Miami Heat Week 18 Surge: Wiggins, Ware & Hero Power Playoff Push

Week 18 Run it back - Miami Heat === Speaker: [00:00:00] Week 18 of the 20 25, 20 26 NB. A season is over, which means it's time to run it back. This is run it back NBA Week and review heat edition. I'm Eric Labrador at thePeachBasket.net, covering the Miami Heat. This is the show where we recap the week that was in the NBA and then highlight the Marques matchup for the week to come for the heap. So in week 18, Miami had a good week. They beat Atlanta and Atlanta and beat Memphis in Miami. Now a little bit about the Memphis game. Scouty PI Jr. Is not without fault here. You could see with two minutes left in the game, him and Myron Gardner we're going for a rebound and Pippin Jr through Myron Gardner. To the ground. Now, Myron Gardner saw Draymond [00:01:00] Green say on his radio show that he's getting a target on his back. Well, Draymond Green should know because he has the title of, you know, dirtiest player in the NBA. Is he getting, so Myron Gardner, is he getting a target on his back or is he making a name for himself? Myron Gardner came down the floor. Pippin made the shot. He was wide open to the other end of the floor, and Myron Gardner kind of gave a bump to Pippin, which Pippin, you know, if you look at the video, Pippin fell and exaggerated the fall. Okay. And then Pippin turned around, saw that the referees were saying keep playing. And like if he was in a public park playing a pickup game. Scotty Pippen Jr. Disregarded whatever was going on with the Memphis Grizzlies and attacked Myron Gardner. Let's make it plain and simple, [00:02:00] plain as day right there. Myron Gardner he looks like he wants to make a name for himself in the NBA. I think he's ready for the target on his back, but he just got signed to a new contract, a standard contract for the heat. So the kid is ready. Let's move on. Well, like I said, the, he did beat Atlanta. Tyler Hero came back. He has a flack jacket that makes him look like an NFL quarterback. He played well. Kal wear double, double in both games. The guy in a calorie field, non empty calorie power food performance. Double double in both games. Coach Spra already singing his praises. He's putting positive days together again. Awesome. You're gonna see also when I read the standout segment how Kael did Andrew Wiggins 28 points against Memphis? Yes, [00:03:00] Memphis appears to be tanking for the rest of the season, but the heat did. Not play well against Utah and Utah's tanking for the rest of the season. So all in all, the offense and defense played famously. The heat have had several games because they beat Atlanta by 30 plus points. The heat have had many games several games this season where they've had big time wins. It is kind of going with what Coach Ttra is saying that these guys are starting to get it. And maybe they'll start to eke out close wins against good teams. Moving on to the power ranking segment, we start with the only objective overall NBA top 10 power rankings anywhere. And you can find how we come to this list@thepeachbasket.net, the heat move up to sixth in the power rankings and 13th in the Eastern Conference now. You can already see in the second half of the season. The top three teams in the power [00:04:00] rankings, Detroit, Boston, and New York, they're on winning streaks. They're taking care of business, and they're starting to slowly but surely sharpen up for the playoffs. The Raptors are a team on the upswing. They took apart the bucks and have won two in a row. The heat are in a sixth, seventh, a battle for sixth, seventh, and eighth. And they have a good amount of wins. They only trail in losses. So moving on to that standout segment Andrew Wiggins as he a announcer, Eric Reid calls him the quiet Storm. He led the team over the two games in points, three pointers made and efficiency, which we take out pace and call it game score scoring. I think I have that wrong. So Wiggins had a good two games, Kal, where another week, where he led the team in total rebounds. How offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds. The guy is starting to buy into it [00:05:00] little by little. Davion Mitchell. One game seven assisted three blocks. You can't ask for any more from your point guard and Pella Larson back Healthy average, two steals per game. So the guys are doing what they need to do. They're all healthy. Tyler Hero is back. Norman Powell is getting healthy. And our marquee matchup segment, I'm gonna say it all the time, the key to the upcoming week is to win every game. Now here's the thing, the heat played Milwaukee on Tuesday at Milwaukee. They go to Philly on Thursday, then home against Houston on Saturday. No back to backs. The heat have to take advantage of this week. This, there's no back to backs, so they're gonna have a chance to go into Milwaukee. Milwaukee got taken apart by the Raptors, okay, Philly, which lost to the Pelicans. They lost to the Pelicans so that he can take advantage of that. And [00:06:00] then they got Houston at home in the Kaseya Center with a hot crowd, three o'clock in the afternoon. Miami fans, they are late arriving, but when they get there, they do make a lot of noise. It's a great opportunity. Strike while the iron's hot. Upset. One of the top teams in the west. Speaking of Milwaukee, Ryan Rollins, Kevin Porter in Camp Thomas, and a New York Times article from staff writer Eric Dean says. That these are young players. Milwaukee's had a history according to him, of developing not developing young players. And can they ge gel with Giannis? Well, Giannis still doing the lukewarm I don't know if I want to be here in Milwaukee. He did recently criticize Dr. River's game plan for him, putting him more as a role man than a playmaker. Okay. I think the Daz cast with Giannis. I don't think the new guys are gonna gel [00:07:00] with him. They would probably really have to go forward in the playoffs and make it like a black and white you know, result. Like if they do very well, he might think about it. If they don't do well, he's out. And the Sixers lost to the Pelicans. If the Sixers are starting to slide, if ever the heat can have an opportunity to move in. To the top six. It's right now, now going into our viral pressure segment where I put in the Miami Heat and asked AI to give me some of the hot articles. Pat Riley got a statue of himself at the Laker game, and him and LeBron were fawning all over each other. LeBron Pat Riley says, well, you know, I wish we would've had eight to 10 years together. What will we have done? Who knows? LeBron counters back with, oh, I had a great time there. We won two [00:08:00] championships. We lost two championships. What if, what if, what if there's no doubt about it that the heat for sure would've won another championship? Probably two, because they would've made the trade for born dage. Chris Bosch. Unfortunately, he would've gotten the blood clots either way. But LeBron still would've been there and with a point guard better than Mario Chalmers. No, no, no. There's no doubt about it that he'd win one to two more championships with LeBron Wade doesn't leave. The status has changed. Even Hassan Whiteside would've contributed. To one of the championship runs. So we do know, we do know what would've happened. You can't say you never know. We do know. Well fans, that is the end of it. Week 18 is over Now, week 19, let's see what the heat can do. Will the guys get it together and win every game this week? Well, I'll [00:09:00] talk to you about it next week when we run it back. Have a good day.