
Game Thread: Charlotte Hornets at Miami Heat (Game 1)
Apr 17 2016 10:35 AM |
joe
in Miami Heat

Sunday, April 17, 2016, 5:30pm ET
AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL
Referees #41 Ken Mauer | #33 Sean Corbin | #14 Ed Malloy
Matchups
Goran Dragic vs Kemba Walker | BB-R Comparison | PointAfter Comparison
Dwyane Wade vs Nicolas Batum + Courtney Lee | BB-R Comparison | PointAfter Comparison
Hassan Whiteside vs Cody Zeller + Al Jefferson | BB-R Comparison | PointAfter Comparison
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Gameday Links
NBA:
-- SportVU Series Preview: (3) Heat vs. (6) Hornets
-- Inside the numbers of the Heat-Hornets 1st round matchup
-- Series preview: Can veteran Heat fend off young Hornets?
-- Hangtime Blog: Numbers preview - Hornets vs Heat
-- Back in the playoffs, Wade savoring opportunity
-- Still sidelined, Bosh addresses Heat before start of playoffs
Charlotte Observer:
-- Gameday: at Miami Heat
-- Five Keys to Hornets vs Heat series in NBA playoffs
-- Kemba Walker & Nic Batum: The Charlotte Hornets' twin engines
-- Dwyane Wade is still the Heat's closer
-- Hornets could not have asked for better playoff match than the Heat
Today's Fastbreak:
-- Hassan Whiteside's jumper is fool's gold
-- Josh Richardson is a rookie X-factor
-- Amar'e Stoudemire flourishing in new role
-- The Play: Heat dominate at 90'-style pace
At The Hive:
-- 2016 NBA Playoffs preview: Steve Clifford
-- 2016 NBA Playoffs player previews
-- Hornets vs Heat Game 1 Preview: And here... we ... go
-- Charlotte Hornets at Miami Heat Game 1 info and how to watch
Swarm & Sting:
-- Steve Clifford for Coach of the Year?
-- ESPN doubting the Hornets?
-- Jeremy Lin for Sixth Man of the Year?
-- Patrick Ewing linked to Sacramento Kings job
Queen City Hoops: Hornets at Heat 5-on-5 round-table preview
Sports Illustrated: 2016 NBA Playoff Predictions
Hornets:
-- Kemba Blog: Heading to Miami
-- Photo gallery: Hornets headed to Miami
-- Latest Buzz: Charlotte set to meet Miami in Round One
Hot Hot Hoops:
-- Podcast: Heat season review, playoff preview
-- Season series review: How the Heat and Hornets played each other this season
-- Scouting the enemy: Charlotte Hornets
All U Can Heat:
-- RTD: Deconstructing the Heat's playoff matchup with the Hornets
-- Final thoughts before Miami Heat's playoff return
-- Experts predict Heat to make Conference Finals
-- Heat Check podcast: Heat vs Hornets playoff preview
-- NBA Playoffs: Where do the Heat rank in the East?
-- Goran Dragic is the Miami Heat's playoff X-factor
-- Chris Bosh unlikely to return for NBA playoffs
-- Jalen Rose predicts Heat will advance to ECF
Miami Herald:
-- Miami Heat vs Charlotte Hornets: Who has the edge?
-- After successful season, Spoelstra shifts focus to playoffs
-- Assistant coach Keith Smart returns after cancer treatments
-- Hassan Whiteside hopes NBA protects him from 'bush league' fouls
-- Bosh has a message for Heat players: Don't take playoffs for granted
Miami Sun Sentinel:
-- Heat-Hornets first round matchup has a different feel two years later
-- Heat and Hornets enter playoff matchup full of confidence
-- A look back at Heat-Hornets season series
HeatNation:
-- Heat vs Hornets playoff preview: player vs player breakdown
-- Five major keys to victory in Heat's first-round playoff match
-- Hassan Whiteside on teams that passed up on him: 'They know they messed up'
-- Jalen Rose explains what needs to happen for Heat to reach NBA Finals
Palm Beach Post:
-- Heat say Hornets are "like Golden State a little"
-- Whiteside can be Heat's best asset vs Hornets
-- Hassan Whiteside to start, Tyler Johnson out
The Charlotte Post: Hornets hungry to end NBA playoff drought
The Sports Quotient: Are the Hornets legitimate Eastern Conference contenders?
ESPN: Can Kemba Walker be the playoff hero Charlotte deserves?
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Last Meeting with the Miami Heat: Charlotte 109, Miami 106
March 17, 2016 at AmericanAirlines Arena – Al Jefferson and Kemba Walker each scored 21 points, and the Hornets overcame a 15-point second-quarter deficit to beat the Miami Heat 109-106. Miami had a shot to force overtime, but Dwyane Wade's open 3-pointer was short and time expired. Luol Deng scored 22 points for the Heat, while Josh Richardson scored 18 and Hassan Whiteside added 17 for Miami. Nic Batum scored 19, Courtney Lee had 13 and Marvin Williams scored 12. "This is a good team and they've been playing very well," Wade said. "This is kind of Eastern Conference playoff basketball." Charlotte's lead was 82-73 going into the fourth, before Miami tried to rally. "It was intense," Clifford said. -- Game Recap
Odds and Predictions
Vegas: Hornets open as 4.5 point underdog
FiveThirtyEight: Charlotte with a 38% pre-game win probability
Covers: Matchup: Charlotte at Miami
Get More Sports: Hornets at Heat - preview and pick
Sports Chat Place: Pick, odds and prediction
The Spread: Charlotte at Miami advanced matchup report
Maddux Sports: Eastern Conference first round: #6 Hornets vs #3 Heat - Series preview and prediction
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Anyone know if there's ever been a four-way tie in season records in the NBA? I'm sure there has been, but it seems like it'd be pretty rare.
https://youtu.be/6R-adJCteBs
6 minute mark of that video. History will repeat itself again boys....
If we shoot like we can and play smart, as long as they don't randomly get super hot we'll win this series in 6. We're the superior three point shooting team and that's so important in the NBA now. Whiteside scares me, but even he's still pretty inconsistent. When he's playing well, the Heat are damn good. But when he's struggling to make an impact the Heat aren't very good. We have better shooters and a better bench, as long as Batum is healthy there's no reason not to really like our chances.
A death-ball lineup - Kemba, Lee, Batum, Frank, Marvin.
Key to the series is neutralizing Whiteside and my prediction is this series being Kemba's coming out party.
Didnt want the heat, wanted the Raptors instead.
Still, we match up well against them and should be a cracking series
In a close EC the seeding does not matter too much for seeds 3-6. It could be very entertaining in those matchups.
I hope we play in the first half like the final two games and not come out flat and get burned early like many other games late this season. Much harder to overcome a slow sluggish start and overcome large deficits.
With that said, heres hoping for an exciting and successful playoff run for us!
Thought we were losing to Atl in 5. Do the math.
Any guess as to what time that game 4 on Monday April 25 would start? Thinking of driving up from Charleston.
#Ididthemath
Bleacher Report has us going to the ECF
http://bleacherrepor...-the-postseason
I feel we have a pretty good chance to get there! Especially since we avoid Cleveland. Love the respect our team is getting.
Happy has hell the hornets have made the playoffs. Can't wait to see them on national tv
This stat doesn't get enough credit. There's Kemba, and then there's Tournament Kemba.
I've been saying since Jeremy Lin's first real big game in Charlotte. If you can somehow get Tournament Kemba to coincide with Linsanity... I'm not sure who (outside of Warriors) can beat us.
If Whiteside becomes too disruptive of our interior offense, I wonder if Cliff should consider running with Hawes and Kaminsky together, to force Whiteside out of the paint.
Take it a step further and run out the Frank/Marv frontcourt and make him actually guard someone who can put the ball on the floor from the perimeter. Boston had a lot of success countering Whiteside this year with the Olynyk/Jerebko pairing, forcing him out of his comfort area in the paint and beating him off the dribble.
I cannot think of any strong reason to change the line up that got you here unless something surfaces in this match-up that makes you have to alter the complexion of the roster. And since the biggest new shiny thing in my mind for our team in this match-up is JJ, I am more thinking that the line up change you might see is to put a bigger cover on him to start if he proves to be the Hawks' JJ, not the Nets' JJ. In other words, we've faced HW and we need to alter how our guards play with him (I thought it was a mistake to keep going at him here in CLT - they never seemed to adjust to kick out). I also would prefer we pull HW away from the basket more than leave him covering someone in the low post where he can come off that to deter shots at the rim.