00:00I do think the Miami Heat season, Gilbert, is coming to an end here.
00:03I don't see any other indication.
00:04Just look at the Miami Heat's last month of basketball, Gilbert.
00:08Like, a couple of wins against teams that didn't care.
00:12My gosh, Hornets five-and-a-half-point favorites tomorrow.
00:16Very disappointing season for Miami, to say the least.
00:18And Charlotte has played some really good basketball over the last couple of months, too.
00:22I think if Charlotte started off the season, the way they finished it,
00:25they probably wouldn't even be in the spot.
00:27Maybe they would be the sixth seed or the fifth seed.
00:29So, not a lot of optimism here, Gilbert, in South Florida.
00:33But it is the Heat, and you never know, because we've said this before.
00:37And then they find a way.
00:39Feels different, though, this time around.
00:41It is interesting to see it this time around.
00:43And you mentioned not a lot of optimism in South Florida.
00:45Well, having my roots back in the Carolinas,
00:47I know there's a lot of optimism around this Hornets team who, as you mentioned,
00:51Craig, has been playing great basketball since the turn of the new year.
00:54They got healthy, and they figured things out.
00:56And it's tough to say you win 44 games and you're the ninth seed in your conference,
00:59but that's a credit to the Eastern Conference.
01:01It has been a long time since it's been postseason basketball in Charlotte,
01:04I think 10 years.
01:05So, there's going to be a starved, loud crowd in Charlotte tomorrow night.
01:09And I do expect them to ride that.
01:11But the question is, is the pressure going to be too much for this team?
01:14This is a team who has not, or franchise hasn't been in the playoffs in 10 years.
01:17The last time they were in the playoffs was against this same Heat franchise.
01:20So, I'm curious to see how a Brandon Miller, a con can nipple guys who have not played in the
01:24postseason before.
01:25Now, LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges have played in the play-in tournament before,
01:29but this is a very young Hornets team and a young head coach who's in his second season as well.
01:33So, anytime you have air exposure, you have some type of advantage on the sideline.
01:36So, it should be an interesting chess match between these two teams.
01:38So, let's get started.
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