Things aren't going so well down in South Beach for Pat Riley's club.

Last night, the reigning Eastern Conference champion Heat without Jimmy Butler, lost to a Clipper team that did not play.

Paul, George Fly, Leonard North, Patrick Beverley.

Take a look at the West.

The Clippers overtake the Lakers after LeBron and the Crew dropped their second straight game.

But the Clips still trailed the red hot Jazz, who have won 10 straight games.

Shout out to them.

It's a different story from Miami.

In the East.

The Heat have the third worst record in the conference and have lost five straight games.

Stephen A.

Is your focus on the Heat or the Clippers after this one.

For me, it's the heat.

You the rainy Eastern Conference champions.

Now I wanna make sure everybody understands this.

Six and 12.

On the season fifth straight loss, they were ravaged by Cove in.

We understand this.

You know, the times that we're living in, they've definitely been compromised.

Plus, Jimmy Butler's only played like six games.

Tyler hero has missed seven of the 18 games.

I'm just looking at some of the things that they, Avery Bradley, has missed 10 games.

That was a big pick up for them in the off season as well.

I get that.

Here's the message that I want to send to the Miami Heat.

If you don't win, it's going to be your fault as players.

Now, let's analyze this because it's important.

We understand.

We understand that Micky Arison is a first class owner.

Okay, first class we know Who the hell Pat Riley?

We know who that dude is.

The winner within his staff, Andy Ellsberg and all the number.

They know what they're doing.

Hell, even from a PR perspective, Max, I don't know if you noticed I go back with Tim Donovan almost 30 years.

The man gave me a credential when I was a high school writer, so I could I could cover the Knicks, You understand?

For the New York dealing with you know what the hell you 30 years ago you were out of college that I know that I was I was It's true.

It's true.

It's over.

It's over.

I've accepted.

I accepted that.

But the point is this.

That's how far back I go with Tim Donovan.

I love that man.

I love that brother and Rob Wilson, this guy.

And he used to work in media relations in Philadelphia.

I go back a long ways with these people.

He's a character, individuals.

It's a first class organization.

And you know what?

Pat Riley leading away and Erik Spoelstra is a hell of a coach.

Miami Heat People are looking at you all like y'all were a fluke.

Like last year was just a one hit wonder.

We've been talking about Brooklyn.

Been talk about Philadelphia, been talking about Milwaukee.

Ain't nobody thinking about y'all.

Nobody's thinking about the Miami.

So if you Jimmy Butler, if you bam out of bio with your new max deal if you Tyler hero who's a study that I I love that brother and you know how I feel about him and Duncan Robinson.

Kendrick Nunn.

I like you to equal dollars a statesman off course.

Okay.

You picked up Avery Bradley.

Okay, you got this covert thing to get over, understand?

But when you all get your behind back on the court, remember their expectations.

People are looking at the Miami Heat and they're saying you all the boots.

What's gonna do about what's gonna do about it?

Now we know where I wanna be.

Way I wanna be.

That's what this is all.

Go ahead, Max.

Way I wanna build your own car.

I did it.

It was I hiding.

Have I ever hit that car?

How depressed.

I was mad.

Can you tell the audience out there how depressed I was because of Kobe, when the Heat and the Lakers met in the finals?

How depressed was I, Max?

Not only that, after years of Cleveland being you can make that stuff up, we would have been in Florida for the national championship game.

Florida for the Super Bowl?

Yeah.

What do you want me to do?

It's a pandemic for letting that affect every booting interest.

I've been covering the MBA for 25 years.

I had one wish.

Why am me to play Miami Play L.

A.

And it happened during cold.

Remember, because when LeBron went to Miami, people were thinking the Lakers and the Heat might meet up in the finals and people wanted me to good on LeBron and talk about him.

When he left Cleveland to go to South Beach I said Lake area.

South Beach.

Thank you.

Please.

I couldn't have been more grateful.

Why was the press so bitter?

The press should have been.

Let me tell you, E LeBron and I haven't spoke.

Says he went back to Cleveland.

That's why.

Damn it.

What you want me?

I'm looking to go like that.

What?

Plaza?

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