Miami Heat vs Detroit Pistons Game Breakdown #33

Welcome to Simply Ballin’s Miami Heat game breakdown. Here you will find a recap of all the threads and tweets.

There are two main threads: offensive film and defensive film thread. In each of those threads, there is a collection of the main offensive and defensive breakdowns.

And what this article is it’s more of an ICYMI with some added context, plus my quick thoughts on the game.

This one is a shorter one. I didn’t get to watch the game fully, as it was Christmas

Game Breakdown

The first half, well that was all Tyler Herro and Max Strus.

https://twitter.com/JohnJablonka_/status/1475074232585445382

Herro was doing his usual stuff and that is what has impressed me. It’s 30-ish games into the season and his numbers are still the same, his efficiency is still the same, and in general, his game has significantly improved.

And I’m also just as impressed with Strus. He has gone from a 2-way player to a reliable rotation player.

With all these injuries and COVID issues, the whole next-man-up is working to perfection.

Another player that fits that:

https://twitter.com/JohnJablonka_/status/1475078571387461632

He is honestly getting overlooked with the whole Duncan Robinson and Strus argument, and Herro’s MIP season.

With both Herro and Jimmy Butler out on many occasions, he has helped tremendously with him attacking the rim.

But the player that did put rim pressure and did that in the fourth quarter was Kyle Lowry:

https://twitter.com/JohnJablonka_/status/1475080774017818624

The game was decided in the fourth quarter, though — and it was a roller-coaster of emotions.

https://twitter.com/JohnJablonka_/status/1475122284214038532

Finally, here are some plays that stood out to me:

https://twitter.com/JohnJablonka_/status/1475110867733786631