a look back at Family Festival fundraising for the Miami Heat chel fund that raised over $500,000 with Ron rosin I’m Jason Jackson and we were talking I mean early this afternoon about what this piston team is you know a little bit about what Monty Williams has gone through as a coach and what a team can do once you get through the rigers of it and you’re

Really trying to push and develop and grow you create Knights like this for teams like the Miami Heat well this is the NBA and uh there there there are no easy games really and some are obviously let’s be realistic but these are all professional players now this piston

Team started out horribly the 27 or 28 game losing streak and and some of the games were just 255 and 30 40p point blowouts to see where they were earlier this year to see where they are this last third of the Season it it’s dramatic the

Improvement uh I lived it I went through it myself for three years the first three years of the franchise and I can tell you how draining and how hard it is and uh coach Monty Williams and this piston group has my admiration and respect to see where they’ve come from

And how hard they continue to play and how much better they have gotten yeah they made a couple of moves adding the fono kid is definitely going to help because it gives him a a stroker from outside which everybody can use and um but they continue to battle I saw them

Lose a close one to Orlando a heartbreaker to the Knicks you know know these games are so much closer but the hardest thing to do with a young team is to close it and we got the ultimate closure so so be it more on him in a moment as we take a look

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ESPN reacts to Miami Heat survives for a 118-110 win over Detroit Pistons for its 11th win in the last 14 games

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