Game Thread: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Miami Heat Game Thread

[Paolo305613]

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
TV: Sun Sports (Eric Reid, Tony Fiorentino, Jason Jackson); NBA TV
Radio: FM 104.3/AM 790 & The HEAT Radio Network (Mike Inglis, John Crotty) Spanish Radio: WAQI 710AM (José Pañeda, Joe Pujala)
Series Notes: The HEAT and Cavaliers meet for the second of three match-ups this season. Miami captured a, 95-84, win in Cleveland earlier this season on 11/27 and has now won eight-straight against the Cavs. Miami swept the last two season-series, 3-0 in 2011-12, and then 4-0 in 2012-13. The HEAT is 53-39 all-time versus the Cavaliers in the regular season, including 33-13 in games played in Miami and 20-26 in games played in Cleveland.

 

[Brahmsian]

Not counting on it but I would LOVE seeing Cleveland beat LeWrong's team.

GO CAVALIERS!

 

[Paolo305613]

The magic question is will the Diva Dwyane Wade play in this game or sit out another game butt hurt even with 3 days off - It is certainly possible with him.

 

[bksballer89]

Pretty sure D-Wade will play. 3 days off is enough time unless something happened to the knee tonight.

BTW this game starts a 5 game homestand for us where we should honestly go 5-0 as all games should be wins with the only challenging game being the Pacers game. I expect us to be 21-6 after these 5 games

 

[Paolo305613]

The Pacers game will only be a challenge if we allow it to be - It shouldnt be otherwise, with all due respect to them.

 

[bksballer89]

Yeah because the Pacers are such a bad team

 

[Heatles84]

Yeah because the Pacers are such a bad team

Love the sarcasm bk.

 

[Paolo305613]

Yeah because the Pacers are such a bad team

No. Because the Heat are a much better team. It is just a matter of them, led by their two queens wanting to play like it.

 

[Paolo305613]

Miami Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade commentary - Sun Sentinel

Latest Ask Ira on Oden and more

 

[Heatles84]

Remember BK, we're expected to go 82-0 by Paolo's standards. He doesn't mine losing so long as we try. Yet if we play to our best ability we shouldn't lose to anyone. So.....which is it?

 

[Paolo305613]

Yet if we play to our best ability we shouldn't lose to anyone. So.....which is it?

We have rarely played to the best of our ability and been lucky to win some games. This team has yet to have a single game in which they have given it all its got - And that is because they are too cocky to have done so at this point.

As for your claim that I expect 82-0 that is incorrect, just like everything else you say - I don’t make predictions, especially on records - though when I did throw out a number of wins this team should get when we all did it at one point in the off-season, I said this team should win no less than 65 games if they approached every game as they should. You want to take a shot at me for something I say, it is best you get the facts right… Being sarcastic won’t do the trick.

 

[Paolo305613]

Miami Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade commentary - Sun Sentinel

Latest Ask Ira

 

[Paolo305613]

According to Ira, Michael Beasley has already been ruled out for tomorrow.

Time to be concern something more serious could be wrong with him? He has been playing a lot since he became a regular in the rotation and has been by far the player to play the hardest.

 

[Paolo305613]

Apparently Beas injured his hammy lifting weights. Clearly, he has been hanging around our softest players too much(Shane, Wade).

 

[Paolo305613]

Miami Heat forward LeBron James can become free agent in July 2014 - Sun Sentinel

Senorita Charles Barkley suggesting LBJ should go back to Cleveland and mentioning the Heat fan base i lousy - At least he got that part right.

 

[Paolo305613]

Miami Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade commentary - Sun Sentinel

Latest Ask Ira about the Diva taking less money if he is playing less games. Certainly, that is the way the Heat should approach it and he should quit being a diva and accept whatever contract offer the Heat make. He doesn’t deserve all that money if he is going to choose not to play in so many games, many times just because he wants to be a little bitch.

 

[bksballer89]

You're such a dumb fuck. If you actually read articles you would know that most of the time it is not Wade's decision to play or not....It is either the trainer or Spo decision because Wade as a player always want to go out there

 

[bksballer89]

Before each game, Wade goes through a meticulous process -- treatment sessions with trainers, evaluations from the medical staff and conversations with coach Erik Spoelstra's staff before his game status is determined.

“It (starts) when I come in and see my trainer,” Wade said. “We talk about how I’m feeling, then kind of go from there. Sometimes Coach has made a decision (moments) before a game. Sometimes, I've told him at shootaround when I haven’t played. It’s really no perfect way to feel it out. It’s really no schedule; just kind of feeling things out.”

There were at least two occasions this season when Wade anticipated playing but was held out by the staff as a precaution. Then there was the Nov. 16 game in Charlotte, where Wade pushed through a second game in two nights, aggravated his knee and was sidelined for a week.

Initially, both Wade and Spoelstra dismissed the incident in Charlotte as Wade simply testing where his knee stood. But as time went on, Wade has acknowledged it was a full-blown setback and a mistake for him to play both nights of a back-to-back set, something he avoided in the preseason.

“Obviously, when you think about the biggest thing we talk about, it’s back-to-backs,” Wade said. “I continue to tell Coach that I’m a player, so it’s going to have to be your decision more than mine. But I will let him know how I feel after we play -- not really looking at the calendar saying, ‘I don’t want to play this team or this team.’ It’s just more so how I’m feeling, because I know when I’m on the court, I help give my team the best chance to win.”

 

[Paolo305613]

You're such a dumb fuck. If you actually read articles you would know that most of the time it is not Wade's decision to play or not....It is either the trainer or Spo decision because Wade as a player always want to go out there

Says a lot about a little boy when he has to resort to insulting to get his message across. And none of what is says is good.

You have no inside information on whose decision it is, so don’t speak as if you do. If you want to play the role of Heat/Wade apologist, go ahead but at least know what you speak of. I am sure the trainers and coaches want him to play but he is such a diva that decides to sit out games, and rather than throw their players under the bus - the coaches/ trainers take responsibility for the decision. This organization is too classy to throw people under the bus and thinks far too highly of their star players, like fans here do, to throw them under the bus even when they very much deserve it.

Fact is, he is a diva and that is all there is to it. You will never convince me to think otherwise, so don’t waste your time.

 

[Paolo305613]

In other news, winning by any less than 12 would be a disappointment