Hotness - Warriors 134, Heat 99

Your Warriors dispatched the despondent Heat.

Box Score

With no Dwayne Wade, no real chance of sniffing the playoffs, no hopes, no dreams, and no motivation, the Heat quickly lost their heart.

The first quarter was fairly competitive. Miami ran the ball well while the Warriors seemed a bit lazy and jumper happy. Jack and Al held their own private shooting contest, going for 6 combined threes - 10 total for the game. Beans started and he came on strong, scoring the Dubs’ first bucket on a pick-and-roll with Baron. He looks fully recovered from his surgery but Nellie was careful about keeping him out there for too long, limiting his time to 6 minutes stretches - 18 total. The Warriors got more aggressive in the second quarter, scoring inside and out while harassing the Heat ball handlers. The lead widened and the piling on began.

The Dubs kept their foot on the Heat’s chest for the entire second half. Monta came alive, scoring 14 of his 16 total points in the third. Peety got hot after throwing up a brick fest for the first half and added 9. The Heat were rolling over and showing their bellies by the time the buzzer went off and Nellie was able to rest his starters for almost the entire fourth.

CJ and Kaz both played over 20 minutes and did well. CJ looked especially aggressive and ended the game with 4 steals.

The Warriors fielded their biggest line up in recent history during garbage time. We got to see 6-10 Uncle Austin, the 7 foot Patsquatch, and 6-9 (is that all? his arms really are ridiculously long) Jughead packing the lane together and generally looking funny.

This was the perfect outcome against a severely wounded team like the Heat. The Dubs didn’t let up for three straight quarters and were able to cruise with the subs in for the fourth - saving the big guns’ legs for what will be a much tougher game against the Magic.