2015-16 NBA Eastern Conference OFFICIAL THREAD

[bksballer89]

The Heat would be much better if they had a better coach. This guy Spoelstra is a moron.

 

[WiggyRuss]

how the hell do you lose shooting 59%? thats craziness.

 

[bksballer89]

how the hell do you lose shooting 59%? thats craziness.

Playing shitty defense, turnovers, stupid 4th quarter substitution pattern, not playing your best defensive player in the 4th, allowing offensive rebounds, and etc.

Shall I continue?

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Hasn't really had many big-moment opportunites. I don't think anyone would count a regular season game against the Heat as a big moment.

The closest he's had was in the Bostons series. He had a huge game 3, hit some big time shots late in a close game. Hopefully this season he'll have a healthy playoffs and we'll be able to see how he performs in big moments.

I think he had a chance for a big moment on Saturday night.
I wouldn't call it an important game, as far as the big picture, but it was a chance to lead.
He was a total non factor, and he followed it up with as stupid answer to a very fair question.

how the hell do you lose shooting 59%? thats craziness.

Heat caught up and took the lead by inserting Bosh/Whiteside and forcing the Wiz to put in 2 bigs which made them a much weaker team.

I have no clue why he didn't go back to that same rotation after they all had a few minutes of rest.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

The Heat would be much better if they had a better coach. This guy Spoelstra is a moron.

Any explanation why he went with that group in the 4th?

 

[bksballer89]

Heat caught up and took the lead by inserting Bosh/Whiteside and forcing the Wiz to put in 2 bigs which made them a much weaker team.

I have no clue why he didn't go back to that same rotation after they all had a few minutes of rest.

Spoelstra is a bad coach. His 4th quarter rotations tonight was straight comedy. Unreal the groupings he had out there in the 4th. For the first 6-7 minutes of the 4th, you would have thought it was Saturday again and the game was already decided. Man I can't stand him

 

[bksballer89]

Any explanation why he went with that group in the 4th?

There is no logical explanation. He is allowing opposing coaches to dictate when he plays Whiteside. Whiteside went 7-7 but only played 23 minutes tonight.....0 in the 4th. As I said on the Heat board if coaches are smart, just play a 4 at C when the game is close in the 4th and you won't see Whiteside at all.

Hassan was frustrated and left without talking to the media. I do not blame him at all.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

There is no logical explanation. He is allowing opposing coaches to dictate when he plays Whiteside. Whiteside went 7-7 but only played 23 minutes tonight.....0 in the 4th. As I said on the Heat board if coaches are smart, just play a 4 at C when the game is close in the 4th and you won't see Whiteside at all.

Hassan was frustrated and left without talking to the media. I do not blame him at all.

Totally agree.
I thought maybe he had some injury or someone that I missed cause I was at the game.
I could see if he was in and started missing FTs, but obviously that wasn't the case.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Totally agree.
I thought maybe he had some injury or someone that I missed cause I was at the game.
I could see if he was in and started missing FTs, but obviously that wasn't the case.

Wizards went small on the Cavs the other day- and then just hit a tON of their shots.......interesting the Wizards are finding success with that lineup. Before the Heat game- the Wizards game was the first of the season where the Cavs really got beat badly and you knew it was over before crunch time.

 

[WiggyRuss]

you guys see the league basically made the 76'ers hire Colangelo?

that guy definitely knows his stuff and has contacts with all the best players through team USA..

 

[DJ Fieri]

The Pacers are going to upset the Warriors tonight....my upset special.

Paul George is having an MVP type season.

 

[trojanfan12]

you guys see the league basically made the 76'ers hire Colangelo?

that guy definitely knows his stuff and has contacts with all the best players through team USA..

Had not seen that. Colangelo definitely knows his shit. If he can't fix the Sixers, they can't be fixed.

 

[WiggyRuss]

glad the Cavs could get a win tonight.

I feel they are just kind of tired from exerting themselves from being so shorthanded for the first 6 weeks of the season and are just ready to have close to the whole team back.

would love to see the Wizards "go small" against the Cavs when the Cavs have Kyrie and Shump available...

 

[gordontrue]

That was an important second half by the Cavs, I think. No one's going to be impressed - nor should they be - with a home victory over the Blazers.... but to come out with the energy in the 2nd half and erase the 18 point deficit saved them from a lot of negative attention.

Hopefully they carry the energy and momentum forward. The impeding return of the starting backcourt should also help.

 

[bksballer89]

glad the Cavs could get a win tonight.

I feel they are just kind of tired from exerting themselves from being so shorthanded for the first 6 weeks of the season and are just ready to have close to the whole team back.

would love to see the Wizards "go small" against the Cavs when the Cavs have Kyrie and Shump available...

Not to be an asshole but the Cavs shouldn't struggle with Portland at home when you have Lebron and Love.

 

[gordontrue]

Not to be an asshole but the Cavs shouldn't struggle with Portland at home when you have Lebron and Love.

Completely agree. I think you misunderstood the point of my post. Its not good to see them down 18 to Portland at home. But there is a world of difference - in terms of momentum and looking forward - between losing that game (4th in a row) and coming back and winning the game.

I'm not happy with the way the team is playing right now - generally speaking - but I'm very glad that they played great in the 2nd half and came away with the W.

Edit: I'm an idiot... you were responding to Wiggy, not me...

 

[ManuForever]

Portland has a big thing this year with losing leads, don't they...

 

[bksballer89]

My god the Hornets commentators are just as bad as the Cavs with the ridiculous cheerleading on every play. Watching the rest of this game on mute

 

[Ragingcroc]

So Grizzlies are down 2 with 5 seconds to go and Matt Barnes rebounds a Pistons miss. He doesn't call timeout but instead dribbles to half court and makes a half court shot with like 2 seconds left to win the game. What the actual fuck.

 

[bksballer89]

That moment when you lose a game on a halfcourt shot