Miami (2) vs. Boston (3) Continued

ocker · Post #1341 » by **ocker** » Mon May 9, 2011 5:20 am

Even if Rodno doesnt play that well and/or have limited minutes, i still think the celtics will tie this series up. People underate Delonte West and if he plays starters minutes, brings a new dimension to add to the big 3 which is shooting. He was looking good out there whilst Rondo was fixing his elbow. Hopefully Rondo will be more affective when they head to Miami, cause they will need him to play amazing to get a win.

calamity · Post #1342 » by **calamity** » Mon May 9, 2011 6:07 am

ocker wrote:Even if Rodno doesnt play that well and/or have limited minutes, i still think the celtics will tie this series up. People underate Delonte West and if he plays starters minutes, brings a new dimension to add to the big 3 which is shooting. He was looking good out there whilst Rondo was fixing his elbow. Hopefully Rondo will be more affective when they head to Miami, cause they will need him to play amazing to get a win.

true...I think it was an minny away game this reg season and delonte started and did great. he steps it up when he starts.

GloriaJames · Post #1343 » by **GloriaJames** » Mon May 9, 2011 10:16 am

Shook Ones wrote:
Pimpwerx wrote:
jfs1000d wrote:Should be interesting, because to challenge Rondo with the dribble will mean they have to play defense different. Miami plays 15 feet off Rondo at times. If they are going to pressure him in the half court to see if he can dribble, if he is OK, could lead to some devastating blow bys.

Heat should be careful with this, because Rondo will blow by any guard in the NBA.

As far as Rondo's elbow. No damage, that means just swelling and soreness. Shoot it up and get range of motion. I think his range of motion should be fine. Luckily, it's his left arm.

I agree with you that Miami will have to adjust, but I still want to see this sick one-armed handle that'll blow-by an NBA player. All you do is stay to his right and force him to use that weak arm to not just dribble, but shoot the layup or pass. Help comes from Rondo's right side as well, so that he has to use that left arm for the pass, while everyone else stays home on their man.

One-armed is a recipe for blocks, steals and turnovers. I'm not sure how effective he can be on defense either given he can't hand-check with that arm without causing pain. He's gonna have to body the driving man, because there's no way you don't drive right all day on him. I'd be licking my chops if I knew someone was coming into the game with a busted wing. PEACE.

you vastly underestimate what Rondo is capable of.

what's he capable of?

Iversean · Post #1344 » by **Iversean** » Mon May 9, 2011 11:55 am

go celtics. rooting for you guys to win it all this year

2 in 4 years would sound and look good.
beat miami and you guys will have easy trip to finals.

mem/dal/okc i believe will all be tough series but celtics will come out on top

Dupp · Post #1345 » by **Dupp** » Mon May 9, 2011 12:10 pm

Lakers swept, i am not on teh beat miami bandwagon

Shook Ones · Post #1346 » by **Shook Ones** » Mon May 9, 2011 12:56 pm

"GloriaJames"]

Shook Ones wrote:
Pimpwerx wrote:
jfs1000d wrote:Should be interesting, because to challenge Rondo with the dribble will mean they have to play defense different. Miami plays 15 feet off Rondo at times. If they are going to pressure him in the half court to see if he can dribble, if he is OK, could lead to some devastating blow bys.

Heat should be careful with this, because Rondo will blow by any guard in the NBA.

As far as Rondo's elbow. No damage, that means just swelling and soreness. Shoot it up and get range of motion. I think his range of motion should be fine. Luckily, it's his left arm.

I agree with you that Miami will have to adjust, but I still want to see this sick one-armed handle that'll blow-by an NBA player. All you do is stay to his right and force him to use that weak arm to not just dribble, but shoot the layup or pass. Help comes from Rondo's right side as well, so that he has to use that left arm for the pass, while everyone else stays home on their man.

One-armed is a recipe for blocks, steals and turnovers. I'm not sure how effective he can be on defense either given he can't hand-check with that arm without causing pain. He's gonna have to body the driving man, because there's no way you don't drive right all day on him. I'd be licking my chops if I knew someone was coming into the game with a busted wing. PEACE.

you vastly underestimate what Rondo is capable of.

what's he capable of?[/quote]

torching anyone and everyone who tries to stop him

Vertical Limit · Post #1347 » by **Vertical Limit** » Mon May 9, 2011 1:21 pm

Okay.

SlayersRageX · Post #1348 » by **SlayersRageX** » Mon May 9, 2011 1:56 pm

Tonight is simple....

Miami wins, they pretty much win the series
Boston wins, Miami starts to panic and some doubt sets in

Post #1349 » by **HMFFL** » Mon May 9, 2011 2:01 pm

Boston started out being favored to win by 2.5 points, but a great deal of money is on Miami, and Miami is now favored to win by 1 point.

Vertical Limit · Post #1350 » by **Vertical Limit** » Mon May 9, 2011 2:07 pm

Anyways, expect a lineup change from the Heat:
http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2011/05 ... =nba_t2_a7

Hope this means Bibby is not starting. We don't really have much of a choice with Z though I think Magloire and Dampier can both move faster than him.

RJM · Post #1351 » by **RJM** » Mon May 9, 2011 2:25 pm

I'm there with you on this one. Delonte can do almost anything Rondo can, INCLUDING shoot at will. It's a dangerous dynamic to have out there, and I'm a bit nervous to see what happens next. Miami better strap up...

9abovetherim · Post #1352 » by **9abovetherim** » Mon May 9, 2011 2:41 pm

Like i said Heat will win in 6.

doctorfunk · Post #1353 » by **doctorfunk** » Mon May 9, 2011 2:42 pm

Conclusion wrote:Look, Wade's dirty play was no different from any other dirty play from any player. This stuff goes down all the time in the playoffs. The difference is that Rondo got injured. This still doesn't make Wade's play any more dirty, just was a freak accident.

And enough with singling out fan bases. Every fan base would be pissed if their player was injured on a dirty play and the opposing team will try to defend it.

And seriously, laughing about how Heat fans would also have cried for Rondo to be suspended if it was the opposite? Look at Celtics fans now, they're no different, so I have no idea what you're laughing about. If that's so bad, the Celtics fans are no better.

The only problem here is how people are viewing the dirty play as something greater than it is. It's a dirty play, yes. It's not a malicious play. Quit whining about the dirtiness of the play, because everyone does it, especially the Celtics themselves. And people who don't think it's dirty, open your damn eyes.

So, basically, this is no news. Dirty plays happen all the time. Let it go. Dwyane Wade did nothing too wrong, so stop lingering on it.

Well said, though I'm holding my thumbs up for Boston even more. It was dirty play ye, but it was no KG-dirty so let's not make a super big deal about it.

8 Mile Ilic · Post #1354 » by **8 Mile Ilic** » Mon May 9, 2011 2:45 pm

It was worse than KG dirty, Wade deliberately tried to injure another player.

cheenofly523 · Post #1355 » by **cheenofly523** » Mon May 9, 2011 2:51 pm

8 Mile Ilic wrote:It was worse than KG dirty, Wade deliberately tried to injure another player.

And it's Wade's fault they get both fall and Rondo breaks his fall with his arm right?

8 Mile Ilic · Post #1356 » by **8 Mile Ilic** » Mon May 9, 2011 2:53 pm

Why in the world would you throw someone down like that? That's not even close to being a basketball play.

omerome · Post #1357 » by **omerome** » Mon May 9, 2011 2:56 pm

I am far from a Heat fan but that was not a dirty play Wade did with Rondo.

It was simply unfortunate that someone got hurt out of it though.

Post #1358 » by **kyphi** » Mon May 9, 2011 3:01 pm

8 Mile Ilic wrote:Why in the world would you throw someone down like that? That's not even close to being a basketball play.

you didn't watch the same film clip as I did - there's no way he "threw" him down - Wade initiated the contact, they both got tanged up and fell -

Number34 · Post #1359 » by **Number34** » Mon May 9, 2011 3:12 pm

if anything, wade put his arm on rondo to stop falling over. A case could be made to say rondo also tried to pull wade to the ground. But its all speculation. I don't think there was any malice in either's intentions.

Uptown Report · Post #1360 » by **Uptown Report** » Mon May 9, 2011 3:16 pm

pross wrote:I don't think Wade is necessarily a dirty player or intentionally tries to hurt people, but along with the Rondo incident, does everyone remember him undercutting Allen not too long afterwards? Ray Ray wasn't too happy about it.

Old people are easily irritated.