By HoopsHype | April 21, 2025
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Per the NBA’s hand-tracked stats, Draymond Green contested 18 shots tonight, 14 2s and 4 3s. Juiced by playing center, Houston’s orebs and them taking a ton of shots in the paint, but no other player in the game had more than 7 contests. – 2:32 AM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype Draymond Green tied Alonzo Mourning in playoff blocks for No. 21 in NBA history.
Jimmy Butler passed Paul Pierce in playoff steals for No. 30 all-time. – 1:48 AM
I don’t root for technicals, but based on the standard of this season, I’m not sure how Draymond avoided a tech there. I don’t want stuff like that to get called, but it almost always does. – 11:53 PM
Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater Game 1 starters in Houston Warriors Steph Curry Brandin Podziemski Jimmy Butler Moses Moody Draymond Green Rockets Fred VanVleet Jalen Green Dillon Brooks Amen Thompson
Alperen Sengun – 9:04 PM
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“So I think Pat has done as good of a job as anybody can to be in that position for so long and go through so many generations. Yeah, we all know he’s old. But he’s still sharp as a tool, at the same time. He’s one of the sharpest men that you will sit down and talk to. So he’s very, very good at his job. But also, too, like all of us, he has ways that he wants to see things run and see things done and he’s going to do it that way. But also, too, he’s going to make some adjustments. I think they made a lot of adjustments when Jimmy came, which [LeBron James] didn’t experience and I didn’t experience. The same thing with Tim [Hardaway] and [Alonzo Mourning], we experienced something that they didn’t experience. “What I like to say is you have to stand on something. And the culture is what the Heat stands on. It doesn’t matter whether you feel like the word culture has been overused or not. But every organization doesn’t have it. -via Miami Herald / April 16, 2025
Anthony Chiang: Micky Arison reacts to HOF honor in press release issued by the Heat: “I am deeply honored to be joining Heat greats Alonzo Mourning, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Shaquille O’Neal, Ray Allen, Tim Hardaway, Gary Payton and of course my dear friend Pat Riley in the Basketball Hall of Fame. When my father Ted Arison brought the Heat to Miami almost 40 years ago, he did not do so for accolades. He did it because he thought it was best for Miami. Madeleine, Nick, Kelly and I have been the proud stewards of that vision and are so proud of what the Heat mean both in our community and to fans around the world. For some, this is an individual honor. But for me, this speaks to what our entire Heat family – players, coaches, staff and fans – have built together. “I look forward to enshrinement weekend in September, as well as future enshrinement weekends where more members of our Heat family will enter the Basketball Hall of Fame.” -via x.com / April 5, 2025
