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General Daily Insight for January 10, 2025
We’re replacing the bad with the good. As the changeable Moon squares balanced Venus, our old vices are beckoning us with the simplicity of nostalgia. The Moon conjoins expansive Jupiter at 5:01 pm EST to help us expand our minds even further. Internal peace will allow us to seek out fresh, healthy ways to be creative and have fun.
Observations and other notes of interest from Thursday night’s 97-92 victory over the Utah Jazz:
– As Heat draft picks seemingly were executed by anyone but the Heat for years on end, Pat Riley noted, “To be honest with you, I’m not a draft-pick guy. You know that.”
– He also had offered along the way, “I think a draft pick every other year is good.”
– So what have the Heat done the last three years?
SALT LAKE CITY – As the Miami Heat broke their huddle in the locker following Tuesday night’s victory over the Golden State Warriors, the chant was, “Breakthrough on three!”
The hope, after an excruciating double-overtime loss the night before against the Sacramento Kings, was of better days ahead amid a largely middling season,
In that regard, even with their ragged play and needed late heroics, enough again broke right for the Heat in Thursday night’s 97-92 victory over the Utah Jazz at Delta Center.
“It was definitely a sign of mentality stability and some improvement in that department,” coach Erik Spoelstra said.
MIAMI GARDENS – Notre Dame has had bad experiences playing at Hard Rock Stadium. Alabama dominated the Fighting Irish in the 2013 BCS National Championship. The Hurricanes did the same to Notre Dame at home in 2017.
But those memories are faded now. The Fighting Irish leave Miami Gardens with a 27-24 win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl, and they will have a chance to win their first national title since 1988.