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NBA FINALS Game 1: Los Angeles Lakers VS Miami Heat 9/30/2020 9PM EST ABC

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Re: NBA FINALS Game 1: Los Angeles Lakers VS Miami Heat 9/30/2020 9PM EST ABC 

Post#121 » by IggieCC » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:48 pm

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QUIZ wrote:I also want to openly admit that I was completely wrong about Bam. I spent the first two years of his career calling him Bum Adebayo and comparing him to Tristan Thompson. Somebody should really dig up those posts. :lol:

Two things you were wrong about, Bam and Conor.

Also make it 3, 2k.

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Post#122 » by HeatFanLifer » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:48 pm

IggieCC wrote:I think people who don't take Lakers seriously don't really understand the significance of LeBron teaming up with AD. I was definitely one of them as I was pretty meh on AD. The more you watch the more you realize that's a pretty devastating duo.

It's still two players though. We pretty much have 3rd to like 8-9th best players in the series after those two. That's what everyone said about Portland, Rockets, and Nuggets too though.

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Re: NBA FINALS Game 1: Los Angeles Lakers VS Miami Heat 9/30/2020 9PM EST ABC 

Post#123 » by HeatFanLifer » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:49 pm

IggieCC wrote:
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goodboy wrote:Two things you were wrong about, Bam and Conor.

Also make it 3, 2k.

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you could blindly push buttons and probably make 40% bare minimum with that team :)


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Post#124 » by BenoUdrihFTL » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:59 pm

Vertical Limit wrote:Btw what is this weird angle people are talking about. Lebron revenge series against the Heat? Him vs Pat? Huh?

Pat Riley laid the red carpet for the guy since the first free agent meeting in 2010 and the last one in 2014. He did not go on a racist tantrum like Dan Gilbert did in 2010, and Lebron went BACK to the Cavaliers.

Lebron is not a fan of head coaches, he always has had an attitude towards head coaches and thinks hes above coaching. Hes a fan of Ty Lue, who in my opinion is overrated as hell and was just a yes man to Lebron.

Thats fine, its gotten him very successful obviously with that mindset. But as far as that revenge angle people are talking about. Thats all made up nonsense and if Lebron really is playing that card then he manufactured it himself. I dont think the Heat give a ****, we have moved on just like he moved on from us six years ago, or so i think he moved on.

Yeah I've seen this mentioned on the GB. If LeBron genuinely feels any sense of "vengeance" here then he's legit delusional
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Re: NBA FINALS Game 1: Los Angeles Lakers VS Miami Heat 9/30/2020 9PM EST ABC 

Post#125 » by IggieCC » Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:01 am

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Post#126 » by IggieCC » Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:07 am

I'm pretty much blocked out any negative takes from so called "experts"

None of them predicted Nuggets to beat the Clippers. Very few predicted Heat to make it this far. Why should anyone take anything they say seriously at this point?
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Post#127 » by QUIZ » Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:11 am

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IggieCC wrote:2/19 (11%) from 3 with 73 win GSW always gets me QUIZ :lol: :lol: :lol:

you could blindly push buttons and probably make 40% bare minimum with that team :)


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Re: NBA FINALS Game 1: Los Angeles Lakers VS Miami Heat 9/30/2020 9PM EST ABC 

Post#128 » by IggieCC » Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:17 am

QUIZ wrote:
IggieCC wrote:
HeatFanLifer wrote:
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I’m still blocked by Ira to this day. It’s been 4 years, you think he’d do a purge or something of his block list :lol:

He’s the only person to ever block me on Twitter

LMAO

Luckily we have other beat writers who essentially do the same reporting such as Anthony Chiang.

Stop being negative Ira is such a great tweet though. Maybe he didn't appreciate it because you told him 2 games in a row? Or maybe he felt like he was just reporting facts and not being negative? :dontknow: LOL QUIZ
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Post#129 » by HeatFanLifer » Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:32 am

IggieCC wrote:
QUIZ wrote:
IggieCC wrote:
Read on Twitter

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I’m still blocked by Ira to this day. It’s been 4 years, you think he’d do a purge or something of his block list :lol:

He’s the only person to ever block me on Twitter

LMAO

Luckily we have other beat writers who essentially do the same reporting such as Anthony Chiang.

Stop being negative Ira is such a great tweet though. Maybe he didn't appreciate it because you told him 2 games in a row? Or maybe he felt like he was just reporting facts and not being negative? :dontknow: LOL QUIZ


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Post#130 » by Umbooki » Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:42 am

We’re really 48 hours away from facing LeBron James in the NBA Finals.

It’s been a wild season, y’all. Four more wins!
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Post#131 » by Shewasfly » Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:43 am

If the zone works against them that's great. But I'm skeptical. They have AD who can just get in the middle and shoot warmup jumpers every time down. And LeBron who can get in the middle and cherry pick assists to pad his stats.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think we'll need to matchup in some way. Not completely man to man bc we still need to hide weak defenders like Gogi and Herro and Robinson, but a straight up zone? I don't think so.

Another reason I'm skeptical of the zone is because of rebounding. They are already so much taller than us and will get a lot of offensive boards. We will be guaranteeing they get a good 5-10 more a game going nothing but zone.
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Post#132 » by Wiltside » Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:05 am

Shewasfly wrote:If the zone works against them that's great. But I'm skeptical. They have AD who can just get in the middle and shoot warmup jumpers every time down. And LeBron who can get in the middle and cherry pick assists to pad his stats.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think we'll need to matchup in some way. Not completely man to man bc we still need to hide weak defenders like Gogi and Herro and Robinson, but a straight up zone? I don't think so.

Another reason I'm skeptical of the zone is because of rebounding. They are already so much taller than us and will get a lot of offensive boards. We will be guaranteeing they get a good 5-10 more a game going nothing but zone.


This is why LA is a tough out for us. You can't "build a wall" as their stars can shoot beyond 12 feet. You can't exclusively zone because AD is as good a zone buster as there would be in the league at the 5. Lebron is Lebron, he's one of the best players in the world - he'll figure out the zone pretty quickly and find the gaps and passing lanes for open cutters.

We need to keep them unbalanced and guessing. Switch up the coverage, different defenders on him, somehow make the other guys beat us. AD and Lebron will get theres. That's just about guaranteed. But we need to be baiting KCP, Green, Caruso etc into playing above themselves and taking more shots. You live and die by those results.

What will be key for us is Crowder regaining his stroke. Super weird how he went from scintillating to bricky so quickly. If we're any chance, he needs to make them pay from outside.

I'm intruiged to see how they match up. I'll assume they stay big on us in Game 1.

KCP on Dragic?
Green on Robinson?
Lebron on Butler?
AD on Crowder?
Dwight on Bam?

I don't think they really want Lebron on Butler, but the alternative is him chasing Robinson and that's just not going to happen. They may go big and put Lebby on Dragic, KCP on Duncan and Green on Butler.

I just don't think they'd risk putting AD on Bam and getting him in foul trouble. I'm a little worried about their size, not gonna lie. Defensively, they're going to be a big problem on the boards with AD/Dwight/Lebron - Spo is going to match down and it could get ugly if we're trying to hide Jae/Iggy on Dwight. We saw what Kanter did to us in small doses, Dwight is >>> Kanter.
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Post#133 » by JLop » Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:34 am

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All IggieCC said was "I forgot how to merge threads so I'm just locking this." Imagine a moderator who doesn't know "how to merge threads".


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Post#134 » by HEATVols865 » Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:56 am

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Umbooki wrote:I wonder how much input our players are getting from people like Wade, Bosh, and Battier? If any team has the blueprint to steal a series from LeBron, it’s us. :reporter:

We were there for 2011 and 2014. Iggy was around for just about everything else.

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Post#135 » by JLop » Tue Sep 29, 2020 1:56 am

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All IggieCC said was "I forgot how to merge threads so I'm just locking this." Imagine a moderator who doesn't know "how to merge threads".


If we lose g1 to LeBum:

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Then win four straight.


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Post#136 » by HEATVols865 » Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:09 am

Our biggest opponents will be the referees, Kobe’s death and the storyline for LA and the NBA/Silver


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Post#137 » by HEATVols865 » Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:28 am

Dipo wants in...


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Post#138 » by carnageta » Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:43 am

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HEATVols865 wrote:Wade is pulling for LeBron, no matter what he tweeted


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Nah, he's going for his heart and home, which is Miami.

Bro, he turned his back on us once. He left Miami and lives in LA. His ties are gone.


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I mean, Riley was at fault too and he owned up to it. A relationship is a 2 way street.


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Post#139 » by MadD23 » Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:50 am

carnageta wrote:Lowkey, I feel Solomon Hill is going to be huge for us this series. He's big and strong enough to guard both AD and Bron.


We're the Miami Heat. We turn nobodies into somebodies and we do it often.



That's 6 hard fouls right there we could use on Lebron. We need to play Lebron as physical as it can get. Foul him hard every chance you get.
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Post#140 » by Umbooki » Tue Sep 29, 2020 3:21 am

Y’all trying to get Solo executed at halfcourt?

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