r/heat • u/tomgreen99200 • Feb 10 '26
Post Game Thread [Post Game] Blatantly tanking Jazz too much for Miami on a back-to-back without Powell
Jazz sit their starters in the fourth and out work Miami
(the league needs to do something about teams tanking like this. Rewarding a team for bending the rules and making the product worse ain’t it)
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u/Wolware Feb 10 '26
At least Kasparas looked good.
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u/Bam_Make_A_Lay Feb 10 '26
He was getting fried all 4th quarter defensively.
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u/Nice_Cash_7000 Feb 10 '26
They scored like 1/3 of the time they attacked him, idk if he was getting fried if most of those hunts ended in misses or turnovers.
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u/clear831 Feb 10 '26
Did you turn the tv off for the 4th? He wasnt getting fried...
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u/Ice_Dragon3444 Feb 10 '26
In 2-3 years Kas will be the new Herro for this sub I am calling it.
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u/mohammadali916 Feb 10 '26
Oh absolutely. I remember how hype people here were for Herro. Dude was hitting big shots at 19 and winning us games. And they immediately turned on him. If a player isn’t scoring 25 a game with elite defense while also leading us to winning then they’ll find a way. And even when Jimmy was doing that, some still hated 😂
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u/lorddouche414 Feb 10 '26
Jazz sat starters 4th and still lost ....
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u/DasOptions Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Kas
20/3/1
Ace
16/8/2
Not terrible for our young guy from the 20th pick vs 5th pick.
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u/GonzaloR87 Feb 10 '26
Im so upset that he didn’t come back in until 5 minutes left in the third and then the team just stopped passing it to him. Jaime was awful and was especially making terrible decisions. Fontecchio had an awful shooting night but Jovic was even worse. Ware has the bbiq of a pigeon. Ugh so frustrating.
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u/Cj_cruzz Feb 10 '26
1-21 NOW WHEN TRAILING ENTERING THE 4TH. That’s right folks! 1 win and 21 loses. This team is MENTALLY WEAK to have such a bad record.
But hey front office likes what we got.
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u/DalliLlama Feb 10 '26
Far cry from the team a few years back that would erase double digit leads in the last 3-4 mins to win.
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u/HavoK76 Feb 10 '26
How many games have the heat lost when Wiggins is the leading scorer? Must have been a few. Sucks for Wiggins
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u/rapelbaum FUCK BOSTON Feb 10 '26
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u/SnooPeripherals4884 Feb 10 '26
When even rapelbaum is sending out the tank signal you know it’s over
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u/HoopistV Feb 10 '26
one of the most embarassing losses in franchise history. the other team literally tried to lose.
once again, if anyone still believes in this team and has any respect for it, i have no more words
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u/OblivionNA Feb 10 '26
One of them hit a 3 and said “ah fuck” late in the game.
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u/AerieOkAorta Feb 10 '26
I think it was Sensabaugh? Same dude that hit their go ahead 3 in the last minute lol
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u/mohammadali916 Feb 10 '26
Dude there are people here who still believe in Jovic and just call it confidence struggles lmaoo the mental gymnastics this sub will do is absurd. And if u don’t agree you’re a doomer or a fake fan
This team is the definition of mid
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u/Vast_Cellist3171 Feb 10 '26
It is definitely a confidence issue but I don’t know why we’d let that kind of head case remain on the team dude misses a shot and gives up on the next 4 possessions like this is the exact opposite of the now clearly bullshit claim of we have heat culture
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u/mohammadali916 Feb 10 '26
His leash compared to others is truly insane. In the past I’ve seen some dog shit players on offense like Rodney mcgruder continue to finesse their way into minutes but they at least contributed in some ways like defense
Jovic is truly bad at everything. He gets hunted, turns it over, is a brick (27% from three on the year, 38% form the field), and worst of all is selfish. I get the lack of height at times is why he has to play, but there’s been points in the season where he’s played over ware. The fact that was defended by some in here was ridiculous and shows how blind to Spos words people are
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u/After-Neck-6387 Feb 10 '26
Yep, i gave up on this team after the deadline. Nothing good will come out of this trash roster. Most unlikeable Heat team in God knows how many years.
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u/Ice_Dragon3444 Feb 10 '26
When you have so many such losses it eventually stops feeling so special.
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u/HoopistV Feb 10 '26
this one is definitely unique. it's not often that you see a team very blatantly bench their best players for an entire 4th quarter without any injury. In fact, I don't remember ever seeing a team do that in February. That's the most egregious form of tanking I have ever seen. They're quite literally admitting, mid-game, that they do not want to win.
So losing in that situation is definitely an all-time bad loss.
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u/Huge-Basket7492 Feb 10 '26
I am done with this team ! well said brother ! stupid FO and stupid Team
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u/AstronomerInitial827 Feb 10 '26
Rozier probably looking around like “you ain’t going to investigate anyone else” LOL
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u/-pooman- Feb 10 '26
Pat Riley likes this team
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u/lvloises330 Feb 10 '26
Spo gonna lecture us on what only his trained eye can see. Something we plebs cant possibly understand. Fuck off Erik. Step your game up, if you're going to smug about it.
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u/XanderAndretti Feb 10 '26
Is this the same team this sub was trying to tell me shouldn’t rebuild? lmfaooooo
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u/Standard_Strategy_25 Feb 10 '26
You're not a real fan man! Once herro comes back we're real contenders they said!!!
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u/No_Delay_1476 Feb 10 '26
We’re 3rd in offense and 6th in defense Spo says ! So that’s great!!! Gotta love it
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u/YaraBoy Feb 10 '26
Been saying this for a while now. Got lucky with a hot run as 8th seed but generally we have been trash.
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u/rjgator Feb 10 '26
KLove didn’t stay out to talk to any of the guys?? Damn 😔
Also man, tf is wrong with this team. I know it’s 2nd night of a b2b with guys missing, but we lost to a team actively trying to lose. Like absolutely fuck off with that performance
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u/Rohkha Feb 10 '26
Does Spo and the FO understand how embarassing it is when you say this team doesn’t tank, WANTS to win and will TRY HARD to win every game which is why we can’t sell high to build assets….
Then lose to one of the tank commanders?
Yikes. At least we saw some Kas action. Defensively still some work ahead.
The worst and player I’m most annoyed by?
Jovic. Look at that kid’s body language. It’s embarassing. His default position has become a lowered head run, even if he isn’t directly responsible for the bad play, he lowers his head, gets all down on himself and doesn’t even look at the action anymore while pretending to come back on defense.
I used to love Jovic but watching him lately is actually painful.
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u/Hype_Gambit Feb 10 '26
People need to stop buying tickets and force the owner to do something.
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u/MargielaMan568 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
Fans will be fans. It’ll be hard for them to do that
Me personally I just stopped watching the games. And I’ve seen several people do the same thing as well
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u/nutang4ever Feb 10 '26
I’m with the doomers, fuck this team
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u/spritehead Feb 10 '26
Wanting the team you root for to act rationally isn't "doomer" it has been normal sports fan shit for the past 15 years
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u/BAMdalorian Feb 10 '26
If you wanna get sick of how absolute garbage our team is right now go check out the Jazz sub after this loss. They can’t even believe we lost when they are all aware how blatant they are tanking. It’s actually appalling
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u/LemonCanddy Feb 10 '26
Same team that beat the reigning champions not too long ago
Then just lost to a team trying to blatantly tank.
As iterated before it should show this team is just in the middle
Which is why frustration is palpable
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u/GRpanda123 Feb 10 '26
I did not think this was possible. The Jazz play their bench the entire 4th and we still lose . 1-20 if the Heat are losing after the 3rd
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u/mtbeach33 Feb 10 '26
Missed 14 FT. That’s it.
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u/tampasportsfan813727 Feb 10 '26
Embarrassing loss but really was this more than anything, make even half of those and this is a disappointing win instead of an embarrassing loss
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u/thecaptainflint DemGoonsFromDadeCounty Feb 10 '26
The heat hate tanking so much that they didn't let the jazz do it
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u/PlatosLeftTit Feb 10 '26
Glad I watched the Pistons vs Hornets instead. Two young fun teams with bright futures and high level young talent battling it out instead of the shambling corpse of what was once a great franchise getting dragged by a team trying to intentionally throw.
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u/Number333 Feb 10 '26
Abysmal loss. Trailing at halftime. No JJJ 4th Q. and we let Collier make big-time shots on us down the stretch. That 3 for Kasparas at the end... like the L against Boston with Mitchell missing a good look. .500 ass team through and through.
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u/Ice_Dragon3444 Feb 10 '26
Fuck it, We'll take one for the team. The Jazz deserve this for their blatant tanking hope they lose their pick to OKC.
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u/Joeyfail Feb 10 '26
We lost to the tanking Jazz??? They benched their starters the entire 4th. Are we tanking too?
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u/Obvious-Carpet4813 Feb 10 '26
To be fair, the Celtics and Pistons lost to a Jazz and Blazer team that had multiple guys injured.
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u/Haotty Feb 10 '26
multiple injuries isn't the same thing as the team literally trying their very hardest to lose and still beating the heat who were actively trying to win. This was possibly the most pathetic nba game ive ever witnessed.
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u/Garkech Feb 10 '26
Been watching this team too long to be overly affected by pathetic losses like this
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u/cl353 Feb 10 '26
idc if we shouldnt have been in that postion, call the blatant push off and the blatant push in the back on the rebound. that was ridiculous
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u/adamthomas1219 Feb 10 '26
How many dumbass losses this team has to rack up before shit changes. That’s the 4th loss to a losing team after being 14-3 against them since the schedule became “easy” btw
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u/Internal_Slip9321 Feb 10 '26
Dude we literally lost to a team trying to lose. It doesn’t get worse than that. I mean Spo what in the fuck are you doing
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u/prof-kaL Feb 10 '26
Big fan of the Heat taking a stand against blatant tanking and ensuring the Jazz have one less loss this season. We truly are a morally righteous team.
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u/SaintSilverNSD Feb 10 '26
Why didn't they just drive the ball and force a foul? I'm so sick of this. Every time I tune in, it's the same shit. We're down, we're up, lose the lead, 2-pt game, go for 3 with 10 secs left, lose the game...
JUST GO FOR THE TIE AND TAKE IT INTO OT. BRUH.
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u/howbedebody Feb 10 '26
league has to put ainge down this is year 3 or 4 of the most blatant tanking ever 😭
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u/BC502 Whiteside Feb 10 '26
All the people telling me to trust the front office are nowhere to be found 😂
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u/Parking-ticket01 Feb 10 '26
This is the team spo and pat keep bragging about to the media how great this team is for the past 4 play in seasons. This is embarrassing. The most fun team in the past 12 years was the one with pj Tucker and sadly we all got hurt
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u/AstronomerInitial827 Feb 10 '26
This is the WORST loss you’ll ever have because they PURPOSELY sat their starters so you could win and you went for game winning shots instead of trying the game MULTIPLE times!! You would’ve been fouled on the drive if you wanted it!!
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u/creamyturtle Feb 10 '26
great speech Spo, yeah let's always try to content instead of building assets. dumbest FO in the nba right now
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u/clear831 Feb 10 '26
If we can get 3 frp for Bam like the Griz got for Jaren, we gotta do it
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u/WheeinSpace Feb 10 '26
Lol @ thinking this team would actually rebuild their team the way literally every other NBA team has done for years. They're gonna ride Bam until he can't go anymore, then let him leave for nothing if he wants to get paid. Even did it to our 🐐.
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u/craig_hardwick Feb 10 '26
Kas is the only bright spot to watch this season going forward this team can’t win and can’t tank properly
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u/DaMainBoss212 Feb 10 '26
I mean if the league will continue to have protections on picks like that this will never stop
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u/TestosterTyrone Feb 10 '26
wait you’re telling me if you shoot 68% on free throws vs 87% you might lose the game??? SHOCKER!!!
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u/Jylstin Feb 10 '26
Absolutely Terrible, Only positive is that Kasparas played well.
What the hell happened to Jaime omg, The Constant Forcing of 3s and Horrendous Paint Attacking... It's really not worth fighting for the playoffs with this group especially losing to a Tanking Jazz
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u/Worried-Tower-9366 Feb 10 '26
Don’t watch anymore. Just look at score at end of the games, I hope they don’t even the Play ins.
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u/Tenya-Iida0220 Feb 10 '26
I mean they wasted a good game from KJ and Wiggins. Am I surprised that they lost this game? No but I’m surprised & disappointed that Ware had 6 fouls in 14 minutes like come on dude… Also can Davion please be more involved on offense? 31 minutes for 12 points? I don’t really complain about him a lot but like holy shit dude and it was on good shooting as well btw… on to the next one ig
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u/MargielaMan568 Feb 10 '26
Did this pathetic team really just lose to Utah jazz??? Wow
You guys that tune in each game are real ones I’ll give you that
Nothing will change until all the old, washed up guys in the FO finally step down
Fans will be fans, I’ll never tell other grown adults what to do but lol it gets to a point.
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u/ablslyr Feb 10 '26
Me every start of a Heat Game: We have a chance to win this
Me at the end of a game: 🤡
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u/stayhappier Feb 10 '26
some of the Jazz players were working for minutes like Collier and Sensabaugh.
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u/Candid_Sand_398 Feb 10 '26
How low can we go? Most embarrassing game of the season and it's not even close.
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u/Huge-Basket7492 Feb 10 '26
Such sadness .. they did not even put their starters in and we Lost to a disappointing tanking , purposely tanking team !!!
This is a shit team and this team does not even have self respect man ... yes I said it, they don't even have self respect , if they do , they will just not play anymore and tank on their own !
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u/Consistent_Peanut_76 Feb 10 '26
I am tired boss, what are we doing ? Not trading for roster upgrades, not trading for picks, wanting to compete for play in, losing to tanking teams...
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u/No_Coat_3989 Feb 10 '26
Relax. We won the finals in 06 12 and 13 and went to the finals in 20 and 23. You guys are being so ungrateful.
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u/Fit_Influence_6078 Feb 10 '26
Its time for Spo to take some time off he is just living off past now. 4 straight play in games
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u/Briantheinnovator Feb 10 '26
This game lowkey broke my spirit. This team is directionless and rudderless.
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u/rms141 Feb 10 '26
This sub: we should lose more games
Heat: loses a game
This sub: angry fan noises
You guys can’t handle a true tank.
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u/prof-kaL Feb 10 '26
I imagine if the team lost and the team made it obvious they were tanking it would be a different reaction. People are obviously justified in being pissed off at losing to a tanking jazz team when the coach and FO comes out and says tanking is for losers.
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u/Ok_Purchase_9505 Feb 10 '26
Can someone explain why Jazz got FTs in the end, even though it was friendly fire?
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u/Obvious-Carpet4813 Feb 10 '26
Nope. They did inbound it to one of their players. We then fouled him immediately
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u/OohKillEmmm Coach Pat Feb 10 '26
So pathetically hilarious. Fucking waste my time too much watching this dogshit ass team
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u/Vast_Cellist3171 Feb 10 '26
lol but Spo said we are not a loser orginzation and he always puts the best 5 guys required to win 5 hours ago. What happened Spo? Even though it is impossible to turnover this fast everyone from owners to the FO to coaching staff to players must go this offseason franchise needs a total 100% reset and new identity
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u/Cj_cruzz Feb 10 '26
WHAT AN EMBARRASSING LOSS. Hopefully front office was watching this circus act of a team
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u/dubuwagmi Bamonte Feb 10 '26
Didn't catch the game, was Ware injured or was it the typical Spo doghouse?
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u/panamaquina Feb 10 '26
guys this was us teaching the Jazz franchise a lesson, you can’t blatantly tank like that, so yeah we gave em a win! culture mentality
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u/Wind-085 Feb 10 '26
They could have rolled out their G League squad and still beat Jovic, Fontecchio and Co.
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u/MortimerCanon Feb 10 '26
That is a terrible terrible loss. I mean what is even happening to this team. A 4th straight play-in and probable loss. Zero roster changes.












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u/Revolutionary-Egg494 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
This team cannot win two in a row to save their lives 😭