It's OFFICIAL! The Miami Heat Are Locked Into Play-In After Blowout Loss

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Zalana, he got you sick.

Welcome everybody to episode number 84 of The Butterfound's podcast.

I'm your host Daniel Granada and alongside me is usually Daniel Solana, but he is not

feeling well.

But I don't blame him because he have everybody feeling sick.

Another embarrassing performance by the Miami Heat, they lose to the Toronto Raptors

and silly us, last episode, we were trying to figure out how could this team end up in the 5th or 6th?

I know we only have four games left, but it's still possible that they could miss the play-in.

They can work their way into the top 6.

And for some reason, we were on here seriously considering how could this happen?

Well, one of the things you needed to do was you needed to sweep the Toronto Raptors.

And you knew that, they knew that.

They needed it also.

You go in there into Toronto for the first time and you get embarrassed.

You get embarrassed yet again.

This isn't anything new.

The Miami Heat have been getting embarrassed since the 7-8 game win streak.

I already forgot at this point because it doesn't matter.

Since then, they've been getting embarrassed, night in and night out.

Since that streak happened, I believe there are three and nine in those last 12 games.

This team looks bad if it wasn't for that hot start in November.

And I have to go back and check, actually.

I should have done this before.

If it wasn't for that hot start in November, this wouldn't even be a playoff team.

They might be down there with the lights of the Milwaukee Bucks, let's say.

Let's see.

If I could do this real quick, I'm going to try to back my best to do this while still talking on here.

The Miami Heat embarrassed themselves yesterday when I was watching that game in the second quarter.

There was a point in the second quarter when the game was still closed.

The game might have been tight.

And one of the big men for Toronto are in the 3-point line, the pump fake.

Clear where it closes out.

And then the guy just steps right by him.

Takes it to the hole with absolutely no resistance, no rotation.

It was really, really bad, really embarrassing.

So the Miami Heat started the season.

13 and 6.

By the time November ended.

So let's go with 13 and 6.

You know what?

That wasn't even that great.

But 13 and 6.

We got excited because better than we expected.

So 13 and 6.

If you take 13 as 28 and 32.

So if you take the month of November, October, November, when they got to that hot start, they are 28 and 32.

Under 500, obviously, because they've been pissed poor.

The defense has been absolutely embarrassing over the last couple of weeks.

They gave up 121 to Toronto yesterday.

Now we were talking about Washington and how Washington was a gaming game, right?

Because Washington doesn't want to win.

But when you really think about it, the fact that you gave up 136 points to those Washington Wizards, that suck.

It's pretty embarrassing.

And then the game before that, 147 to Boston.

Two games before that.

Indiana, which is also tanking.

You get your ass kicked by a tank in team and they put up 135.

Then you have the Cleveland Cavaliers put up 149.

Almost 150.

The game before that.

You got this, you got 136 here.

123 there, 134 there, 136 there.

So these are all scores of teams, the opposing teams are putting up this many points.

At one point on March 12 after we beat middle walk, which was the last game of that win streak, we were 38 and 29.

At that point, who really thought that we could end the season with 41 wins?

We have 38 and 29.

And it's a real possibility that we end up exactly at 500 and 41 and 41.

We're 41 wins right now with 3 games left.

We got Toronto again and Toronto needs this game.

They're fighting to stay up on the outside of the playing because they could still fall into the playing.

They're going to be coming for it.

And Miami, of course, Miami, when we count them out, they're finding miraculously win one game.

But they could very well lose that game.

Then you have Washington, which is again, tanking.

So just like you got that miracle win on Saturday where they're basically giving you the game, even though they score 136,

you're probably win that game also, which will keep you from staying 41 and 41.

And then you got Atlanta, which is fighting for playoff position.

You're probably lose that game also.

There's a real chance that this season is 42 and 40 after being 38 and 29, just less than a month ago.

This is ridiculous.

They have clinched the playing yet again.

Now, one thing that I hadn't considered, and I'm not sure why I hadn't considered it just because I guess because the Miami Heat

or our play in champs that it didn't really cross my mind.

But now that I think about it, could be a blessing in the skies.

If you make it into the playing and you lose that first game.

So let's say Orlando, right?

You lose for the sixth time in a season.

First time in a history that you would lose to one opponent, six times without playing them in the playoffs.

But let's say you play into Orlando and you lose.

You're in the military.

Now, I have to confirm that you end up in the lottery, right?

I'm pretty sure that that's what I read.

That you end up in the lottery.

And I hadn't even thought about that.

Now, if you ask me, that's the best case scenario for Miami right now.

Because if the lottery is a possibility for the Miami Heat, the NBA does a pretty good job of rigging the NBA draft.

That's why I'm saying it.

They rig it.

And pain teams back when they've been done wrong.

Right?

Cleveland loses LeBron.

They get the first overall pick.

Cleveland loses LeBron again.

I believe they get the first round pick again.

You get New Orleans loses Anthony Davis.

They get the first pick.

You get Luca gets traded away inexplicably.

Feel bad for Dallas.

Give them the first pick.

Like those things happen.

They happen often.

And those are teams that usually don't have very good odds of winning the lottery.

If the NBA wants to pay back the Miami Heat for the crap that we had to put up with with the Terry Rose Year situation.

It might be able to pay us back.

So you can go through this horrible season.

But you get knocked out of the playing all of a sudden you end up in the lottery.

A NBA.

You can make things right.

You screwed us over with the Terry Rose Year thing, but you can make things right.

You can give the Miami Heat.

Like you gave Dallas last year.

You given Cleveland a couple of times.

You can give us the number one pick.

Or maybe number two, whatever.

There's two players that are coming out that are pretty good.

All of a sudden things change because yeah, the Miami Heat don't have a great roster.

But if you can draft a franchise player and put them around this roster.

Maybe this is a busting in the skies.

You just had to put up with this crap of a season.

This rollercoaster of a season.

And maybe things end up well.

So as you can see, I'm not very optimistic about the play again situation.

Because I'm already thinking lottery.

I think that that's the best case scenario.

And I think that that's where we might be.

And I mean, obviously, Lana wasn't here.

I didn't really feel like talking about this game too much, but just to touch on it.

The fact that very much the 83 points came out and threw up such a dud.

Which is seven points, one for seven from three.

It was just a bad performance overall.

A little where even though Toronto has size only played 17 minutes.

It's just so many negatives.

And we got a full strength yesterday, I believe.

Right?

Yeah, because I want to come back like full strength.

This is just embarrassing inside in the Miami Heat.

If again, I'm already thinking about lottery.

But if there's some reason that doesn't work out and they don't get a top pick.

The man here, he has to do something.

This team can't stand pat anymore.

Like it's been this case that we've been saying for the last couple of years.

And Norman Powell was a good pick up.

Can't deny that.

It was a bargain deal and the heat only deal in the bargain bin.

You got to get out of the bargain bin.

You got to spend some money.

You got to take some chances.

You got to lose a trade.

Oh, no, we can't lose it.

No, sometimes you got to do it.

You got to trade a clear where for Kevin Durant.

Maybe you got to do it.

But that said, just wanted to come on here and rent a little bit.

Tolano wasn't here.

So, you know, we'd love to hear what he had to say.

But you know, I hope he feels better.

And that's it.

We'll be back on Wednesday, next year.

Thursday, I believe.

So we'll be back on Friday morning talking about probably another loss to the Toronto Raptors.

So until the next one.

Have a good one.