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

[bksballer89]

Need more from the offense than an Ellington open 3 pt attempt

 

[flyerhawk]

Some are dumb like Winslow's to Illyasova. Others like Ellington's are horse shit calls.

The Ellington one looked close but they only showed it one time. Most of the other fouls seem pretty clear though.

 

[Iggloo]

Ilyasova is killing these guys.

 

[bksballer89]

That Ellington foul call was funny. I didn't know Tony Brothers was officiating tonight....it makes sense.

As far as Whiteside, yeah.....everytime Spo makes himself out to be a good coach, he does things like not go to the one advantage that we have over Philly at the moment - a dominant big that they can't defend.

Spo's playing small ball with Philly whom has more talent. We should be feeding Whiteside down low.

But Whiteside looks all but checked out at this point. Can't honestly fault him as I'd be frustrated too. You know he's going to get traded.

I actually thought Whiteside was fine. Very active on the defensive end. Just didn't get any touches on offense.

I love how active he was though

 

[Heatles84]

The Ellington one looked close but they only showed it one time. Most of the other fouls seem pretty clear though.

Not going to make excuses as to why my team's losing. The sixers are just flat out better right now.

 

[DJ]

I agree. There's just too much at risk for my liking because if you don't hit on your draft picks, it extends your rebuilding period another 3-5 years which is why I'm more of a fan of rebuilding through free agency/trades and through the draft. It is a huge risk to build strictly through the draft. It worked out for Philly but for a lot of teams it does not.

The Cavs. That's why they brought in James for the 2nd time and traded for Love.

The Anthony Bennett route wasn't great at all.

 

[Black Adam]

8 fouls for Miami

0 fouls for Philly

Philly is good enough on their own where they don't need assistance from these 3 clowns

gotta love home cookin'...

 

[Heatles84]

When Illyasova is out rebounding your bigs, you have a heart problem. Very pathetic effort on the boards.

This game's already over.

 

[bksballer89]

The Ellington one looked close but they only showed it one time. Most of the other fouls seem pretty clear though.

The 2nd foul on Dragic was a garbage touch foul. You should be allowed to fight over screens which was all he did

 

[Heatles84]

Spo's a joke @TurnUpTheHeat @bksballer89

 

[Heatles84]

Smart move would be that if you're going to trade Whiteside in the offseason, try to make his value as high as possible. Keeping him on the bench during a playoff series seems counter productive. Maybe it's just me.

 

[bksballer89]

Only down 7 after a pretty shit quarter.

Will be interesting to see how fast these refs call Dragic/Hassan for a 3rd foul in this quarter

 

[Heatles84]

 

[Black Adam]

well in spite of everything the Heat are only down 7 after 1...

wondering how long they're gonna be able to sit Dragic...

 

[bksballer89]

Smart move would be that if you're going to trade Whiteside in the offseason, try to make his value as high as possible. Keeping him on the bench during a playoff series seems counter productive. Maybe it's just me.

He played the most minutes in the first with JJ and Richardson. Let's see how he use him the rest of night

 

[bksballer89]

They are doing a better job so far on defending the 3 ball

 

[DJ]

Wade is 3-for 3......who else is going to step up for Miami?

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

definitely think it should be raised to 7 fouls before you're done, though a good chunk of folks argue against that...

IMO it should be 2 shots and the ball from 6 on.
Only sport in the world where players are forced out of games altogether, or for great lengths of time, and often it's because of bad call(s).

 

[Four4Four]

Fultz needs to sit his young ass down.

 

[DJ]

Well, Dragic is 3-for-4. So he's playing well also....