DTB’S OFFICIAL DETERMINATION AS TO WHY THE HEAT LOST THIS GAME:
Andre Iguodala is a bitch.
DTB’S OFFICIAL DETERMINATION AS TO WHY THE HEAT LOST THIS GAME PART TWO:
They didn’t even have Kendrick Nunn in the game for most of overtime even though he was the reason it went to overtime in the first place and they didn’t just lose in regulation.
The Dragic/Jones/Robinson/Crowder/Adebayo might be fine for some random stints during the third quarter, but in overtime? That’s not going to get it done. I’m mostly looking at Jones and Crowder here. They’re fine, but they’re not going to be going out there and getting buckets like Nunn can. Nunn is their bucket getter. He has been the whole season. And everyone knows (except Spoelstra) that stuff that worked in regulation doesn’t work when the defensive intensity goes up to 11, which is when you really need those buckets.
Spoelstra is a great coach, but man, sometimes his lineup decisions are just weird. LeBron was totally right to passive-aggressively bump into him that one time.