NBA Twitter reacts to the Nets’ pivotal win over the Heat
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The Brooklyn Nets visited Miami-Dade Arena on Saturday to face the Miami Heat for the third and final time this season and won 129-100. Brooklyn has swept the regular-season series 3-0.
For the Nets, Mikal Bridges had 27 points and seven assists while Cam Johnson had 23 points and four assists. Spencer Dinwiddie had 15 points and Nic Claxton had 14 points.
For the Heat, Tyler Herro had 23 points and three assists while Max Strus had 23 points and five rebounds. Jimmy Butler had 18 points and Bam Adebayo had 16 points.
In the first half, the Heat started the game on fire as they seemingly couldn’t miss from anywhere on the court. The Nets struggled to make any shots harder for Miami and the Heat took full advantage of that. A prime example of that was Heat forward Max Strus scoring 20 points off the bench while not missing a shot.
In the second half, something happened in the third quarter as Brooklyn won the period 39-18. The Nets locked down on the defensive end and they couldn’t miss from anywhere on the floor. In the fourth quarter, it was more of the same as the Heat couldn’t find their way out of their funk. Brooklyn turned things around to the point that Miami didn’t know what to do on offense as they looked like a tired team.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to Brooklyn’s dominant win over the Heat:
Nets already had tiebreaker over Miami, they'll sweep season series.
Nets go back into the six spot, up one in loss column, with tiebreaker.
— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) March 26, 2023
Final: Nets 129, Heat 100
Brooklyn turns in one of their best halves of the season to complete a dramatic turnaround and pick up a critical win.
They now hold a half-game lead on Miami for sixth with eight games remaining.
— Erik Slater (@erikslater_) March 26, 2023
Lengthy post-game hug between Jacque Vaughn and Victor Oladipo.
— NetsDaily (@NetsDaily) March 26, 2023
Nets outscored the Heat, 64-31, in second half.
— NetsDaily (@NetsDaily) March 26, 2023
Indeed. https://t.co/rzqwgat7CM
— Brooklyn Netcast (@BrooklynNetcast) March 26, 2023
One Nets thought as I go back to my Final Four story. Big win against the Heat. Could be the difference between the Play-In and a top-six seed. When the Nets score by committee, good things tend to happen. Schedule lightens a tad with Orlando, Houston and ATL on deck.
— Alex Schiffer (@Alex__Schiffer) March 26, 2023
Mikal Bridges and Nic Claxton each lead the team with a +31 tonight in the Nets huge win over the Heat.
Bridges: 27-7-3-2
Claxton: 14-10-4-3
Strong performances for them opposite Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo.
— Billy Reinhardt (@BillyReinhardt) March 26, 2023
Nets are sixth in the East (40-34). They hold the tiebreaker over the Heat, who sit at 40-35.
They're one loss behind the Knicks for fifth with an easy schedule coming up. Next opponents: Orlando, Houston, Atlanta.
— Alec Sturm (@Alec_Sturm) March 26, 2023
Isola post-game: Nets have second easiest schedule he rest of the way.
— NetsDaily (@NetsDaily) March 26, 2023
After trailing throughout the first half, the Nets went on a run in the third quarter and never looked back.
They win 129-100 on Udonis Haslem Night, re-taking the 6th seed and sweeping the season series.
— Alec Sturm (@Alec_Sturm) March 26, 2023
