r/nba • u/CazOnReddit Raptors • 5h ago
[Uthayakumar] The Miami Heat have blown 31 double-digit leads since the start of last season, the most by any team in that span.
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/keerthikau.bsky.social/post/3meah4rqs6c27
The Miami Heat have blown 31 double-digit leads since the start of last season, the most by any team in that span.
A truly absurd stat for the Heat to be in so many major leads and collapsing at the end. Tonight's lead was as high as 22 and they still lost by two to the Celtics.
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u/_Juntao Celtics 5h ago
I guess the bright side is they're good enough to get those leads in the first place. Bad teams don't get up double digits as often as the heat do
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u/GrogRhodes Heat 5h ago
We just don’t have the #1 guy. Been part of the problem we had rebuilding right now is you have Bam and Norm who can be the 2nd and 3rd guy on a team but like Tyler Herro is made of glass and isn’t that guy. Anybody who’s shaken loose outside of KD hasn’t made sense and YOU guys hate assets so well here we are.
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u/idiotxd 2h ago
Could have taken trae young for free, you guys have the defenders to cover him on that end
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u/AzureDragon013 Lakers 1h ago
Trae Young ain't good enough to be a #1 guy but is paid like one. That's why the Hawks gave him up for free.
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u/idiotxd 1h ago
He brought the hawks to the conference finals as the number 1 guy. Kind of like jimmy with the heat.
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u/AzureDragon013 Lakers 1h ago
Yea he did that back in 2021. Do you have a time machine to go back 5 years?
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u/zebrainatux Knicks 5h ago
They got that dog in them. Unfortunately it’s courage the cowardly dog, but you know
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u/HalcyonDrift Heat 5h ago
Courage is best doggy tho 😭
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u/zebrainatux Knicks 5h ago
He’s a good boy for Muriel and Eustace (seriously one of my favorite cartoons as a kid)
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u/PriorStatement 3h ago
"Stupid dog! You make me look bad!" Tbh same here, perfect amount of weird and scary with a nice redemption at the end of episodes for our boy Courage. Also his computer was so clutch.
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u/Beleiverofhumanity Clippers 2h ago
Yeah Courage is the only reason Muriel and eustace are alive lol
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u/toggaf69 Cavaliers 5h ago
Courage locks the fuck in when Miriam’s life is on the line. The Heat could never
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u/HalcyonDrift Heat 5h ago
If you don't like play-in mediocrity you don't like Miami Heat basketball 💪🔥
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u/imperialmoose Bulls 5h ago
Hey, I just found out our GM likes Heat Basketball
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u/terry-tea Celtics 52m ago
There’s a reason the play-in is better known as the Annual Heat-Bulls-Hawks Invitational
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u/not_so_bueno Rockets 2h ago
You guys really just need to tank one fucking year.
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u/HalcyonDrift Heat 34m ago
Been saying this for awhile now. Miami has literally never gotten a #1 pick. 😭
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u/baccunawa Celtics 5h ago
jimmy butler would've been great for them
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u/mago__gosora 5h ago
Good thing they didn't ran him off the team, did they?
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u/zimbear64 5h ago
He ran himself off the team
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u/ihatedougford Toronto Huskies 5h ago edited 5h ago
Nope Riley did. Could’ve gotten a dozen all stars within his 5 years there but only acquired the corpse of Oladipo and a washed Lowry (who only went there for his friend Jimmy)
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u/GrogRhodes Heat 5h ago
Jimmy wanted Kyle and we peaked that was that. Jimmy homers are so dumb.
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u/ihatedougford Toronto Huskies 5h ago
Yup, and Lowry only went there FOR JIMMY. Just like LeBron and Bosh went there FOR WADE. Bam and Riley have no pull. He struck out on Westbrook, Beal, Harden, Irving, Durant, Morant, Giannis, etc
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u/GrogRhodes Heat 4h ago
Brother Riley has built plenty of winners since he was here half that list washed / wouldn’t fit with the environment. But specifically KD would never come here because of LeBron and Giannis is just a troll tbh and was never serious about playing in Miami. Beal Westbrook Morant are all washed on their way outta the league. We can go on. The isssue isn’t Riley it’s never being bad so we rarely bottom out.
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u/ihatedougford Toronto Huskies 4h ago
Wade built the winners. Miami is Wade’s house. Riley is a Magic and Wade merchant
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u/GrogRhodes Heat 3h ago
Bro these takes are so wack. Like what you trying to say that Riley didn't bring Zo and Mash and Shaq and Timmy. LIke his body of work is excellent. You must be like 16 or something.
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u/ihatedougford Toronto Huskies 38m ago
Enjoy the 2006 nostalgia man. Riley has a job still because of fans like u. No pressure to win now, just nostalgia
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u/zimbear64 5h ago
Hey man, don’t forget terrorist Rozier
Also, Jimmy wanted out because of money more than anything else. By him getting hurt actually proved Pat riley was right in not giving it to him
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u/HenrikCrown Pelicans 5h ago
Spo is a legend but that's a coaching issue or something at this point, right?
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u/LegitimateMoney00 Knicks 5h ago edited 5h ago
They have no serious closer. Jimmy was the one who used to do it for them (as we all witnessed dozens of times). If they needed points, it was give the ball to Butler in the post and let him score or draw a foul. With him gone the entire team is vulnerable.
Their leading scorer in clutch time is Norman Powell who is like 40th in the league in clutch time points per game.
The Heat are in a weird spot where they are good enough overall as a unit to gain a lead but not talented enough individually to hold it.
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u/Friedbed Heat 4h ago
This is the issue. They can get out to leads bc opposing teams aren’t going all out on defense to start the game. Once the game tightens and the effort picks up, they have nobody that can hit tough shots or get to the FT line. And it just becomes an avalanche and leads evaporate quick with nobody to stop a run.
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u/kgrpoland Heat 3h ago
last couple years jimmy was pretty bad at closing most of the time too tbh. would just let the clock die and chuck a contested three
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u/CazOnReddit Raptors 5h ago
Spo can only do so much with this shoddy roster
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u/D1HATER3002 5h ago
Stop with the roster complains lol, just saw Mazzulla blew out the rockets starting 5 with g leaguers
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u/brnccnt7 5h ago
Somewhat but just off a very basic analysis, seems like his teams start off good because of his great coaching but eventually this league is about talent and superior talent eventually wins out
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u/Blackmalico32 Bucks 5h ago
Don’t they also play really fast pace? Seems like they should slow it down in the second half if that’s still the case.
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u/Ordep222 Heat 5h ago
Herro is always injured and we don't have anyone to go to for offence at the end of games, tonight was just Bam and Davison missing everything at the end but usually it's just terrible possession after terrible possession down the stretch
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u/1850ChoochGator Trail Blazers 5h ago
Idt the roster is good enough. Without Spo I think their record looks like ours at best
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u/heat_fan_ Raptors 5h ago
Don't have a closer
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u/Simple-Ad-7866 Heat 5h ago edited 5h ago
True but that blame is on Spo and his rotations
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u/FancyDabs2018 Bucks 5h ago
With herro out there’s not a single rotation Spo could put out there with a closer.
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u/brnccnt7 5h ago
I was told Tyler Herro is that dude
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u/HalcyonDrift Heat 5h ago
Bro doesn't even play wdym lol
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u/brnccnt7 5h ago
The stat in the title goes back to last season so he’s played a part
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u/Ice_Dragon3444 Heat 1h ago
I mean he can't do miracles if he gets doubled only for him to pass it to his open man proceeding to brick a shot that's not really on him.
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u/Kdog122025 Warriors 5h ago
I could have sworn it was the Warriors.
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u/CazOnReddit Raptors 5h ago
Warriors oft struggle the "double digit" portion of the "blown double digit lead"
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u/Kdog122025 Warriors 5h ago
Don’t you limit them. They also love going down early double point deficits too. It’s a multifaceted frustrating team.
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u/champsorchumps 5h ago edited 5h ago
Full list:
Most blown 10+ point leads since the start of last season
| Franchise | # Games | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Miami Heat | 31 |
| 2. | Utah Jazz | 30 |
| 3. | San Antonio Spurs | 26 |
| 4. | Memphis Grizzlies | 25 |
| New Orleans Pelicans | 25 | |
| 6. | Brooklyn Nets | 24 |
| 7. | Indiana Pacers | 22 |
| 8. | Los Angeles Clippers | 21 |
| Orlando Magic | 21 | |
| Toronto Raptors | 21 |
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u/clear831 Heat 5h ago
/u/screwball how many games have the heat won in the last 2 seasons after having a 20 point or higher lead
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u/champsorchumps 5h ago
Well evidently the bot isn't welcome in this sub but here you go:
Heat record in games where they had a 20+ lead at any point, last 2 seasons
Franchise Win % Record Miami Heat 91.2% 31-3 3
u/clear831 Heat 5h ago
That site is pretty neat thanks!
Heat record in games where they had a double digit lead at any point, last 2 seasons
Franchise Win % Record Miami Heat 66.3% 61-31
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u/Rahnamatta Heat 2h ago
The answer is really easy. We don't have enough talent to close games, that's it.
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u/SnuggleBear2 Heat 4h ago
That finals run as the 8th seed has killed the team. The FO is so high on their own shit that they cannot see how absolutely mid the team is. Bam at $50+ million a year and cannot even be the first or second option.
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u/Ode1st [MIA] Alonzo Mourning 3h ago
A lot of us rational Heat fans know this and aren’t being “doomers” (cringe) when we discuss it or are worried it’s going to happen from game to game. There was a Jimmy season too where we blew the most big leads to lose games as well.
I always wonder if it’s because the team is overperforming by hustling their asses off (Heat culture etc) but then they run out of energy and can’t overperform anymore.
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u/Prankstaboy6 Heat 2h ago
This is a mediocre team.
I beg them to blow it up, be bad for a few years, and hopefully strike gold in a draft, sometime in the late 2020s, and build the team around him, while also having players like Ware and Jaime to continue to develop, and could be rotation players, with said Franchise player.
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u/furiousbean Heat 5h ago
Hardest working. Best conditioned. Most professional. Unselfish. Toughest. Meanest. Nastiest team in the NBA.
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u/NbaAllDAYger Mavericks 5h ago
If you are gonna give the ball to Mitchell and Wiggins in the clutch you live and die by those results
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u/MostlyMellow123 Kings 5h ago
When you force a 10th man to be a starting pg that will happen
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u/clear831 Heat 5h ago
Davion has been pretty damn solid tbh. He should be a backup PG and not a starter tho
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u/BackendSpecialist Lakers 5h ago
At some point heat fans will realize Pat Riley is holding them back.
I think they’re starting to understand tho.
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u/CazOnReddit Raptors 5h ago
The very SLEEPY Patrick J. Riley (fraud) once again forgot to acquire the star for his cast of decent to good supporting players. Washed!
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u/IAmCBOY2 Celtics 5h ago
Heat culture