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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
Well, it's a good thing that we were warned. Good thing we were warned at the beginning of the week where Jeremy walked in here and he told us, don't let the Miami Heat win both games this week. If they won both games this week, that would be a five-game winning streak. All right? If they won both games this week, they'd have been sitting six games over 500. Season best is seven games over 500.
Don't let... us win both games this week. And it's a good thing you warned us, Jeremy, because they did not.
Chapter 2: What warning did Jeremy give about the Miami Heat's games?
You're welcome. I was prescient. The league took notice and sent out its best in the form of Milwaukee and Philadelphia to make sure the mission was carried out. So who is the one that heeded Tashae's counsel and got in the way of the Heat winning two in a row? It's somebody in this room, I assume. Is it Zaslow? Is he the responsible party? No, I mean, I was on board, you know.
I told you the other day, I get sucked in momentarily with this Heat team where, you know, they're looking good to me. I like watching Jaime Jaquez and I like watching Kela Ware. and Kasperis Jokicunis and Pella Larson. I can get into this team. And then they get smoked in the fourth quarter against a bad Milwaukee team. And then last night, they stunk last night. They stunk last night.
They stunk in the first half. The second half was a close game. It was nip and tuck. It was back and forth. And then I thought... Spoh just stuck with a lineup that wasn't great for a little too long in the fourth. And that's when Philly made its move. And then at the end, when you needed to make every shot and have them not make shots, that didn't happen. And the biggest shot, of course.
Well, the big play was the maxi layup where Adam Bona's Just cosplaying as Larry Allen.
Offensive linemen just shoving everybody out of the way.
No call. No call on that. But then the big shot was Embiid hit the shot.
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Chapter 3: How did the Miami Heat perform against Milwaukee and Philadelphia?
Look, respect. The guy hit a big three. I don't respect. You don't respect it? Nah.
He's been playing great the last 10, 15, 20 games. He's played really, really well.
They're good. That's why you guys say, oh, and then he lost to Philly. Philly's a good team. Philly's a good team.
And really good when they have Embiid. Well, what does that mean, good team? They're going to get to the playoffs. You think they're going to win a series? Well, they're 21-12 when they have Embiid. Okay, answer my question now.
You think they're going to win a series in the playoffs? Maybe. Because the odds are they're going to be injured. That's why we're saying no. Whoa, Tony, get off that ledge, dude. I said maybe. If you told me they were healthy, I'd say yes. I think they could win a series. They could win two series. They could win the East.
Who's the best bet besides the Celtics to get to the finals? From the east? Because as we've discussed all week long now, there is a reason. You know, you can put the mic where you can just not have to make your face awkward. No, I just like to move it around. It gives me gravitas to move it wherever I'm going. It's a power move.
Why does Zazlo need so close to you?
No, Zazlo's got the power move. He has a weird move. He rests his arm atop his coffee. Why are you taking my coffee? Because I want to model your behavior. It's in my elbow. It's not dirty. Zaslow uses his own coffee thing to prop up his elbow. That's a power move. Look how cash I am, everybody. We've discussed the Celtics with trying to reintegrate Jason Tatum.
I think it's a little overstated how hard it's going to be for that team that is pretty ripe. But if it's not the Celtics, I mean, who is it?
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of the Heat's recent losses?
The Knicks are the most complete team.
Gosh, they give you so much reason not to believe during the regular season. Yeah, of course. But they did that last year, too.
They did that last year. They got their heads beat in by the Celtics every time they saw them. And then when they saw them in the playoffs, a lot of people are going to revisionist history and say Tatum got hurt. Tatum got hurt after it was over. It was like the Knicks got hurt.
He said the end of about to go down 3-1.
Put him in the dirt. Yeah, it was like put him in the dirt time. And so I think the Knicks have it all. Their thing is just, hey, can we consistently defend when we have both Towns and Brunson on the floor at the same time? Can Towns really step up? Those are the question marks, but it's like scoring, they've got scoring. Clutch scoring, they've got it. Rebounding, they've got it.
Defense on the wings, they've got it. They've got everything. There's nothing that they lack defensively. In a way that I could say Detroit doesn't have shooting. In a way that I could say, well, I mean, I guess Cleveland now with Harden. Cleveland's interesting.
It's just not going to be Detroit. We can eliminate them because, as we've also discussed, the NBA is progressive. Its postseasons are in the sense that you do not come out of nowhere, make the postseason, and make a deep play. Well, they got their small taste last year.
They get the taste last year.
Now they win a round or maybe even two. Maybe even conference finals. They're not going to the finals. So we can eliminate them as well. The thing that concerns me about Detroit, because I think Detroit's great, but the thing that concerns me about Detroit is a little bit what we saw earlier in the week when they played, I think it was San Antonio, right?
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Chapter 5: What are the expectations for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team?
I wanted to believe. I saw, you know, the Norm Powell thing. Was it when Jeremy said at the beginning of the week not to let the Heat win both games? No, no, no. I did it like a couple months into the season. I'm like, at a certain point, the Miami Hurricanes football season will end, and I'll need another distraction to get me to the next Miami Hurricanes football season, or at the very least.
Did it serve its purpose? No. I've seen three games, all of which Jeremy's been on the broadcast, and I haven't seen a single dub yet. I feel like it's been a really long time. I don't have it in front of me. I feel like it's been a really long time since the Heat have beaten a team that's, like, good. Yeah. Again. How's Jeremy doing? Hate being right about this. Hey, going back to the NBA.
I'm really good.
Going back to the NBA. We're on the NBA.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but the rest of the NBA and teams that actually matter. You mentioned Cleveland. Yeah, yeah, let's do that. The acquisition of James Harden. You know, can I walk back my initial James Harden legacy takes? Because I actually think he's going to make a huge impact for this team, and it's because Garland wasn't giving them anything. No, they added James Harden for nothing.
Yeah, and they did so with the intention of, like, man, we need somebody to help us get over the Knicks. Now, I only got a one-game sample, and James Harden did hurt his thumb. He intends to play through that. Yeah, he's questionable for tonight. So James Harden seems to have been a really big-time acquisition for the Cleveland Cavs, and I kind of believe. Well, didn't he just break his hands?
And I know what I'm saying.
I'm coupling Cleveland and James Harden. Two irresistible forces are colliding that can't do anything in the playoffs, famously. They can't get over the hump. You're on a hot streak, Mike. Bet on the Leafs to win the Cup while you're at it. Why is James Harden suddenly, at whatever age he is, going to turn his entire career around and disprove all of it? It's crazy enough that I...
Because he's got better guys around him. He's been on a lot of real good teams.
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Chapter 6: What is the significance of the upcoming game between the Canes and Gators?
The Sixers were good because when they were healthy, they were good. What happened was nobody was healthy. Nobody was healthy, right? And so James Harden, his last playoff run with the Sixers, he was incredible until the last game. You know what people didn't ask about? Joel Embiid not being so great in that series. They don't talk about that because he's a lightning rod, Harden is.
If you look at the best teams he was on, whether it was Houston Rockets team, it was 100% because of him. And so he's coming to this situation, and he said at his age, I would accept that if there were signs of deterioration. He's playing great. He's been playing great when he was with the Clippers.
He's playing great as a Cav, but now he's being asked to do less than he probably was with the Clippers or even the Sixers before that. It's a much easier role. Maybe that is the trick.
You're right. He doesn't have to carry the load. Really quick, the last good team the Miami Heat beat was January 17th, where they beat the Thunder 122-120. That was a great game. Yeah, this past three-game win streak for the Heat, they beat the Pelicans, the Hawks, and the Grizzlies.
They've got seven of their next eight at home, and it's so funny because they've lost some of these games that are so frustrating. You're terrible in Milwaukee against Milwaukee, and yet at different times of the year, you beat the Thunder, you beat the Pistons,
And you wonder what the team looks like at their upside, and then they have games like this where you get frustrated because you go and have such an opportunity this week to go get two on the road, put yourself in a good position, and you don't. It's the reason why Bam is so frustrated. It's the reason why Eric Spolstra is saying to embrace the privilege of the pressure.
But what it is is now you've got seven of eight at home, and a bunch of them are against bad teams. So if you don't take advantage nowā Who do they got tomorrow? On Sunday, they've got the Rockets. But then after that, it's like Brooklyn twice. I think they'll go to Charlotte, which is going to be actually a tougher game. But then there's Washington in there.
They're going to face teams that matter in the standings because they'll play Orlando in a week, too. So there's all these teams that they're sitting right around. They'll get the struggling Lakers at some point. Hey. At least right now, if you're a Heat fan, you're not a Lakers fan. Because you don't have Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Austin Reeves, and you're flailing.
They lost to the buzzer last night. Flailing. It is time to talk to you kind folks about one of our best partners, one of our longest tenured partners, Miller Lite. You know, we've been with Miller Lite for about half of their illustrious existence, and I couldn't be more grateful.
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Chapter 7: What are the discussions around James Harden's impact on the Cavaliers?
What happened there?
Well, I mean, you're asking the right questions.
You're asking the right questions.
Declassified the files. What about Imagine Dragons? Oh my God. What about Nickelback?
I wanted that. That was a joke.
Nickelback's Canadian. It's a shame because they'd be there too. Here's like the real mind bender. What do we do with Fleetwood Mac? They're not eligible. Why not? Stevie and Lindsey. I mean, basically everybody's American except for the dude that the band's named after. Where did they record their first album?
Is that how you do it? It's got to be Cali. I think it counts. Where you recorded your first album? Yeah. That sounds like such a weird prereq.
I do think you can be an American band with members that aren't exclusively American. As long as you're based in the U.S. The band is named after Mick Fleetwood, who is not American. They're not an American band. Then why weren't they called Fleetwood Mick? Jeremy would hate that band. Look, for me, obviously, I have Pearl Jam very, very close to the very top. Metallica also has to be mentioned.
We're talking about a band here who is still at the peak of their powers over 40 years after they started.
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