Clippers vs. Heat: Play-by-play, highlights and reactions

HoopsHype
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The Los Angeles Clippers (25-25) play against the Miami Heat (17-17) at FTX Arena

Game Time: 8:00 PM EST on Friday January 28, 2022

Los Angeles Clippers 4, Miami Heat 0 (Q1 09:34)

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
The Thunder starters
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Josh Giddey
Tre Mann
Lu Dort
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
Interesting… – 8:01 PM

Joe Mussatto @joe_mussatto
Thunder starters vs. Pacers
– SGA
– Giddey
– Mann
– Dort
– Robinson-Earl – 8:00 PM

Miami Heat @MiamiHEAT
No more waiting. The time is now. 🕗 pic.twitter.com/edSViTCX3v – 8:00 PM

Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Back in business. 💼
📺 @BallySportWest | #ClipperNation pic.twitter.com/NVkEcLzfz1 – 8:00 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Justise Winslow is currently throwing the ball 10 rows deep into the crowd during warmups and then asking fans to pass the ball back to him for the shot. Having some fun in his return to Miami. – 7:57 PM

Ethan J. Skolnick @EthanJSkolnick
Miami Heat vs Los Angeles Clippers Pregame Show youtu.be/NWOfgnDh5Ns via @YouTube – 7:54 PM

Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Clockin’ in. ⏰
🕖 5:00PM PT | 📺 @BallySportWest pic.twitter.com/9gn741RsmO – 7:52 PM

Miami Heat @MiamiHEAT
Jimmy Butler is currently having a season that only the following players have done before
-Larry Bird
-Magic Johnson
-Michael Jordan
-LeBron James
-James Harden
@CoupNBA shows what has Jimmy heading towards a potential #NBAAllStar appearance and All-NBA Team – 7:47 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
After a week of a lot of Lakers fans here Sunday, a lot of Knicks fans here Wednesday . . . not so many (any?) Clippers fans here tonight. Clippers take the court to indifference. – 7:47 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Clippers tonight starting against Heat: Terance Mann, Nicolas Batum, Ivica Zubac, Amir Coffey, Reggie Jackson. – 7:44 PM

Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
#ClipperNation from coast to coast. 🌊 pic.twitter.com/DcLKGhN3fl – 7:41 PM

Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Game 51
LAC
Terance Mann
Nicolas Batum
Ivica Zubac
Amir Coffey
Reggie Jackson
MIA
Jimmy Butler
P.J. Tucker
Bam Adebayo
Duncan Robinson
Gabe Vincent – 7:40 PM

Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Feels like a Bam Adebayo game tonight
Even though they’re facing drop, this isn’t a Knicks defense that has guards dying on every screen with DHO’s for Duncan Robinson
They’re going to try and take him out
{Enter Bam on the pocket pass} – 7:35 PM

Miami Heat @MiamiHEAT
just scrolling by 📱 pic.twitter.com/1zTHUZcabU – 7:35 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Jimmy Butler (toe) is good to go tonight, starting alongside Bam Adebayo, P.J. Tucker, Duncan Robinson and Gabe Vincent. – 7:32 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
It’s official: Jimmy Butler is playing tonight. He’s in his usual spot in the Heat’s starting lineup, alongside Gabe Vincent, Duncan Robinson, P.J. Tucker and Bam Adebayo. – 7:31 PM

Miami Heat @MiamiHEAT
Back in #MiamiMashup 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ErVPZYvR84 – 7:30 PM

Omari Sanfoka II @omarisankofa
I can’t believe how good Franz Wagner has been this season. Thought his peak would look similar to Nic Batum, and he’s going to be better than that. Always fascinating to see guys exceed expectations like this – 7:22 PM

Miami Heat @MiamiHEAT
#HEATTwitter, y’all get to decide ⬇️
@socios // @Miami Heat – 7:10 PM

Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
Get the 411 for tonight’s contest.
#GetItLocked | @betwayusa – 7:00 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
P.J. Tucker on Jimmy Butler: “To me, I think he’s one of the most unselfish superstars in the NBA.” miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… – 6:50 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
From earlier — Heat snubbed in All-Star vote? Eye-opening results with Cheatham, Garrett, Oladipo, Haslem say otherwise. sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-h… – 6:45 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
From earlier — ASK IRA: Does Tyler Herro’s future have to be as Heat starter? sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-h… – 6:45 PM

Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Ty Lue on Zoom on Luke Kenn– no, Terance Mann: “We stay on him about turning down shots — especially the open ones.”
Luke, too, though he said. – 6:39 PM

Los Angeles Clippers @LAClippers
South Beach style. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/VmKgaIJGOm – 6:24 PM

Miami Heat @MiamiHEAT
#LACvsMIA INJURY UPDATE: Coach Spo says Jimmy Butler (toe) will warm up with the intent to play in tonight’s game vs the Clippers. – 6:22 PM

Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Erik Spoelstra calls the Clippers: “Extremely hard-playing.” Notes they play through the buzzer… and tells @YoungNBA that Amir kick-started himself against the Heat last season when he went 5 for 6 for 15 points in a 125-118 (undermanned) Clipper win. – 6:20 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Three years ago: Victor Oladipo has surgery in Miami to repair a ruptured right quad tendon.
He played just 28 more games with the Pacers, then was dealt to Houston, then Miami. – 6:20 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Erik Spoelstra says that Jimmy Butler will warm up with the intention to play tonight vs Clippers. – 6:18 PM

Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
Jimmy Butler will go through warmup with intention to play according to Erik Spoelstra. – 6:18 PM

Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Erik Spoelstra says Jimmy Butler will warm up with the intention to play tonight vs the Clippers
@5ReasonsSports – 6:18 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Erik Spoelstra says Jimmy Butler (toe) “will warm up with the intention to play.” – 6:17 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Erik Spoelstra says Jimmy Butler will warm up with the intention to play tonight. Butler was listed as questionable with left big toe irritation. – 6:17 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Fred VanVleet listed as questionable with right-knee soreness for Saturday, when the Raptors play at Heat. – 6:11 PM

Nick DePaula @NickDePaula
Capturing his life journey into a sneaker, PJ Tucker discusses his new “Out Tha Mud” @Converse Pro Leather collab.
“I don’t think that there’s any quote or saying that represents me more than that,” he said.
On @Boardroom: https://t.co/NBdP0PP1r0 pic.twitter.com/QwG7ADCTop – 5:36 PM

Ethan J. Skolnick @EthanJSkolnick
Follow @Brady Hawk and @tropicalblanket at the Heat-Clippers game tonight
All the usual @5ReasonsSports content
#BeforeFloor
@5OTF_
#PostUp5R – 5:25 PM

Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Knicks fan says Julius Randle had him ejected in Miami for light heckling: ‘You know you’re -34 right now, right?’ nydailynews.com/sports/basketb… – 5:18 PM

Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
If one 6th man is having a solid year in his role, in Kevin Love
And the other is averaging close to 7 more points a game and is being considered for an All Star appearance, in Tyler Herro
It’s not close – 4:25 PM

The Ringer @ringernba
The Miami Heat are sending a clear message this year: DON’T SLEEP ON US! #TheVoidNBA
📺: https://t.co/De4JUMiLWW pic.twitter.com/nahXcMociW – 4:05 PM

Miami Heat @MiamiHEAT
Jorginho & @masonmount_10 stopped by for a little of that #HEATCulture pic.twitter.com/VeM95M6h0u – 3:57 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
P.J. Tucker explains Heat’s ‘good energy’ and how Jimmy Butler has set the tone for it all miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Also, Justise Winslow speaks ahead of his return to Miami – 3:38 PM

Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Spurs vs. Heat on Feb. 3 at AT&T Center will be broadcast on CW35/GOAI-TV, Spurs announce. – 3:24 PM

Doug Smith @SmithRaps
Raptors list VanVleet as questionable for Saturday in Miami.
He was a participant in practice today and had this to say after:
“It’s not really the minutes, per se, it’s just the load, what I’m asked to do out there every night, my responsibility to this team …
1/2 – 3:04 PM

Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
Fred VanVleet (right knee soreness) is questionable for tomorrow’s game in Miami, while Khem Birch (nose fracture) remains out.
The Heat host the Clippers tonight, and Kyle Lowry will miss his 6th straight game due to a personal matter. – 3:00 PM

Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob
Fred VanVleet is listed as questionable for tomorrow’s game in Miami. – 2:58 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat snubbed in All-Star vote? Eye-opening results with Cheatham, Garrett, Oladipo, Haslem say otherwise. sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-h… Also: Chris Bosh checks in on Mario Chalmers in G League. – 2:30 PM

Khobi Price @khobi_price
Magic guard Cole Anthony has been fined $25,000 for directing profane and derogatory remarks toward a game official, the league announced.
The incident happened in Wednesday’s loss to the Clippers. – 2:02 PM

Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Latest odds have Mavericks at 40/1 to win championship. Ties them with Nuggets and Clippers for the 11th best odds to win it all. – 2:01 PM

Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria
The last time Rafa won the @AustralianOpen in 2009:
– Daniil Medvedev was 12
-Fed double-bageled Delpo in the quarters
-Novak retired vs. Roddick with ‘heat illness’
-Rafa beat Roger in 5 in the final pic.twitter.com/Wpl4B7971C – 2:00 PM

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