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Miami Heat bring back former Grizzlies Coach David Fizdale

ESPN

Miami-

The Miami Heat announced today that they have brought back former Memphis Grizzlies head coach David Fizdale to return the organisation where he started as a assistant coach on a one year deal.

Fizdale who was a Heat assistant for 8 years from 2008 to 2016 where he served a number of different roles for the Heat before taking the head coach role in Memphis. In his first season as head coach he guided the Grizzlies to a 43-39 record which was good enough for a playoff berth losing in the first round. He was fired 19 games into this season after a slow 7-12 start.

Heat president Pat Riley said that this a big boost to the current coaching staff.

”Bringing a guy like Fiz Back is a huge deal for us he has a ton on knowledge within the organisation and his time away has only helped him become a better coach and leader it was a chance we knew we had to take given his experience and pedigree.”

Coach Erik Spoelstra was glad to his longtime friend back with him at the Heat.

”Over the moon that Fiz is back on the sidelines with us like Pat mentioned his time away has made him a even better coach and will help us going forward. He got a rough deal in Memphis but I’m glad he’s with us now instead of having to face him

According to sources he will jump straight into his old role as assistant head coach and current assistant coach Juwan Howard will move into the scouting department. The Heat also announced that if Fizdale is to get any head coaching offers after the season they will let him seek out those opportunities.

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NBA Nightly scores from 13 January 2018

Lakers 113 OT
Mavericks 109

Kings 106
Clippers 125

Thunder 108
Hornets 94

Nets 118
Wizards 128 OT

Warriors 127
Raptors 124

Pistons 103
Bulls 111

Nuggets 78
Spurs 112


Nightly Notables

Andre Drummond 24 PTS,21 REBS,4 AST
John Wall 30 PTS,6 REBS,12AST,4STL
Blake Griffin 26PTS,10 REBS,7 AST
Julius Randle 24 PTS,15 REBS, 11-22FGM

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Matchup Preview | January 14, 2018
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Milwaukee Bucks (22-19, Away)		Miami Heat (24-17, Home)
Stats Comparison 105.8 Points Per Game 101.0 106.3 PPG Allowed 102.1 .484 Field Goal % .456 .356 3-Point % .364 38.8 Rebounds 42.0 5.1 Blocks 5.0 8.3 Steals 7.1 13.6 Turnovers 15.0 Projected Starters Eric Bledsoe Point Guard Goran Dragic Malcom Brogdon Shooting Guard Jerome Fitzgerald Khris Middleton Small Forward Josh Richardson Giannis Antetokounmpo Power Forward James Johnson John Henson Center Hassan Whiteside Injury Report Jabari Parker Torn ACL Surgery (1-2 Weeks) Dion Waiters Ankle Surgery (Season) Mirza Teletovic Twisted Right Knee (1-2 Weeks) Rodney McGruder Lower Right leg stress fracture (4-6 Months) Okaro White Broken Right foot (2-4 Months) Justise Winslow Sprained Right Knee (Day to Day) Game Notes Justise Winslow in is probable for this game after missing 14 games with a knee strain.

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Dragic,Whiteside do just enough to hold off fast running Bucks in close game

Miami

The Miami Heat continue to impressive win streak which is now up to 7 consecutive wins after taking down the Milwaukee Bucks 108-107 in a very close game.

Giannis Antetokounmpo continues to make his MVP case despite losing logging 32 points 12 rebounds to pace the Bucks but it was the Heat on this night who was able to get the job done behind 27 points from Goran Dragic and a big 18 points and 15 rebounds from Hassan Whiteside.

The game was nip and tuck all game but the Bucks gained the upper hand behind 18 first half points from Giannis but the Heat which has been a huge part of there season kept fighting all the way to the end which included in the final quarter a 36-31 run to get the edge. However down 107-106 after a Jerome Fitzgerald missed shot it was Whiteside who dominated the middle again in this game grabbed a key offensive rebound and scored to give them the lead. The Bucks has one last shot to win the game but a Giannis turnover in the post decided the game in the Heats favour.

Coach Erik Spoelstra was impressed with the grit his team showed

”We showed a lot of heart tonight to able to claw our way back after Giannis pounded us all game to keep fighting and thankfully we got the job done. Our ball movement was good tonight we made the right plays when we needed and the guys were really unselfish tonight which I thought gave us the edge we needed on offense.”

When asked on what the heat can improve on going forward.

”Defense is the biggest issue with us at the moment we having trouble stopping guys scoring in the paint Giannis torched us in there so we gonna have to figure what we need to do to fix that.

Miami (25-17) head to Chicago (16-27)tonight to play the Bulls tomorrow night on a back to back while Milwaukee (22-20) head to Washington (25-18) tomorrow to play the Wizards

Milwaukee Bucks at Miami Heat
Jan 15, 2018	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Milwaukee (22-20)	24	26	26	31	107
Miami (25-17)	18	29	25	36	108

Milwaukee Bucks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Eric Bledsoe	28	3-9	2-5	0-0	3	8	2	0	1	8
Malcom Brogdon	27	4-12	1-5	0-0	3	5	0	0	3	9
Giannis Antetokounmpo	33	13-18	0-0	6-7	12	4	1	0	4	32
Khris Middleton	27	4-9	1-5	3-3	3	0	1	0	1	12
John Henson	31	2-4	0-0	2-2	9	1	0	0	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Tony Snell	17	4-10	2-4	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	10
Thon Maker	16	4-9	0-2	1-1	6	0	2	0	0	9
Sterling Brown	15	1-4	0-1	3-4	0	1	1	0	1	5
Matthew Dellavedova	13	3-5	1-1	2-2	1	3	0	0	1	9
Sean Kilpatrick	9	2-3	1-2	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	6
DJ Wilson	4	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	0	0	1
TEAM TOTALS		40-83	8-25	19-22	41	22	9	0	11	107

Miami Heat
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Goran Dragic	29	8-11	3-3	8-8	0	5	0	1	2	27
Jerome Fitzgerald	27	8-17	0-4	3-4	4	2	2	1	2	19
Josh Richardson	31	2-6	1-4	0-0	2	2	1	0	1	5
James Johnson	23	1-5	0-3	3-3	3	1	0	0	0	5
Hassan Whiteside	30	8-9	0-0	2-2	15	3	1	0	1	18
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kelly Olynyk	17	4-10	2-6	0-0	3	1	0	1	2	10
Tyler Johnson	21	3-7	1-4	0-0	1	5	2	0	0	7
Bam Adebayo	14	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	4
Justise Winslow	13	1-1	1-1	0-2	3	2	1	0	4	3
Wayne Ellington	15	4-6	2-3	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	10
TEAM TOTALS		41-75	10-28	16-19	36	24	8	3	13	108

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NBA Nightly Scores from 14th January 2018

Milwaukee Bucks 107
Miami Heat 108

New Orleans Pelicans 124 OT
New York Knicks 118

Indiana Pacers 117
Phoenix Suns 95

Portland Trail Blazers 112
Minnesota Timberwolves 116

Nightly Notables

Anthony Davis 49 PTS, 11 REBS, 6 AST,3 STL 18-31 FG, 12-12 FT

Hassan Whiteside 18 PTS,15 REBS,8-9 FG

Giannis Antetokounmpo 32 PTS, 12 REBS, 4 AST, 13-18FG

Jimmy Butler 28 PTS, 7 REBS, 5 AST, 3 STL 9-9 FT

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Matchup Preview *|* January 16, 2018
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Miami Heat (25-17, Away)		Chicago Bulls (16-27, Home)
Stats Comparison 101.1 Points Per Game 102.6 102.2 PPG Allowed 108.3 .458 Field Goal % .440 .364 3-Point % .356 .767 Free Throw % .749 41.9 Rebounds 44.9 5.0 Blocks 3.7 7.2 Steals 7.0 15.0 Turnovers 14.0 Projected Starters Goran Dragic Point Guard Kris Dunn Jerome Fitzgerald Shooting Guard Zach Lavine Josh Richardson Small Forward Justin Holiday James Johnson Power Forward Lauri Markkanen Hassan Whiteside Center Robin Lopez Injury Report Dion Waiters Ankle Surgery (Season) Cameron Payne Right Foot Surgery (6-8 Weeks) Rodney McGruder Leg Stress Fracture (4-6 Months) Zach LaVine Sore Right Knee (3-5 Weeks) Okaro White Broken Foot (4-6 Months) Robin Lopez Sore Back (1-2 Weeks) Justise Winslow Sore Right Knew (day to day Game Notes Robin Lopez will play despite suffering a back problem in practice. Zach Lavine will continue to be on a 20 min restriction until further notice as he recovers from ACL Surgery. Jerome Fitzgerald will move to Small Forward and Josh Richardson will play Shooting Guard.

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Heat use collected effort to win 8th in a row
Now only half a game back of the 3rd seed

Associated Press

CHICAGO - - The Heat have won 8 in a row but again they left it late and almost lost to the lowly Bulls on a back to back.

After defeating the Milwaukee Bucks in close game last night it took everything from the Heat to overcome the youthful Bulls side who were more than up for the challenge.

“We were god awful on offense and defense” Coach Erik Spoelstra said after the game “first half we couldn’t move the ball without a turnover then on defense we couldn’t stop those guys first quarter 7-9 from long range not good enough but we fought and fought to get back in it and we escaped with the win”

Hassan Whiteside and Goran Dragic steered the team around with Whiteside going for 19 points 17 rebounds and 3 Blocks while Dragic who continues to make his all star case finished with 22 Points and 7 assists for the Heat who now have a season high 8 game winning streak.

A late change from Spoelstra moved Rookie Jerome Fitzgerald to the bench who had another outstanding game who finished with 21 Points and 5 assists when asked why the change for Wayne Ellington Spoelstra said it was about matchups.

“We tried something to tonight to combat there 2nd unit we needed to keep up with there bench and Jerome lead the way for us there we gave him the freedom to make plays and fortunately he made plays all night for us including the last contest on Lavine at the end.”

Another one down

Heat Guard Tyler Johnson suffered what appeared to be a high ankle sprain late in the 3rd quarter after a layup he was fouled and hobbled off the court. At this point it’s looking like 3-6 weeks out for Johnson who was having a strong season off the bench for the Heat.

Up Next

Heat: At Milwaukee for the 2nd of a five game road trip

Bulls: Host the defending champs the Golden State Warriors to finish a 3 game homestand.

Miami Heat at Chicago Bulls
Jan 16, 2018	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Miami (26-17)	24	31	40	26	121
Chicago (16-28)	33	30	27	28	118

Miami Heat
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Goran Dragic	33	6-13	4-8	6-6	2	7	2		2	22
Wayne Ellington	23	2-7	1-6	0-0		2	1		2	5
Josh Richardson	30	5-8	3-6	0-0	1	1	3		2	13
James Johnson	31	3-8	0-3	4-4	5	3	2		2	10
Hassan Whiteside	30	7-11	0-0	5-5	17	2	1	3	1	19
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jerome Fitzgerald	23	7-14	2-4	5-6	3	5	2		6	21
Kelly Olynyk	18	4-8	2-5	0-0	7					10
Justise Winslow	18	0-3	0-1	4-4	6	1	1			4
Tyler Johnson	18	4-9	1-6	1-1		3	2		3	10
Bam Adebayo	17	3-3	0-0	1-1	7	1	1			7
TEAM TOTALS		44-84	13-39	26-27	47	25	15	3	18	121

Chicago Bulls
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kris Dunn	33	7-10	2-5	2-4	1	11	1	1	2	18
Zach Lavine	30	6-14	4-7	4-4	2	2	2		2	20
Justin Holiday	32	6-10	1-1	1-2	3	6	2		3	14
Lauri Markkanen	32	7-13	3-5	2-2	11	5	3	1	3	19
Robin Lopez	33	4-9	0-0	5-5	10	4	3			13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Denzel Valentine	19	5-7	1-2	1-2	2	2				12
Nikola Mirotic	18	4-13	3-10	0-0	4		1		1	11
Bobby Portis	15	0-3	0-0	0-0	4	2			2	0
Jerian Grant	15	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	3	1		1	0
David Nwaba	13	5-7	0-2	1-2	2	1			3	11
TEAM TOTALS		44-87	14-33	16-21	40	36	12	2	17	118

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Nightly Scores from 15 January 2018

Hornets 115
Pistons 106

Raptors 107
76ers 112

Bucks 107
Wizards 95

Spurs 102
Hawks 104

Knicks 120
Nets 113

Heat 121
Bulls 118

Lakers 119
Grizzlies 123

Warriors 118
Cavaliers 110

Kings 85
Thunder 98

Pacers 106
Jazz 98

Rockets 102
Clippers 113

Nightly Notable Stat Lines

Giannis Antetokounmpo 38 PTS, 12 REBS, 3 AST, 4 STL 1 BLK, 14-19FGM, 9-10FT

LeBron James 35 PTS, 6 REBS, 9 AST, 12-22FG, 4-8 3PT, 7-8FT

Stephen Curry 23 PTS, 7 REBS, 10 AST, 6–12 3PT

Paul George 22 PTS, 13 REBS, 4 AST, 4 STL, 2 BLK

Victor Oladipo 35 PTS, 10 REBS, 5 AST 13-27FG, 5-11 3PT