The “Inside the NBA” crew in all probability felt like the remainder of America did whereas watching the blowout series-ending loss for the Warmth that noticed them ultimately lose 138-83 to the Cavaliers.
However Charles Barkley might have mentioned it greatest throughout halftime as he took the Warmth to activity for what was an unsightly effort on Monday evening.
“I try not to ever use the word quit or choke. I very seldom use them,” Barkley mentioned. “This is quitting at its finest right here. I bet if we went to their house, all their stuff is already packed.”
“If you lose by 37 and then come back and lose by 40, you can’t stay in town,” he added.
Ernie Johnson additionally referred to as it the “worst game I ever watched.”
The loss ends the Warmth’s season in embarrassing style after they have been swept within the first spherical of the playoffs by the Cavs, in a collection that by no means actually felt shut.
The Warmth turned the primary group to lose back-to-back playoff video games by at the least 30 factors and the collection will go down as probably the most lopsided playoff collection in NBA historical past, with Miami being outscored by 122 over the four-game collection.
“As an organization,” Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra instructed reporters after the loss, in keeping with the South Florida Solar Sentinel, “we’re going to look at this and say this is unacceptable.”
He added: “This series was humbling. These last two games were embarrassing. They showed us why we weren’t ready.”
This marked the second consecutive 12 months that the Warmth have been bounced from the postseason within the first spherical.
That they had been knocked out of the playoffs in 5 video games by the Celtics final 12 months.
This 12 months’s loss ends a season for Miami that noticed the franchise commerce Jimmy Butler to the Warriors after a dramatic finish to the connection between the 2 sides.
