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Lakers Torch Heat, Luka's Clinic & Spo’s Defensive Adjustments | The Miami Heat get dismantled 138-117 in Los Angeles as Luka Dončić goes off for 42! The guys break down defensive lapses, Erik Spoelstra's tactical decisions, sloppy turnovers, and Bam Adebayo’s performance.
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00:00That was a rough night of sports.
00:03I have never seen a team, Pee Wee, high school, college, or the pros shoot that poorly.
00:13You're referring to the Kings.
00:15Yeah.
00:15Like, they couldn't get layups, breakaways, nothing.
00:20It felt like if they could get on three buckets in a row, I might as well have been asking
00:26for 30 buckets in a row.
00:27So, to the point where that disease went to the other team.
00:32Yeah.
00:32Because then they start missing.
00:34It was terrible.
00:35Yeah, it was rough.
00:36It was a rough go of it for the start of it.
00:38Like, it was kind of competitive for, like, the first half of the first half.
00:43But they were kind of at that double-digit distance the whole time.
00:46And then I made it to halftime for the Heat game.
00:49Yeah.
00:50We saw a lot of scoring there.
00:51Oh, my goodness.
00:53How do you give up 80?
00:56Yeah.
00:57How do you give up 80 and you're losing?
00:59Or how do you score 72 and you're losing?
01:01Right.
01:02Yeah.
01:02You give up 80.
01:03That's the question.
01:04I mean, the thing is, though, nobody was missing on either team.
01:11And I don't know if that's a good thing for the Heat.
01:15No.
01:15That's definitely not.
01:17You're not hoping in a game like that.
01:20Like, you're going to get into a firepower type of thing.
01:24That's not the game they want to play.
01:26Right.
01:26And, you know, and eventually, like, typical games like that for the Heat are always, they're
01:34always a common pattern no matter what year it is.
01:37Because it's like, when the Heat have a game like that where they're shooting 60%, the Lakers
01:41shot 67%, you're just like, yeah, but this is like three buckets away from getting away.
01:48And it's exactly what happened.
01:49Because the first, the second half started, the Heat, I mean, got baited right into a Luka
01:55and one, Andrew Wiggins.
01:56Thank you very much.
01:57I mean, he was barbecue chicken last night.
01:59Slovenian chicken is what he was.
02:01I mean, he showed more energy than I've seen out of him.
02:06It just wasn't good enough.
02:07He was like, oh, nothing was working here.
02:12And then I think, like, two plays later, Reeves got an and one.
02:17And I'm just like, geez, this is rough.
02:21It was a, then Luka hit a three.
02:24Oh, it was a Reeves and one on clay.
02:26Wiggins got a three blocked.
02:28And then Luka hit a three over Davion Mitchell.
02:31And it was like a 9-0 run.
02:32And, you know, like it was all downhill from there.
02:35That's how it happens.
02:36It was all downhill from there.
02:37That's how it happens.
02:38Yeah.
02:38You have an unfortunate turnover or a silly foul or something like that.
02:43And they go, bam, bam, bam.
02:44And you're like, what just happened?
02:46This Luka's crazy.
02:47I mean, he is on eight.
02:48When did he finish with?
02:49I think 42.
02:5042.
02:5142.
02:51And this is no joke.
02:53He literally was like yawning by the fourth quarter going like, I just want to go home,
02:59brate.
03:00Dude, like, I just think, you know what they do?
03:05Like, when you play for a team, some coaches will say, we don't need to stop Luka.
03:15Luka can score 70.
03:17It's the other guys.
03:19But in their efforts to stop Luka, they left other guys, and then the other guys ate too.
03:24So do you, they tried to double him, right?
03:28Yeah, they threw a lot of doubles at him.
03:29They tried to trap him.
03:31He, but like, all of his guys were hitting shots too.
03:33Right.
03:33I mean, like.
03:33That's what I'm saying.
03:34So what do you, how do you.
03:35You know, if Zaire, like that, and that's the thing is they wanted to build a team around
03:38him that's like full of shooters.
03:40And then you got one giant intangible who can dunk the ball, you know, that's, that's what
03:45that's, that, that was their whole purpose.
03:46And the, and they'd look like to their credit, they look like they've done a really good job.
03:50And it's interesting.
03:51Cause it's like, you look at the heat right now and you know, the, the thought I thought,
03:58and it had been loud wrong about so far is that they were going to be a demon to play
04:04against on defense.
04:05And they're just not, they're not, they're just not.
04:07There's, there's part of the guys, the guys that you depend on for scoring are too old
04:11and then the young guys can't score.
04:14Um, well, no, it's not about scoring.
04:16It's like, I get what you're saying, but it's like the, the thing that I find frustrating
04:20is that like, they don't, they don't play very hard.
04:23Like they, they don't really dig down and make those extra efforts and make themselves
04:27a pain in the ass to play against.
04:28I listen, Lucas still hit some crazy ass shots.
04:31He had some crazy ass shots, but I think you look at some of the efforts, the second efforts,
04:35the rebound in the box outs.
04:37Like these guys are just sitting around there.
04:39Like Giannis and Bamber sitting there watching LaRavia go get a rebound and it gets to another
04:43possession.
04:43Like if you get Luca to miss a three, how about we keep the other intangible from getting
04:49a rebound?
04:49So Luca gets another chance at a three, because odds are he's not going to miss two of them.
04:53Right.
04:54And that's the thing is they're all sitting around here being like, you know, we got
04:58to communicate and we got to get this or the, just move.
05:02Communicate what?
05:02What do you guys want?
05:04You want walkie talkies out there?
05:05Ready for the rule of sports?
05:06Do something.
05:07Even if it's the wrong thing.
05:09Everybody's just sitting there watching each other.
05:11This has happened.
05:12Like you watch this team, they're throwing the ball into the stands nonstop.
05:15There's a gazillion turnovers.
05:17Um, so yeah, it was a, it was a, it was a rough go of it for that second half.
05:23I mean, bully for them to, to, to make some shots and to kind of keep it close, but it
05:28really felt like they were walking a tightrope that entire first half of those games that
05:33the score was close, but the game was, yeah, to shoot 60% and not really feel like you're
05:39in it.
05:39Cause the other team shooting 70% that, uh, you know, that, that, that didn't, did anybody
05:45talk about the defense?
05:47I mean, besides saying we got to communicate and whatever.
05:50No.
05:51Did anybody give any real solutions?
05:52No, no.
05:53They just, they're, they're very good at talking.
05:54Cause nobody wants to say you got to play harder, right?
05:57Nobody wants to say that, but, but there's certain guys that you will put on the floor.
06:03Like for example, Pella's all over the place, right?
06:05Davion's all over the place, but Davion, the guys that you have to guard are a foot tall
06:10in him.
06:10Yeah.
06:10Like Luca versus Davion Mitchell.
06:12It's like Davion can, you know, be up in there as well.
06:15He's, he's got, you know, a half a foot on you.
06:18Right.
06:19That's what I'm saying.
06:20This is.
06:20And I think that was the thing that frustrated a lot of fans last night is like, okay, so
06:24you had this weird game from bam, right?
06:25Typical bam game where he's lost in usage.
06:27He doesn't take any shots until the second half when the game's already kind of gone.
06:31We've seen the story a thousand times, but the thing that really annoyed me about it
06:34was like, I kind of got it in the first half because the ball was popping.
06:37I mean, Davion Mitchell was perfect from three.
06:39Like I understand why bam didn't really have an, uh, uh, a first half where he's engaged
06:43because Giannis was going off.
06:46Shooters were making shots, making shots, but the second, but this is the thing that
06:49I found frustrating about it is like, you know, in a game like this, right.
06:55Where you have other stuff going offensively and like bam isn't engaged.
06:59Like why is Spoh not implementing throwing him on Luca more?
07:05I don't understand that use them on offensive.
07:07I don't understand that.
07:08So I, and I think everybody was frustrated with it because like the one possession that
07:12I did, Luca airballed.
07:13Now Luca may have been getting tired because he did start like by the end of the third
07:16quarter, he was missing shots all of a sudden, but I think everybody is just sitting here
07:20wondering like, why don't you throw in two guys and all this stuff all open?
07:24Like you have this versatile perimeter defender who can go and at least make the guy work a
07:30little bit, make it softer for him and you barely use it.
07:33Like you barely, you barely get into that type of stuff.
07:36And maybe it's because they fear the communication all over the place and bam can't call things.
07:40I don't know.
07:40I don't know what the reasoning is, but it feels like a real underutilization of a guy
07:44like that, especially after, I don't know how many and ones he needs to get on Pella Larson
07:48and Andrew Wiggins.
07:50But I kind of feel like Luca hit his moments.
07:52And again, I could be lashing out here just because Luca's in the zone right now.
07:57Like that guy is in the zone right now, dude.
08:00He, he can't, he's like, he's so in the zone.
08:04And by the way, owns the heat.
08:06I looked this up yesterday, Leroy, cause I'm like, well, he has the second most points
08:11I think since Michael Jordan, uh, except Michael is second to Michael Jordan in career average.
08:15But I wanted to know, I was like, when is the last time we beat Luca?
08:20And Luca is nine and six in his career against the heat.
08:23Okay.
08:25Four of those losses were the first four times he's ever played the heat.
08:27So he was a teenager.
08:28He legally couldn't drink in this country.
08:29Like his first two years?
08:31Yes.
08:31First, his first two years, Oh, and four.
08:34And after that?
08:35Nine and two.
08:36Five straight.
08:37And wait, last year, did he drop 60 on you guys?
08:40Sure did.
08:41And he dropped 42 on you guys, did he?
08:43Sure did.
08:44So, uh.
08:45The last two games he averaged 50?
08:47Yeah.
08:47Pretty much.
08:48Yeah.
08:49We're not very good.
08:5051, to be quite honest.
08:51The Balkans kill us because we've, we've never beat, we never beat Joker and we never beat
08:55Luca.
08:56Never happens.
08:58So you can't beat the Euros.
08:59Can't beat the Euros.
09:00I think they're doing it for Jovic, for revenge.
09:04But it was like, I was like, wait, when is the last time we, because I feel like I remember
09:08the game.
09:08You remember the game where all the Slovenians showed up and Goran won that game.
09:11And I was like, I remember that game.
09:13I was like, was that the last time we beat Luca?
09:14And I looked it up.
09:15I was like, no, but we haven't beat him in three years.
09:18And that wasn't even real Luca.
09:19That was baby Luca.
09:20That was fatty Luca.
09:22Yeah.
09:23That was fat Luca.
09:24Slim Luca is unbelievable.
09:27It's crazy.
09:27He didn't even have a headband on yesterday.
09:29He looked all disheveled.
09:30Looked like he walked onto that game hungover and just, this is like, yeah, back to back.
09:35I'll still kill you.
09:35I ain't like it.
09:36The big Euros have kind of like that lazy movement about them.
09:40Yeah.
09:40While just gutting you.
09:42Yeah.
09:42Right?
09:43Cause Luca doesn't do anything fast.
09:44Just like Joker.
09:45You think Joker, the way he does stuff like, oh God.
09:48Well, the other thing too, that's funny.
09:49And this happened with Giannis too yesterday is like the referees don't know how to officiate
09:53them.
09:53Like that's the other thing.
09:54Like Spoh had to use two challenges yesterday to have an offensive foul taken away twice on
10:00Giannis and both of them got overturned and then you're out of challenges in the first
10:04quarter.
10:04Well, I think they should do it like baseball.
10:08And here's why.
10:10You shouldn't be penalized if the official did a poor job.
10:14100%.
10:14And so if you like, don't they do it in football that you keep your challenge if you get it
10:19right?
10:20I think you get an extra one if you get them both.
10:23Oh, you get an extra.
10:24I think if you get both challenges right, I think you get a third.
10:27Now in baseball, if you, you can tap your head all day.
10:30If you miss two, you're out.
10:31But if you don't, you still keep your two challenges, which is the whole point.
10:36Like you shouldn't be penalized.
10:38If an official blows a call, you got to use a challenge to fix it.
10:43You shouldn't lose your challenge.
10:44What's in the NBA if you, if you were right in your both challenges, you get an extra challenge?
10:49Yeah, I think it's just one challenge now.
10:52And if you win that challenge, you get two and that's it.
10:54That's the limit.
10:55If you blow one, that's it.
10:56It's like, but it's like they're trying to avoid the fact that their officials made a
11:01mistake.
11:02Yes.
11:02Well, the officials, they stink.
11:04They can't, they don't know how to officiate.
11:06And especially some of these guys who are like, you know, these guys who are just Uber
11:11stars.
11:11And I know nobody likes the foul baiting and stuff like that, but yeah, I mean, Giannis
11:14yesterday, it was kind of crazy because Giannis was, uh, I mean, he had one where he nearly
11:19killed Jake LaRavia, but LaRavia shouldn't have been there.
11:22Like LaRavia, he's like, like Giannis just falls right on him.
11:28And so they called an offensive foul on Giannis because it looked like he murdered the guy,
11:31but he shouldn't have been there.
11:32So they overturned it, but the heat were out of challenges by the first quarter.
11:36But like, if, if you do your job that poorly, the team that calls you out on it should not
11:45be penalized.
11:47Yeah.
11:47And what happens is, is that you only suck for the first half, but then when you screw
11:55up in the second half, there's no ramification.
11:57Dude, there was a, Vlad, did you watch any of the game last night?
11:59Yeah.
12:00Did you see when Giannis just bowled over two Lakers?
12:03Yeah.
12:04Just with one arm, just like, but nobody could challenge it.
12:07Cause there's no challenges left.
12:08They already blew it.
12:09It's ridiculous.
12:09It's stupid.
12:10So now it just becomes wild.
12:11Like bowling, it's like, you know what?
12:13I just realized about Giannis.
12:14Giannis gets called like Shaq does.
12:16Yeah.
12:16No, Spoh said that pretty recently.
12:18No, the official's not helping him whatsoever.
12:21It was crazy.
12:22Like just two, and these are not small people.
12:24These are NBA players.
12:25All right.
12:26This is not like he's, you know, knocking over two JJ Barea's.
12:29He's knocking over like Quentin Grimes and Zyre Williams, like with one arm.
12:35Like it's, you know, Milwaukee, you didn't appreciate that.
12:39This is, this guy is different.
12:41Yeah.
12:41Wish somebody else would show up for him.
12:43Wait, what?
12:44I wish somebody else could show up for him.
12:45You wish somebody could trade for him?
12:47I said, I wish somebody else would show up for him.
12:50Oh, show up for him.
12:51Oh, you talking about number 13?
12:54I mean, here's the thing.
12:58I didn't think that yesterday was one of those games.
13:00Like Bam wasn't timid.
13:01He wasn't good in the first half, but he wasn't good in the first half.
13:03But like you said earlier, it's one of those games where you look at the stats and you're
13:06like, oh, Bam had a good game.
13:08But if you watch the game, he would pick up to the second half.
13:12Yeah, but he wasn't really like, it was one of those like he didn't even get involved.
13:16And then like the game, you're drowning already.
13:18And so then like he's having points put up when it's already over.
13:21So like I get why everybody goes to that, but to be fair, like look, Giannis did everything
13:28he could do offensively.
13:29Did he do defensively?
13:31You know, that has been a little disappointing, I'm going to be honest with you.
13:36You know?
13:37Between Bam and Giannis, you should have two of the best defenders in the league.
13:41Yeah.
13:42So I think, you know, Giannis is doing so much on the offensive end, you know, it's tough
13:48it's tough to get bad on the defensive end, but I think on the other side of it.
13:51Every now and then, though.
13:52Yeah, yeah, I get you.
13:53But I'm saying like, I think both of them are very much not keeping up their end of the
13:58bargain on other sides of things.
14:00And it does trickle down everybody else.
14:01But I will say, man, some of the other guys who are getting in there, like Tim Hardaway Jr.,
14:06bro.
14:08Man.
14:08Man, I would think somebody who grew up next to Heat Culture would be like a little
14:14more dug in.
14:16Is he drenched?
14:17Not washed, yes.
14:18He just went drenched.
14:19I don't know why you would say that, because just because you're around it don't mean you
14:24could do it.
14:25It might not be your makeup.
14:27He's just standing around looking at the ball.
14:28Again.
14:29Not even asking him to get steals.
14:31You're asking a guy to play a certain way that it might not be in him.
14:37Then go play the rookie, dude.
14:38Then play Conwell.
14:40Like, have somebody who's going to be rambunctious and go out there and run.
14:42Okay, but I'm just saying, like, we all know what some of these guys were, right?
14:51And keep in mind, when we're talking about getting them, and we were talking about their
14:55defense, it don't matter.
14:56We need them for their shooting.
14:58But you were assuming that the other guys were going to play defense.
15:01I'm not even talking about locking up, Leroy.
15:02I'm saying, like, balls in the air.
15:05Can you box somebody out?
15:06Can you, like, have some move is what I'm saying.
15:10That's all I'm saying.
15:11I'm not saying go be.
15:12I'm not saying drop the clip.
15:13I'm saying, boo, there's a brick.
15:16Oh, the Ravia got it again.
15:18Oh, cool.
15:19And Davion Mitchell's flying from the top of the key to the corner because you're just
15:23sitting there just watching.
15:24And, like, nobody's talking to each other.
15:26It's like, it's crazy.
15:27And then.
15:28Talking.
15:28There's certain things you should have to.
15:30Like, if I'm a point guard, I shouldn't have to yell into Giannis and Bam.
15:34Get the rebound.
15:35I know, but that's what they say.
15:37They're like, we're going to overcommunicate.
15:38I'm like, you do?
15:38Get the ball.
15:39Right.
15:40Box your guy out.
15:42That's basic, fundamental basketball.
15:44Luka's yawning on the court.
15:45He's so bored.
15:46He's not talking.
15:48I mean, they played the night before.
15:50Forty points, brate.
15:54What, like, back-to-back 40-piece?
15:56I'm going to take a nap.
15:57Luka does it again.
15:59Dunk to Kessler.
15:59And then he lets Austin Reeves do his little Austin Reeves thing.
16:02He's cute.
16:04He says, now I take a nap.
16:06Yeah.
16:07Reeves, you take over, Bobby.
16:09I'm tired.
16:10They play him a lot of minutes.
16:12Who, Luka?
16:13Oh, yeah.
16:14Yeah.
16:14Well.
16:16He's averaging 38.
16:17Didn't he play the whole first quarter?
16:20Yeah.
16:20Yeah, because he's usually on five.
16:22A lot of guys.
16:22If you go to Luka, the Luka MO, Luka scores most of his points in the first quarter.
16:27He's, like, the leading scorer in the first quarter.
16:29A lot of guys like that.
16:30A lot of guys like just playing the whole first quarter and then coming out.
16:32Jimmy did that.
16:33Jimmy was, like, a first quarter.
16:34Played the whole first quarter.
16:35And then.
16:36And that's another thing, too, with the staggering the minutes.
16:38I mean, that drove me insane yesterday.
16:41With Yannson and Bam.
16:42Yeah, because the thing with Spoh is, is, okay, are you going to go for the game or are you
16:48not going to go for the game?
16:49And so, like, he gets to this point where he takes Bam out and then he doesn't put him back
16:54in until there's five minutes left in regulation.
16:57It's a 20-point game.
16:58And I'm like, hey, maybe Spoh.
17:01I don't know, dude.
17:02If you're going to try and win, which I guess I'm assuming if Bam's coming back in, you're going to
17:06try and win.
17:08Maybe the blow that he got from, like, three minutes at the end of the third quarter, bring him back
17:13in with nine minutes left in the first quarter.
17:16Go for it.
17:17See if it works.
17:18If it doesn't, we'll see it in the Clippers game.
17:20But I don't understand this whole, like, he's, like, watching and waiting.
17:24And I feel like it's this thing where, like, he's hoping to get Giannis comfortable again.
17:28But Giannis wasn't comfortable in the second half because they just were like, all right, cool.
17:33You know what we're doing?
17:34We're putting nine guys in the paint and Giannis is just going to shoot jumpers, which didn't go well, by
17:40the way.
17:40It never does.
17:41So, like, I don't understand that.
17:43He has one out of every eight games shooting a jumper.
17:46Yeah, it's just like, I don't, like, what is the point of that if you're Eric Spoelstra?
17:50You're keeping Bam on the bench for so long.
17:52And this has been my big thing the entire time is, like, he keeps wanting to, like, avoid playing them.
17:57But, I mean, he's like, don't worry.
17:59Don't worry, Bam.
17:59I got Drew Smith out there with Giannis.
18:01He'll handle this.
18:03He's, well, what's up, right?
18:05So, not a great game by the coach either.
18:07But, again, I think it's just a Slovenian assassin making me crazy because that guy was unstoppable yesterday.
18:12Yeah, like, I always wonder what part of that you just got beat with good basketball.
18:2080%.
18:2120% lashing out.
18:23Okay.
18:24Because he was unstoppable.
18:26Yeah.
18:27Yeah.
18:27He's good.
18:29Any hoodles.
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18:37Ricardo says, stop blaming Spoelstra, you fraud.
18:39Who do you want to blame, Ricardo?
18:41Who do you want to blame?
18:42Call in.
18:44Let me go.
18:45Bam wasn't aggressive enough.
18:46Great.
18:46Let's do that show 900 times.
18:48I'm happy that you made it to work today.
18:50Why?
18:51I thought you might have been hitting that bottle.
18:53You know, I realized when I was doing my YouTube recap last night and I opened up the tequila Leroy
18:57got me.
18:57I was like, three shots of this.
18:59Probably too much at one in the morning.
19:00Did you try it?
19:01It was good.
19:01Is it good?
19:02Yeah, it was good.
19:02I tried it at 110 in the morning.
19:06Which one did you try?
19:09The one you said was fancier.
19:12Okay.
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19:14I don't know what the name is.
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19:25Oh, here he is.
19:25Hold on.
19:26Hey, what do you want?
19:29Well, good morning to everybody.
19:30Parsley.
19:31It's not a good morning.
19:32I just want you to take the heat off of your coach considering that's your mastermind right there.
19:37Right?
19:38He's not on the court playing basketball.
19:40He's not the one defending the whatever you want to call Luca because he's a demon right now.
19:46Did you call in to tell me that the coach doesn't play?
19:48Thank you for that breakdown.
19:49No.
19:50Hey, Topes, come on.
19:51Give me two seconds.
19:52All right.
19:53So you want to blame Spolster for this and why he's not guarding the everybody else that
19:58have to, you know, play defense for, you know, and things like that.
20:01But I get it.
20:04He's got his defensive prowess, but offensively, he's not being aggressive.
20:08He's not playing in the paint.
20:09He's flaring around.
20:12He's got this attitude like, oh, every time he messes up, he just loses confidence and
20:17attitude and he's the captain of your team.
20:19What do you think the other players around him when they see that?
20:23It's not what happened in the game yesterday, though.
20:25Like, I don't know why that's not how the game went.
20:28I give you there have been games where he's done that, but that's not how that went yesterday.
20:33I think if I could bet on Hard Rock how many times he flails his arms up in the air
20:37and
20:37pouts like a child, I probably could make some money, Topes.
20:40I don't think so, dude.
20:41He did get very upset.
20:42I think what he got upset with in the first half, if what you're referring to, is when
20:46he got teed up because three Lakers hit him in the head and then Luca got a little
20:50touch on the hip and they called that immediately.
20:52I think that's what he lost his mind over.
20:54I think that's what you're probably referring to.
20:56But yeah, my bigger problem is if he's not going to be in the offensive game plan, you're
21:02going to roll with a hot Giannis and shooters, which is fine.
21:04But then my point would be on that, if you're the coach, is why are you conserving his energy
21:10defensively?
21:11Like, throw him on the best player on the court.
21:13See if it slows him down for a couple possessions.
21:16And that didn't dawn on the coach at any point until the second half when the game was already
21:21over.
21:22So that's why I take umbrage with him, Ricardo.
21:27Well, that's why you got Andrew Wiggins on your team, right?
21:29That's why Leroy played with him so much for that defensive prowess he's got, too.
21:33But he was cooked.
21:35He was cooked and dissected yesterday by Luca.
21:38I don't know what to tell you, man.
21:39I wonder if they had these conversations with Jordan.
21:42Why they can't guard Jordan.
21:44Oh, probably nonstop.
21:44You know what I'm saying?