The Miami Heat are "dancing with fire!"

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15 mins of Heat! Tobin is sneaky excited that Nikola Jović and Pelle Larsson are listed as questionable for tonight's game... Vlad and Leroy determine intangibles. The Miami Heat are possibly "dancing with fire" according to Erik Spoelstra....?

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00:00I'm your Miami Heat.

00:01They are back on the hardwood today as the play-in game gets going from Chicago.

00:09The Heat take on the Chicago Bulls tonight at 730.

00:13Last I checked, the Bulls were one and a half point favorites for tonight's game.

00:17But, Leroy.

00:19Yes.

00:20Big news.

00:21What's up?

00:22I had to deal with stupidity on the phone.

00:25I don't blame you, dude.

00:26When you say, so you have physical therapy, right?

00:30Yep.

00:31He says, what time are you available?

00:35I said, it's got to be before like 9 or after 2.

00:41Right?

00:41I do a radio show from 10 to 2.

00:44He goes, how about Tuesday at 11?

00:48I'm like, are you bleeping kidding me?

00:51Did you not understand the window, sir?

00:53Like, it baffles me.

00:59So, the, but yeah, the big news.

01:03What's the big news?

01:05Jovich questionable for the game, baby.

01:08All right.

01:10Man.

01:10I know what I like.

01:12He's tall.

01:13Oh, tall, fast.

01:15I'm excited.

01:16Wait.

01:16I wonder if we do intangible on intangible, if they understand each other enough to where

01:26he can nullify that.

01:29You're saying like a Balkan showdown of Bustovic versus Jovich?

01:35Yeah.

01:36I don't know.

01:37But I'm still wondering how good is his ankle?

01:41Have we cleared this intangible and European intangibles?

01:44No, we haven't.

01:46We haven't.

01:48Because guess what?

01:48I think if you're a European, you're not an intangible.

01:51What about Josh Giddey?

01:52He's Australian.

01:59That's tough.

02:00It's tough.

02:00It's a judgment call.

02:01Right.

02:02It's like, it's like, wait, but think about this, Vlad.

02:04But when an intangible sees like a Haitian, right, do they call him a Haitian or do they

02:17call him black?

02:22I mean, I think they're going to call him black.

02:24Okay.

02:24Then, it didn't, oh, fair, fair point.

02:27But he's free older than they think he might be French.

02:30So what?

02:32The way it works in America is, right, we look at your skin to determine before we know

02:39your nationality.

02:41That's how it works in this country.

02:43In other countries, they might ask first where you're from.

02:48But here, here is by the color of your skin.

02:54It would look like, hey, I didn't make those rules.

02:58I like Eurotangible, but I like the word that.

03:02Eurotangible?

03:02I like Eurotangible.

03:05Eurotangible.

03:06Now, I got to tell you, when he told me Giddy was Australian.

03:10Yep.

03:11Threw me for a loop.

03:12Oh, you didn't know?

03:13No.

03:14Yeah, he's Australian, dude.

03:15I thought he was Cooper Flagg.

03:16Nah, did you read New?

03:18Yeah, Dr. Toboggan came up with Eurotangible.

03:21I think we should use that.

03:22And then Tangibles for the name.

03:24So we got levels to this.

03:26Yes.

03:26Because guess what?

03:29I mean, what about the black guys that are Canadian?

03:36Like Shea.

03:37Yeah.

03:39How do we do that?

03:41See what I'm saying?

03:42So we can't.

03:42Yeah, but if those five Canadians went against five Americans, who are we rooting for?

03:46Well, there's been a few Canadians that I didn't know was Canadian.

03:54You're still rooting for Duclair.

03:57Yeah, I did.

03:58Okay.

03:59You still rooting for Duclair.

03:59Yeah.

04:00Well, because that's a whole different ball of wax.

04:06I'm sorry.

04:07I just wanted to get a clarity on this.

04:09That's like Toby Roof and Dejean.

04:10Intangible and Eurotangible.

04:12Now we have clarity.

04:13I just wanted to make sure.

04:14Hey, that's like Toby Roof and Dejean.

04:16He's, you know.

04:17Like, there's no way I can't call Pella Larson not intangibles.

04:22He's, the game is literally intangibles.

04:24Right.

04:25But he's not.

04:26But he's Swedish.

04:28Right.

04:28Like, what?

04:28Like, I don't know.

04:30Eurotangible.

04:32See?

04:33Dr. Tavokin.

04:34Eurotangible.

04:35But he played college ball.

04:37Like, he didn't go.

04:38Like, it's not like he came through the EuroLeague.

04:39Like, he went to Arizona.

04:42Was he born in the States?

04:43No.

04:44No.

04:45Eurotangible.

04:45Interesting.

04:47What about Kyrie Irving?

04:48He was born in Australia.

04:50Yeah, but his daddy's from Jersey.

04:52Well, I don't know.

04:54Mama call him Clay.

04:56I'm going to call him Clay.

04:57So, anyway, the, yeah, Jovich is back.

05:02It's not an ankle, Eurotang.

05:03He had the hand.

05:03The broken hand.

05:05Oh, I'm sorry.

05:05The broken hand.

05:06I'm thinking of Pella.

05:07Pella had the ankle.

05:08He is also questionable tonight.

05:10It's possible he goes.

05:11That would be huge.

05:12I feel like Pella would be huge.

05:13If they can have Pella.

05:14Pella would be huge because we have some more grit on the defensive end.

05:17Yep.

05:18And we could get, look, that means we got 12 fouls.

05:23That's how I look at it at the point guard position.

05:25Him and Davion.

05:26The fouls.

05:27Yeah, just go get him.

05:29Now, you know Spoh's had some doozies this year.

05:33Oh, he did one.

05:35Another one?

05:36Oh, no.

05:38He had one yesterday.

05:39The only reason why we don't call Spoh Mike McDaniels is because he's won championships.

05:43Exactly.

05:44Oh, no.

05:44Spoh's the only coach.

05:45He's one of the few coaches that has ring protection that protects him.

05:48Ring protection doesn't protect you now.

05:50But if you have multiple rings, it protects you.

05:53Well, it also, it depends on what organization you're in, too.

05:57I don't want to hear this.

05:58I want to hear what he says.

05:59Yeah.

05:59All right.

05:59Here's Spoh on the matchup and the offenses between Chicago and Miami.

06:04Look, we don't want to play a prevent offense or prevent type game.

06:08We want to attack this game.

06:11And, you know, you can dance with the fire, but you got to be smart about it because, you

06:18know, getting relief points, you know, for us is also important.

06:21And we don't want to play just a snail's pace to try to slow them down.

06:25They'll still score, you know, or find ways to get, you know, that ball up the court.

06:31But, so, again, who can control the game?

06:36Who can impose their will?

06:37We know what their will is.

06:39We know what their game is.

06:41We have to be able to, you know, get to ours.

06:44Did he say he wants to dance with fire?

06:48What the hell was that?

06:53I'm like, listen, I've watched some of the greatest lines ever performed on, in film.

06:59And ain't nobody talking about dancing with fire.

07:04Not even in dirty dancing.

07:07Right.

07:09Right.

07:10Flash dance.

07:13She danced with fire.

07:14Save the last dance.

07:16What the hell does that mean?

07:20Wait, do you know what's funny?

07:23Every time we interview Smo, the only thing I'm thinking of is all the crazy stuff.

07:29He said, and we got to play nice.

07:32Because we, the most we ever got into was the, the walking.

07:37And he goes, I don't recall.

07:39No, he gave us a look like we were crazy.

07:41He's like, right.

07:42What do you mean traveling?

07:43How I act when I dance with the fire?

07:47D.E.

07:47Soul says, I'm sorry.

07:49Smo gives me hope when he says things like this.

07:51Just for what?

07:52It ain't about basketball.

07:55Like, what is this?

07:56The white Lotus?

07:57Like, you have the fire dancers there?

07:59I feel like a whole guy's going to come out with the fire, the fire on the sticks.

08:07Oh, man.

08:08And just start, like, what you doing?

08:11Yeah, when they hit you there.

08:12Man, what you doing?

08:12Dancing with the fire.

08:14Dancing with the fire, baby.

08:16Like, what?

08:17You're afraid to dance with the fire.

08:18Hey, you know what?

08:21Here's the worst part.

08:23I can picture Tobin cutting that sound up and replaying it back and going, Leroy's going

08:30to love this.

08:31No.

08:32The first thing I said, I read the quote and I was like, I got to hear what he said because

08:38that doesn't make sense.

08:39But can we get the beginning again, Vlad?

08:44Because I am confused.

08:47Look, we don't want to play a prevent offense or prevent type game.

08:51We want to attack this game.

08:53And, you know, you can dance with the fire, but you got to be smart about it.

08:59Because, you know, getting relief points.

09:02Because you can get burned?

09:04That.

09:04Yes.

09:05We want to dance with the fire, but you got to be smart about it.

09:11Wait.

09:12You know what the smart thing we'd do is?

09:14Don't dance with fire.

09:16It's like, Billy and Cha, you can play with matches, but just don't light it up.

09:21Don't lose.

09:23What?

09:23Don't, yo, Billy, clearly he hasn't heard the story of my childhood when I danced with

09:31fire and got my butt beat.

09:37Dave South makes a great point.

09:39Like, that's ayahuasca straight up.

09:40If Aaron Rodgers said that, we would need him to be put in a straitjacket.

09:45Yes.

09:45I'm telling you.

09:47Vlad said it best.

09:49Spoh got that ring protection.

09:50He can say anything.

09:51Man.

09:55One at a time.

09:56Wait a minute.

09:56Hold on.

09:57Hold on.

09:58I'm sorry, guys.

10:02After hearing that from yesterday and hearing some of the stuff that Chris Greer said yesterday,

10:08who said the most ridiculous thing?

10:12Well, because here's why.

10:15Here's why.

10:16Here's why.

10:17Because we all know what the situation is with Chris Greer.

10:26And there's not a whole lot he can say about the factual things that have happened with

10:32the organization in the last couple of years in the decisions that have been made.

10:37So he can kind of go around it.

10:40But the facts speak for themselves.

10:42When Spoh speaks.

10:45This is something that came from nowhere.

10:48No, dude.

10:48This is the thing with him, right?

10:49Like, because Pat Riley's got like four that he goes to.

10:53Like, main thing is the main thing.

10:54Like, you know, he's got he's got like four that are in the box that he'll go to suppose

11:01like he's like he's like a veteran reliever.

11:04He's like, I got a new pitch.

11:05I got a new pitches.

11:06Yeah, I got something like he remembered today this year when he's like, I really, truly believe

11:11something beautiful is on the other side.

11:13And I'm like, dude, you just got the doors blown off you by the jazz.

11:18You want me to tell you what's on the other side?

11:20If you keep playing like that, Cancun is beautiful this time of year.

11:26Like, I like it.

11:28And look, I, I, I'm never at a loss for words with many things that people say, but then

11:38I listen to Spoh and I don't know if maybe my vocabulary or my mind is too much of a simpleton

11:48to pick up on, you know, the, the, the wise words of Spoh, but I'm lost.

11:57I just feel like I look like when I hear this, I picture Chris Quinn looking from his coaching

12:01cubicle and he looks in the main office and he sees a fire and he goes, Spoh, what are

12:07you doing?

12:08He goes, giddy.

12:11What giddy.

12:14He goes, you're right, man.

12:17Vucevic.

12:18All right, I'm gonna leave you alone.

12:20And then he just like closes the door.

12:22Hold on.

12:23Now, let me ask you this guys.

12:26If Paul Maurice said that, would you be looking at, would we be responding the same way?

12:31He wouldn't say that.

12:33He wouldn't say that.

12:34No, Paul Maurice would be like, Paul, Paul Maurice has two speeds.

12:39It's like, he's either angry or he likes the game.

12:41Like, that's pretty much how it is.

12:43Like, he, you know, he's.

12:45Well, look, he deals with things with punitive skate.

12:48Like, so, like, yeah, so, so, you know how he's feeling based on them practices the next

12:55couple of days.

12:56But I like the way, like, the thing about Paul Maurice is he's mellow to us, right?

13:07But he'll tell you how it is and how he really feels.

13:15Well, hey, I'm not too discerned about how we played because we played pretty good.

13:21We just got a bunch of bad breaks or we got a lot of shots on goal.

13:24I can't believe nothing went in.

13:26You know, he'll say it like that.

13:28Spoh has never given an explanation that simple.

13:32He's never after a game said we were just terrible from three.

13:35He's never, it's always.

13:38You could be like, you could shoot 15% and he'll be like, I like their looks.

13:43Right.

13:44The process was great because you could dance with the fire, but you got to be careful.

13:49Huh?

13:50Who's the fire?

13:51I'll be smart.

13:51You got to be smart.

13:52Is the fire Gideon Vucevic?

13:54I think so.

13:55Or Boozelis.

13:57Boozelis.

13:57Or Kobe White.

13:58I mean, they've got, I mean, everybody's gotten them.

14:02Yeah.

14:02I was worried about Kobe White the last time they played and he didn't do nothing.

14:07Yeah.

14:09Don't worry.

14:10You don't want him to start waking up tonight.

14:12Nope.

14:12I know.

14:13I know, Vlad.

14:17It feels to me like if the game is close, the heat will blow.

14:20They got to blow these dudes out.

14:22Because if this is going to be like anything, if it's going to be another one where it's like nine points,

14:30I just know there's going to be a fourth quarter collapse.

14:32Even with a double-digit lead, can you trust this team to hold on to that lead?

14:36So, come on now.

14:38It's going to be a nail-biter.

14:40This is the only season where I watch the first half.

14:49And I'll go to take a break or whatever and get some drink or what have you.

14:53And sit back down and know that this game ain't close to being over.

14:59That's how I feel every time.

15:00Well, every time they play the Bulls, it's always like a 12-point game.

15:03I need it to be like a 25-point game to feel safe tonight.

15:07Because every time they play the Bulls and it's like 12, I'm like, too much time left.

15:11There's eight minutes left in the third quarter.

15:14There's too much time left.

15:15I need it.

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