Game Thread: Miami Heat @ LA Fakers Game Thread

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LOS ANGELES LAKERS
TV: ABC (Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Heather Cox)
Radio: FM 104.3/AM 790 & The HEAT Radio Network (Mike Inglis) Spanish Radio: WAQI 710AM (José Pañeda)
Series Notes: The HEAT and Lakers meet for the first of two match-ups this regular season. Last season, Miami swept the season-series, 2-0. The HEAT is 20-30 all-time versus the Lakers in the regular season, including 6-19 in games played in Los Angeles and 14-11 in games played in Miami.

 

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5-0 homestand - as it should be.

 

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The Lakers on Christmas are planning to start Shawne Williams, Wesley Johnson, Jordan Farmar.When Jodie Meeks is your second-best starter...

Per Ira Winderman

 

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

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Love me or hate me, all I gotta say is Go Heat and Merry Christmas.

 

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The line suggest the Heat win by 9, with Pau being the only relevant player for the Fakers, the Heat should win by 19 if not more - 9 would be a disappointment.

 

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Sadly, still the same starters - Oden and Mason Jr inactive

 

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JVG: “Jordan always found a way to stay motivated for every game - LBJ does the same thing” Um, NO! he could not be more wrong about that. This clown is often bored and disengaged for some games, especially when its not going well for him.

 

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Birdman (back tightness) will not return tonight

 

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Tonight 7-7 from inside the paint, 0-7 from outside of it. He needs to be shown that stat so that he realizes how effective he can be on a consistent basis if he just stays playing inside.

 

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Chris Bosh: 23 points and 11 rebounds
Dwyane Wade: 23 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals
LeBron James: 19 points and 8 rebounds
Ray Allen: 12 points (4-5 3PT FG)
Mario Chalmers: 7 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds
Norris Cole: 7 points and 4 rebounds

The player of the game was once again the useless Shane Battier 17 minutes of play 1-5 shooting, all from 3 of course because he is one-dimensional on offense - 2 fouls and horrible defense as usual.

 

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8 of the last 10 for the Heat on this very date

 

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SPOELSTRA on not playing Beasley: “I’m going to have to figure that out. I didn’t want to force it."

 

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HEAT 101 - Lakers 95 Game Recap and Infographic - Team Talk - Miami Heat Community Board

Infograhpic to the game.

 

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SPOELSTRA on not playing Beasley: “I’m going to have to figure that out. I didn’t want to force it."

Force it? I think he just wants to keep Beasley motivated.