Do we actually wish to get into that brutal Heat efficiency? The solely entertaining a part of that loss to Atlanta within the play-in recreation was Charles Barkley shedding a guess to Shaquille O’Neal over who would win.
“They’re going to beat the Hawks, come on, the Hawks stink,” Barkley mentioned on TNT earlier than the sport. “Bet it, whatever you want to. A billion dollars.”
“Ah-haw,” Shaq mentioned, sort-of sounding like a hawk.
At half, when Atlanta led 65-50, Barkley mentioned: “Remember last week we had this conversation. I said neither one of these teams is any good. I thought Miami was good enough to beat the Hawks. Still a long way to go, but neither one of these teams is any good.”
No one would argue that. After Atlanta 116, Heat 105, Shaq sat on the set holding his pinky finger in opposition to his face to symbolize the billions {dollars}.
Other quotes on the set:
2. ”Obviously, Miami performed terrible,” Barkley mentioned.
3. Added Kenny Smith about Atlanta’s 63-39 rebound benefit: “The Heat got a small little team out there. They could not get a rebound. Bam Adebayo is out there by himself.”
We’re simply realizing this?
4. And as for the Heat’s probabilities in opposition to Toronto or Chicago within the subsequent play-in recreation on Friday …
“Let’s stop joking around, who cares?” Barkley mentioned. “The eighth seed is not going to beat the top three seeds in the East. The only thing exciting about the Eastern Conferences is the Knicks versus the Cavaliers.”
5. Amen to that.
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