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Charles Barkley rips Heat fans before the team's historic playoff loss to Cavaliers

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Former NBA player-turned television star Charles Barkley is not a fan of the Miami Heat faithful.

Miami's beloved NBA franchise became the first 10th seed to advance from the play-in tournament to the NBA Playoffs. 

Being the eighth seed for the postseason meant the Heat would meet the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round.

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Charles Barkley talks with the media before Game 4 of the 2024 NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics at American Airlines Center June 14, 2024, in Dallas, Texas.  (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

The Heat came up short in the first two games of the first-round Eastern Conference series. Before Game 3 tipped off in Miami Saturday, Barkley took a moment to take a jab at Heat fans.

"That’s not a tough environment [to play in]," Barkley said during the pregame broadcast in reference to Kaseya Center, the Heat's home arena. "That’s not a tough environment."

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The Hall of Famer then mentioned how the Heat overcame the odds in the play-in tournament to make it to the playoffs.  

"Yeah, but that’s still not a hostile environment," he added. 

Former Phoenix Suns player Charles Barkley in attendance at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 21, 2023. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)

This isn't the first time Barkley has shared his distaste for Heat fans. After LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade joined forces in Miami for the 2010-11 season, Barkley suggested the Heat's fan base mostly consisted of fair-weather fans.

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