Series Thread: 6) Miami Heat vs. 3) Philadelphia 76ers

[Shanemansj13]

The hottest team in the NBA. Philly in 5.

 

[The Derski]

Philly in 6.

 

[raptorlife4]

76ers in 6

 

[bksballer89]

I honestly have no idea who will win the series.

Yes you do

 

[flyerhawk]

Yes you do

On paper the Sixers should win this. But I really don't know how much the lack of experience will impact them.

 

[Gman]

I may sound contrarian here, but here goes nothing:

With the injury situation surrounding Embiid, I think Miami has a real good chance... in fact, I make them the slight favorite. Why?:

• Miami is more experienced, Philly is much less so.
• Spolstra is a very good coach.
• Philly has played a whole lot of craptastic teams lately... it's gonna be a lil bit of an adjustment to face a legitimate playoff team game in and game out.
• Finally, yeah... the longer Embiid is out, the better Miami's chances are.

If I had to make a bet now... I'd say Miami in 6.

 

[Sparhawk]

I may sound contrarian here, but here goes nothing:

With the injury situation surrounding Embiid, I think Miami has a real good chance... in fact, I make them the slight favorite. Why?:

• Miami is more experienced, Philly is much less so.
• Spolstra is a very good coach.
• Philly has played a whole lot of craptastic teams lately... it's gonna be a lil bit of an adjustment to face a legitimate playoff team game in and game out.
• Finally, yeah... the longer Embiid is out, the better Miami's chances are.

If I had to make a bet now... I'd say Miami in 6.

I believe Milwaukee had something to play for in that last game.

But, your point is a fair one. They haven't had any tough games recently and they certainly aren't battle tested in the playoffs.

The only counter point is that they said the same thing about the Eagles in the playoffs.....

 

[CitySushi]

Feel like the 76ers were the worst possible matchup for the Heat unfortunately. 76ers should close this out in 5.

 

[Gman]

The only counter point is that they said the same thing about the Eagles in the playoffs.....

I still can't believe that crap... I'm gonna miss posting this img:

 

[Sparhawk]

I still can't believe that crap... I'm gonna miss posting this img:

That picture would have been better with some vomit somewhere...

 

[bksballer89]

Feel like the 76ers were the worst possible matchup for the Heat unfortunately. 76ers should close this out in 5.

They're actually not. Miami & Philly played 3 extremely close games in the regular season.

I feel much better about this series than I would have felt about a Raptors or Cavs series

 

[CitySushi]

They're actually not. Miami & Philly played 3 extremely close games in the regular season.

I feel much better about this series than I would have felt about a Raptors or Cavs series

LOL. I probably don't watch enough Eastern Conference basketball. Generally I feel you and I are on the same wavelength basketball wise, but recently you've seemed to disagree with most of what I said. Not a problem, you're probably right, I just need to brush up more I guess.

I usually go with the teams who are playing well and also who have certain matchup areas they can exploit when I look at series. That's why I'm going with the Jazz over the Thunder. But I guess I also picked Celtics over the Bucks, so what the hell do I know.

 

[bksballer89]

LOL. I probably don't watch enough Eastern Conference basketball. Generally I feel you and I are on the same wavelength basketball wise, but recently you've seemed to disagree with most of what I said. Not a problem, you're probably right, I just need to brush up more I guess.

I usually go with the teams who are playing well and also who have certain matchup areas they can exploit when I look at series. That's why I'm going with the Jazz over the Thunder. But I guess I also picked Celtics over the Bucks, so what the hell do I know.

The thing about Philly is unlike Toronto & obviously Cleveland, they don't have that one perimeter player who can take over the game with jump shot after jump shot like Lowry/DeRozan and Lebron can.

 

[bksballer89]

@CitySushi IMO these how I'll rank the teams 1-7 from most favorable to least favorable matchups for the Heat in the east. 1 being the most favorable and 7 being least favorable

1) Indiana
2) Milwaukee
3) Washington
4) Boston (with Kyrie)
5) Philly
6) Toronto
7) Cleveland

 

[knowyourenemy]

The thing about Philly is unlike Toronto & obviously Cleveland, they don't have that one perimeter player who can take over the game with jump shot after jump shot like Lowry/DeRozan and Lebron can.

You’re assuming that Ben Simmons isn’t going to surprise everyone and start draining 3-pointers in the playoffs.

Spoiler

That’s probably a fair assumption.

 

[flyerhawk]

The thing about Philly is unlike Toronto & obviously Cleveland, they don't have that one perimeter player who can take over the game with jump shot after jump shot like Lowry/DeRozan and Lebron can.

 

[knowyourenemy]

In actuality, the 76ers have 4 guys who averaged 2 or more 3 pointers made per game - Redick, Saric, Bellinelli, and Covington. They also added Ilyasova. There is no team in the East with as many 3-point threats as Philly.

 

[Gman]

In fairness to @bksballer89, I think he was talking about a guy who can routinely create their own outside shot.

 

[bksballer89]

lol wasn't talking about specialist. I mean guys late in the 4th, you can just go to him isolation style and he can just make contested jump shot after jump shot.

In short there is no DeRozan, Lebron, Durant, Wall, Beal or etc on their roster.

You can make the same case when it comes to Milwaukee because Greek Freak isn't shooting 19 foot J's lol

 

[bksballer89]

In fairness to @bksballer89, I think he was talking about a guy who can routinely create their own outside shot.

Basically. Def wasn't talking about a specialist who is primarily a catch and shoot guy