Charles Barkley Picks The Miami Heat Over The Philadelphia 76ers

Charles Barkley has spent most of the past several years criticizing the Miami Heat. 

Barkley, an NBA analyst for TNT, has finally changed his tune. On Thursday’s broadcast, he predicted the Heat will defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in their second-round series. 

Game 1 in Monday at FTX Arena. 

“The problem the Sixers got, as I said before, they play at so many different speeds,” Barkley said. They’re so inconsistent. Miami’s going to drive the same speed. They’re going to play hard, smart, defend. So the reason I like Miami, I don’t know if Philadelphia can sustain. Well, they’ve just proven they can’t sustain it for four games against the Heat. They were able to do it against Toronto, but Toronto’s not on Miami’s level.”