MIAMI HEAT PLAYOFFS - ROAD TO THE 3PEAT - FINALS - SA

[chiefinspector]

when is Pat Riley going to wake up and smell the coffee?our boys out there are hungry for leadership, they want to be lead. he needs to send coach spo back to the film room, and get a real head coach.Spoelstra look like a deer in headlights after that blow out, I have no idea why he would be surprised, its the same game plan that hasn't worked all series, why would it start working now? barely winning one game, where are you most assuredly would have lost had there been another 30 seconds on the clock, is not a validation of a strategy, it just means you got incredibly lucky.
even after their blowout game 3 win, pop still noticed adjustments that needed to be made for them to win in game 4.

as much as I hate to think about LeBron leaving, and I don't really think he wants to, for legacy reasons. He's not going to stayon a team with a week, powerless, coach who has no vision.

[MVJ82JAMES]

I just dont want to see the same starting lineup.

Could Beasley be our counter against Diaw?

Try going big with Oden at the start?

Minutes for Haslem / Batteir?

Id even be happy to see Hamilton play.

Spo might as well throw Oden/Beasley in there just to throw them off.

They def can't put 6-4 wade on diaw and should def get Beasley, oden, haslem in there and try to use less pg matchups.. They should also unleash Lebron. Lebron should shoot 20-25 shots and we should run a more uptempo offense. Stop Doubling and triple teaming guys and play 1 on 1 and only help with one guy at last moment. Rotations, closeouts must be better and turnovers need to stop. Boneheaded decisions and stagnant offense have doomed us last three games... First two games in SA we clearly looked like the dominate team. It doesn't seem that long ago that we were talking about a 5-6 game Miami series. Here's hoping the Nba is setting up for a record tv number and make this go 7. I have a funny feeling we are going to Game 7 guys.... Believe

[theFRANCHISE]

when is Pat Riley going to wake up and smell the coffee?our boys out there are hungry for leadership, they want to be lead. he needs to send coach spo back to the film room, and get a real head coach.Spoelstra look like a deer in headlights after that blow out, I have no idea why he would be surprised, its the same game plan that hasn't worked all series, why would it start working now? barely winning one game, where are you most assuredly would have lost had there been another 30 seconds on the clock, is not a validation of a strategy, it just means you got incredibly lucky.
even after their blowout game 3 win, pop still noticed adjustments that needed to be made for them to win in game 4.

as much as I hate to think about LeBron leaving, and I don't really think he wants to, for legacy reasons. He's not going to stayon a team with a week, powerless, coach who has no vision.

When Pat Riley took over as head coach of the lakers (he was an assistant)

1982 Lakers Beat 76ers
1983 76ers Beat Lakers
1984 Celtics Beat Lakers
1985 Lakeres Beat Celtics

I wonder if people back then said the same things about Riley that they are saying about Spolestra.

2011 Mavs Beat Heat
2012 Heat Beat Thunder
2013 Heat Beat Spurs
2014 ????????

[DaddyBigD]

oden might fake a flu just to eliminate the possibility of getting playing time. I'm from Portland and from what I remember he just doesn't have it him. he looks like a deer in headlights when the pressure is on. good luck in games 5/6/7.

[Woolyy]

Alright everyone, time to dig this good luck charm out of the grave and pray to the basketball gods that it will serve us 3 straight Finals victories. We are officially 7-0 when I post this mix (G4 Indy 2012, G6/G7 Boston 2012, and G2/G3/G4/G5 OKC 2012).

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l08G6-v2IXI[/youtube]

No matter the outcome of this series, or whatever happens for the rest of his career, LeBron James will always be my favorite athlete of all time. Hate to see one of the greatest players ever lose, but I 110% believe he and the Heat can turn this thing around.

edit: just realized this wasn't the game thread fml, I'm copying this to that when it gets put up.

[MVJ82JAMES]

Lebron James is the greatest Basketball player to ever live. Period.

[BIRDMAN BIRDMAN]

About 24 hours from now, we are all either watching a trophy presentation on the Spurs floor or we get some glimmer of hope seeing the Heat bring the series back to Miami

I couldn't believe it could end this early. I kinda moved on from that empty feeling a couple of days ago or so, but still, a part of me wants to believe this can be done. Please don't go down like this Heatles

[GetMoney]

bet if you gave the spurs truth serum, they'd all rather win in game 6 in miami

[xMADEinDADEx]

Wade's "defense"

Almost broke my laptop looking at it. That **** scrub.

http://deadspin.com/dwyane-wade-playing ... 1590887916

[WiseOwlWins]

Wade's "defense"

Almost broke my laptop looking at it. That **** scrub.

http://deadspin.com/dwyane-wade-playing ... 1590887916

Lol yea such a scrub (sarcastic laugh)

[DWadeno3]

Wade's "defense"

Almost broke my laptop looking at it. That **** scrub.

http://deadspin.com/dwyane-wade-playing ... 1590887916

Watched the first two minutes, that video is utter garbage.

[GetMoney]

"DWadeno3"

[Sign5]

^ He bashes Wade all the time, he's pretty objective when discussing Wade.

That video IS garbage. Outside of the Marco Bell and Ginobli blow by, the plays were basically Wade switching and the opposing player making shots on whoever guarded them. It had little to do with Wade.

Wade has been TERRIBLE defensively by his standards but that video didn't display it, at least not in the first portion.

[xMADEinDADEx]

Wade's "defense"

Almost broke my laptop looking at it. That **** scrub.

http://deadspin.com/dwyane-wade-playing ... 1590887916

Watched the first two minutes, that video is utter garbage.

You might want to watch the whole video buddy.
Some of us heat fans choose to be loyal to the team than any one player.

He's playing like ****. And watching the video only pisses me off more.

[xMADEinDADEx]

Wade's "defense"

Almost broke my laptop looking at it. That **** scrub.

http://deadspin.com/dwyane-wade-playing ... 1590887916

Lol yea such a scrub (sarcastic laugh)

Lol good defense tho (sarcastic laugh)

[xMADEinDADEx]

^ He bashes Wade all the time, he's pretty objective when discussing Wade.

That video IS garbage. Outside of the Marco Bell and Ginobli blow by, the plays were basically Wade switching and the opposing player making shots on whoever guarded them. It had little to do with Wade.

Wade has been TERRIBLE defensively by his standards but that video didn't display it, at least not in the first portion.

Not really. I bash everyone that deserves it. If you play like ****, I bash you.

I'm one of those fans that support the team over a player.
I have high standards for wade. So..
Wade is my fav player tho, if my obvious avatar couldn't tell you?

[xMADEinDADEx]

That video IS garbage. Outside of the Marco Bell and Ginobli blow by, the plays were basically Wade switching and the opposing player making shots on whoever guarded them. It had little to do with Wade.

..and the miss rotations, gambling for steals, coming back late.
Yes it was only players "making shots" over his suffocating defense. Smh

I don't understand when some heat fans start acting with wade how laker fans act with Kobe..
Both wade and bron have been ****. Only decent defender is cole at times and bosh.

[Sign5]

^ He bashes Wade all the time, he's pretty objective when discussing Wade.

That video IS garbage. Outside of the Marco Bell and Ginobli blow by, the plays were basically Wade switching and the opposing player making shots on whoever guarded them. It had little to do with Wade.

Wade has been TERRIBLE defensively by his standards but that video didn't display it, at least not in the first portion.

Not really. I bash everyone that deserves it. If you play like ****, I bash you.

I'm one of those fans that support the team over a player.
I have high standards for wade. So..
Wade is my fav player tho, if my obvious avatar couldn't tell you?

I was talking about Dwadeno3. He calls out Wade but I'm sure he's still his favorite player. Wade is far from above criticism. He's been woeful this series, no one is defending him, I already said he's played bad defense. Read my post properly, I'm saying the video could have done a better job.

The video did a poor job illustrating Wade's poor defense. To be honest I only watched the first portion as well but from what I saw in the first minute most weren't video-worthy outside of the Marco 3, ginobli blow by and a couple of other things.

[xMADEinDADEx]

^ He bashes Wade all the time, he's pretty objective when discussing Wade.

That video IS garbage. Outside of the Marco Bell and Ginobli blow by, the plays were basically Wade switching and the opposing player making shots on whoever guarded them. It had little to do with Wade.

Wade has been TERRIBLE defensively by his standards but that video didn't display it, at least not in the first portion.

Not really. I bash everyone that deserves it. If you play like ****, I bash you.

I'm one of those fans that support the team over a player.
I have high standards for wade. So..
Wade is my fav player tho, if my obvious avatar couldn't tell you?

I was talking about Dwadeno3. He calls out Wade but I'm sure he's still his favorite player. Wade is far from above criticism. He's been woeful this series, no one is defending him. I'm saying the video could have done a better job.

The video did a poor job illustrating Wade's poor defense. To be honest I only watched the first portion as well but from what I saw in the first minute wasn't video-worthy outside the Marco 3.

Ahh I see. My bad. But continue watching. First portion was a little weak.. Thing I like about wade is he communicates. Asks for switches. Thing I don't like is his attention span and late to defend. Hate that! N spurs are using it against us. Boston did that with us if you remember rondo saying "we are taking advantage of them bitching at refs" remember everytime wade comes back slow it's 5 vs 4..

[Smash3]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PioDo45lxpU[/youtube]