Heat has won six games in a row. The Nets’ winning streak against the Heat was five games.
Brooklyn ended up losing their streak, but someone had to.
When asked what the Nets had done to bother Erik Spoelstra’s Heat, the coach reacted angrily, almost insultingly.
Then, in front of 19,866 fans at Kaseya Center, his squad pounded Brooklyn, 122-115.
“They’ve caused us problems, and I’m not going to admit it,” Spoelstra huffed. Alright, we simply need to figure it out because this is just a competition. I don’t understand where they’re getting the idea that they’ve dealt with us easily or anything.
You have to give them credit for being a decent team, though. Their game is quick, they make a lot of three-pointers, and they have excellent ballhandling skills. Right now, we’re also doing a few things that we believe are really good. Thursday is when we’ll figure out which team is better.
It was in Miami.
After star Jimmy Butler scored 36 points, leading the team by a significant margin.
The last team to defeat the Heat was the 6-foot-6 Nets (6-6) on November 1 when they came back from a 16-point deficit while playing without three players.
Actually, they matched their longest-ever streak against the Heat coming into this matchup, having beaten Miami in five consecutive games dating back to March 26, 2022.
Until Boston’s run from January 21, 2019, to January 28, 2020, no Eastern Conference club had ever held a winning streak against the Heat that was still active.
However, it was terminated on Thursday night by Butler.
“Yeah, there’s a reason why they’ve won six games in a row,” had previously stated Jacque Vaughn, the coach from Brooklyn. Six consecutive victories have resulted from their exceptional defensive performance, which has caused chaos on the defensive end of the court and allowed them to play scrappy basketball since our last encounter with them. So, we’re in for a challenging matchup against a squad that’s been on fire recently.
After slicing through Brooklyn’s defense for a.519 shooting percentage, he is currently riding a seven-game victory streak, which is the longest in the league.
With a 14-0 run to end the second quarter, the Heat (8-4) had a commanding lead. In the third, Butler scored 18 points without any help.
His scoring output for the Heat was at its peak during that time.
