Erik Spoelstra leaves Heat Fans Heartbroken

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We continue to recap last night's Miami Heat loss. Tyler Herro continues to dominate every game but it is still not enough for this Miami Heat team. Why did Spo not have Kel'el Ware on that in bounds?

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00:00who's one twenty three one twenty one in overtime.

00:05Jalen Duren with a put back or with a alley oop slam.

00:10Boom. Right down the pipe.

00:13And Eric Spolster calls time out, sends Malik Beasley to the free throw line.

00:19He hits it. They get the ball back.

00:21Game was over. Over.

00:24He dropped a four and six pistons, five and seven in

00:30really just a tremendous game from Tyler Hero that got wasted.

00:34Unfortunately, he was incredible.

00:37Once you realize Cade.

00:40It's taking the ball out.

00:42Yeah. Why don't you just put everybody back?

00:48I mean, it's still one point eight, so it could have been, you know,

00:50well, it's like Tobin said, OK, but you got you got five on four.

00:55So you you're not going to be on him, but you're going to be in the area

00:59watching that in the past.

01:00So all the passes become difficult.

01:03You see what I'm saying?

01:05To say, oh, he's just going to kick it back.

01:09It was rough.

01:10You want to hear a spell on not having wear in there?

01:14Did we already hear it or not? We didn't hear it yet.

01:16Oh, yeah, we can hear it. Here's Bo.

01:18Yeah, I was going to put some size on the ball,

01:22but then we made the change because Cunningham was taking the ball out.

01:25I asked that because did you think the play to the room was possible

01:27and you wanted sort of a backstop?

01:29No, we just wanted to disrupt it.

01:33You know, anything that was going into the field, but

01:36with Cunningham taking the ball out, I didn't feel comfortable with where,

01:40you know, with a pass back to him.

01:43I don't think that was really the issue.

01:46They just, you know, they caught us on that play.

01:51That's unfortunate.

01:53But the reality is that it should have just gone double OT.

01:57Yeah, well, it didn't.

01:58Damage is done, though, my friend.

02:00And the other thing is, is that.

02:04Like we.

02:08When he says I was afraid of the pass back.

02:12Like, you know what that shot's going to look like.

02:17You got one point eight seconds.

02:19It's going to be a heave.

02:20Right, exactly.

02:22These guys train.

02:23No, but I'm telling you, I'm telling you, Vlad, you're assuming that,

02:27OK, when he throws it in, that is going to be a good pass there.

02:33He got too cute.

02:34He got too cute, dude.

02:35You see what I'm saying?

02:35Like you're talking about making two passes

02:39in one point eight seconds and getting up a quality shot.

02:43I get they they take shots under, but that's what you want.

02:49Smith is a shot under stress.

02:51Whatever shot they may get, you gave up a bunny.

02:57So while he's saying I didn't want the ball to come back,

03:01you're telling me in one point eight seconds.

03:05He's going to pass it to a guy that's covering, that's getting guarded,

03:09throw it back to the guy.

03:11How about you tell Kaleo, OK, if he passes it in, you make sure you check him

03:15and give him, you know, and make a shot.

03:18I just think, look, the thing that has to happen, that Eric Spolster

03:21does have to realize, OK, it's just enough with the nonsense already.

03:26Your first round pick has to play.

03:28It's stupid that he's not playing more like.

03:31All right. We're taking baby steps and we've gotten there.

03:34OK, we're a weekend or we're two weeks in.

03:37And then finally, after two weeks of Thomas Bryant, you were like,

03:40you know what, it's Thomas Bryant.

03:41And so you started playing him a little bit off the bench.

03:44But he has to play more.

03:46That's the facts of it.

03:47We've been talking about this since the start of the season.

03:50And you're playing Bam on a bio 40 minutes against two mooses

03:54in Stewart and Duran, and he's going out there.

03:57You're going to wear his ass down by Christmas.

04:01He's got to play more. You got to trust him.

04:03What are we doing?

04:04It's what November basketball is for.

04:07Go out there. Let the kid play.

04:11Let him let him blow it.

04:12You'll blow it. You've been doing it for 20 years.

04:16Let the kid play. Let the kid play.

04:19I doing. I just think that.

04:24The worst look in all of that.

04:28Was Terry Rozier trying to guard.

04:31The guy making the shot. Right.

04:34And and and I'm just thinking to myself.

04:38I don't care what play is designed.

04:40I don't care what people you have in there.

04:43I don't care if the guy plays whack-a-mole

04:46and gives the guy two shots. Right.

04:50It doesn't matter if he's got size.

04:53Yeah, it's just like, why wouldn't you want to get him ready, Leroy?

04:56For a situation, you know, I've been.

04:59Talking about years.

05:01Get ready to a point.

05:02Then this is crazy.

05:05Maybe we get him to a point where we get to significant basketball.

05:08Should you guys actually get to a record that plays that?

05:11Maybe he'll be ready and you could throw Bam on a bio on Kate Cunningham

05:16and he could go back and guard the best guy. Right.

05:18And then you have Haywood Highsmith, who was a demon yesterday, by the way.

05:22God, he was good.

05:23What I can't understand is.

05:27Is that. What is rule number one in all of this?

05:34Protect the easy bucket.

05:37And so worst case scenario is what happened.

05:42And I'm thinking.

05:45Whoever you have out there, if they have time.

05:49To inbound it, throw it back to the guy, take it up

05:53and get a quality shot in 1.8 seconds.

05:58With defense on them.

06:01Good for them. Right.

06:02But that ain't going to happen.

06:05I don't care if it's me, you and Vlad.

06:09Guarding. The inbounder

06:14and somebody coming over to throw it back to the inbounder.

06:181.8 seconds, that shot is not going to be easy.

06:24But in your efforts to defend

06:27the most difficult shot, you gave up the easiest shot.

06:32Right. And then even if that happens, OK, it's tied.

06:36How do you melt down like that? How does that happen?

06:40How do you I think?

06:41I think I think personally, I think personally, this is just me.

06:47I think he said to himself when he got annoyed,

06:51I should have had more size in there.

06:53So how is the smallest guy on the floor?

06:57Guarding a big in that moment, right, that that's.

07:03So when you're upset at yourself,

07:06you ain't making a mistake and then you double it up by

07:10calling it like basically if he was playing poker, they would say he's on.

07:13Have you ever heard? Oh, no, he's definitely he's definitely on to Leroy.

07:16Have you ever heard of a basketball coach needing a get back coach?

07:20Yeah. Chris Quinn, big fella.

07:23Oh, that Chris, Chris was like, I can't do this.

07:26Oh, that Chris, Chris was like, I can't.

07:28He turned around and said, I can't help you.

07:30You know, Chris Quinn's maybe thinking himself.

07:32Maybe he'll get tired of this.

07:33I can finally sneak in there.

07:34Get that coaching gig.

07:35Oh, look at this.

07:37Watch over. Come on, man.

07:39You're really upset. That's why aren't you?

07:41I'm not. Look, he's a legend.

07:43Nobody's denying the man is a legend.

07:45I'm upset. I'm upset at the moment.

07:49But I don't have any less faith in.

07:51Yeah, I'm I'm just I'm frustrated.

07:53Like, you know, it's it's a frustrating thing.

07:56And this has been, you know, this has been a really,

08:01really tough few weeks of execution late for them because,

08:04you know, you think to the Kings game blew that the Suns game

08:09right down the wire Nuggets game.

08:12They showed fighting that Nuggets kind of kicked their ass.

08:15But these games have all been like coin flips for them.

08:19And yeah, it's frustrating to be in a spot that they're at right now.

08:22It's frustrating to be in a spot right there where they're at right now.

08:27And and especially, I think, just, you know, man,

08:30you've had some brilliant performances by a hero.

08:32He's been incredible.

08:33I also think.

08:36That when you see this team play the way they have against Minnesota

08:39and in the way in Detroit, you see, you kind of like

08:42having an experience, a little peek of how life would be

08:46without a certain number, 22. Yeah.

08:48Yeah. I'm so used to it.

08:50Like, it's not like it's not a new concept to me.

08:54I'm used to watching heat games without Jimmy Butler.

08:56But I will say the thing that like the thing that's been great about watching

09:00Tyler is the man has completely changed his shot diet

09:05and his confidence and and somewhat irrational confidence to take

09:10crazier shots like they've been wanting him to be this three point shooter.

09:14Like they want him to go to Steph range.

09:16They want him to take these contested shots.

09:19They want him to have this kind of lack of conscience.

09:21And he's finally doing it because the thing with Tyler was

09:24he was such a pristine shooter all the time, but he'd always give up

09:28a contested or a contested three or a dangerous three for a clean two.

09:34And it's like now playing right.

09:37Yeah, he was playing right.

09:38But he was playing conservative.

09:39And I think that they're like, you got more talent than to play conservative.

09:43And this and now you're just seeing a menace out there.

09:47I mean, I'm sure there's going to be a slump at some point,

09:50but it doesn't look like he looks like he looks like one of the best.

09:53Here's what it looks like.

09:54It looks like he has so much of a game to go to if parts of it is struggling.

10:00That's right, Leroy, because I would say even if his even if he does go struggling

10:04one day, I will say, and especially since last season's

10:07postseason against the Celtics, his playmaking ability

10:10and the way he can get others a good shot

10:13because he had ten assists as well yesterday.

10:15I thought he was playmaking too much in the end.

10:17I think about it like when you drop a 40 burger, but you also had ten dimes.

10:21Like, yeah, you control in the game.

10:23You're controlling that offense.

10:24You were in a rhythm.

10:26They had no answers for you.

10:27He was responsible for 60 plus points.

10:30Yeah, it was awesome.

10:31You've been seeing that.

10:32He was awesome.

10:33Dade South says this is why there's a wild heat coyote.

10:36Why should we expect anything different from this team?

10:39It's completely fair.

10:43You know what?

10:43You know what it is, Dade South.

10:44I never expected to be Spoh.

10:46Of all the things, I think, of all the things, if anyone's got us, Spoh's got us.

10:51You expected to be Terry stepping out of bounds.

10:54Yeah, dude.

10:55You expected to be.

10:56Yeah.

10:57I'm not used to this.

10:58Like, I'm used to the heat losing heartbreakers and I'm used to false hope heat.

11:02But I ain't used.

11:03I ain't used to the to the to the guru.

11:06I ain't used to him losing me a game.

11:08Guess what?

11:09You're not alone.

11:12I think that's what hurts even more.

11:14That's what hurts the most.

11:15It hurts when it's somebody who you least expect to be the reason.

11:19It's like the Dolphins, right?

11:20It's like, oh, no, not no, not you, Raheem.

11:24Oh, right.

11:26Who ain't get no carries.

11:29Yeah, I didn't even notice that.

11:30People were mentioning that.

11:31I was like, oh, yeah, but because I thought about the catches.

11:33But yeah, he got no carries.

11:34No carries.

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