2025 NBA PLAYOFFS East First Round: #1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. #8 Miami Heat (CLE leads 2-0)

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Who wins?

Poll ended at Fri Apr 25, 2025 1:49 am

Cavs in 4
23
20%
Cavs in 5
45
39%
Cavs in 6
14
12%
Cavs in 7
1
1%
Heat in 4
2
2%
Heat in 5
3
3%
Heat in 6
11
10%
Heat in 7
15
13%
 
Total votes: 114

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Post#441 » by JujitsuFlip » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:28 am

rockmanslim wrote:Burks went from starting to not even playing at all. Is he hurt? If not then damn
Spo just trying to get more defense on the floor.
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Post#442 » by oikosnomos » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:29 am

mcfly1204 wrote:
oikosnomos wrote:Jerome went from his ceiling to his floor.

While leading his team in +/-.


A benefit to being on the floor that second quarter.
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Post#443 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:30 am

Miami has to be one of the most overperforming teams in the league vs their roster talent level. They still hanging in there, Riley needs to get Spo some freaking players.
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Post#446 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:33 am

Don with the answer let's go!
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Post#447 » by Iwasawitness » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:35 am

How many travels have Miami gotten away with in this game?
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Post#448 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:35 am

Dollar general jokic with the nice drive
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Post#449 » by oikosnomos » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:38 am

Cavs need to tighten up. Miami ain't going away. Allowing too many second chances and not executing down the stretch. Gonna mess around and drop one if they don't get it together here.
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Post#450 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:40 am

oikosnomos wrote:Cavs need to tighten up. Miami ain't going away. Allowing too many second chances and not executing down the stretch. Gonna mess around and drop one if they don't get it together here.

Feels like they aren't taking them serious at times. Dangerous game to play
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Post#451 » by Chuck Everett » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:40 am

Davion making some clutch buckets.
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Post#452 » by oikosnomos » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:42 am

KGDirkTD_Fan wrote:
oikosnomos wrote:Cavs need to tighten up. Miami ain't going away. Allowing too many second chances and not executing down the stretch. Gonna mess around and drop one if they don't get it together here.

Feels like they aren't taking them serious at times. Dangerous game to play


After game one, I didn't think they would do this, but only up 6. They did this at the end of the season too. Just took their foot off the gas every game. Hopefully Miami will play like hell and the Cavs will get it out of their system.
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Post#453 » by ___Rand___ » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:44 am

I'm just going to call Spo the scrub whisperer from now on. This is the best Mitchell's looked his entire career I think. He takes scrubs like Mitchell and UDFAs and make them believe that they are star players. These guys play like it for him then bomb somewhere else.
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Post#454 » by Iwasawitness » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:45 am

Miami could actually steal this one…
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Post#455 » by oikosnomos » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:46 am

Lead down to 4. Cavs messing up.
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Post#456 » by oikosnomos » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:47 am

2 point lead. Cavs looking to drop one at home.
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Post#457 » by ___Rand___ » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:47 am

Mitchell looks so calm when he took those last 3s. It's the same motion but he took it with calmness. The most calm I've seen him taking his shots.
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Post#458 » by PierceFan4ever » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:48 am

Lmao 10th seeded Heat in a 2 point game late against the #1 seed Cavs
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Post#459 » by oikosnomos » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:48 am

Only 8 points in 8 minutes for the Cavs.
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Post#460 » by Iwasawitness » Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:48 am

If Cleveland loses this game, this would only be the second time all season that they lost a game after leading going into the fourth.
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