Sunday, November 28th, 2010 at 9:00 am  |  93 responses

Miami Heat Lose, Hold Team Meeting

The Dallas Mavericks exposed the Miami Heat’s hole in the middle en route to a 106-95 victory, knocking the Heat to 9-8. “Caron Butler scored a season-high 23 points and Tyson Chandler had 14 points and 17 rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks defeated the visiting Miami Heat 106-95 on Saturday. Dirk Nowitzki scored 22 points as the Mavericks (12-4) won their fifth consecutive contest. LeBron James scored 23 points for Miami (9-8), while Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade scored 22 points apiece. Dallas limited Miami to 41.3 percent shooting and James made just 5-of-19 shots.” After the game, the doors to the Heat’s locker room didn’t open for 45 minutes, and Marc Spears tweeted that, “Heat have players only meeting to air out issues after loss to Mavs.” Miami travels to Cleveland this Thursday.

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  • The Philosopher

    LONG… LIVE… THE KING.

  • jls

    first

  • http://slamonline.com hanson

    south beach sexy boyz cant ball.

  • http://ohlaglambam.blogspot.com Zabba

    They were worried about Lebron’s tampons.

  • http://simonlawy888.blogspot.com Simon Lawy

    LONG…LIVE…THE PHILOSOPHER

  • http://www.slamonline.com J

    Finally.

  • spit hot fiyah

    so SLAM is releasing a top 500 players ever issue huh, did u guys moderate my comment last time i tried to post it?

  • Clydesays

    I’m wondering if the Malone/GP version of the Lakers generated this much national press after every loss…

  • The Philosopher

    LONG… LIVE… SIMON LAWY.

  • namik

    How about Bronnie shoulder checking his coach en route to the bench?? Was that the “inner competitor” raising its ugly face again??

  • vtrobot

    @ Clydesays: They were 14-3 at this point that year so, no, probably not as many of these type of articles.

  • IAMORANGE4EVER

    The HEAT met, and they decided it was best for Pat Riley to bring his talents back to the bench.

  • The Philosopher

    ^^Imagine that? Them staging a mutiny against Spoelstra?
    That would be crazy.

  • http://www.need4sheed.com Tarzan Cooper

    Mas problemas en miami

  • All Day

    It’s only a matter of time before the pressure of losing too many games causes the team to implode.

  • All Day

    When you’re having a team meeting 17 games into the season, you’re in trouble!

  • All Day

    Please don’t twist your ankles jumping off the Miami Heat bandwagon…this is a public service announcement!

  • Thor

    HAHAHA @All day

  • call me li

    am i the only one who thinks the heat will get it together? I mean it is only 17 games in and if they REALLY want to win as much as they say they will start to do the necessary things. Once they taste it they will want more

  • http://staticseth.blogspot.com Seth

    Get Riley in there already, let’s go. Also, the return to Cleveland is gonna be a fun one to watch. I am canceling all plans.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Nick tha Quick

    Why is it widely assumed that the Heat will someday soon get it together and begin their unstoppable march to the FInals? That there is certain point in their season when they’ll have a miraculous divination and starting destroying teams? Why is this so easy to believe? This could very well fail and implode just as easily. Not hating just offering a different train of thought.

  • http://Slamonline.com Kap

    Lebrons lack of fundamentals, Wades inability to play without the ball, and Chris Boshs revelation that he is just a large small forward are to blame plus these guys low bball IQ and a horrible bench. I mean Lebron has been in the league eight years and he can’t post up or play without the ball. Karma is a “u know wat”.

  • Omar

    Co-sign Kap. I’ve been saying all of this from day one. That team is fatally flawed. How are you going to “turn it out”, much less win a chip, without a decent point guard, decent big man, or a bench?

  • Brian

    I heard the meeting didn’t produce much though because Bron and Wade couldn’t decide who should lead it so they mostly stood there and stared at their stats.

  • Brian

    There really is nothing better then hearing the whistle blow after the Heat have given up their 50th straight layup and watching LBJ’s head and shoulders sag in his quitters pose while Wade goes right to the refs to complain. This has been awesome and I hope it never stops.

  • http://Slamonline.com Caboose

    Brian wins.

  • http://Slamonline.com Kap

    When Tyson Chandler, Emeka Okafor, & Paul Milsap dominate your frontline, you have major problems.

  • bashmo

    damn…Kap broke it down. But guys, lets not forget they’be been missing key bench players (Miller, Haslem) and have had to make do with the likes of 3rd string dudes like Magloire, Stackhouse.

    I mean their best player off the bench is Eddie House, followed by James Jones. Mike Miller, Haslem can’t oome back any sooner.

  • JTaylor21

    You laker b*tches enjoy it while it lasts because unlike Keith Sweat; it won’t last forever. You clowns should be on your knees along with “the aggressor” thanking the man up-stairs for sending y’all the great white hope; Gasol instead of worrying about the heat.

  • http://Slamonline.com Kap

    @JTaylor…if lebron was as great as u guys make him out to be he and the team would be struggling like they do (5-19). You replace Kobe with Bron and this team would not struggle at all. You know why? Bc Kobe has high bball IQ and has the fundamentals of bball mastered.

  • http://slamonline.com Krishan

    Haha jtaylor umad?

  • MikeC.

    This is kind of a sidebar issue, but since it’s kinda Heat related, I’ll put it up here. When Riley and Colangelo were working out the Bosh sign-and-trade, why didn’t Colangelo ask for Beasley? Riley was trying to get rid of Beasley just to dump his cap hold. What’s better? $30 million of Amir Johnson, or $9.5 million of Michael Beasley? It should have at least been worth a shot for Colangelo, especially seeing what Beasley is doing with regular minutes and touches.

  • http://www.twitter.com/TheDiesel Anton

    Like oil and water, they just need time to mix.

  • keda

    wheres eboy now??

  • LD

    It’s not the Heat’s fault. The NBA (sniff, sniff) is making them play all the hard teams. =(

  • Blackphantom

    lol JTaylor is P’d off. What happened, man? Is it your realization of the Heats’ sudden mediocrity that has you mad?

  • http://bulls.com airs

    hahaha, anton wins.

  • benno

    @anton – more like salt and water, tastes nasty and stings your eyes.

  • All Day

    @ Anton: Oil and water doesn’t mix, bro! LeBron and D-Wade can’t play together, because both guys need the ball in their hands and neither one can play without the ball.

  • http://www.google.com/news BETCATS

    relax guys, Lebron was just teaching them new dance moves that they needed to get down by tomorrow. Coach Spo’s annual cyber monday shop-a-thon (held at his house due to the godly wifi speed) is coming up quick and the big three have a big suprise for him! Sidenote: Pat Riley is going to bidding on a new coach, he has all those spare ebay bucks laying around and his paypal account is loaded.

  • http://psp2423@yahoo.com Eboy

    @Jtaylor calm down little fella. The Heat will pick it up after the all start game. The only thing im worried about are the other teams bigs vs the Heats bigs.

  • Fat Lever

    Check my $tats. No seriously, check them.

  • JTaylor21

    Sure, kobe has a high b-ball IQ and has mastered the fundermentals but STILL hasn’t shot above 46% from the field in his entire career, STILL takes the worst kind of shots, STILL gambles too much on defense, and STILL hasn’t outright dominated a playoff series. What all that shows me is he’s nothing but a bigger AI with better teammates. I have one question for all you kobe-lovers, what did he do when he was the “MAIN” guy? Nothing but lose to the big-bad suns, not make the playoffs a couple of times, and talk sh*t about his teammates behind their back. The man’s a GREAT great player but to act like he’s head and shoulders above this era’s great players is tomfoolery.

  • Blackphantom

    JTaylor, yes Kobe has indeed shot over 46% in his career before, so stop stressing that fact that isn’t even really a fact

  • Blackphantom

    Think I’m wrong JTaylor? Go to NBA.com and look up his past stats. Stop playing yourself

  • benno

    true Jtaylor21 – anyway where was kobe at the most important part of last years playoffs (game 7 of the finals) – no where. he flopped. I’m not denying hes good, but everyone seems to bum him.

  • http://Slamonline.com Kap

    @benno…I coulda sworn he was holding up the finals trophy in game 7 to go with a 20pt-15 reb game. I’m just sayin…

  • http://slamonline.com The Black Rick Kamla

    All of the Big 3 scored 20 pts and they still lost….that tells you about how poorly built this team is. In Boston Ray, Pierce, and Kevin can score 14 pts each and the team can still win in dominant fashion….thats because that is a TEAM! This Heat squad sucks right now, lets be honest they suck….they just suck….PERIOD. But its early, lets see what kind of things they can do to get the ball rolling

  • Blackphantom

    What has Kobe done when he had nothing?? Hmmmm, I don’t know average 35 and 31 points per game two straight seasons while playing alongside a sh*t sandwich of a team

  • JTaylor21

    Can’t you read Phantom, has he ever shot 47% in his career? Hells no, which means his never shot more than 46% in season. Damn, the public school system is really going down the drain.

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