Entries by Mateo Mayorga

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: In Miami With Love

Elvis sang about Burning Love. The Heat made it a reality. After clearing waivers, Kevin Love found a new landing spot in Miami, followed by 10-year veteran Cody Zeller. The outfit desperately needed aid for the last 23 games on the calendar. Through the first three-quarters of the campaign, marksmen have lost their outside touch, […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Gabe Vincent Should be Miami’s Starting Point Guard for the Rest of the Season

On Saturday night, the undermanned Miami Heat completed its eighth set of back-to-back games for the season, winning both- at home versus Houston and on the road in Orlando, matched up with a group that had won 18 of its last 31 before tipoff.     The Magic’s unorthodox, lengthy lineup swarmed the passing lanes, forcing […]

Mateo’s Hoop Diary: Heat’s Late Game Rally Not Enough In Madison Square Garden

The playoffs are supposed to start in April, but the New York Knicks and Miami Heat didn’t get the message. In the season’s first encounter, both squads, only two games apart in the standings before the match, broke the other’s schemes. The Knicks went to man-to-man coverage and switched defenders against screens initially. Facing pick […]