Entries by Mateo Mayorga

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Heat fall apart in the fourth quarter against the Celtics, losing their seventh game at home

The Heat failed to hold off the Celtics in Miami on account of getting wasted by Anfernee Simons in the fourth quarter and going colder than liquid helium. Miami’s top players, who were stepping up most of the night, shrank when adversity hit.   “Momentum really shifted probably when we were up 20 in the […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Heat fall apart in the fourth quarter, visiting the defending champions

The Heat valiantly challenged the Thunder on the second night back-to-back, but OKC’s horsepower and stellar shot-making broke them down.   Teams typically raise their intensity by 100° in the game after they humiliate themselves, and it was the Heat’s turn this time following the Indiana catastrophe. They ended the first quarter ahead 34-32 thanks […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: The Heat embarrassed themselves with their effort, getting blasted by the struggling Pacers

The Heat got waxed by the Pacers in Indiana so severely that they quit before the fourth quarter started. Perhaps they were thinking of their next outing on Sunday at OKC, but it showed the unit’s extreme variance: defeating the best team in the East, the Detroit Pistons, nine days earlier, and looking as hopeless […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Herro returned, but the Heat got torn apart by the Timberwolves in Minnesota

A humiliation on prime time programming starts the four-game road trip.    The season series with the Timberwolves is over and they lost both outings over a three-day stretch. Tyler Herro’s return was spoiled as the Timberwolves forced their submission, and Rudy Gobert was the most dominant big man on the floor, amassing 13 digits […]