Miami Heat (29-9) @ Portland Trail Blazers (20-17), 9 PM EST

W A D E · Post #181 » by **W A D E** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:15 am

normally i defend Spo, but i've been really puzzled by his rotations lateley...

heat were going on a tear with 5 minutes left in the 2nd quarter...then he took out wade again. didnt really understand that....he should have kept him in there until he emptied his tank....and sit him for the last 2 minutes of the half.

Miamis3rdRing · Post #182 » by **Miamis3rdRing** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:16 am

I know this is going to hurt the feelings of the die-hard Joel fans but...

1st Half Analysis

Good:
Everybody but Joel.

Bad:
Joel.

He KILLED our momentum.

RapsGirl · Post #183 » by **RapsGirl** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:17 am

jmbflame21 wrote:
dflash3 wrote:Just started watching the game. I see Wade has bounced back from his atrocious performance last game, but it is another close first half as usual. By the way, why has Erick Dampier played absolutely no minutes against the Blazers?

Joel played 12 reboundless pointless blockless minutes. But did manage to get him self 2 fouls... fckin idiot

to be honest, i don't know why Spo hasn't rolled the dice on Damp yet. in all fairness, Anthony just does not have the length to bother Aldridge w/o fouling him. i know Z can't play any extra mins, and Juwan isn't doing anything but getting older w/ every second he's on the floor.

but, hey......maybe Joel has played his quota for the night.

Pimpwerx · Post #184 » by **Pimpwerx** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:18 am

Only complaint I have is Spo sitting Wade when he was hot. Other than that, Miller should be taking more of Jone's minutes. PEACE.

jmbflame21 · Post #185 » by **jmbflame21** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:18 am

We were MINUS 6 with Joel in. He flat out did nothing.

bobly · Post #186 » by **bobly** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:18 am

The thought of Spo in a 7 game series terrifies me. He's so rigid and predictable that other coaches are going to pick him apart. It's gonna be like playing poker against somebody with X-Ray glasses on.

Post #187 » by **dflash3** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:18 am

jmbflame21 wrote:
dflash3 wrote:Just started watching the game. I see Wade has bounced back from his atrocious performance last game, but it is another close first half as usual. By the way, why has Erick Dampier played absolutely no minutes against the Blazers?

Joel played 12 reboundless pointless blockless minutes. But did manage to get him self 2 fouls... fckin idiot

From the sound of things it seems the best thing Joel can do today is picking up fouls to force himself back to the bench

DWadeno3 · Post #188 » by **DWadeno3** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:18 am

W A D E wrote:normally i defend Spo, but i've been really puzzled by his rotations lateley...

heat were going on a tear with 5 minutes left in the 2nd quarter...then he took out wade again. didnt really understand that....he should have kept him in there until he emptied his tank....and sit him for the last 2 minutes of the half.

How many Heat games do you watch a year? His rotations have been off ever since he became our headcoach.

StrawberryShake · Post #189 » by **StrawberryShake** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:19 am

diablerouge wrote:
StrawberryShake wrote:what is happening here? batum, cdr, jared dudley, nick young...... scrubs balling on Lebron
Um... CDR, Dudley and Nick Young were all playing shooting guard when we played their teams...

you watched a different game than

TrueRain · Post #190 » by **TrueRain** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:19 am

I'm not really gonna put anything on Spo other than not playing Dampier. I can't really pinpoint one sole reason why they're still in this. Defense isn't bad. We're playing fine offensively. Just got to go on a run or two to get some separation.

EDIT: Ok maybe Joel is the sole reason :lol:

W A D E · Post #191 » by **W A D E** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:20 am

lol i watch every game....and i defend his rotations because i know he's a very level-headed coach. he's staying with his rotations, to see what develops....it is a long season anyhow. but he's normally not inclined to bench a player when he's hot. that i just dont get.

bobly · Post #192 » by **bobly** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:22 am

TrueRain wrote:I'm not really gonna put anything on Spo other than not playing Dampier. I can't really pinpoint one sole reason why they're still in this. Defense isn't bad. We're playing fine offensively. Just got to go on a run or two to get some separation.

You need more than 0 rebounds from a Center when he plays 13 minutes. Hell you need more than 0 rebounds from a PG in 13 minutes.

Lord Hades · Post #193 » by **Lord Hades** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:22 am

Joel has played 13 minutes and not a damn tally on the box score other than 2 fouls. When Elias Sports Bureau gets that hustle statistic up and running though, boy look out!

Spo shoehorns Anthony into the game whenever he can, even in games like this one where it's clear his undersized ass isn't going to be of much value and another play is better. However, he can't find any spot duty for Miller (who actually can be a huge help to this team) to work himself into a groove on a continuing basis. Crazy.

Post #194 » by **LEIF** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:23 am

still cant say I agree with not using these games only barely through 1/2 of the season to give Dampier heavy minutes at the center spot and see if he could start to mesh well enough to add some stability to that position to the point where we arent changing minute allocation at C based on matchup.

but hey..thats just me

the Big 3 LOOK GREAT together though. great chemistry. and more fun to watch then ANY Heat basketball EVER. hands down IMO.

DWadeno3 · Post #195 » by **DWadeno3** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:23 am

TrueRain wrote:I'm not really gonna put anything on Spo other than not playing Dampier. I can't really pinpoint one sole reason why they're still in this. Defense isn't bad. We're playing fine offensively. Just got to go on a run or two to get some separation.

EDIT: Ok maybe Joel is the sole reason

The Blazers are a very good home team, as I mentioned before the game, and they managed to keep everybody except for the big three out of the game. I knew this wasn't going to be easy. I hope we can extend our winning streak.

jmbflame21 · Post #196 » by **jmbflame21** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:24 am

It just blows my mind that Dampier and Miller just sat on the bench in the first half

Tim_Hardawayy · Post #197 » by **Tim_Hardawayy** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:25 am

Spoelstra did stress the reason he used Damp against Milwaukee was because he looked good in their first meeting. In other words, he'd have probably just stuck with Joel otherwise.

This is what I don't get. Damp has to look really good to get playing time. Joel just has to... be alive? Foul people? I don't know.

TrueRain · Post #198 » by **TrueRain** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:27 am

Why the hell didn't you take that shot Wade

MiamiNative0722 · Post #199 » by **MiamiNative0722** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:28 am

Batum needs to get shut down

bobly · Post #200 » by **bobly** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:28 am

Tim_Hardawayy wrote:Spoelstra did stress the reason he used Damp against Milwaukee was because he looked good in their first meeting. In other words, he'd have probably just stuck with Joel otherwise.

This is what I don't get. Damp has to look really good to get playing time. Joel just has to... be alive? Foul people? I don't know.

Damp has never looked as bad to me as Joel does on a consistent basis. Joel has brilliant games, but most of the time he's just bad to mediocre.