How Miami Heat's Twitter Reacted To Friday's Loss To The Oklahoma City Thunder

It seemed like yesterday when Miami Heat fans were rejoicing their team amidst consecutive strong wins. Now, they are back to dishing insults after another close loss to a title contender, this time against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Like Thursday night, Miami built a first half lead that was undone by a strong third quarter from Oklahoma City and highly contested fourth quarter. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 37 points, adding another star performance to his MVP-caliber season.

The Heat did well against Chet Holmgren, who only had seven points on 3 of 9 shooting. Unfortunately, Miami's big man failed to get going as well, as Bam Adebayo finished 1 of 9 from the field for just five points with four turnovers. He collected most of the heat from fans after another night of poor shooting.

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— trace (@wakeuptrace) March 9, 2024

It was honestly difficult to find any discussions about the game outside of criticism toward the All-Star center.

"For years, I’ve wanted Pat Riley to sign a big next to Bam," one user said. "Allowing second chance points is the consequence tonight. Spo & Malik Allen can lock up Bam in the gym; disappeared when we needed him on back-to-back nights. This team never disappoints in blowing leads. Pathetic."

For years, I’ve wanted Pat Riley to sign a big next to Bam. Allowing second chance points is the consequence tonight. Spo & Malik Allen can lock up Bam in the gym; disappeared when we needed him on back-to-back nights. This team never disappoints in blowing leads. Pathetic. pic.twitter.com/rFxKYuGxGR
— 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓲𝓪𝓷 🏝️☀️🌴 (@myfuentes305) March 9, 2024

At least fans were content with Jimmy Butler and Jaime Jaquez Jr., whose 20-point performances kept Miami in competition.

Jimmy played a good all around game
Jaime turnt up
Mills good debut
Bam played terrible on both ends gotta be better
On to the next one
— Jordan (@BringTheHeat17) March 9, 2024

There was also praise for new Heat guard Patty Mills, who had 13 points off the bench on 3 of 4 shooting from 3-point range.

I've seen enough. Retire his number.
— Yotsuba Nakano (@animestocks) March 9, 2024

Thankfully, the Heat play the league-worst Washington Wizards (10-53) Sunday night. Hopefully they can use this opportunity to bounce back.

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