00:00And then basketball, you know, this is where the Heat surprised me, Solana.
00:05So before the season started, if you had told me the Heat would have had two nights off
00:12because they hadn't played since Friday, and they're playing a Lakers team
00:17that's on the second night of a back-to-back, even though it's in L.A.,
00:20if you had told me that just based on the Heat roster and who I think Giannis is,
00:27I would have said the Heat win that game.
00:30Like, I would have said, okay, Lakers are going to be tired, Heat on two nights rest.
00:36I don't care that they're traveling out west.
00:38Like, Heat led by Giannis, like, to me, that's a no-problem game.
00:42That's how good I thought the Heat team was going into the season.
00:45And Ira Winderman's going to join us today.
00:48Josh Appel's going to join us today.
00:49So the part that makes me a little worried about the Heat is their two wins come against
00:58less than average teams.
01:00I think Atlanta is the epitome of an average team, and Indiana's better, but they didn't
01:05have Tyrese Halliburton on the night that they played.
01:09So I'm just a little concerned about, I mean, obviously, the amount of points they give up
01:15is a whole different concern, but I'm just a little concerned in general where what I
01:21thought the Heat were and what they've been, what are they, two and five?
01:28Two and five.
01:29So what they've been through seven games, just like the way that it shapes up, they should
01:36destroy the Clippers tomorrow because they're beating up on bad teams.
01:41You know what I mean?
01:42Their best games, obviously, were Atlanta and Indiana.
01:45Clippers are terrible.
01:46So, like, the way that I imagine this playing out.
01:49But before the season, had you asked me, I would have said, oh, the Heat will beat L.A.
01:53if L.A.'s on the second night of a back-to-back and the Heat are well-rested and full
01:57-strength,
01:57which they were.
02:00The thing to me, and I can't even get on, I'm not doing points thing, because 117, I think
02:05the Heat are 120 team, how in the hell do you give up 134 points?
02:10And, you know, a new New Year's resolution, as I might say when I was asking good questions,
02:16who in the hell is going to stop Luka from dropping 40 on us?
02:20Wiggins can't stop a stop sign from moving.
02:22I don't know what.
02:23Here you go.
02:24I don't know what you're talking about.
02:26That's the thing.
02:27Our defense was supposed to be great.
02:28We had the bigs.
02:29I didn't think about it.
02:30Oh, where are our perimeter guys?
02:31Because we know our shooters aren't great defenders and all of that stuff.
02:35I don't know, but that was somewhat embarrassing.
02:37And my flight got delayed, so I could just sit down and watch it and be embarrassed laying
02:42on the floor in the airport.
02:43I got to cash a couple of Clay tickets yesterday as well, because I had Clay over 10, Clay over
02:4815, over 20 was right there.
02:52And I think it was like plus 400, man.
02:54Just needed one more, not even a bucket, just one more point.
02:58And he would have hit that one.
02:59I'll ask you guys this.
03:01In honor of today being election day across the United States, what is the bigger threat
03:05to democracy?
03:06Is it the far left or the far right?
03:08Or is it Eric Spolstra forcing Andrew Wiggins to cover Luka Doncic?
03:12But what would you have done?
03:14What would you have done?
03:16Bam Adebayo.
03:17Okay.
03:18That's right.
03:19Giannis Antetokounmpo.
03:20But better chance with those two.
03:22And I understand there's the risk of foul trouble.
03:24And I realize that is a big risk.
03:26I get that.
03:27But double him.
03:29You can't allow a guy to drop 40 on you and to have whatever it was, 12 assists.
03:35Like, pick your poison.
03:36Pick your poison.
03:38Let him go off for 50?
03:39Fine.
03:40But don't let anybody else beat you.
03:43Or double him and force everybody else to beat you.
03:46With the Bam situation, because this was your answer after, what was his name?
03:50Cooper Flagg went coast to coast to win the game against the Mavs.
03:54Put Bam on him.
03:55You can't have your four guarding 94 feet.
03:59It's not.
04:00You're going to have Bam chase Luka around.
04:02He is not going to score a damn point that night.
04:04He's going to be exhausted.
04:06Okay.
04:06At least Luka doesn't go off for 40 plus, walking into 40 plus.
04:10Yeah.
04:11But, I mean, again, and I understand you're saying pick your poison.
04:14But you're picking a big game change there.
04:17Because I would submit to you, as good a defender as Bam is, he's not shutting him down.
04:22No.
04:22Nobody's shutting him down.
04:23I mean, what Luka, some of the stats we were going through yesterday in the pregame.
04:28Some of the stats, like he's doing stuff that only Wilt Chamberlain did through the first six,
04:33now seven games of the season.
04:35By the way, yesterday, Luka was second best odds at plus 225 after the game to win the MVP.
04:42As I'm talking about it, on the air, it shifted.
04:46Luka and Wemby tied at plus 200 for the favorites to win the MVP.
04:49I bet if we look right now, Luka Doncic is the favorite.
04:52Yeah, I would take Luka over Wemby right now.
04:55And the Lakers look legit, like, but defensively, Hawk, to your point, this is not the Miami Heat team that
05:01we were expecting coming into the season.
05:03That, and Spoh was frustrated.
05:06Yeah.
05:06I haven't heard Spoh that candid after a loss in a long time.
05:10Like, he was annoyed.
05:11That's the best way to put it.
05:12He was just annoyed.
05:13But what was he annoyed by?
05:14By the defense.
05:15By the missed assignments, by blow-bys, by poor effort from the defense.
05:20Like, one thing is, hey, you've got a bunch of individual great defenders.
05:23All right, well, you've got to defend as a team.
05:25And yesterday, yeah, Luka torched you, but he's torching everybody.
05:29Okay, fine.
05:30He's averaging 40-plus over his last five games now.
05:32He's dropped back-to-back 40-plus point games.
05:35Like, it's ridiculous.
05:36But you can't let other players beat you then.
05:39Like, that's just basketball 101.
05:44Like, close out on your defenders and don't let anybody else beat you.
05:48I was just going to say, speaking of defense, though, because Luka, let's say,
05:53Luka is one of the best ever.
05:55He is an impressive player.
05:57Austin Reeves took the road less traveled offensively, too.
06:01They weren't giving Austin Reeves hell either.
06:03The defense looked porous all around.
06:06If you take Luka off the court, they still look porous.
