Atlanta Hawks @ Miami Heat 12/3

Heat_Fan_87 · Post #1 » by **Heat_Fan_87** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 4:35 pm

First Game thread ever. Hope we don't suck.

Some good news:[tweet]https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/540180043126034433[/tweet]

Our chances of winning go up 35.82948% when cole does not play.

Must keep a man on korver, wade cant get lazy or korver gonna light us up.

Some good luck charms

dancing2thabeet · Post #2 » by **dancing2thabeet** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 4:45 pm

We're not gonna Cole!

eddieheatfan · Post #3 » by **eddieheatfan** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 5:27 pm

hope this is the game in which the heat is going to turn it around for the better?

cyclix · Post #4 » by **cyclix** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 6:07 pm

Wade has to shoot more, pass less. This team is pathetic right now.

Tony15 · Post #5 » by **Tony15** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 6:18 pm

Not cool to say about Cole....I know he hasn't been good, but to dub Cole's sickness as good news is low class bro. Moving on, Wade & Bosh just need to be aggressive. These division matchups at home are important games this year.

Noodle Arm · Post #6 » by **Noodle Arm** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 6:22 pm

Looks like change is coming...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/SuryaHeatNBA/status/540200636684713984[/tweet]

Umbooki · Post #7 » by **Umbooki** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 7:13 pm

Get well soon, Cole. You've been playing like a bum, but getting sick is a miserable feeling. Oh, and you don't want the rest of the team getting sick, either.

Start McBob and get some Ws!

Bourne85 · Post #8 » by **Bourne85** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 7:14 pm

Don't know if I even wanna watch this mess tonight.

Atleast Cole is sick. More time for Napier just might do the trick for me. Just getting REALLY tired of the Colemers duo, makes me not even wanna watch the games with spo playing these guys 30+ minutes ugh.

Slot Machine · Post #9 » by **Slot Machine** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 7:14 pm

Defense better be on point tonight or we're gonna get torched.

RexBoyWonder · Post #10 » by **RexBoyWonder** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 7:33 pm

Noodle Arm wrote:Looks like change is coming...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/SuryaHeatNBA/status/540200636684713984[/tweet]

Mcbob first start with us I believe.

He's a nice player and all, but I'm not feeling the long term Bosh/Mcbob front court. That's not a contending front court. Not big enough, not defensive enough, not enough blocks and rebounds.

The more I think about Mcbob the more pissed off I get. I highly doubt Riley goes after him if he knew Lebron was gone. Mcbob is a great fit next to Lebron, but just him and Bosh and average SF are just not the kind of front court I like. It's certainly not a classic "Heat" type of front court. It's like somethong PHX Suns would have played 10 years ago. Not built to contend.

What Bosh (and the team) needs is a BIGGER front court player next to him (someone like Whiteside, if he doesn't suck, or a real proven Center), not someone smaller then Bosh (Mcbob).

Whatever man. Napier and Ennis better get a lot of minutes. I'm not digging what the coaching staff is doing and the direction. If we're not going to get smart soon we'll become the Atlanta Hawks of years 2005-2012 - Always painfully mediocre, stuck as boring treadmill team.

DWadeno3 · Post #11 » by **DWadeno3** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 8:17 pm

With all this negativity, you'd think we're 6-11 or something along those lines.

Post #12 » by **Hawk Eye** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 8:21 pm

Hawks fan here, good luck for the game tonight fellas. These are important division games so I see this as a must win for both squads. Anyways, I'm here because I wanted to get some info on how Shabazz is doing this year for you guys? He was one of my favorite players to watch during March madness last year.

Dmcdani6 · Post #13 » by **Dmcdani6** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 8:22 pm

DWadeno3 wrote:With all this negativity, you'd think we're 6-11 or something along those lines.

EXACTLY!! damn man, crazy to see people going crazy when we don't really know any outcomes yet. Gotta keep positive with this stuff.

Prince Ali · Post #14 » by **Prince Ali** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 8:41 pm

Fix the thread title please, game is tonight

goodboy · Post #15 » by **goodboy** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 8:58 pm

Just win fellas.

Yeah its 12/3 OP

Post #16 » by **DefenseWins** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 9:03 pm

I had a feeling Spo would start making some changes. Next, we have to get rid of Cole and start Napier. Heck I wouldn't even mind Rio starting again but we need a guy like Rio off of the bench.

We have 2 bench players masquerading as starters. No wonder we tend to suck. McBob may have been a starter on the Bobcats, but I like his game. He's a hustler, he actually tries out there man. Fancy passer, shoots 3's, boxes out. Only thing is he can get banged in the low post, but so could Williams. Oh well.

Some quotes for today

Spo:

“We want to defend home and come out with a response that indicates how disappointed we were about the Washington loss.”

I'll be laughing if they lose this game. Especially if they get blown out on their home floor.

Bosh is frustrated:

It has been a trying month for Chris Bosh, and the losses are wearing on him.

Bosh tried to carry the Heat through Dwyane Wade’s seven-game absence (they went 3-4) and now is growing frustrated with the team’s unsteadiness. He bristled when asked about Miami’s defensive disposition, a favorite word of coach Erik Spoelstra, in Monday’s 107-86 loss to Washington.

“I hate that word, disposition,” he said. “You know, it’s just about getting the job done. That’s it. I think we made mistakes trying to add vocabulary and stuff. Just get the job done. Go out there and D-up. We are failing to do that. Whether it’s the team, whether it’s one on one, they picked us apart.”

Is that a major concern at this point in the year?

“I’m never legitimately concerned until you’re in a very compromising position,” he said. We’re not in a compromising position right now. We’re just working out the kinks. But I wouldn’t say it’s early. I wouldn’t say that anymore. We’re close to 20 games now, so the first quarter of the season is coming up, and we probably have a bad grade right now.”

It was certainly an F against the Wizards. John Wall ran right through the Heat for 18 points and 13 assists, Rasual Butler scored 23 points and Marcin Gortat had 15. Washington shot 54.2 percent from the field and hit 10 of 19 3-pointers.

Post #17 » by **DefenseWins** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 9:21 pm

oh yeah and our bench has stunk man

only guy doing anything is McBob

Rio has CRASHED down to earth, Napier I hope is not hitting that rookie wall man, its too early.

Only time was the 1st half of that Knicks game they did well.

Heat_Fan_87 · Post #18 » by **Heat_Fan_87** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 9:21 pm

Tony15 wrote:Not cool to say about Cole....I know he hasn't been good, but to dub Cole's sickness as good news is low class bro. Moving on, Wade & Bosh just need to be aggressive. These division matchups at home are important games this year.

stats back it up..we are better without cole.

caliban · Post #19 » by **caliban** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 9:33 pm

We've been on a pretty unsatisfying roller-coaster so far with some undeniably ugly losses. It's time to get this team on the right track and start building some cohesiveness and show improvement on a game to game basis. Getting tired of watching us get roasted in the first quarter while drinking my morning coffee, damn. Let me have a nice hour of Heat basketball before going to school. No need to get in on specific players or schematics at the moment. Play some defense and stick to what you do best on the other end. Come on now, time to wake up.

Tony15 · Post #20 » by **Tony15** » Wed Dec 3, 2014 10:11 pm

Heat_Fan_87 wrote:
Tony15 wrote:Not cool to say about Cole....I know he hasn't been good, but to dub Cole's sickness as good news is low class bro. Moving on, Wade & Bosh just need to be aggressive. These division matchups at home are important games this year.

stats back it up..we are better without cole.

I know you're right. Just sounded like you were happy that Cole is sick. I dunno, I'm really moody today lol