Miami Heat 142-132 Indiana Pacers Quick Takes from the Arena

Welcome back. I'm Alex Alito. He is Brady Hawk We're here in the abyss of the Kaseya Center After a heat win versus the Indiana Pacers really a fun game up and down game that he were actually able to You know kind of keep up to pace no pun intended with the paces and their up-tempo offense It was an insane game for Halliburton, and I thought they were able to withstand it despite BAM going down You know midway through the game that he were able to I think keep up the offensive production Even when Jimmy was out specifically in that fourth quarter They I think like the defense could have been better But when it mattered most I thought they really did a much better job in the fourth quarter of holding down the Pacers were you? Know six minutes through that the Pacers had only scored seven points in the fourth quarter They made a run later on in the game to kind of just keep the game from dying But in general the heat had taken control because of good fourth quarter play like they outscored the Pacers 45 to 32 in the fourth Quarter, it's good to see that just because they've you know they've lost so many games in the fourth quarter We know that they can play in crunch time They were great at it last season regular season and playoffs, but it was good to see him do it versus a good team that's what the Pacers are now and Jimmy really really stepped up when BAM went out ended up with 20 free-throw attempts 18 of 20 from the field A great stat line overall and Jimmy just absolutely turned it up Brady. What were your takeaways from this game generally? They'll say the first thing you mentioned Jimmy Also, I'm a hawk is those two Jimmy and baby Jimmy they combined for 60 points in this game But the key was that they played the exact same way and they were used the same exact way like you look at the third Quarter you mentioned no BAM. They had to start running kind of everything through the mid post But they actually just did it just finding mismatches every time down It was just mismatch hunting for Jimmy mismatch hunting for Jimmy and then Hawkins comes in next to Jimmy Okay, now they're worried about that now Hawk is hunting for for anybody that's smaller than him and that's how they went on their run They just kind of built off that I thought you know once again Hawk has played really well just in his range Jimmy played well inside the paint Caleb I thought gave them a good punch early on Josh was consistent throughout I thought a lot of their their role players were just really good in this game And that's what's necessary when you don't have Tyler and BAM in a game like this. They just need a kind of consistent gameplay, and it wasn't even needed from three they did they actually got up 11 threes in the first half total and it felt like The free throws was kind of the big thing in the second half so just a big game for Jimmy a big game for my Mate, but it's hard to not walk away from this game and keep talking about this rookie that just continues to impress I mean Hawkins is kind of certified I certified as it gets as a rookie at this point like he's in the running for our rookie first team You know I think at worse It's looking like he's gonna end up at worst as a rookie second team because I don't think the minutes are going anywhere when Tyler Earl comes back he continues to be just Incredible like it's not just a stat line and how productive he is it's how he's doing it How effectively he's doing it how comfortably he's doing it on and off the ball They're not having to run stuff for him to be effective he's just finding his way, and they are slowly but surely giving him more usage and Running you know a couple more plays for him here and there and I'm He has taken everything and stood out despite it no matter what they ask of him He just keeps doing out on a night-to-night basis with big minutes the guy he's certified And it's just great to see Caleb and Josh. You know I've really rounded into form recently We're gonna be talking about that soon on five on the floor, but for now. I'm Alex Lito. He's Brady Hawk Thank you for tuning in and again check out the new five on the floor episode you guys have a good night