Series Thread: 3) Miami Heat (48-34) vs 6) Charlotte Hornets (48-34)

[TurnUpTheHeat]

look on the brightside- now that the Cavs are done you guys get to play on TNT instead of NBA Tv!

On a brighter side, we don't have to listen to Austin Carr for the rest of the year.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

exactly...its not an overt shot at whiteside- it is what it is...in the modern NBA game a lot of teams have gotten away from traditional centers for precisely that reason (well- among others)....playing a traditional center is going to give you advantages- but you are also going to pay dearly for it in the high pick and roll ESPECIALLY in todays NBA with so many freaking point guards/combo guards that can just carve you up.

It wasn't taken as a shot.
It's actually fair and accurate.
Thing is, the Heat have made a concerted effort to take away the 3.
You can't take away everything.
D hasn't been our problem.
Hornets won scoring 96 and 89.
We simply go into uncomprehendable long droughts where we just don't score.

 

[Mecca]

It wasn't taken as a shot.
It's actually fair and accurate.

 

[gordontrue]

Batum is gonna play tonight.

Heat might regret not taking advantage of his absence the last 2 games.

 

[gordontrue]

 

[Shanemansj13]

Yeah flopping is annoying but it seems like he is too worried about the flopping when he just needs to focus on his game and the team most importantly. Doesn't look like he, Whiteside, is there mentally.

 

[Mecca]

Batum is gonna play tonight.

Heat might regret not taking advantage of his absence the last 2 games.

Playing and being affective are two different things.

Dude is in a contract year.

Makes me like him even more that he's willing to risk it.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Batum is gonna play tonight.

Heat might regret not taking advantage of his absence the last 2 games.

0-2 with him, 2-0 without.
We shall see.

 

[Shanemansj13]

0-2 with him, 2-0 without.
We shall see.

Yeah, that is strange bc I don't think Kaminsky starting makes them a better team offensively or defensively. Seems like Miami just didn't play as well. Btw...Marvin Williams just needs to stop shooting honestly, for Heat fans maybe he needs to shoot 30 times though lol

 

[gordontrue]

I think the 2-0, 0-2 has more to do with the home court advantage than Batum's status.

 

[WiggyRuss]

Yeah, that is strange bc I don't think Kaminsky starting makes them a better team offensively or defensively. Seems like Miami just didn't play as well. Btw...Marvin Williams just needs to stop shooting honestly, for Heat fans maybe he needs to shoot 30 times though lol

Miami was just insanely good offensively at home and pretty poor offensively on the road....i think home court matters a lot in this series obviously.

I think Miami should win this game- but there is some danger here.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Miami was just insanely good offensively at home and pretty poor offensively on the road....i think home court matters a lot in this series obviously.

I think Miami should win this game- but there is some danger here.

I agree again.
Once it becomes a 2 of 3, there's always danger.
I expect Wade to be the best player on the court tonight.

 

[bksballer89]

Miami was just insanely good offensively at home and pretty poor offensively on the road....i think home court matters a lot in this series obviously.

I think Miami should win this game- but there is some danger here.

I'm not scared

 

[WiggyRuss]

I agree again.
Once it becomes a 2 of 3, there's always danger.
I expect Wade to be the best player on the court tonight.

Wade's drive and kick game has been excellent in this series from when i have watched anyway.

 

[gordontrue]

I think Charlotte needs to win tonight if they want a chance at the series. Very hard to imagine their inexperienced roster winning a Game 7 on the Road vs a team like the Heat.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

I think the 2-0, 0-2 has more to do with the home court advantage than Batum's status.

Agree, but hopefully they are playing in Miami tonight or I'm wasting a trip down there.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Wade's drive and kick game has been excellent in this series from when i have watched anyway.

Clifford basically called him a career flopper today.
Usually stuff like that fuels his fire.

 

[LAD]

I'm not scared

I think his reference of being scared has something to do with the Cavs having to play them to get outta the East.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

I think his reference of being scared has something to do with the Cavs having to play them to get outta the East.

Unless we dramatically improve our road play, the Cavs have nothing to worry about, because we won't be playing them.

 

[bksballer89]

Unless we dramatically improve our road play, the Cavs have nothing to worry about, because we won't be playing them.

Basically