Biggest threat in the East?

[TheChosen618]

Who do you guys think is the biggest threat to Miami Hea in the East?

I think for the Heat, the Pacers are probably their biggest threat due to matchups. Pacers are a physical team and the most dominant rebounding and defensive team in the league, which doesn't bod with Miami. I think Miami would still win in a 7 game series, but I think of all the teams that causes the most issues and have the biggest and best shot at upsetting Miami, the Pacers are one.

I would pick the Bulls if I knew Derrick Rose would come back and play at a superstar level, but I can't say for sure.

I don't think I would fear the Knicks too much. They just rely on 3 point buckets and nothing more and the Heat's defense really steps up in the post-season.

[GermanHelmet]

Knicks. Thier built similar to the Mavs that owned the Heat in the 2011 Finals. Indiana isn't a great shooting team and when LeBron moves to playing inside more in the playoffs it won't be an issue.

[RexBoyWonder]

Ourselves.

[MiamiHavok]

I said Pacers before, and I still think the Pacers

[Brooklyn718]

lol scared to say the Knicks. I get it though!

[TheChosen618]

lol scared to say the Knicks. I get it though!

I don't think the Heat have anything to fear from the Knicks unless they go absolutely nuts from 3 regardless of great defense, a.k.a 2009 Orlando Magic.

[CeCeySay]

The only reason why the Mavs beat us was cuz of their zone, & us being unprepared for their zone. The teams we worried about (Bos & Chi) did not play zone. They caught us off guard & Spo didn't prepare the team for that. Carlisle out coached Spo that series with his adjustments. Spo out coached Vogel with his adjustments last year. But I felt last year, even before the second round, that the Pacers were gonna be a problem. Wade & Bron played out of their minds, which won us that series, plus Spo had Shane front Hibbert to deny him the ball after game 3. Vogel never adjusted, which helped us out. But they remain a problem, even without Granger at full strength. Their front court is a problem, David West & even counting Psycho T (believe it or not). I'm honestly not worried about the Knicks, bc they're not as defensively disciplined as the bulls & pacers. Knicks gamble too much.

[Brooklyn718]

WHen the KNicks lock in, they lock down with the best of em. We are coasting on D this year till playoffs. I see it with the Heat sometimes too. We play D when it counts. I'm surprised you haven't seen that yet with all the TV games the KNicks have gotten.

[TheChosen618]

WHen the KNicks lock in, they lock down with the best of em. We are coasting on D this year till playoffs. I see it with the Heat sometimes too. We play D when it counts. I'm surprised you haven't seen that yet with all the TV games the KNicks have gotten.

lmao at this, Knicks coasting? These guys are the biggest try hard losers in the NBA.

The truth is your team just sucks on defense, probably because Melo is the PF now and your team is filled with even more defensive liabilities like Felton and Amare. The Knicks just jack up and rely on a bunch of 3 point shots going in, take away that team's 3 point shot and your done, hence why the Bulls have beat them 3 straight and the Pacers beat them. They play defense.

Heat lost to the Knicks, because they don't care and they are coasting. These guys actually have a right to coast, they won the title. Why would the Knicks coast? Sounds like a good idea to coast in the regular season when you were the 7th seed, 1st round exit last season.

Your team will go as far as your 3 point shot takes you and often times that isn't far.

Now go away, I made this thread to ask other Heat fans, not insecure Knicks fans.

[Chosen01]

Why should people say the Knicks, they haven't done anything in the past decade?

I'd say the Heat's biggest threat is the Heat.

[daschysta]

Why should people say the Knicks, they haven't done anything in the past decade?

I'd say the Heat's biggest threat is the Heat.

True, but you can say that about any team that is the favorite. I certainly think Indiana or Chicago, teams that are huge, and whose strengths exploit Miami's weaknesses have the best chance (however minute you believe them to be) to either upset or force a close competitive series with Miami.

[Mutnt]

Ourselves *cough, Spo, cough*.

Face it. The East is getting weaker every year and we are getting better, at least on paper and chemistry wise...

There's no sane reason why this team shouldn't sweep the floor with the competition. If we ain't winning the championship this year, it's because of injury, implosion or strategic fail (or all of the former), not because any team is actually a threat.

[cb1]

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[cb1]

Who do you guys think is the biggest threat to Miami Hea in the East?

I think for the Heat, the Pacers are probably their biggest threat due to matchups. Pacers are a physical team and the most dominant rebounding and defensive team in the league, which doesn't bod with Miami. I think Miami would still win in a 7 game series, but I think of all the teams that causes the most issues and have the biggest and best shot at upsetting Miami, the Pacers are one.

I would pick the Bulls if I knew Derrick Rose would come back and play at a superstar level, but I can't say for sure.

I don't think I would fear the Knicks too much. They just rely on 3 point buckets and nothing more and the Heat's defense really steps up in the post-season.

If Rondo were healthy, i would easily say the Celtics because they are strongest in our two weakest positions, Point guard and center. Rondo is a quick penetrating pg that can cause havoc and thats why we give him space on the perimeter. Too much space imo. Garnett also always gets up to play us since the 2011 series and Doc has found ways to get him the ball in the right positions and Rondo definitely helps that as well. I truly believe that Doc studies our team every single day and knows us like the back of his hand. It's unbelievable how much adjustments he has up his sleeve when they face us. With the way we defend, a pg like Rondo who has such great court vision can pick us apart which he always does.
With all that said, i would go with the Bulls because of obviously the rebounding and defense. It all depends on if Boozer can play like he did against us last month when he went crazy. If you combine that with Rose, they have a pg that can break down our defense and a post player that can punish us inside to go along with a great team defense. The reason am not sold on the Pacers is because they don't have a superstar player when the games get tight in the 4th quarter. Hibbert is easy to front in the post and David West is wildly inconsistent as a post player and he's undersized too. Those two just aren't dominant enough to carry them 4 games out of 7. Also, once teams start to scout Paul George more he will regress trust me on that.

[krikor]

well against eastern teams in playoffs now

knicks 0 - 2
pacers 0 - 2
bulls 0 - 1
bucks 1 - 1
brooklyn 3 - 0
atlanta 2 - 0
boston 1 - 1

7 - 7 record
But we only have 2 wins on the road, vs atlanta and brooklyn
At home we are 5 - 2. On the road we are 2 - 5.

[Heat_Fan_87]

All of knicks, pacers and bulls can knock miami out if their shooters are making 3's

[SweetTouch]

Pretty much any eastern team who finishes the game with more points than the Heatles

[imchillin]

WHen the KNicks lock in, they lock down with the best of em. We are coasting on D this year till playoffs. I see it with the Heat sometimes too. We play D when it counts. I'm surprised you haven't seen that yet with all the TV games the KNicks have gotten.

blahblahblah Heat in 5

[Heat_Fan_87]

WHen the KNicks lock in, they lock down with the best of em. We are coasting on D this year till playoffs. I see it with the Heat sometimes too. We play D when it counts. I'm surprised you haven't seen that yet with all the TV games the KNicks have gotten.

blahblahblah Heat in 5

Not if knicks shooters get hot. They already blew us out twice, once without melo and both times without stat who would destroy any of our bigs the way he is playing.

[dan_atko97]

i go
bulls
pacers
knicks
in that order