Game Thread: Miami Heat Round 2 Series Thread

[Paolo305613]

Ud is a pf. The nets lineup consists of 1 pg, 2 sg, 1 sf, and 1 center. Who is he guarding? Pierce & joe Johnson would eat him alive and obviously bosh is guarding garnett.

And the useless scrub battier is an SG at best at this point in his career - He is by no means an SF - And only the often-questionable heat staff believe he is a PF but that only creates a mismatch in favor of the opponent. I am sure a lot of people want Birdman or G.O. startin in this case instead but those guys are better suited off the bench…. and just about every other option is best suited off the bench.

But, as I have always said - the Heat just need to play to their strength and they can overcome their short-comings like that. Playing to their strength would be continue to start UD - starting scrub battier is playing to your weakness and waving the white flag on the season really .

 

[Paolo305613]

its fitting its Brooklyn we have to play. We win this series in 5 games. We win the first 2, lose game 3, then win 4 and 5.

5 games is too much - this should be another sweep… Heat coming off a lot of rest and the Nets off a hard fought, last minute game 7… The Heat are better and more rested - Heat should be able to dominate game 1 and the series as a whole… if anything, at worst - I expect them to win the first 3 and then they fall into their usual patterns of complacency and lose game 4 and close in game 5… But, in reality it should be a clean sweep.

 

[Paolo305613]

ASK IRA: Do Miami Heat have an answer for Shaun Livingston's length? - Sun Sentinel

looks like some “fans” want the heat outsted in the second round as they keep suggesting the Heat go to scrub battier … that is suicidal

 

[Paolo305613]

KD officially MVP - Congrats to him for a well earned honor - he took no games off in any way.

 

[Paolo305613]

Mike Callahan, Ron Garretson, Sean Wright, John Goble (alternate) your referees for tonight's Heat-Nets, 7 pm, AmericanAirlines Arena (TNT)

 

[Paolo305613]

Forgot to add: KD took no games off or any plays off … I am sure that is what ultimately separated KD from LBJ and winning this award

 

[Paolo305613]

Shaun Livingston back in the starting lineup for the Nets . Spo will turn in his lineup card closer to game time - The unnecessary wait and suspense is on… No reason to make any changes to the lineup if no one is injured

 

[Paolo305613]

Michael Beasley active tonight

 

[Paolo305613]

The Heat are offically tanking in round 2 - Scrub Battier back in the starting lineup to embarrass himself, the team and anyone associated with him. Oden inactive.

One thing is for sure, it is going to be fun watching scrub battier suck on offense and get destroyed on defense

 

[Paolo305613]

Justin Hamilton also inactive but both he and G.O. will be unofficially joined by scrub battier in the inactive list as we all know the scrub will be a non-factor at least not in a positive way

 

[Paolo305613]

Stating the obvious but worth mentioning, expect another slow start in this game on both ends - not because of the time off - because that should be a good thing if they put in the work - but with scrub battier starting, you can expect a slow start

 

[Paolo305613]

Pierce with a 3 in the face of scrub battier… it begins … Then scrub battier flops on the other end

 

[Paolo305613]

Another lucky 3 for scrub batttier… that will be all for him tonight

 

[Paolo305613]

the useless scrub shane battier out early already - Heat should get it going now if he is kept out long enough

 

[Paolo305613]

scrub battier back in --- lead to decrease

 

[Paolo305613]

LBJ youngest to 4,000 in his playoff career

 

[Paolo305613]

Livingston torching scrub battier

 

[Paolo305613]

Joe Johnson with a 3 in the face of scrub battier - a double digit lead now down to 5 with scrub battier on the court

 

[Paolo305613]

A 10 point lead for the Heat, decreases to just 3 at the half… this is what usually happens when you have scrub battier in the game… I guess Spo wants to be the next mark jackson in getting fired after taking his team to the playoffs and doing so for a few straight seasons.

 

[avalon2423]

Those buzzer shots always kill us.