East Semifinal: [#3] Indiana Pacers vs. [#2] Miami Heat

[ralaw]

Nice play call from coach Spoe.....Chalmers just missed it.

 

[jags224]

The Heat are going to miss Bosh

 

[IamMedellin]

Miami Scoreless over the last 2:40...
Wade n Bron scored 20 of the Heat's 23pts in the 4th


:smh:

This is NOT a versatile team...

oh god...this is gonna be the only story on ESPN tommorow huh...

 

[houheffna]

Absolutely, because losing Bosh damages team balance...especially offensively.

 

[houheffna]

Lebron better hope they win, because people will blame him for those missed free throws.

And that is dumb basketball. Wade and Chalmers miss final shots...there is a whole lot of blame to go around before getting to Lebron.

 

[ralaw]

And that is dumb basketball. Wade and Chalmers miss final shots...there is a whole lot of blame to go around before getting to Lebron.

True, but the talk has been all about what LeBron didn't do. This is where Jordan has ruined a lot of players, because people want to make James out to be Jordan, so if James isn't taking and making the shot he'll be considered a failure. It isn't right, but this sort of talk is what gets the attention. Wade's missed layup was huge. The real issue is that witout Bosh they don't have enough scoring and James and Wade have to do everything. IMO Wade isn't the same player he's been, because playing with James has caused him to have to adjust and IMO he's lost some of his explosiveness because of age and injury. However, having said that James didn't take a shot in the last 3 minutes or something.....that is unacceptable. I'd hate to hear the talk if James missed that layup.

 

[Wrath]

Not having Bosh as evened the series IMO. Indiana has a chance for sure if he can't return. Looks like the most balanced teams are thriving in the playoffs. The one/two man show teams are gone and thats a good thing for the league.

 

[IamMedellin]

Pat Riley is 10 minutes away from forcing Spolstra to spend more time with his Family

 

[Rudi]

lol at lance stephenson giving the heat the choke sign after the game

 

[Rudi]

:lol:

 

[ralaw]

Not having Bosh as evened the series IMO. Indiana has a chance for sure if he can't return. Looks like the most balanced teams are thriving in the playoffs. The one/two man show teams are gone and thats a good thing for the league.

Good post. Not only are the balanced teams winning, but also the balanced teams that have depth. Outside of OKC (who as a collective whole are really young) teams that don't rely on their stars to do everything are winning. IMO fatigue is playing a huge factor in this playoffs.

 

[ralaw]

The pressure is on, their backs are against the wall, cliche, cliche, etc. the question now is if things aren't going well will LeBron check out in game 4? Miami needs Wade to become the old Wade and lead in game 4.

 

[Senser81]

It appears as if Wade is banged-up. Losing Bosh hurts, but I think his overall impact is somewhat exaggerated. I think if Miami had a healthy Wade, they'd be handling Indiana better. Losing Bosh and having a diminished Wade makes it really tough on Miami. Kind of like how the Bulls not only lost Rose, but also Noah in their series against the Sixers. Not many NBA teams can withstand having 2 of their star players hobbled with injury.

 

[FirstTimer]

Spoelstra might be one of the worst coaches in the NBA. It's clear the Big 3 don't respect him. His play calling is fucking horrid too.

Hey guiz, we are down big a need a big basket. Let's have James Jones shoot a three when James and Chalmers are having good games.

 

[Liquidrob]

Was James having a good game? I cant remember, but before he hit a couple in a row when down big wasnt James like 2 for 8 in the 3rd/4th?

 

[FirstTimer]

Was James having a good game? I cant remember, but before he hit a couple in a row when down big wasnt James like 2 for 8 in the 3rd/4th?

He had 16 in the first half. He hit a cold stretch in the 4th but for Spoelstra to take a TO and out of the TO call a play for James Jones was absurdly dumb.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Was James having a good game? I cant remember, but before he hit a couple in a row when down big wasnt James like 2 for 8 in the 3rd/4th?

LeBron had 11 in the first Q, Wade had 0 and was looking very poor. Going into the 2nd Q Spoelstra decided to sit LeBron, despite him taking the game over and the Heat having a 9 pt lead, rattling off I think it was 9/10 shots to finish the quarter. This pretty much was the critical coaching error of the game because Wade missed 2-3 shots early in that 2nd Q with LeBron on the bench, and the Pacers went on a run and pretty much never gave up momentum after that.

LeBron was quickly put back into the game but the Heat never looked the same the rest of the way. Missing a lot of easy looks and not drawing any kind of fouls. The team quit early in the third, pretty pathetic.

 

[FirstTimer]

LeBron had 11 in the first Q, Wade had 0 and was looking very poor. Going into the 2nd Q Spoelstra decided to sit LeBron, despite him taking the game over and the Heat having a 9 pt lead, rattling off I think it was 9/10 shots to finish the quarter. This pretty much was the critical coaching error of the game because Wade missed 2-3 shots early in that 2nd Q with LeBron on the bench, and the Pacers went on a run and pretty much never gave up momentum after that.

LeBron was quickly put back into the game but the Heat never looked the same the rest of the way. Missing a lot of easy looks and not drawing any kind of fouls. The team quit early in the third, pretty pathetic.

That's also part of Speolstra shit game managemant/rotation management. You have all this coming out now that Wade has been banged up, hurt, sore, whatever for days now. So why on God's green earth as a coach would you leave a struggling, knowingly "injured" for lack of a better term, player out on the floor alone as the key guy on the road in the playoffs..especially knowing you can ride Lebron into the ground for this game..but you get an extra day off before game 4.

Just fucking awful.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

That's also part of Speolstra shit game managemant/rotation management. You have all this coming out now that Wade has been banged up, hurt, sore, whatever for days now. So why on God's green earth as a coach would you leave a struggling, knowingly "injured" for lack of a better term, player out on the floor alone as the key guy on the road in the playoffs..especially knowing you can ride Lebron into the ground for this game..but you get an extra day off before game 4.

Just fucking awful.

Obviously I agree in this instance that this was a very poor coaching move that contributed towards losing the game. That being said, it was only the beginning of the 2nd Q and the players still have to go out and do their part despite any mistakes that may occur along the way, and they were tied going into half time. I dont think we can blame Spoelstra for the team looking like they quit early in that 3rd. Altho im sure some could swing it that way saying that the argument with Wade earlier killed team chemistry, and maybe it did, but it shouldnt have. Too many coaches are too scared to leave their star players accountable and Spoelstra was doing just that with Wade, and rightfully so. And im sure his head was telling him that leaving Wade out alone to start the 2nd could help get him going offensively, but it obviously backfired in his face.

 

[FirstTimer]

Obviously I agree in this instance that this was a very poor coaching move that contributed towards losing the game. That being said, it was only the beginning of the 2nd Q and the players still have to go out and do their part despite any mistakes that may occur along the way, and they were tied going into half time. I dont think we can blame Spoelstra for the team looking like they quit early in that 3rd. Altho im sure some could swing it that way saying that the argument with Wade earlier killed team chemistry, and maybe it did, but it shouldnt have. Too many coaches are too scared to leave their star players accountable and Spoelstra was doing just that with Wade, and rightfully so. And im sure his head was telling him that leaving Wade out alone to start the 2nd could help get him going offensively, but it obviously backfired in his face.

Pretty dumb risk to take IMO. I'd rather have Wade find his shot playing off of James and getting more open looks rather than leaving it to Wade to try and create tougher shots for himself when he is already out of sorts.