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Top 5 storylines to follow for Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins | Week 9
↪️4. Turning the corner on third down
One area the Bills have wanted to clean up this season is third down. On offense and defense, they rank in the bottom half of the NFL, but last week, they turned it around.
Against the Seahawks, Buffalo’s offense converted 53% of their third down opportunities (8/15). On defense, the Bills held Seattle to just one for seven (17%) on third down chances.
Sean McDermott said their success had to do with what happened on first and second downs.
“I think more than anything, it was yards to go,” McDermott explained. “When you looked at our offense’s yards to go on third downs, I think it was approximately around five yards to go. Defensively, I think it was beyond. I think it was upwards of 9, 10, 11 yards to go on third downs for their offense.
“So, that’s certainly a big help. That’s a first step when you’re winning first and second down and then the execution on third down as well, on both sides of the ball.”
Ahead of last week’s game, offensive coordinator Joe Brady said the coaching staff challenged the offense to sustain drives and was happy with how the team answered.
“I think a lot of it was a good job with communication, all being on the same page and just doing the simple better,” Brady said. “We were able to overcome some of the things that we weren’t able to overcome with past games and it allowed us to sustain drives.”
McDermott said executing on third downs goes back to the team’s preparation during the week.
On defense, the Dolphins are the second-best on third down allowing conversions just 30.9% of the time. On offense, Miami is converting 38.5% of their third downs (18th). We’ll see if Buffalo can build off their strong performance last week.
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City of Miami celebrates reopening of Flagler Street as part of beautification project
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Shooting in northwest Miami-Dade leaves man in critical condition, sheriff’s office says
An investigation is underway at a northwest Miami-Dade apartment complex after the sheriff’s office said a man was shot by his girlfriend after a “heated dispute” early Wednesday morning.
Few details have been released, but the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said the incident took place at an apartment complex located off Northwest 7th Avenue.
The sheriff’s office said that a man became involved in a “heated dispute” with his girlfriend, and she shot him in the right arm.
He was rushed to a hospital by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue in critical condition.
The woman is in custody.
The identities of those who were involved have not yet been released.
No other information was available.
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Miami Heat-Brooklyn Nets Injury Report, Betting Lines, How to Watch, Lineups & More
Game date, time and location: Tuesday, Mar. 3, 7:30 p.m. EST, Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Sun, YES Network (Brooklyn)
Radio: 104.3 FM (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale), ESPN 106.3 FM, (West Palm Beach), FOX Sports Radio 105.9 FM (Ft. Myers/Naples), 1450 AM (Suart), 97.7 FM (Florida Keys), WAQI 710 AM (Spanish-language broadcast, South Florida), WFAN 101.9 FM/660 AM (Brooklyn)
VITALS: The Miami Heat (32-29) and Brooklyn Nets (15-45) meet for the second of three regular season matchups. Earlier this season, Miami recorded a, 106-95, win in Brooklyn on December 18 and has now won four of the last five overall against the Nets.
It also marks the first of consecutive games against Brooklyn with the teams facing each other again on Thursday. The Heat are 83-61 all-time versus the Nets during the regular season, including 44-26 in home games and 39-35 in road games.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Davion Mitchell
G Tyler Herro
C Bam Adebayo
F Pelle Larsson
F Andrew Wiggins
NETS
G Nolan Traore
G Terance Mann
C Nic Claxton
F Michael Porter Jr.
F Noah Clowney
INJURY REPORT
HEAT
Davion Mitchell: Questionable – Shoulder
Norman Powell: Out – Groin
Nikola Jovic: Out – Back
Trevor Keels: Available – G League
Jahmir Young: Available – G League
Vlad Goldin: Available – G League
Terry Rozier: Out – Not with team
NETS
Nic Claxton: Probable – Thumb
Egor Demin: Out – Foot
QUOTABLE
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra: “Regardless of the scheme is, I always go back to that, it’s just about committing to doing hard things. We were really moving in the zone, taking away airspace and scrambling to challenge shots at the rim. In a lot of these losses in the last month we’ve just been giving up shots at the rim and threes.”
For more Miami Heat information and conversation, check out Off The Floor.
Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI and producer/co-host of the Five on the Floor podcast, covering the Heat and NBA. He can be reached at Twitter: @tropicalblanket
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