What the Miami Heat Can Learn From Opening Night Loss to Magic | Locked On Heat
The Miami Heat faced unexpected challenges as Jimmy Butler took on a surprisingly low-profile role, raising questions about his involvement in the team’s evolving strategy. With the Heat’s new offense struggling to find its rhythm, key players like Butler and Bam Adebayo are navigating their positions within this fresh setup. Meanwhile, Terry Rozier’s defensive performance left much to be desired, as he struggled to maintain intensity against the Orlando Magic’s physical play.
Wes Goldberg and David Ramil review the film from opening night and offer some fixes.
00:00:00 Intro
00:06:11 Jimmy Butler’s performance and usage concerns
00:12:14 Defensive breakdown and key players’ performances
00:24:52 Upcoming game against the Charlotte Hornets
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6 Comments
Lol, don’t take for granted and talk shit about your superstar in front of the whole world after he carried you to 2 finals and 3 ECFs in 4 years.
We had beaten the Magic nine straight times at home. We had one bad quarter and Magic were due. This hyperventilating from one loss is amateur.
Maybe Terry is confused, at first yall wanted him to score, now yall want him to play PG. Which is it
Jimmy is a iso player he gets his own bam need to get in position to score he barely creates his own shoot terry needs to get more involve with getting them in position to score like nico bam or find tyler cuz jimmy is just going to get the ball and iso most of the time
Rozier shouldn’t bring the ball up; Rozier shouldn’t take the most shots; Rozier shouldn’t be playing point guard; Rozier should be coming off the bench
You watched the game again and didn’t notice what Spo did with the lineup in the 2nd quarter?
The entire team better get chewed out in that film session with jimmy and bam leading the forefront. Got finessed into thinking we were in the clear after watching the pre-season. Bought tickets to opening day and was absolutely embarrassed to be a heat fan 🤦♂️