What NBA Twitter was saying after Miami lost the play-in game against Atlanta: ‘Jimmy Butler is an elite playoff performer lmao’
The Miami Heat are one win away from the 2023 NBA Finals after blowing out the Boston Celtics 128-102 in Game 3.
We take you back to approximately 40 days when the Heat lost their first play-in game against the Atlanta Hawks and were on the verge of missing the playoffs.
Here’s what NBA Twitter was saying about the Heat… then.
Awesome win for the Hawks. They bully-balled the Heat, don’t see that too often. Kept waiting for the Michael Myers comeback and the Heat just died. Hawks-Celts let’s go!
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 12, 2023
Bam Adebayo in big games pic.twitter.com/SbQ2ndAk4r
— HaterMuse (@HaterMuse) April 12, 2023
Jimmy Butler tonight:
21 Points (9 FT)
6-19 FG
0% 3PT
3 TurnoversPLAYOFF JIMMY IS DANGEROUS—LY ASS 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/7yK3Sz5y49
— Hater Central (@TheHateCentral) April 12, 2023
Good morning Hawks fans pic.twitter.com/kvc6ksWF6v
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) April 12, 2023
Bam Adebayo tonight 😅pic.twitter.com/jBPqK96ax8
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) April 12, 2023
Bam Adebayo tonight:
10 Points
4-11 FG
50% FT
21 REB By Opp. Center
Babied for 40 MinsKENDRICK PERKINS WITH A COOL NICKNAME 🤩💯🗣‼️ pic.twitter.com/uhWkv7lGiC
— Hater Central (@TheHateCentral) April 12, 2023
That was as humiliating a home playoff loss as I can ever remember. Hawks had lost 7 straight at Miami. Hawks are horrible. Tonight, the Heat were even worse.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) April 12, 2023
THEY WAS JUST SAYING JIMMY BUTLER IS AN ELITE PLAYOFF PERFORMER LMAOOOOO
— Mike (@MikeAdxx) April 12, 2023
Heat culture pic.twitter.com/veiOCUTgFH
— kyle (@knicks_tape99) April 12, 2023
Jimmy Butler said everybody's sleeping on the Heat. Tonight, the Heat were sleep-walking.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) April 12, 2023
Don’t even want Miami to play the winner of 9/10.
Embarrassing performance. What an awful season
— 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙏 𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 (@HeatvsHaters) April 12, 2023
When you said the Hawks stink and you'd bet a billion dollars they lose tonight on National TV pic.twitter.com/okBP0oZ3Ie
— br_betting (@br_betting) April 12, 2023
Heat need a bucket getter
— kuz (@kylekuzma) April 12, 2023
Heat got Play In Butler instead of Playoff Butler
— Dan Greenberg (@StoolGreenie) April 12, 2023
Bam Adebayo in must win games: pic.twitter.com/pipEgDyHsB
— De🅿️ressed Warriors Fan 💔 (@GoIdenState) April 12, 2023
Bam Adebayo when he sees Clint Capela pic.twitter.com/n39Kl2eZXA
— 𝙍𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙮 ☘️ (@CelticsRiley) April 12, 2023
Bam Adebayo got an impossible job against real NBA teams on this Heat roster. Heat guards can’t get in the paint and get him easy looks, nobody else to rebound with him on the floor or protect the paint.
— 500 🏎 (@Kameron_Hay) April 12, 2023
This lack of rebounding from the Heat is embarrassing.
— Will Manso (@WillManso) April 12, 2023
Jimmy Butler and BAM been surrounded by Uber Drivers throughout the season and today of all days they’re the Uber Drivers tonight.
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) April 12, 2023
Heat are small everywhere and some are surprised they can't rebound? 6'9 Bam supposed to switch, guard on the perimeter, play free safety, box out, and grab all the rebounds?
— Ariel Attias (@Arielattias2) April 12, 2023
The Heat were very, very rightfully the favorite at home as a 7-seed having had recent success against the Hawks.
Nevertheless, still funny. pic.twitter.com/hrWvuAo5zm
— Kevin Chouinard (@KLChouinard) April 12, 2023
17 out of 17 NBA Analysts chose the Heat to win.
They don't know ball at ALL. 😭 pic.twitter.com/OZz0PruEhg
— HawksMuse (@HawksMuse) April 12, 2023
If the Miami Heat win their game on Friday against either the Bulls/Raptors, their draft pick will be #20. They will then go on to play the NBA's overall one seed, the Milwaukee Bucks.
If they lose, the pick becomes #14, & enters the NBA Lottery…
Do the right thing.
— Adam Borai (@AdamNBorai) April 12, 2023
The Miami Heat could be eliminated from the playoffs on Friday or play the Bucks in the first round…
2021 all over again 💔 pic.twitter.com/C7adnwEsjz
— ²² (@ClampedByButler) April 12, 2023
The Heat struggled to continue the streak tonight 👀 #SCFacts pic.twitter.com/HwypodBTyX
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 12, 2023
Jimmy Butler after guaranteeing a easy win against the Atlanta Hawks tonight pic.twitter.com/hUh7iq4c3V
— 🅿️𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖇𝖔𝖎 🅿️𝖚𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖌 🇺🇬🇪🇬 (@FalconsGotNext2) April 12, 2023
So @KendrickPerkins should Bucks be worried about the Heat or is that just Boston? Carry On
— Corey B (@CoreyB08) April 12, 2023
Miami shoulda played UD.
— Big 🐰 (@FreddieGibbs) April 12, 2023
