Ding ding.

How about we can just watch basketball?

How about we can just watch basketball?

Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily Ding here on the Athletic NBA show.

I am Jared Weiss.

I am joined as always by Mo De one night of basketball left in this week before the all-star break. I think we got some good ones in. We got some great ones. I mean, Jared, we got a double overtime game. That's pretty good. Brian Smith is our producer. Let's get into the double overtime. It's a non-sequitur,

but I got to give him a shout at the top of the show. The Heat, they beat the Hornets 111-107, remain on top of the Eastern Conference. They won that in double overtime. Kyle Lowry just came up huge in this game. He was impressive. I mean, he's been great whenever he's been on the court for the heat.

It wasn't just the scoring with the 25 points.

I mean, granted him been great whenever he's been on the court for the heat. You know, it wasn't just the scoring with the 25 points. I mean, granted, him and Duncan Robinson were about the only heat players that can shoot and make a three. They had a lot of guys that shot threes, but they were the only ones that made more than one. And when you look at Lowry, the stuff he does with the kick-aheads, his defense know drawing charges and things like that like he just fits so well with that squad it really works out perfectly for him

and and he's just so good Jared yes Miami had a really nicely balanced game and that's even with

Jimmy Butler going five for 24 from the field one one for nine from team. But the one he hit

was the one that mattered. I mean, it was the one that kind of just sealed it. They're down, I mean, they're up too in double overtime. And he just kind of stares it down. And he comes off of a ghost screen kind of situation, gets it to him, holds it for a second, and then pulls it. and he finally makes it to go one at eight and then puts the heat up five.

I mean, it's just one of those things where situation, gets it to him, holds it for a second, and then pulls it, and he finally makes it to go

one at eight, and then puts the heat up five. I mean, it's just one of those things where, if you're Charlotte, you're like, yo, he's 0 for seven. We're okay here if he takes this shot. It's the shot you probably want Jimmy to take, and just bad luck on that one, I'd say. Charlotte, guys that did well. Miles Bridges, he had 29 points and 11 boards. Lamello fouled out.

He also shot one for nine, Jim Beller, one for eight from deep. He had a bad shooting night,

but was moving the ball phenomenally and was finding Montres Harrell, who he had 24 points,

had some big rebounds, was just phenomenal at the end of this game. Yeah, I mean,

Lamello is the guy that moves the ball, 14 assists for them. You know, picking rolls,

hitting Harrell on the rolls. He had a big play down the stretch. He hits the short roller

to PJ Washington in the first overtime. Washington ends up hitting Harold, who kind of had

a short action and circled underneath the rim,

he gets a look, he gets fouls, he goes one and two from the line to tie the game to

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