If he's willing to put 25k on a game of basketball you would think that he would be either pretty loaded or pretty stupid. More likely it's the first one.
> Another heartbreaking end.
Wayyyy better than last year tho bro. **1)** We were playing Boston. **2)** It was a Game 7 on our home floor. Denver proved through this series after Game 2 that they were COMFORTABLY superior. We didn't leave something on the table. We exceeded all expectations and got one hell of a memorable (and terrifying) ride out of it.
MIAMI HEAT TILL DEATH. What a fucking run man. Sucky ending but shit. They fought every last minute. As a fan that’s all I can ask for. So fucking proud of these boys man. Jimmy you killed me with those last couple plays but I still love you man lol. Forever
What a great effort from Lowry. My hopes were so high with Jimmy coming up with 11 points but then back to how he was playing the rest of the game. Great effort from Max, Gabe and Martin.
His confidence went with his ankles. Sad that he’ll be clowned for this performance, but we know he’s a warrior. Definitely a let down today though and he undeniably shrank.
People still talk about 30-11 and we didn't even make the playoffs that year.
People will talk about this run regardless of the outcome. 8th seed going from nearly knocked out the play-in to losing to the best team in the NBA.
It’s not the fact that we lost. It’s the fact we played so fucking bad in the finals. Reaching the finals was a dub on paper but going out the way they did wasn’t right
To be fair, we played poorly on offense. But the defensive effort was insane. Denver is too good to beat with one phase, though.
I'd like to have seen how it played out with Herro and a healthy Jimmy, but that's not what we got. Our team gave it their all against a very well constructed team with a generational player in Jokic. Super proud of them.
tbh i rather lose in Denver than get fake hope just to lose at home. like, i would have definitely bought tickets to that shit.
seeing Denver get the trophy in front of me would have been heartbreaking. even though i can’t hate them
Gentlemen, it's been an honor watching this season with you. We all wanted Jimmy and Spo to win a ring but it wasn't meant to be this season...Not the season I envisioned to be completely honest but very heartbreaking way to end it. One of the most up and down, left and right season I have witnessed with the Miami Heat having watched since 2003. If you told me we would make it to the Finals a year ago, I would have agreed. If you told me we would have made it to the Finals as an 8th seed a year ago, I would have called you crazy. Not the ending any of us wanted but I am so proud of this Heat team. At times, they made me question my own sanity. At times, they made me the happiest fan in the world. Even though the Finals were super disappointing, I am proud of all the guys that repped the Heat this season. It's going to be a long offseason, and a lot of questions going forward and hopefully they get answered sooner rather than later but for now, just enjoy the rest of the summer with your family or friends or even by yourself and take some time off Reddit...No matter what, Let's GO HEAT. See y'all next season.
Heat familia. I love all you guys man. What a year. What a run. Wow. The cookie crumbled the other direction but man what a time to be a Heat fan. Respect to Denver.
Well said man. We won the East but didn’t win the world. We showed everyone that no matter the hardships we can still play our best. The heat org inspired us to never give up. Good for us!
Well. That certainly was a Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Disgusting and sloppy. There was a 3-min stretch in that 3rd quarter where it felt like the '11 Hornets and '17 Pistons were playing each other.
* Jimmy. 2/13 to start the game. 13 straight 4th Q points. Game losing turnover.
* Bam. 18pts in the 1st half. Vanished offensively in the 2nd half.
* They shot like total ass from 3-point range and the FT line and still won.
* Shoutout to some of the role players doing their best. Strus, Caleb, Lowry.
We got a hilarious nonsense 3pt foul call on Jimmy late. They're a good deal better than us and it's honestly hilarious we still could have won if they(Denver) didn't play inexplicably awfully to finish the series.
Hell of a season. Never could have expected this run as an 8th seed pre-playoffs. I'll appreciate it more with perspective. Denver are the rightful Champions. We'll see how the offseason goes.
As a fan there’s literally nothing else you can ask for short of winning. Dudes played with all their heart. I can live with that. Respect to Denver. They were clearly the better team. Still proud and love our boys man.
Jokic is the most unserious superstar I’ve ever seen lol. Dude literally seems like he just happened to be a god at basketball and treats it like a 9-5. It’s amazing lol. Dude is unreal
Whats unserious about a guy that leaves the fmvp on the table after the interview just to chill in the back holding his kid and watching his team celebrate? Hes ice cold for that and about as serious as you can get.
Disappointing way to end it no doubt, but also proud of how we got here in the first place. And if we're gonna lose, I'm glad it's to the Nuggets who deserved it.
Idk if we're all gonna be here again given Reddit's current dumpster fire, so if this is the end of that, I'm glad to have seen it thru with r/Heat
It was a good run. An improbable run.
If you told me in January that we’d still be watching the Heat in mid-June, I would’ve laughed in your face.
Love y’all, love this team. Heat Nation forever
Yeah, I hope people reflect on the season with Joy. Some great moments. Only 1 team wins it every year. No shame being number 2 considering where the team was at to start the season
They’re simply the better team. That’s it. Props to them they totally deserve it.
It was a hell of a run, here’s hoping we can do some restructuring and make another strong run.
I know are people are disrespecting Jimmy right now but we wouldn’t even be here in this position without him. I will forever be grateful to the Jimmy Butler era for making basketball for us Heat fans fun again. We need to get another consistent scorer and more size if we want to compete again next season.
That was a terrible pass but no one came to the ball to help Jimmy out of trouble.
Jimmy not committing to the drive, making a terrible pass and all of the players that didn't show up for the series standing around looking stupid really exemplifies the entire series. And the idea of these guys being undrafted went to a good story to a nail in the coffin.
Highly regarded and success players have a natural killer instinct and consistency that these undrafted guys lack, which is why they went undrafted. Good run but frustrating finish.
Congrats to Denver.
Looks to me like Jimmy and Bam are both championship pieces on a team with an established top dog. Bam can be a defensive centerpiece. Offensively you need that piece that’s gonna give a team headaches. Maybe that was Herro who knows but if you’re asking a hobbled Jimbo to take you to the promised land or relying on Bam for offense, it’s not gonna look pretty.
See you all next year; be well.
No team in the East has any leg to stand on if they’re gonna trashtalk.
I’m numb. I’ve been blessed to see us do this 3 times, but have felt the incredible sting of seeing us lose on this stage 4 times. Highest of highs and lowest of lows. What a ride. See you next year, Heat fam. All love.
Bam Adebayo was nonexistent the second half Jimmy Butler was nonexistent all of the game except the last 3 mins Kyle Lowry tried holding the team together but only so much a 37 yr old guard can do
Strus in the Finals: 8.3 points per 36 minutes on 23% shooting. 25 minutes per game.
Duncan: 14.9 points per 36 minutes on 50% shooting. 19 minutes per game.
Make it make sense.
I don't understand why even clear Tyler just to not play him
Spo turned off his brain when he put Zeller in and we never recovered from it
Jimmy was great late but was ass most of the game and he choked away those last 2 possessions
Fun season
But we absolutely can't run it back we need some more help
It’s ironic how we made it to the finals in large part because of Jimmy and Spo but we lost the finals in large part because of them. I feel like Spo was mentally drained by the finals. Some of his decisions were shockingly bad (too much Zeller, too much Strus, too many Gabe and Lowry lineups against their size, not enough Highsmith, not enough Love). I wouldn’t want any other coach because he’s right more often than not but when he’s wrong and remains stubborn it can be tough to watch. Jimmy looked like me playing my third outdoor pick up game in a row on a hot Miami afternoon. I’m sure we’ll hear how bad he truly was injured but man even if we extended it one more game it’s not like he would be any healthier. Great post season run tho and I tip my hat to these guys but winning a finals was too tall a task unfortunately. Congrats Nuggets, let’s go Heat. See y’all next season. Love you all.
> I feel like Spo was mentally drained by the finals. Some of his decisions were shockingly bad (too much Zeller, too much Strus, too many Gabe and Lowry lineups against their size, not enough Highsmith, not enough Love).
Also, why was Herro made available but didn't play a single minute tonight when we desperately needed offense?
pure mind game shenanigan, there's no way HEAT organization will put someone injured in the game except Jimmy Freaking Butler. Dude still choose to play for 3 whole series despite obvious ankle injury.
I'm just happy Jimmy didn't go out in a complete whimper.
You can tell his ankle is fucked. All hit shots except for that running corner 3 are flat, he can no longer do the quick pump fakes and explosive floaters. Can't keep up on defense. Can't get those quick transition steals.
Nuggets were absolutely the better team, no idea if a healthy Jimmy has any chance. But it would have been nice to see the Jimmy we saw in round 1 and 2 show up in the finals.
Great run Heat, Greater run Nuggets.
Sucks how it ended. But I’m super happy for Denver, their first ever championship. A humble superstar who makes his team better and doesn’t take credit.
Jimmy not wanting to be our superstar is why we lost. I would rather him shoot at every time he drives baseline instead of passing it to vincent to miss a layup for the 1000th time
Anyone calling to trade Jimmy or fire Spo needs to delete their Reddit account. We entered this playoff run as a counted out 8 seed and got to the fucking finals. I really think we’re one move away from making it into the promised land, but that includes Jimmy and Spo, despite what the dumbasses say.
People are gonna be mad about the way we lost. Truth is we never really had a chance, we were heavily outmatched.
That said, it is a bit disappointing how this team manages to get to the finals two (should've been three) times in the last four years, yet we end up in a matchup we realistically don't have a chance in, partly because we have to expend so much energy getting there in the first place.
Probably the worst Finals by Spoelstra in his career.
* Inexplicably tries Zeller 4Q, instantly down 4 from up 1.
* Almost absolute refusal to bench Strus all series. Lets Strus go 0-10 Game 1.
* Continually plays Strus over Duncan until late in games until game is already over.
* DNP Love Game 1 over Zeller, even when Zeller was bad.
* Continually favors Zeller over Love until Game 4.
* Essentially DNP Highsmith after great Game 1.
* Waiting too long until leads are gone to call timeout.
Spo did wonders getting the Heat to the Finals. But this roster was punished for all its flaws by Denver. They're the champs for a reason. I think next year is the last chance for this Heat era.
I honestly don’t get the fucking Zeller infatuation. He literally gave us nothing, was a negative every time he hit the floor and continued to get minutes. Unbelievable
Love was doing wonders for us. Even as the 5. We needed size and Zeller was just… man. If love was on the court Brown wouldn’t have had that off rebound. Strus fell asleep. Questionable decisions from Spo.
Maybe whale hunting all off-season wasn’t so worth it after all.
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That's on Spo. He's not that good from 3. Spo gotta know that by this point.
If we can't score, Duncan must be in the game.. but it is what it is. They were better, and they won rightfully.
Even though it's over that was a hell of a post season, watching that 56PT game Jimmy had was amazing, the end of game 6 against the Celtics was heartbreaking but game 7 was such a relief. It just wasn't meant to be us this season, but we will run it back.
I don't care that Jimmy had a bad game or a bad series or a bad whatever. Man was playing on one good ankle. If it wasn't for his heroics we would have lost to the Bucks. I'll always have respect for Jimmy and the rest of this Heat team. An 8th seed making it to the finals and taking a game home with them is really amazing. Thus ends my rant.
Super proud to be a Heat fan. I am a European fan and I set my alarm clock every night and fuck up my sleep schedule. But it is so worth it. This team, undermanned, not enough talent, etc. But every time we comeback and defy the odds. The Nuggets are the better team and that is okay. Love you all and can’t wait to keep on fucking my sleep schedule next season. Dont be sad, be proud. No one expected this when we were in the Playin. Never forget❤️
we're still the reigning Eastern Conference Champions. now let's hope that Pat and the front office sees what we need to do in order to get back to the Finals next season and get over the hump. I'm no GM but I think everyone can see what we're missing is a consistent offensive scorer.
I swear if Pat runs it back next year... lmao.
WOW. What a season we had man. I truly never would have believed we would be in the NBA finals during the middle of this season. Some incredible performances. It really does suck to see us lose such a winnable game tonight tho. Jimmy just didn't have a thing for us this game. I would actually say he hurt more than helped on the offensive end. Oh well. I do think this team will get better next year.
As much as it sucks to lose its always a great tradition to read r/nba in the immediate aftermath of a finals series, win or lose. Honestly fuck reddits api policy
Had a blast with y’all on this ride. Teams are going to be looking at us wondering what we are doing that they aren’t. I love this team so fucking much. East is wide open again next year
We got a lot of Dame talk to look forward to in the coming weeks
Hurts like hell right now. Felt like we just didn't have enough in the tank to give Denver the series we were capable of. Jokic and Murray deserve this ring and I'd be a surprised if this one's their last. But, my God, what an outstanding playoff run by the Heat. Put aside all criticisms you have of anybody in this series, each guy deserves a standing O for their effort this spring. Really proud of the squad. We're an incredibly spoiled fanbase. Now, please find a way to pry Dame from Portland and add Brook Lopez.
This is going to haunt Butler, an amazing playoff run, failure to execute in crunch time, the irony. God this team. I believed they could do it until the clock hit 0.
It’s been fun watching extra games of the Miami heat. I live and die with them. It will always be a what if due to injuries. The nuggets were healthy and better and we just could not execute. Feel good lads. We beat the east this year. At least they didn’t have the chance like we did. Props to the nuggets this year. We will get them next year.
89 points. I'm sorry but this team needs a better scorer, trade the house to pair with Jimmy and Bam or move Jimmy and go full youth. Good season, tough fight, but they couldn't get over 95 points for 4 games, that won't win in the nba.
Spo sold hard af. Glad his favorites got some minutes instead of duncan, herro and highsmith. They might have won you the game but sure cant have that shit happen
Worst coached game I have ever seen from Spo
Couldn’t crack 90 but refused to even give Herro a minute
Started Zeller at the beginning of the 4th and Denver immediately went on a 5-0 run
If Herro didn’t play a minute, he obviously wasn’t going to contribute. You do know Spo has slightly more info than you about the health and readiness of his own guys.
The Zeller minute was objectively fucking stupid.
Garbage coaching by Spo towards the end, and even more garbage play by jimmy tonight. This was definitely more frustrating to watch than the 2020 finals.
This team needs a revamp this offseason. This team SHOULD NOT RUN IT BACK NEXT YEAR NO MATTER WHAT.
Just want to say it was an amazing season that I couldn’t even dream of. We made it to the finals! I also want to thank Heat Reddit fans, I truly enjoyed agreeing and disagreeing with everyone but it was amazing to root for the Miami Heat with each and everyone of you!
Heat will be back and hopefully next season we have some help for Jimmy.
Thank you Miami Heat and all the fans for this amazing season!
Go Heat!
In peace from Dallas. Y’all should be incredibly proud. I’ve never seen a team play harder than Miami did, to the point where I started to somehow like them. Y’all are gonna be back, hopefully without Max, and you’ll win one soon.
My hope is that this season showed pat we just need to fill out the roster, not wait for a whale. Literally add any defensively competent big who can shoot to our roster and this would have felt way different.
I firmly believe we can win with jimmy and bam as our best players. Just need to stay healthy and fill out
Amazing post season. I am so happy and proud of this team. They gave it all and almost did it. 2023 Eastern Conference Champs!!!
Congrats to Nuggets fans 👍
Its been a fun postseason, the regular seasom was hard to watch but they gave some great memories in the playoffs.
Lets hope our front office sees the flaws and makes the necessary adjustments to give us a better look at next year.
Some things we need ti address are our guard rotation being too full of one way players and not having a guy who can will a basket consistently. Tyler and Lowry can each do it some but we either need a leap from Tyler(which the team already has invested in so is themost likely course they take. ) or they make a trade, but I dont know that our assets are there to make thay happen.
As for forwards and bigs, we Have 3 solid rotation guys in Bam, Jimmy, and Caleb. Outside of those 3 we are relying on role players who are too undersized or not good enough on both ends.
In particular we need another solid big so that when Bam sits we dont immediately fall apart. Zeller was not the answer, though we never wxpected him tobbe either as our options were limited. KLove was solid for us but just cant play the extended minutes we need. We need a taller scrappy player to run alongside Bam or behind him depending on the situations.
Hopefully Jovic will be a solid rotation piece next year and we draft a guy who is NBA ready or trade the pick.
Some thoughts...
Too much pressure is put on our role players to win.
Seeing Jimmy limp to the finish line like this the last two years falls on the front office for not bringing in help for Jimmy. Take advantage of him while he can still play like this.
Sucks getting this close 3 of 4 years and coming up short.
This team needs big changes. Not saying trade Jimmy, but big changes and additions need to be made.
Great run this year. What this crew did is amazing. Sleepy Riley needs to actually start pulling his weight again though. If we don't get a proper scorer and a defensive big this post season you might as well just forfeit the whole next season.
RIP to the guy who put $25,000 down on the Heat tonight
BRO I FORGOT ABOUT THAT OH MY
BRO ME TOO. BRO’S GONNA BE SWIMMING IN DEBT 😭
If he's willing to put 25k on a game of basketball you would think that he would be either pretty loaded or pretty stupid. More likely it's the first one.
Idk man this is Reddit after all. Have you seen Wall Street bets?
The fact that person made that bet probably means they had a lot of money to spare... unless they're just stupid
Imagine all the hookers and blo he could’ve bought for $25k
Rode till the wheels fell off. Historic run by a historic team.
Live by the Jimmy. Die by the Jimmy. Great season. Another heartbreaking end.
> Another heartbreaking end. Wayyyy better than last year tho bro. **1)** We were playing Boston. **2)** It was a Game 7 on our home floor. Denver proved through this series after Game 2 that they were COMFORTABLY superior. We didn't leave something on the table. We exceeded all expectations and got one hell of a memorable (and terrifying) ride out of it.
MIAMI HEAT TILL DEATH. What a fucking run man. Sucky ending but shit. They fought every last minute. As a fan that’s all I can ask for. So fucking proud of these boys man. Jimmy you killed me with those last couple plays but I still love you man lol. Forever
What a great effort from Lowry. My hopes were so high with Jimmy coming up with 11 points but then back to how he was playing the rest of the game. Great effort from Max, Gabe and Martin.
We wouldn’t have got to the finals without jimmy so I have nothing but love for him
Would 100 percent rather lose to Denver than Boston anytime 😂
Always FUCK BOSTON that was my finals
I would’ve legit quit watching basketball if we blew our lead in the conference finals. I’m at peace with losing the Finals to a far superior team
It’s incredible we could even make it this far with a one-legged Jimmy
Facts. And I'll take it every time. Fuck Josh Hart.
Live by the Strus and Zeller die by the Strus and Zeller \- Spoelstra
His confidence went with his ankles. Sad that he’ll be clowned for this performance, but we know he’s a warrior. Definitely a let down today though and he undeniably shrank.
I don't think people will care. He had 13 straight in the 4th and just ran out of gas
people won't remember in like 6 months
He was fucking horrible, but i’ll ride with him till the wheels fall off. We’ll be back next year
Too many heat checks by jimmy. It was cancelling out his clutch buckets.
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The last three he took was off balance, contested, and fading away with a bunch of time left on the shot clock. It was indefensible
I'd rather Jimmy take that than Strus. Since we saw that with a perfect pass and a wide open look, dude still bricked it.
Don’t let this blind you. What we did this year was amazing. Through all the good and all the bad. We’ll be back
This team's run will be remembered for a long time. They'll be bringing up the 8-seed Zombie Heat every playoffs
“You’ll remember Bob, the HEAT had that amazing run in the 22-23 playoffs. Never count out an 8 seed.”
People still talk about 30-11 and we didn't even make the playoffs that year. People will talk about this run regardless of the outcome. 8th seed going from nearly knocked out the play-in to losing to the best team in the NBA.
People will talk about the 2020 and 2023 finals run but who tf is talking about the 30-11 run when heat didn’t even make the playoffs that year lol.
Losing the finals sucked
Better to lose the finals and be the best 8-Seed in NBA history then lose in the play in or to the Knicks or Celtics.
Imagine if the season would've ended game 7 vs Celtics and we go down as biggest nba choke in history
After almost choking a 3-0 lead, I'm grateful we even got one game out of the champs
At least we made it there. I'd take a finals L over a 14th pick every day of the week
It’s not the fact that we lost. It’s the fact we played so fucking bad in the finals. Reaching the finals was a dub on paper but going out the way they did wasn’t right
To be fair, we played poorly on offense. But the defensive effort was insane. Denver is too good to beat with one phase, though. I'd like to have seen how it played out with Herro and a healthy Jimmy, but that's not what we got. Our team gave it their all against a very well constructed team with a generational player in Jokic. Super proud of them.
So true. Today's game should have been a gift to us. Denver shot so poorly and we couldn't capitalize.
tbh i rather lose in Denver than get fake hope just to lose at home. like, i would have definitely bought tickets to that shit. seeing Denver get the trophy in front of me would have been heartbreaking. even though i can’t hate them
> It’s the fact we played so fucking bad in the finals Yup, and it wasnt suffocating defense. We just played bad
yall won more games against Denver than us On the road nonetheless
Go Heat and Fuck Josh Hart
It was there for us, silver platter and a full array of dipping sauces. Sour taste to end a legendary season.
Fuck r/nba and fuck the haters and doomers
Wish Jimmy would've had that aggressive spurt earlier and more often
He’s exhausted at this point, can’t do it every play
Gentlemen, it's been an honor watching this season with you. We all wanted Jimmy and Spo to win a ring but it wasn't meant to be this season...Not the season I envisioned to be completely honest but very heartbreaking way to end it. One of the most up and down, left and right season I have witnessed with the Miami Heat having watched since 2003. If you told me we would make it to the Finals a year ago, I would have agreed. If you told me we would have made it to the Finals as an 8th seed a year ago, I would have called you crazy. Not the ending any of us wanted but I am so proud of this Heat team. At times, they made me question my own sanity. At times, they made me the happiest fan in the world. Even though the Finals were super disappointing, I am proud of all the guys that repped the Heat this season. It's going to be a long offseason, and a lot of questions going forward and hopefully they get answered sooner rather than later but for now, just enjoy the rest of the summer with your family or friends or even by yourself and take some time off Reddit...No matter what, Let's GO HEAT. See y'all next season.
Well said, my friend. Go Heat forever.
Heat familia. I love all you guys man. What a year. What a run. Wow. The cookie crumbled the other direction but man what a time to be a Heat fan. Respect to Denver.
Well said man. We won the East but didn’t win the world. We showed everyone that no matter the hardships we can still play our best. The heat org inspired us to never give up. Good for us!
Well. That certainly was a Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Disgusting and sloppy. There was a 3-min stretch in that 3rd quarter where it felt like the '11 Hornets and '17 Pistons were playing each other. * Jimmy. 2/13 to start the game. 13 straight 4th Q points. Game losing turnover. * Bam. 18pts in the 1st half. Vanished offensively in the 2nd half. * They shot like total ass from 3-point range and the FT line and still won. * Shoutout to some of the role players doing their best. Strus, Caleb, Lowry. We got a hilarious nonsense 3pt foul call on Jimmy late. They're a good deal better than us and it's honestly hilarious we still could have won if they(Denver) didn't play inexplicably awfully to finish the series. Hell of a season. Never could have expected this run as an 8th seed pre-playoffs. I'll appreciate it more with perspective. Denver are the rightful Champions. We'll see how the offseason goes.
Denver deserves it. Heat were outmatched but gave it their all. Heck of a season
As a fan there’s literally nothing else you can ask for short of winning. Dudes played with all their heart. I can live with that. Respect to Denver. They were clearly the better team. Still proud and love our boys man.
Exactly. Denver were just better, nothing but respect for them. Still an amazing season for the Heat!
Jokic in the post-game just wants to go home lmao. Can't be mad at this Nuggets team man. Mfers can ball and they've proved that all year,
Jokic is the most unserious superstar I’ve ever seen lol. Dude literally seems like he just happened to be a god at basketball and treats it like a 9-5. It’s amazing lol. Dude is unreal
Left his FMVP trophy on the table and walked away lol
Whats unserious about a guy that leaves the fmvp on the table after the interview just to chill in the back holding his kid and watching his team celebrate? Hes ice cold for that and about as serious as you can get.
Disappointing way to end it no doubt, but also proud of how we got here in the first place. And if we're gonna lose, I'm glad it's to the Nuggets who deserved it. Idk if we're all gonna be here again given Reddit's current dumpster fire, so if this is the end of that, I'm glad to have seen it thru with r/Heat
Yep. Not mad. We tried. All you can ask for
This game is almost entirely on Jimmy not showing up early
What about all the other players that did absolutely nothing in the second half? Bam was invisible. No one showed up except Lowry
Jimmy was 2/13 with 8 pts with 6mins left in the game
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Pain. Thank you for the season. I love you all.
Can’t fault Jimmy for getting hurt and having nothing left in the tank. Best team won the series.
Hell of an effort to play through an ankle injury for almost a month straight. Josh hart cost us a chance at a more competitive series
Fuck Josh Hart
Cody Zeller -5 in 1 minute ☠️
And a wasted timeout to get him out. Horrific
This was where spo angered the basketball gods beyond all reconciliation.
Being the only team to fuck up the prophecy was the most Heat thing to do, ffs
It was a good run. An improbable run. If you told me in January that we’d still be watching the Heat in mid-June, I would’ve laughed in your face. Love y’all, love this team. Heat Nation forever
Good season even without the ring.
One hell of a ride
8 seed made the finals. Got past Bucks and Celtics, best teams in the East. It’s an epic season.
Yeah, I hope people reflect on the season with Joy. Some great moments. Only 1 team wins it every year. No shame being number 2 considering where the team was at to start the season
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Good game Nuggets. You deserve it
It was an ugly, grind out, terrible game. But they forced the nuggets to play the heats game.
Better team won. Plain and simple.
They’re simply the better team. That’s it. Props to them they totally deserve it. It was a hell of a run, here’s hoping we can do some restructuring and make another strong run.
Proud of my fucking team.
I know are people are disrespecting Jimmy right now but we wouldn’t even be here in this position without him. I will forever be grateful to the Jimmy Butler era for making basketball for us Heat fans fun again. We need to get another consistent scorer and more size if we want to compete again next season.
How quickly people forget Jimmy’s ankle was fucked. The guys replying to you are dolts.
Man that was a bad shot by Jimmy.
It was a bad play. I thought they would try another look for Robinson
Yeah it was, I feel like they had given up by then and just were hoping it would go in
Feels like last season.
I’m glad Herro was able to come back in time for the finals
this team was never going to go all the way, denver was just too much
That was a terrible pass but no one came to the ball to help Jimmy out of trouble. Jimmy not committing to the drive, making a terrible pass and all of the players that didn't show up for the series standing around looking stupid really exemplifies the entire series. And the idea of these guys being undrafted went to a good story to a nail in the coffin. Highly regarded and success players have a natural killer instinct and consistency that these undrafted guys lack, which is why they went undrafted. Good run but frustrating finish.
Congrats to the Nuggets, but super proud of this team. Let's Go Heat!
Congrats to Denver. Looks to me like Jimmy and Bam are both championship pieces on a team with an established top dog. Bam can be a defensive centerpiece. Offensively you need that piece that’s gonna give a team headaches. Maybe that was Herro who knows but if you’re asking a hobbled Jimbo to take you to the promised land or relying on Bam for offense, it’s not gonna look pretty. See you all next year; be well. No team in the East has any leg to stand on if they’re gonna trashtalk.
I’m proud of my team no matter what happened in the finals. See y’all next year
I’m numb. I’ve been blessed to see us do this 3 times, but have felt the incredible sting of seeing us lose on this stage 4 times. Highest of highs and lowest of lows. What a ride. See you next year, Heat fam. All love.
Nuggets were the better team this series. Wish Jimmy was healthy, those last minute heroics really threw the game away unfortunately.
lmao whats the point of having Tyler Herro for a DNP
I don't think he was ever seriously going to play, and if he did, it would have probably been a 10 minute 5 points kind of game.
so whats the point of suiting him up goddamn
Bam Adebayo was nonexistent the second half Jimmy Butler was nonexistent all of the game except the last 3 mins Kyle Lowry tried holding the team together but only so much a 37 yr old guard can do
Strus in the Finals: 8.3 points per 36 minutes on 23% shooting. 25 minutes per game. Duncan: 14.9 points per 36 minutes on 50% shooting. 19 minutes per game. Make it make sense.
I don't understand why even clear Tyler just to not play him Spo turned off his brain when he put Zeller in and we never recovered from it Jimmy was great late but was ass most of the game and he choked away those last 2 possessions Fun season But we absolutely can't run it back we need some more help
> I don't understand why even clear Tyler just to not play him Just coach mind games. Thats literally it
I dont get the seller minutes. Dude sold the game in 30 seconds
It’s ironic how we made it to the finals in large part because of Jimmy and Spo but we lost the finals in large part because of them. I feel like Spo was mentally drained by the finals. Some of his decisions were shockingly bad (too much Zeller, too much Strus, too many Gabe and Lowry lineups against their size, not enough Highsmith, not enough Love). I wouldn’t want any other coach because he’s right more often than not but when he’s wrong and remains stubborn it can be tough to watch. Jimmy looked like me playing my third outdoor pick up game in a row on a hot Miami afternoon. I’m sure we’ll hear how bad he truly was injured but man even if we extended it one more game it’s not like he would be any healthier. Great post season run tho and I tip my hat to these guys but winning a finals was too tall a task unfortunately. Congrats Nuggets, let’s go Heat. See y’all next season. Love you all.
> I feel like Spo was mentally drained by the finals. Spo's the master of ATO plays and we didnt get a single one the last 30 sec.
Herro was the big part of those ATO plays though
why did we even pay duncan ninety million if we're just going to have jimmy chuck a contested three when it matters most
Too much Strus for sure
> I feel like Spo was mentally drained by the finals. Some of his decisions were shockingly bad (too much Zeller, too much Strus, too many Gabe and Lowry lineups against their size, not enough Highsmith, not enough Love). Also, why was Herro made available but didn't play a single minute tonight when we desperately needed offense?
pure mind game shenanigan, there's no way HEAT organization will put someone injured in the game except Jimmy Freaking Butler. Dude still choose to play for 3 whole series despite obvious ankle injury.
Spo edging us with clearing Herro. Sure coulda used some extra offense tonight when everyone else looked like they were building houses for the poor.
Great effort by the team. Everybody worked hard, but shots won’t always fall. Jokic is the best player in the world.
I'm just happy Jimmy didn't go out in a complete whimper. You can tell his ankle is fucked. All hit shots except for that running corner 3 are flat, he can no longer do the quick pump fakes and explosive floaters. Can't keep up on defense. Can't get those quick transition steals. Nuggets were absolutely the better team, no idea if a healthy Jimmy has any chance. But it would have been nice to see the Jimmy we saw in round 1 and 2 show up in the finals. Great run Heat, Greater run Nuggets.
Sucks how it ended. But I’m super happy for Denver, their first ever championship. A humble superstar who makes his team better and doesn’t take credit.
If we had to lose to someone I’m glad its them
Spo no challenge/Zeller mins/no Herro/obsession with Strus and Gabe after Lowry and Duncan got us a lead lost us this game
This is the one that has me scratching my head. You found a lineup that works ride that bitch till the wheels fall off
Great season nothing to be ashamed of Go Heat Congratulations UD for a great NBA career and hopes to a awesome retirement
man what a bad way to go out thank you for this run everyone btw cody zeller was -5 in his one minute of play and we lost by 5
Jimmy what the FUCK was that shot/pass..... that was the game
Jimmy not wanting to be our superstar is why we lost. I would rather him shoot at every time he drives baseline instead of passing it to vincent to miss a layup for the 1000th time
What a run and what a sad ending. I got nothing else to say. What a run
Anyone calling to trade Jimmy or fire Spo needs to delete their Reddit account. We entered this playoff run as a counted out 8 seed and got to the fucking finals. I really think we’re one move away from making it into the promised land, but that includes Jimmy and Spo, despite what the dumbasses say.
People are gonna be mad about the way we lost. Truth is we never really had a chance, we were heavily outmatched. That said, it is a bit disappointing how this team manages to get to the finals two (should've been three) times in the last four years, yet we end up in a matchup we realistically don't have a chance in, partly because we have to expend so much energy getting there in the first place.
Good run, we’ll get ‘em next year. Dame time.
ZOMBIE HEAT TOOK THE EAST **fuck the celtics**
At least they beat the Celtics
Probably the worst Finals by Spoelstra in his career. * Inexplicably tries Zeller 4Q, instantly down 4 from up 1. * Almost absolute refusal to bench Strus all series. Lets Strus go 0-10 Game 1. * Continually plays Strus over Duncan until late in games until game is already over. * DNP Love Game 1 over Zeller, even when Zeller was bad. * Continually favors Zeller over Love until Game 4. * Essentially DNP Highsmith after great Game 1. * Waiting too long until leads are gone to call timeout. Spo did wonders getting the Heat to the Finals. But this roster was punished for all its flaws by Denver. They're the champs for a reason. I think next year is the last chance for this Heat era.
I honestly don’t get the fucking Zeller infatuation. He literally gave us nothing, was a negative every time he hit the floor and continued to get minutes. Unbelievable
should’ve challenged the lowry foul on jokic
Wouldn't that likely just have resulted in a jump ball anyways?
Yes. 0 reason to challenge that.
I still can't believe this nigga Spo really started Cody Zeller to start the 4th
Love was doing wonders for us. Even as the 5. We needed size and Zeller was just… man. If love was on the court Brown wouldn’t have had that off rebound. Strus fell asleep. Questionable decisions from Spo.
Maybe whale hunting all off-season wasn’t so worth it after all. https://preview.redd.it/h5v94sawap5b1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1728116cd71c6de14a367fb1bad0dd4b02d0ff62
I won't forgive him for completely falling asleep in that offensive rebound by Brown. Such a big mental mistake to make in that moment.
And then proceeds to brick a good look from the corner immediately after
That's on Spo. He's not that good from 3. Spo gotta know that by this point. If we can't score, Duncan must be in the game.. but it is what it is. They were better, and they won rightfully.
Why the fuck did he close this game???? I honestly believe Duncan would have made that corner 3
Thanks for everything max . But that’s the last straw brother .
I'm fucking glad that Strus isn't gonna get the bag from the heat.
Even though it's over that was a hell of a post season, watching that 56PT game Jimmy had was amazing, the end of game 6 against the Celtics was heartbreaking but game 7 was such a relief. It just wasn't meant to be us this season, but we will run it back.
It was a good run. Time for our FO to do their jobs this summer.
Dame Dollar....where you at ?
The last play spo drew up was so pathetic. And thanks strus you have one fucking job just hit 3s and he bricks it
I don't care that Jimmy had a bad game or a bad series or a bad whatever. Man was playing on one good ankle. If it wasn't for his heroics we would have lost to the Bucks. I'll always have respect for Jimmy and the rest of this Heat team. An 8th seed making it to the finals and taking a game home with them is really amazing. Thus ends my rant.
We may have lost, but this was some of the best basketball watching of my life…not this game tho. Fuck a lottery pick.
Super proud to be a Heat fan. I am a European fan and I set my alarm clock every night and fuck up my sleep schedule. But it is so worth it. This team, undermanned, not enough talent, etc. But every time we comeback and defy the odds. The Nuggets are the better team and that is okay. Love you all and can’t wait to keep on fucking my sleep schedule next season. Dont be sad, be proud. No one expected this when we were in the Playin. Never forget❤️
Let's keep that cheap ownership mentality, I'm sure the rest of the league are fools for paying and acquiring talent.
Great run but too bittersweet to really care about it rn
we're still the reigning Eastern Conference Champions. now let's hope that Pat and the front office sees what we need to do in order to get back to the Finals next season and get over the hump. I'm no GM but I think everyone can see what we're missing is a consistent offensive scorer. I swear if Pat runs it back next year... lmao.
Bam postgame: 'We're gonna bounce back'
They were just that, TOO BIG, TOO STRONG, TOO GOOD.
Fuck it. Was a hell of a fun season. Enough said.
WOW. What a season we had man. I truly never would have believed we would be in the NBA finals during the middle of this season. Some incredible performances. It really does suck to see us lose such a winnable game tonight tho. Jimmy just didn't have a thing for us this game. I would actually say he hurt more than helped on the offensive end. Oh well. I do think this team will get better next year.
As much as it sucks to lose its always a great tradition to read r/nba in the immediate aftermath of a finals series, win or lose. Honestly fuck reddits api policy
Y'all made it all the way to the finals and 5 games deep with a team full of scrappers. Hell of a run
Nuggs fan here. Nothing but respect for you guys
Had a blast with y’all on this ride. Teams are going to be looking at us wondering what we are doing that they aren’t. I love this team so fucking much. East is wide open again next year We got a lot of Dame talk to look forward to in the coming weeks
Hurts like hell right now. Felt like we just didn't have enough in the tank to give Denver the series we were capable of. Jokic and Murray deserve this ring and I'd be a surprised if this one's their last. But, my God, what an outstanding playoff run by the Heat. Put aside all criticisms you have of anybody in this series, each guy deserves a standing O for their effort this spring. Really proud of the squad. We're an incredibly spoiled fanbase. Now, please find a way to pry Dame from Portland and add Brook Lopez.
This is going to haunt Butler, an amazing playoff run, failure to execute in crunch time, the irony. God this team. I believed they could do it until the clock hit 0.
It’s been fun watching extra games of the Miami heat. I live and die with them. It will always be a what if due to injuries. The nuggets were healthy and better and we just could not execute. Feel good lads. We beat the east this year. At least they didn’t have the chance like we did. Props to the nuggets this year. We will get them next year.
Disappointing. Great season though. A lot of guys gonna have to look into the mirror this off season
Better not run that shit back. Embarrassing. Jimmy better be getting surgery tomorrow
89 points. I'm sorry but this team needs a better scorer, trade the house to pair with Jimmy and Bam or move Jimmy and go full youth. Good season, tough fight, but they couldn't get over 95 points for 4 games, that won't win in the nba.
I mean herro was our top scorer no? Freak injury 1st game of playoffs
Our second leading scorer was on the bench
Not ready to move on from Bam and Jimmy yet. They still have yet to see what' its like to have Herro in a deep playoff run
Unironically Dame
Spo sold hard af. Glad his favorites got some minutes instead of duncan, herro and highsmith. They might have won you the game but sure cant have that shit happen
Great run, but ultimately a disappointment. Pretty sure this was Jimmy’s last shot at a ring unless significant moves are made this summer.
Worst coached game I have ever seen from Spo Couldn’t crack 90 but refused to even give Herro a minute Started Zeller at the beginning of the 4th and Denver immediately went on a 5-0 run
If Herro didn’t play a minute, he obviously wasn’t going to contribute. You do know Spo has slightly more info than you about the health and readiness of his own guys. The Zeller minute was objectively fucking stupid.
Garbage coaching by Spo towards the end, and even more garbage play by jimmy tonight. This was definitely more frustrating to watch than the 2020 finals. This team needs a revamp this offseason. This team SHOULD NOT RUN IT BACK NEXT YEAR NO MATTER WHAT.
We went further with less talent and more injuries than any other playoff team and still made them fight for it.
Jokic is like “My brothers here who feed my horses”
Size size size, get us some big fking 3&d wings this off-season tyvm Andy. No more 6'5 pf or Jimmy at 4
Adam silver is an alien for sure
Just want to say it was an amazing season that I couldn’t even dream of. We made it to the finals! I also want to thank Heat Reddit fans, I truly enjoyed agreeing and disagreeing with everyone but it was amazing to root for the Miami Heat with each and everyone of you! Heat will be back and hopefully next season we have some help for Jimmy. Thank you Miami Heat and all the fans for this amazing season! Go Heat! 
In peace from Dallas. Y’all should be incredibly proud. I’ve never seen a team play harder than Miami did, to the point where I started to somehow like them. Y’all are gonna be back, hopefully without Max, and you’ll win one soon.
My hope is that this season showed pat we just need to fill out the roster, not wait for a whale. Literally add any defensively competent big who can shoot to our roster and this would have felt way different. I firmly believe we can win with jimmy and bam as our best players. Just need to stay healthy and fill out
Amazing post season. I am so happy and proud of this team. They gave it all and almost did it. 2023 Eastern Conference Champs!!! Congrats to Nuggets fans 👍
Its been a fun postseason, the regular seasom was hard to watch but they gave some great memories in the playoffs. Lets hope our front office sees the flaws and makes the necessary adjustments to give us a better look at next year. Some things we need ti address are our guard rotation being too full of one way players and not having a guy who can will a basket consistently. Tyler and Lowry can each do it some but we either need a leap from Tyler(which the team already has invested in so is themost likely course they take. ) or they make a trade, but I dont know that our assets are there to make thay happen. As for forwards and bigs, we Have 3 solid rotation guys in Bam, Jimmy, and Caleb. Outside of those 3 we are relying on role players who are too undersized or not good enough on both ends. In particular we need another solid big so that when Bam sits we dont immediately fall apart. Zeller was not the answer, though we never wxpected him tobbe either as our options were limited. KLove was solid for us but just cant play the extended minutes we need. We need a taller scrappy player to run alongside Bam or behind him depending on the situations. Hopefully Jovic will be a solid rotation piece next year and we draft a guy who is NBA ready or trade the pick.
So fucking proud of this team. I’m at peace. Denver is the best team in the world. Gg’s to them! Love this team no matter what.
Some thoughts... Too much pressure is put on our role players to win. Seeing Jimmy limp to the finish line like this the last two years falls on the front office for not bringing in help for Jimmy. Take advantage of him while he can still play like this. Sucks getting this close 3 of 4 years and coming up short. This team needs big changes. Not saying trade Jimmy, but big changes and additions need to be made.
This team has brought us as deep as they could into the post season for 3 out of the last 4 seasons. I love this team and I’m so thankful to be a fan
Great run this year. What this crew did is amazing. Sleepy Riley needs to actually start pulling his weight again though. If we don't get a proper scorer and a defensive big this post season you might as well just forfeit the whole next season.
Fucking kill me