Game Thread: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Miami Heat Game Thread

[Paolo305613]

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
TV: Sun Sports (Eric Reid, Tony Fiorentino, Jason Jackson); ESPN (Mike Breen, Hubie Brown, Heather Cox) 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 Thunder meet for the first of two match-ups this season. Last season, Miami swept the season-series, 2-0, and has now won three-straight regular season games against Oklahoma City. The HEAT is 20-30 all-time versus the Thunder franchise in the regular season, including 12-13 in games played in Miami and 8-17 in games played on the road.

 

[Brahmsian]

COOL OFF THE OverHEATed, THUNDER!

GO BACK TO CLEVELAND, LeWRONG!

 

[bksballer89]

Fuck up Troll

 

[Paolo305613]

Do Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh roles need to be reconfigured? - Sun Sentinel

 

[Brahmsian]

Fuck up Troll

Since when is expressing support for the team in the city I grew up in trolling?

Would you have any idea where Lake Hefner is? I lived about a mile east of there until I was 25 years old.

 

[Paolo305613]

Could Greg Oden offer in playoffs what Alonzo Mourning did in 2006 title run? - Sun Sentinel

 

[Paolo305613]

Are Miami Heat squandering Michael Beasley's scoring potential? - Sun Sentinel

 

[Paolo305613]

The answer to the above question is, yes - The Heat are squandering Beas scoring ability by keeping him on the bench. When you have a useless scrub like Shane Battier starting and a guy like Beasley or Haslem on the bench, then the Heat are just wasting talent. Hopefully, Spo and the rest of the staff can get their head out of their ass soon enough and get Beas in the starting lineup. He has shown some mental lapses in recent games but I think he has the maturity now to obtain a starting job.

 

[Paolo305613]

Some keys to winning tonight - LBJ needs to take care of the ball tonight and not attempt to make any stupid passes and waste possessions or give the opponent extra ones. This is one of those games that is setup for LBJ to want to play hero-ball and do it all on his own. But, with no Westbrook, KD doesnt have as much around him( no disrespect to his supporting cast, which is still good but not as good without RW). What LBJ needs to do more of in this game is be more of a facilitator for the rest of his teammates to do damage which will make our offense better and more unstoppable. This will help our defense. The more balanced we are on offense, the better because OKC wont have that same luxury.

 

[Paolo305613]

How clueless are so called “Heat Fans” Ira, as usual , tweets out who the refs for the game are gonna be tonight - And someone complains about Tony Brothers and how that will be bad for us - Then, Ira does what he does, and shoots down the comment by adding that the Heat are 4-0 in games called by Tony Brothers. So there is that.

 

[Paolo305613]

Marc Stein of ESPN tweets the following on Bynum for those who are still interested in hearing about him:Thursday marks three full weeks since Andrew Bynum became a free agent. Two main reasons it's believed he does not yet have a new team ...No. 1: Bynum wants more than min. money. No. 2: No team willing YET to pay more than minimum given ?s about how much he really wants to play

 

[Paolo305613]

Toney Douglas will be active tonight. James Jones and Roger Mason Jr. inactive for tonight. The diva will play and start tonight - same starters which sadly still includes the scrub aka Shane Battier

 

[Paolo305613]

Thats what CB should be alb to do all game long - take it inside with no problem. A good game this should be for CB. And as ususal, The Scrub aka Shane Battier will draw lucky charges and make lucky shots but will get raped as long as he is guarding bigger, stronger, better guys like Perkins on the other end.

 

[Flauge]

 

[Paolo305613]

Good early start for the Heat - now it is a matter of keeping your foot on the gas and avoiding any or at least major complacency.

 

[Paolo305613]

Well instead of getting complacent, the heat getting sloppy with these turnovers now

 

[Paolo305613]

2 fouls on the scrub after flopping looking for a charge because he was lucky to get the first one

 

[Andresrenee]

The answer to the above question is, yes - The Heat are squandering Beas scoring ability by keeping him on the bench. When you have a useless scrub like Shane Battier starting and a guy like Beasley or Haslem on the bench, then the Heat are just wasting talent. Hopefully, Spo and the rest of the staff can get their head out of their ass soon enough and get Beas in the starting lineup. He has shown some mental lapses in recent games but I think he has the maturity now to obtain a starting job.

Really? Games like this show how far Beasley still has to come. Him and Ray Allen against an athletic team that plays defense is trouble. Beasley -5 at half and Ray is -17. Guess who has the highest plus....yes you got it right...Shane at plus 4 at the half. This team refuses to play two consecutive quarters. Still too sloppy with the ball, but give OKC credit. We are playing harder but they are playing better.

 

[Paolo305613]

Of course, Heat get complacent and lose lead at the half and give up too many points

 

[Paolo305613]

Beasley -5 at half and Ray is -17. Guess who has the highest plus....yes you got it right...Shane at plus 4 at the half.

+/- most irrelevant stat in the game - idiots only use it to try and justify scrubs like Shane. He is garbage like that stat.