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Five On The Floor: Miami Heat/NBA

Five Reasons Sports Network

Sports, Basketball

4.6 • 633 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In the second of a two-part series, Ethan Skolnick and Alex Toledo discuss whether the Miami Heat can get back in the upper tier of the NBA defensively, and what it will take beyond Erik Spoelstra and Bam Adebayo. From the 1305800PAIN studios.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the latest episode of 5 on the floor of the Five Reason Sports Never.
0:05.7	Thanks, join us on your favorite podcast app on Apple podcast.
0:09.3	It's a good thing we're inside.
0:11.0	We'll get to that in a second.
0:12.3	Also, if you're on Android, check out Spotify or the Five Reason's YouTube channel.
0:16.0	We can also find all your South Florida sports content.
0:18.9	Also, off the floor, that's our Discord server, $2.99 per month. Link right here in the description, the place for the most heat anywhere. And our other sponsor of today's episode, our friends over at 305-800 pain. We got to drive home today. Hopefully we do not have a car accident. The thunderstorms already starting to come. We're at the 305-800-pane studios in Doral. I want to thank them for hosting
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1:04.1	And now today's episode.
1:07.2	Uh-oh.
1:09.8	Yeah, it's mercy.
1:11.6	Music by mercy again.
1:13.6	Heat Nation, we the culture.
1:15.6	Yo, I need you a call time out.
1:18.6	You ready to set the four plan.
1:21.6	Tropical blanket.
1:22.6	Open for the shop.
1:23.6	Yo, Greg, set the pick.
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