It's not time to panic just yet...

It's not time to panic just yet in Miami, but we do have to highlight and break down how this Heat team is definitely concerning and scaring Heat Nation at least two games through the beginning of this NBA season. I'm here to break down what is really going wrong with this Miami Heat team and if they can correct it and if we can expect those corrections to come tonight for game three in Charlotte against the Hornets as the Heat try to win their first game of this NBA season now in three attempts we'll break down all of that on this episode of Heat Digest but first please do us a favor if you're watching this video not currently subscribed scroll down and smash that subscribe button not only help us get to our goal of 5,000 subscribers but stay up to date with everything Miami Heat as we have been doing live streams for the last two games for Miami we cannot tonight but we will again on Monday it's a really good time everyone seems to be enjoying it I'm going to do as many as I possibly can this season and I would love for you guys to join but now let's get to it and break down what is going on with this Miami Heat team up to this point in the NBA season as they fall to 0-2 and it doesn't even seem possible that the Miami Heat are now 0-2 but they played a very good Minnesota Timberwolves team and then they play a very respectable Detroit Pistons team now were either of the results acceptable by this Heat team absolutely not the defensive inabilities in both games were horrible and I'm and I'm not exaggerating by any means the ability the inability to defend on the perimeter and specifically behind the three-point line was made abundantly clear not only in game one but then re-established in game two as as guys like Kevin Herter and Duncan Robinson who all of Heat Nation knows extremely well flat out killed this Miami Heat team not to mention John Collins and Cade Cunningham those everyone on Detroit just flat out had the ability to go out there and produce at a high level and it doesn't help that they started the game five of five from behind the three-point line as Miami continued to shoot threes and simply did not have them fall at least at the rate that Detroit did Miami shot 15 of 51 from behind the three-point line absolutely insanity look at the starting five all five of them the low the best plus minus in the starting five is minus 19 and there's a pair of them with Wiggins and Klay Thompson Bam with minus 22 Mitchell with minus 24 and Giannis despite having 36 12 and 5 on 15 of 26 shooting is minus 23 now before we get to the rest of the news we do have to thank our sponsor for this video Calshi as Calshi is the best platform to get in on the action you can trade yes or no contracts on practically anything the weather sporting events gas prices everything movie release dates TV show release dates GTA 6 release dates everything and everything in between and right now you can trade on Calshi for the Miami Heat to win tonight against the Charlotte Hornets it's it's a necessity it's a demand it's a requirement for this Heat team to win tonight and there's no other way around it right now they are favored on Calshi with a 57 percent chance to win and right now a 25 dollar trade pays 42 and 56 cents again that is for the Miami Heat to win tonight and if I didn't mention it earlier $25 trade the first one you trade on Calshi using the link or using the link down in the description or in the pinned comment with the code digest NBA you immediately get $55 added to your account immediately when making that first $25 trade you can't go wrong with it but now let's get back to it and break down how Giannis is not the problem last night what looked extremely different compared to game one for Giannis Antetokounmpo in game one against the Timberwolves Giannis was dominant had 21 points in the first half simply could not miss I believe he missed three shots the entire game last night he got off to a much colder start he had five misses I believe in the first quarter could not get to the painted area could not dominate like he did against Minnesota that's the difference between Jalen Duren and Rudy Gobert but he still ended up absolutely dominating 36 points 12 boards 5 assists again that plus minus of minus 23 while shooting 15 of 26 from the field north of 50 attempted three three-point shots going one of three and made five of his eight free throws he added two steals one block and three turnovers in 33 minutes of basketball overall he has not been the problem through the first two games now I will say there has been a few moments in especially in last night's game where Giannis gets to the spot just off the free throw line just inside and off the free throw line in the mid-range area he has his back to the basket and rather than simply making extra pass resetting he goes to a fall away jump shot which he missed every single one of last night I can't stand that possession for Miami the inability or the the lack of ability to make an extra pass or just one outside of one pass in a entire possession for this Heat team. And I'm not specifically just talking about Giannis, but the entirety of this team drives me up a wall. There were multiple possessions last night where there was one pass made the entire possession and they end up making and taking a four shot that looks horrible. That doesn't work out. It cannot continue or this Heat team is going to continue to stack up losses because the The offensive rhythm is not going to be there, especially in the half court. So now, if you look at Giannis' scoring map, I did mention the actual fall-away jump shot he took. Look at some of these shots. Again, he went, just look at the difference. It's crazy. In the paint and at the rim compared to everywhere else. He had two points on one of six shooting from the mid-range. And again, that was a standstill jump shot, which he was able to knock down. That was not a fall-away jump shot. Free throws, he had five. The three-point shot, again, he went one of three. That one, he was wide open. He was able to set his feet, get up, and shoot it. Everything else, in the paint. Continue to do that. So what is wrong with Miami? What is going on? Well, right now, if you look at the standings, they're the last team in the Eastern Conference. 0-2 in two games. Again, it's very early still. I'm not saying the season's over by any means. It's just the way things go. Right now they are listed as the, what is that, 13th seed? They're above the Knicks and the Milwaukee Bucks. Love to see that. But again, it's not going to get the job done. We all know this is not how the season is going to end. And Miami has an opportunity to go out there and continue to win. Last night they lose to the Detroit Pistons. Today, Saturday, October 24th, they play a basketball game in Charlotte. They have a day off on Sunday. Then Monday they run it back in Dallas for a game against the Dallas Mavericks. But what is the big problem here with the Miami Heat? And it's very abundantly clear. It's not fatal because the Miami Heat have been able to go out there and compete after starting 0-2. You guys remember the 2023 Finals? Yeah, the Heat started 0-2 in that season. They were able to make it to the NBA Finals despite losing that. But then, you continue. Everybody needs to step up, straight up. There's no other way around it. Bam Adebayo last night had more fouls than points made. That is not a joke. He had four points and six personal fouls. Ended up fouling out of the game. 4.6 boards, three assists, minus 22. Shot two of six from the field. Missed both three-point shots. Missed both free throws in just 23 minutes. He had back-to-back possessions of elite defense where he's able to poke the ball away and get the ball back to Miami. But he also had one turnover, and it came at a horrible time. Absolutely horrible time. And it doesn't end there. Klay Thompson needs to be put in a position where he simply is coming in off the bench when the star offensive player on the opposing team is not on the floor. Why is that? Same reason of what we saw in Minnesota. Detroit kind of mimicked it, just not to the degree that we saw in Minnesota last night. They see Klay is on the floor. They run pick and roll action to create a switch against Miami. Klay Thompson then has to guard the primary ball handler. and it is just absolute barbecue chicken it is just it is just absolute annihilation clay cannot keep up clay is getting abused it's elderly abuse someone should call the cops it's just it's just it's just not okay it's not okay for this heat team and they need to do something about it so last few things to wrap up this video the first one is going to be Eric Spoelstra's quotes there was definitely improvement from or there was definite excuse me improvement from game one to game two he believes game two was a lot better than game one obviously in the sense of difference in score between the Miami Heat and the opponent yeah was a bit better only lost by 17 compared to 30 still unacceptable and i don't think Spo's answer does enough there Bam on the bio the biggest thing for us is we always stay together when it matters most you need to stay aggressive is what you need to do and you need to stay out of foul trouble you need to stay aggressive and you need to actually be a helping hand to Giannis Antetokounmpo in both games he has 30 plus points and the next closest guy it doesn't even have half the points last night last night's De'Veon Mitchell had like 18 the night prior like the leading scorer outside of Giannis was Bam with like 12 or 14 points per game you need to go you need to go you need to go because Tim Hardaway Jr. is not getting the job done right now he shot one of seven against Minnesota last night it was even worse it was like two of ten or something it was not good then you go to guys like Fontecchio who don't play until garbage time you got guys like Mitchell who yes you got 14 or 18 from last night but he cooled off and only had like four points in the second half Clay Thompson not shooting the ball that well again I believe he shot two of ten as well like Tim Hardaway Jr. last night it's just not working Bam Adebayo says it's not our offense I feel like 104 points can win a game it's the other end we've got to lock it uh lock it on i agree the defense needs to do a lot more but the idea that 104 is going to win you a lot of games in basketball especially in today's age is not necessarily accurate i mentioned it in the beginning of the year i think there's going to be a lot of games where miami's able to win 104 to 95 or 110 to 100 and i still think that's true but now with the way this defense has looked in the first two games you guys can't guard on the perimeter when you do you overextend it results in easy layups and drop-off passes in the paint you're getting caught out of position you're giving up too many offensive rebounds it's just it's just it just never ends it's a never-ending loop of disaster for Miami right now on the defensive end not to mention the offensive end outside of Giannis it feels like no one's scoring the basketball Hardaway goes one of seven in the first game last night he goes two of seven two of five from behind the three-point line he misses two technical free throws his first two free throws were two techs he missed them both eight points four boards one assist forcing all throughout the night again clay thompson oh that was a quote from clay i played this game a long time we know he's gonna stay confident awesome but like what about the numbers how does he produce last night six points two boards two assists plus minus a minus 19 shot two of 11 all of them were three point shots a lot of them were forced it's just i i just i it's just it's infuriating it's truly infuriating now to wrap up this video finally who needs to respond more do you think it's bam out of Bio or Clay Thompson let me know down below if you think it's someone else again drop their comment down or drop a comment down below and then finally how concerned are you about the o and to start are you a very concerned or b not yet again let me know down below who do you think should step up more and if you are concerned and if so how concerned are you and i will see you guys on the next episode of Heat Digest i appreciate you guys tuning in and watching