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Heat Culture by the Numbers

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Miami Heat are one win away from being the second team in NBA history to reach the NBA Finals as an 8th seed. It’s one of the most remarkable postseason runs we have ever seen, particularly because Miami lost their first play-in game and barely survived the second game to stumble into the playoffs. So how were they seemingly able to flip the switch like this? The answer is simple: Heat Culture. It’s a mentality, a mantra, call it what you will… but it’s real. And there are numbers that back it up. So today, Kirk Goldsberry dives into the analytics and proves the scientific existence of Heat Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.8

Kirk Goldsbury, I don't know if you believe in fate, but I believe I was meant to do this

0:21.1

podcast today with you. With things going really well in the 305 at the moment.

0:27.9

As Miami routes the Celtics to take a three nothing series lead one win away for the

0:34.5

Miami Heat from the NBA finals.

0:37.4

The heater coming off a 128 102, rubbing in game three on Sunday night and they're leading

0:42.5

the Eastern Conference finals three games to none. Game fours tonight. And so today,

0:46.8

Kirk, we're going to be talking about heat culture, something I'm supposed to be very

0:51.1

familiar with, but you're going to actually teach me more on that.

0:55.9

You are an expert. I have done some research. I think together is a, we can help the audience

1:01.3

really have a great understanding of what heat culture actually is.

1:05.7

Talk to me here. What's the secret sauce? How has Miami gone from the brink of playoff

1:10.4

elimination after dropping the first play in game against the Hawks to the cusp of making

1:15.4

history?

1:16.4

Let me give you two quick plays that I think epitomize this incredible heat run in game

1:21.2

four against New York. The next we're trying to stage a late game come back down seven

1:26.1

with just over three minutes left. They're all star forward Julius Randall blue pass

1:31.0

Bam out of bio and drove toward the rim, but instead of an open lane, Randall found Max

1:37.3

Bruce.

1:38.3

The drive bottom of the circle runs into spruce. Offensive foul and Julius Randall is done

1:48.3

for the evening. It was the end of the night for Julius and for all intents and purposes.

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