The Heat are still looking for consistency

To facilitate the “tanking” operation. JazzWill Hardy benched three of his five starters throughout the fourth quarter. THE Heat therefore, they had a golden opportunity to make it a second consecutive success, but Erik Spoelstra’s men missed it.

While they had a five-point advantage four minutes from time, their teammates Bam Adebayo he’ll only manage two shots before he’s pierced by a long-range arrow from Brice Sensabaugh in the last minute. The symbol of Miami’s clumsiness, Kasparas Yakutsionis misses himself in the final moments even though he has had the hot hand so far.

Cass missed an open three late in the game, but sometimes it’s all or nothing. underscores Erik Spoelstra. “We had opportunities to fight and stop defensively. Our players were tired, they gave everything.”

The Heat trapped in affordable matchups

With three games in four days, fatigue may have played a role defeat 115-111 South Beach franchise. However, Bam Adebayo does not want to make excuses and laments his team’s lack of consistency: “We’ve got to be consistent. It doesn’t matter if we’re playing a back-to-back or our fourth game in five days. We’ve got to find a way to beat teams that are trying to lose.”

In early February, the Heat had an affordable schedule. In the last six games, the Celtics were their only opponent with a positive result. However, Miami has lost four of its last six meetings. In a press conference, Erik Spoelstra couldn’t explain his team’s lack of consistency.

“We’re working on it,” assures the Heat Tactician. “That’s all I can say to the fans. This is a dedicated group that wants to move forward after these disappointing matches.”

A group that is still looking for itself

To try to explain this bad situation in Miami, we have to turn to the ambulance. Injured in the ribs, Tyler Herro is absent from January 20, and his return remains unclear until Norman Powell he has back problems. Without his two outfielders, Erik Spoelstra is looking for solutions and trying different starting fives.

Against the Jazz, the 55-year-old coach unsuccessfully proposed his 19th different starting five of the season with Davion Mitchell-Simone Fontecchio-Andrew Wiggins-Bam Adebayo-Kelel Ware. Heath lacked success from behind the arc as a failed matchup Simone Fontecchio who made just one of his five 3-point attempts.

Among the encouraging ways, there are association Kel’el Ware – Bam Adebayo. Crucial to the success against the Wizards, these two players were only able to spend nine minutes on the floor together against Utah because of Kel’el Ware’s foul trouble. A fairly short segment during which the Heat dominated the Jazz by fifteen points.

“It’s part of the learning process: He has to learn not to put his hands where he shouldn’t be, which is a concern with aggressive players.” explains Erik Spoelstra on Kel’El Ware’s foul trouble. “When we play two bigs, we have to be a good rebounding team. But we’re better at this when we only have one big. It’s frustrating and needs to change.”

Before the All-Star break, Miami will challenge a new team at the bottom of the standings with a trip to New Orleans this Wednesday.

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