I just dont get how he disappears. Durant is proving to be the best in the NBA. Hate to say it. I am a big Lebron fan though. How do you blow a 13 point lead and end up losing by 10
6/12 11:35 PM | IP: Logged |
Lebron didn’t disappear. He just doesn’t have the same supporting cast as Durant and the Thunder.
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13 points but that was only in the first quarter.....Durant is a beast......Miami is too small and too soft in the middle. Bosh is not a PF he plays like a SF, and Haslem does not have the size. Lebron can only do so much.
6/12 11:39 PM | IP: Logged |
he got 30...turnovers turnovers turnovers, isso offense, and terrible defense is da culprate...not lj
6/12 11:39 PM | IP: Logged |
Originally posted by tde:
Lebron didn’t disappear. He just doesn’t have the same supporting cast as Durrant and the Thunder.
This x 1000. It is mind blowing how Lebron is blamed for everything by some people...
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Funny how folks let Skip Bayless get into their heads.
Skip constantly calls Wade BATMAN when he's been playing like Alfred. Smh
6/12 11:43 PM | IP: Logged |
Originally posted by papii:
he got 30...turnovers turnovers turnovers, isso offense, and terrible defense is da culprate...not lj
+1.
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+1
6/12 11:54 PM | IP: Logged |
Bosh isn't even playing SF. He's like having a more athletic Mike Miller. Get his ass on the block or at least near the baseline. Dude just shoots threes all game.
Also, why is Chalmers on the ground ALL THE TIME when the ball is away from him?
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Originally posted by tde:
Lebron didnA’t disappear. He just doesnA’t have the same supporting cast as Durant and the Thunder.This post was edited on 6/12 11:41 PM by tde
There you have it.
No excuse....but we saw what a team can do against these guys in Boston. No way that should have gone 7 games, except for Boston playing together with better coaching. San Antonio also showed this year that age be damned if you play as a team.
Lebron simply has too much on his shoulders with this group. Bosh is carrying his weight, but Wade is not what he was when it was all on him. We can then count on Battier and Chalmers to contribute, but that's about it. Harlem is streaky, Miller is just a warm body, they won't play JJ or the only true point guard we have....recipe for this result when you waste offensive possessions with nobody rebounding off jump shots, turn the ball over regularly, and take time off from defense.
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I think a lot of why we've seen Bosh deep on the perimeter the past 2 series is b/c of who is covering him. I think we're purposely trying to drag the other team's best post defender away from the rim for Bron and Wade. That's what was so big last game - how we forced Garnett to slow down his help D, and then Bosh made him pay when he did leave him. That's part of what Bosh gives you if he's playing center...that's where his mis-match is.
6/13 12:08 AM | IP: Logged |
Please, this is only GAME 1! OKC had home court, they did what they were supposed to do, win at home. We need to steal 1 obvi.
I trust Spo to make some decent adjustments, and god willing, James and Wade's jump shots start dropping. Heat also need to step up on D, not let Westbrook drive the lane, fvck him up if he does; not much they can do to Durant except rattle that girlish frame of his.
I'll say it again, only game 1.
6/13 12:33 AM | IP: Logged |
Originally posted by FightinIbis:
Originally posted by tde:
Lebron didnA’t disappear. He just doesnA’t have the same supporting cast as Durant and the Thunder.
This post was edited on 6/12 11:41 PM by tde
There you have it.
No excuse....but we saw what a team can do against these guys in Boston. No way that should have gone 7 games, except for Boston playing together with better coaching. San Antonio also showed this year that age be damned if you play as a team.
Lebron simply has too much on his shoulders with this group. Bosh is carrying his weight, but Wade is not what he was when it was all on him. We can then count on Battier and Chalmers to contribute, but that's about it. Harlem is streaky, Miller is just a warm body, they won't play JJ or the only true point guard we have....recipe for this result when you waste offensive possessions with nobody rebounding off jump shots, turn the ball over regularly, and take time off from defense.
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Not sure I understand. LeBron had no supporting cast in Cleveland. I agree. So now he has Wade and Bosh. Decent supporting cast. Decent to good. What's up? Two years. No results.
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Here's the delio, you can't win it all in the NBA without a pure shooter like Kobe or Durant and without a real center. The Heat are still a great team, but with some shortcomings that are hard to overcome. OKC also has geat individual defenders that are long and strong enough to make life difficult for LJ and Wade when they want to penetrate, forcing them to become what they are not, jumpshooters. Durant just goes off for 15 points in like 5 minutes in the fourth like he was Kobe Bryant and the Heat can't do anything about it.. Miami is going to have to play insane basketball to win this series.
6/13 1:09 AM | IP: Logged |
Wade has been hot garbage this whole playoffs except for two games against Indiana. People always want to blame LBJ but Wade hasent been DWade this whole season. What was the record 16-2 without Wade this season?!?!
Wade is in his 30's and he's showing it every game. Pat Riley has some serious decisions on his hands this off season if Wade is going to continue to play like this.
And please Spo start Chris Bosh!!!!!
6/13 1:16 AM | IP: Logged |
Originally posted by big_rob:
Wade has been hot garbage this whole playoffs except for two games against Indiana. People always want to blame LBJ but Wade hasent been DWade this whole season. What was the record 16-2 without Wade this season?!?!
Wade is in his 30's and he's showing it every game. Pat Riley has some serious decisions on his hands this off season if Wade is going to continue to play like this.
And please Spo start Chris Bosh!!!!!
I agree with everything you said except there is no way Riley dumps Wade.
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Tonight was all on Wade. Boston series even being close was all on Wade and Spo being outcoached. Bron came to Miami for one reason. So Wade can help him win a ring. Wade has not held up his end in these playoffs outside of the last 2 and half games against Indy.
Every time I read or listen to an interview he is talking about how he has taken a step back to let Lebron be the guy but that is not why Lebron came to Miami. He came so he didn't have to do all the heavy lifting.
I don't know if its his knee or he's tired or he is really just sitting back and letting Lebron led the team but all I know is the Heat aren't winning the title this year or any year with this version of Dwyane Wade. The Heat need the Wade that we saw at the end of the Pacer series.
6/13 1:29 AM | IP: Logged |
Originally posted by papii:
he got 30...turnovers turnovers turnovers, isso offense, and terrible defense is da culprate...not lj
They only had 10 turnovers. They lost because Wade once again had an awful first half but the role players hit shots to pick up the slack. In the second half when OKC made their run it was time for DWade to step up and he just shot jump shots. Bron didn't have his best game but he showed up unlike last year.
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yea... but those TOs were unforced/untimely and turned in2 OKC points...just bonehead play dat cost possessions...every damn possession counts in da finals...u have 2 protect da ball and rebound (ie) second chance points.....
6/13 9:33 AM | IP: Logged |
Do you people watch the games? Wade has killed the team the entire playoff run. Its gotten to the point that im nervous when wade has the ball. I hope Riley trades him at the end of the season.
6/13 10:03 AM | IP: Logged |
Wade + Bosh for Dwight Howard be a great trade for the Heat
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Originally posted by sweep8s:
Please, this is only GAME 1! OKC had home court, they did what they were supposed to do, win at home. We need to steal 1 obvi.
I trust Spo to make some decent adjustments, and god willing, James and Wade's jump shots start dropping. Heat also need to step up on D, not let Westbrook drive the lane, fvck him up if he does; not much they can do to Durant except rattle that girlish frame of his.
I'll say it again, only game 1.
+1... my thoughts exactly. Fairwheather fans overreact to one game. It's the finals. You're talking about a team whose actually played better this postseason when down. Granted Wade hasn't looked as he has spoiled all you with his ability now when he is going through a couple transitions on and off the court people are ready to dump him. This is where adjustments will tell how this serious is really going to play out. Anybody who is disappointed because how Miami lost game one really is just looking in this lost way to deep.
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Durant is going to get his, and that is ok. Westbrook can be a liability if he is covered well. He got away with too much last night, he is mistake prone and will take crazy shots rather than move the ball around if he is pressured enough. Westbrook was the difference last night, he had way too good a game.
I did think the Heat looked fatigued at the end and some of that poor fourth quarter shooting might have been from fatigue. The thunder are a young team whose legs will stay the whole game. It is my biggest concern in the series, the Heat not being able (as a whole)to keep up late in the game.
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Originally posted by mrmiamih:
Wade + Bosh for Dwight Howard be a great trade for the Heat
You're crazy. Giving up way too much offense on a team that has struggled to score in many games this postseason, for not much (offense) in return.
It is just one game, there will be adjustments made. Having said that, this will be an incredibly tough series to win. We'll have to keep shooting that hot and LBJ and D-Wade will have to be at their best AND hitting their jump shots. That will be hard to maintain for 4 games and still OKC is capable of matching anything we do offensively and can render that moot.
I just hope this was an aberration for OKC and they're normally not that good defensively. Because with their size, length and athleticism it will be tough sledding all series for Wade if they play that good of team defense night in and night out. He just can't finish at the rim consistently against their length and athleticism - he'll have to hit his mid-range shots to provide the help Lebron needs and we know Wade struggles to do that on a nightly basis.
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Don't doubt, have faith. Labron did what he was suppose to do scoring 30. Should have scored more, but many fouls not called when Heat player were being hit. I just hope they call the games the same so when the Heat makes an adjustment they don't start calling everying. The coaching allowed them to get away from going to the hole to pick up fouls or score. The started shooting too many distant shots far away from the rim. they needed to keep going to the board and force the refs to make calls or look horrible as refs. OKC started going to the hole in 3rd and 4th and Miami did the opposite. Look at the tape... If they played the same as 1at and 2nd qtr, they would have won the game.
6/13 10:53 AM | IP: Logged |
Do you guys need some french cries or a whineken...hahahaha...Durant is a better player than LeBron and the Thunder are just a better all around team...
6/13 11:18 AM | IP: Logged |
problem who guards Westbrook
too quick for Wade and Chalmers will get in foul trouble
problem for Heat is Wade is becoming a shell of what he was, look at his #'s , they are dropping yearly, wear and tear on his body has made him a old 30
He has to find the fountain of youth for the Heat to win
6/13 11:27 AM | IP: Logged |
The only reason the Heat got up by 13 on the Thunder is because the Thunder got rusty with all their time off. As soon as they got the cobwebs out and started clicking the Heat were done.
Lebron didn't disappear, where the hell were Wade and Bosh? In fact, where the hell has Wade been the entire playoffs? Stepped up a game here or there but other than that he has been nowhere to be found.
6/13 11:42 AM | IP: Logged |
Originally posted by honeyiv:
Originally posted by FightinIbis:
Originally posted by tde:
Lebron didnA’t disappear. He just doesnA’t have the same supporting cast as Durant and the Thunder.
This post was edited on 6/12 11:41 PM by tde
There you have it.
No excuse....but we saw what a team can do against these guys in Boston. No way that should have gone 7 games, except for Boston playing together with better coaching. San Antonio also showed this year that age be damned if you play as a team.
Lebron simply has too much on his shoulders with this group. Bosh is carrying his weight, but Wade is not what he was when it was all on him. We can then count on Battier and Chalmers to contribute, but that's about it. Harlem is streaky, Miller is just a warm body, they won't play JJ or the only true point guard we have....recipe for this result when you waste offensive possessions with nobody rebounding off jump shots, turn the ball over regularly, and take time off from defense.
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Not sure I understand. LeBron had no supporting cast in Cleveland. I agree. So now he has Wade and Bosh. Decent supporting cast. Decent to good. What's up? Two years. No results.
So you believe Dwayne Wade has been the supporting cast member in the playoffs this year that Lebron and the Heat were expecting?
Again, not making excuses...they SHOULD be a far superior supporting cast to Cleveland...I'm just not seeing it. Wade has disappeared for the majority of most games (whether injured or not), Bosh has been injured but has played great since back....etc. Miller? Why he was resigned and then gets more PT is just beyond me. The guy is a true liability.
This series is not over, but there seems to be a common theme this year, win or lose, in games like last night.
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Why wasn't Lebron guarding Durant? Another problem I have with Spo. He continues to put Battier on elite scorers when Battier isn't the defensive stopper he was 5+ years ago. The stats show that Lebron does the best job on Durant yet Spo had him on Kendrick Perkins LOL You deserve to lose with that kind of stupidity.
6/13 12:35 PM | IP: Logged |
Wade is shooting 35% for the playoffs including last night. Often times you know he is going to shoot and does even though he doesn't have a good shot and could pass it off to an open man
6/13 12:41 PM | IP: Logged |
Originally posted by BamaCANE:
Originally posted by tde:
Lebron didn’t disappear. He just doesn’t have the same supporting cast as Durrant and the Thunder.
This x 1000. It is mind blowing how Lebron is blamed for everything by some people...
Ya Wade and bosh really suck
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Originally posted by hurricanes56:
Do you guys need some french cries or a whineken...hahahaha...Durant is a better player than LeBron and the Thunder are just a better all around team...
Durant is not a better basketball player than Lebron. The Thunder have a better team, true.
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