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Miami Heat to play Atlanta Hawks in first round. How the teams matched up this season
The Warmth, knocked out of the playoffs final 12 months by one Japanese Convention finalist (the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks), will open the postseason on Sunday in opposition to final season’s different Japanese finalist.
The highest-seeded Warmth discovered Friday night time that its opening-round opponent would be the Atlanta Hawks, who claimed the eighth seed by beating the Cavaliers, 107-101, on Friday night time in a play-in recreation in Cleveland.
The Warmth’s first-round collection opens at 1 p.m. Sunday at FTX Enviornment, with Recreation 2 scheduled for Tuesday night. TNT and Bally Sports activities Solar will televise each video games.
The collection then shifts to Atlanta for Recreation 3 on Friday night time on ESPN and Bally and Recreation 4 on Sunday night time at 7.
Within the Hawks, the Warmth will get an offensively-gifted, ignitable opponent with an elite scorer in Trae Younger, who scored 38 to hold Atlanta previous Cleveland on Friday, together with 32 factors within the second half. However Miami additionally will face a flawed staff that’s typically delinquent defensively.
The Hawks this season allowed 113.7 factors per 100 possessions, which was twenty sixth within the league and worst amongst playoff groups.
The Warmth, conversely, ranked fourth in that defensive score class, yielding 108.4 factors per 100 opponent possessions.
What’s extra, the Hawks’ finest inside defender and rebounder, middle Clint Capela, left Friday’s recreation with a hyperextended knee, leaving his standing in query for Sunday.
The Warmth gained the season collection, 3-1.
Miami beat Atlanta twice – 115-91 and 124-118 – in a three-day span in January. The Hawks gained 110-108 in Atlanta 10 days after the second of these conferences.
Miami gained their solely current recreation, 113-109, on April 8 in Miami.
The Warmth shot 50.9 p.c from the sphere and 39.7 p.c on three pointers within the season collection in opposition to the Hawks.
Bam Adebayo averaged 22.5 factors and 6.0 rebounds in opposition to the Hawks however missed two video games within the season collection.
Tyler Herro averaged 20 per recreation in three video games in opposition to Atlanta, and Jimmy Butler averaged 18.7 factors within the three video games.
The Warmth was 14-2 with Max Strus beginning, and three of his begins have been wins in opposition to Atlanta. He averaged 12.5 factors in opposition to Atlanta, sinking 12 of 26 three-pointers.
Kyle Lowry averaged 12.3 factors in three video games in opposition to Atlanta, with an assist-to-turnover ratio (16 to eight) that isn’t as much as his requirements.
Defensively, the emphasis naturally begins with slowing Younger, who averaged 25.5 factors in opposition to the Warmth on 43.9 p.c capturing whereas sinking 33 of 37 free throws.
However Miami held him to 31.4 p.c capturing on threes this season (11 for 35).
And Younger credited Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra for switching us Miami’s defensive strategy throughout his 3 for 12 second half capturing efficiency in opposition to the Warmth throughout their recreation final week.
Hawks ahead John Collins averaged 15.7 factors and seven.7 rebounds in three video games in opposition to the Warmth, however his standing is unclear as a result of he has been out with a proper foot sprain and plantar fascia tear, in addition to a proper ring finger sprain. He didn’t play on Friday in opposition to Cleveland.
Like Collins, Bogan Bogdanovic additionally averaged 15.7 factors in opposition to the Warmth this season.
As for Capela, he averaged 11.5 factors and 10.0 assists in two video games in opposition to Miami.
Atlanta shot 47 p.c from the sphere in opposition to the Warmth within the 4 video games however dedicated 63 turnovers, in contrast with 89 assists.
Within the 4 video games, the Warmth additionally had 63 turnovers, however Miami dished out 108 assists.
The Hawks completed 43-39 this season, 10 video games behind the 53-29 Warmth.
Warmth gamers Strus and Gabe Vincent mentioned they deliberate to look at Friday’s Cleveland-Atlanta recreation fastidiously, with out distractions round them.
“I’m making an attempt to get any tips of the commerce for every man, see what they love to do, strive to determine which man I’ll be matched up with and the way they play,” Strus mentioned after Friday’s observe. “It’s time to lock in. It’s keep inside and lock in on the personnel and who we’re going to be enjoying.”
Talking after observe on Friday afternoon, Vincent indicated both opponent could be an attention-grabbing matchup.
“They’re enjoyable to compete in opposition to, whichever aspect we play in opposition to,” Vincent mentioned. “Defensively, they’re comparable, with the drop huge. Cleveland has a bit of extra size. Atlanta has a bit of extra offensive energy. They’re each good groups in their very own proper, barely completely different.”
One factor is obvious: Snagging the No. 1 seed offered a transparent benefit to Miami for 2 causes past homecourt benefit all through the Japanese Convention playoffs:
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Their opponent could have simply someday to organize for Recreation 1.
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The Warmth gained’t play any of the East’s prime three betting favorites – Milwaukee, Boston or Brooklyn – till the Japanese Finals. The Warmth would play the Philadelphia-Toronto winner in spherical two.
“The Warmth profit considerably from the bracket they’re in,” TNT analyst Stan Van Gundy mentioned on a convention name on Friday. “That’s why you play for seeding. They’re the No. 1 seed. After all you’ll slightly play the eighth seed within the first spherical.
“Identical factor within the second spherical [without having to play] Boston and Milwaukee. Boston has been the very best staff within the East for a very long time. Since earlier than the primary of the 12 months, they’ve been lots higher than anybody else. Not having to play them or the defending champions within the second spherical, it’s a giant assist.”
This story was initially printed April 15, 2022 10:15 PM.
With our Miami Dolphins hosting the New England Patriots tomorrow afternoon, I asked the two customary prediction questions this past week. Below are the questions, with some of your answers to each.
A) What will be the final score in this week’s Miami Dolphins game against the New England Patriots?
B) What other predictions do you have for the upcoming game against the Patriots? (stars of the game, etc.)
Alley Gator sees the Phins win by reverting to their old ways.
I expect a big dose of Rhamonde Stevenson running and receiving, short passes to TE’s Hooper and Henry to try to keep our offense off the field. Last week, the Rams WR’s Puka and Kupp both went over 100 yards on the Patsies, so we’ll revert to bombs away to Hill and Waddle. NE dominates time of possession, but we win on a couple of big plays. Dolphins 21, Pats 13
Alpha6 has the Dolphins more than double up on the Pats off a solid day from the defense.
Points: Dolphins 35, Cheatriots 17 There will be a pick 6 by the Dolphins’ D. There will be 4 sacks by the Dolphins’ D to go with that.
62Lou predicts that the overwhelming talent of the Phins wins the day.
Miami SHOULD WIN this game, at home against a rookie QB.
These division games are tough tho, and I expect a real fight. But Miami simply has TOO MUCH TALENT TO LOSE, unless McNerd and Tua blow it.
NO EXCUSES – FIRE THE NERD IF WE LOSE…
Miami 27 NE 20..
the spread of Miami at -7.5 is too much, we barely covered last week at the 3:19 mark in the 4th qtr. a blown coverage on the TE saved us, after needing 10 and 12 play drives all day, we got a cheap one.
DolphinsKings1 sees domination on both sides of the ball.
Pathetics 16 Dolphins 40 (I see a smack down)!
PASSING (244 in the air)
Tua 27 of 37 244 yards 3 TD’s Ints 0
RUSHING (214 on the ground)
Achane 25 carries 91 yards 1 TD
Wright 11 carries 96 yards
Mostert 9 carries 27 yards
RECEIVING
Jonnu 9 catches 69 yards 1 TD
Hill 8 catches 83 yards
Waddle 6 catches 57 yards 1 TD
Achane 4 catches 35 yards 1 TD
KICKING
Jason 4 for 4 FG’s 33,27,23,and 27
1 Punt
DEFENSE (only allows 187 total yards)
3 Sacks – Campbell 1, Holland 1 FF and R, and Sieler 1
2 Interceptions – Poyer 1 and Kohou 1
daytonadolfan is a day late but was shorted no dollars…
A day behind but I think it will be 31-13 Dolphins!
finfanfromsiam has the Phins winning a close one.
This is still a division game so not going to predict a blowout. We have a tendency to make rookies and nobodies into Montana. So going with 23-16. For stars of the game going with Jonnu and Achane.
David7777 is predicting the Pats to have their worst game of 2024. That’s a very low bar!
Worst game of the year for the Patriots
3 Interceptions and 2 Fumbles D-Line all over Maye this game
Dolphins 42-10
Tua2HillWaddle sees the defense keeping New England out of the endzone.
Fins 29-12. 2 fumble recoveries and 2 pics deep in NE territory. Defense only allows 4 fg’s.
EzDz73 predicts a struggle of a game resulting in a win by a TD for Miami.
This will likely be another hard fought division game. I predict the Fins for the win, 27-20
heatforlife sees Juliann Hill’s play as an indicator of the direction of the team.
when juliann hill has a good game u know things are trending in the right direction.pats gonna be a close game .think we win but not by much.30 24 fins.need fuller back healthy kohou on the bench forever.duck cb 3 cam cb4 kohou cb0.
Dolfanjoe believes that the Pats are already tanking.
Pat’s battling for the # 1 spot in the draft! Which they are hoping to trade for first-rounders for years to come. They will put on a show and see it Fins 27 Pat’s 17 . 10 – 10 at halftime worrying the local supporters !
SabanpickedCulpepper is unhappy with the new ball control offense that the Phins are running.
Defense needs to force punts, when our offense takes 8 minute drives and kicks fgs and our D can’t get off the field it’s counter productive. We’re actually decreasing our number of offense possessions
Spok507 is a fan of the new ball-control offense.
One game at a time. Ball control and clock control will bring us a win and we inch closer to getting a play-off berth. It’ll be a complete change of pace for the Fins to actually be peaking at the right time of the season and have some forward momentum carrying them into the Thanksgiving Prime Time game at Green Bay. I’m ready for it. Just concentrate on beating NE; control the LoS on both sides of the ball, stick with the ground game, take what the defense gives and force NE’s rookie QB into making mistakes.
As for the injury report, maybe Poyer should actually practice instead of ‘rest’ — seems like he could use the reps. McMorris was a full participant, so maybe he’ll see action and replace Poyer. We can only hope. Fuller is still out due to concussion, but this is week 3, so I’m hoping he’ll be off the list soon. We need Kohou back in the nickel and not covering the boundry until he remembers how to tackle. We also need Ingold back to help the run game. We’ll know more after today’s injury report.
SlayerNation1 predicts that the Phins will win but once again fails to close out a game early.
MIA 27 NE 16
Similar to last week, Miami never trails but allows
NE to hang around unnecessarily, until the 3rd quarter.
NE will extend drives with Maye’s mobility and easy pitch and catch to TEs Henry/Hooper.
Miami’s newly found ball control offense works again due to the fact they never trail. Waddle and Holland again do very little. Jonnu and Achane are the offense again,
TommyNascar believes that we should have already given up on the season.
We will win, end up 9-8, miss the playoffs and stuck in the mediocrity cycle. I would rather we lost out starting a few weeks ago, pull the tooth now, get the #1 pick and grab a new qb to start building for the future. I just don’t see championship caliber here now.
Well that’s our random selection of comments this week. There is a lot of positivity from the fans, at least here at the Phinsider overall. Well, from most of you. Time will see! Thank you to each of you who took the time to read and comment on our question of the day post. Please join us tomorrow afternoon for our live thread to follow our Miami Dolphins against the New England Patriots.
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15-year-old girl shot at McDonald’s in NW Miami-Dade; police believe shooting was accidental – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – Rescue crews took a 15-year-old girl to the hospital after, police said, she became the victim of a shooting in Northwest Miami-Dade.
Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the incident at the McDonald’s at Northwest Seventh Avenue and 95th Street, at around 10:15 p.m. on Friday.
Investigators said the teen was wounded in the shoulder while at the fast food restaurant.
Paramedics brought the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.
Detectives are questioning one person. They believe the shooting was accidental.
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