Saturday Jan 21 - 76ers @ Heat 7:30 PM EST

Miamis3rdRing · Post #1 » by **Miamis3rdRing** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:41 am

We're off, on another Miami HEAT adventure!

Time: 7:30 PM Eastern
Television: SUN Sports
Place: The HEAT's House - American Airlines Arena

Ladies and gentlemen, we ask that you please rise for the presentation of our national anthem.
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Now the starting line-up's for both teams. . .

Starting with the visiting Philadelphia 76ers -

Depth Chart:
PG: Holiday/Williams
SG: Meeks/Turner
SF: Iguodala/Turner/Nocioni
PF: Brand/Young/Brackins/Allen
C: Vucevic/Battie

Injury Watch -
• G Evan Turner returned against the Nuggets after sitting out Monday with a right thigh contusion and had 20 points and 11 rebounds.

• C Spencer Hawes missed the loss to Denver with a strained left Achilles that resulted from him overcompensating for a low back strain. He’s listed as day-to-day.

And now STAND UP, and MAKE SOME NOISE, for your MIAMI HEAT!

Depth Chart:
PG: Chalmers/Cole
SG: Battier/Jones/Harris
SF: James/Miller
PF: Bosh/Haslem/Howard/Gladness
C: Anthony/Curry/Pittman

Injury Watch -
• G Dwyane Wade was inactive against the Lakers on Thursday

Notes -
- This will be the first game of a back to back, and start of 4 games in 5 nights. HEAT play @ home against Milwaukee on Sunday. After a day of rest on Monday the Cavaliers come to town on Tuesday, followed by a trip to Detroit to take on the Pistons on Wednesday night.

RexBoyWonder · Post #2 » by **RexBoyWonder** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:12 pm

Phili is having a good start to the season but we need to keep the winning streak rolling...let's run them out of town!

Post #3 » by **heat4life** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:27 pm

I got invited to a suite party for this one. Here is for a good time and good win :beer:

FlashTheKilla · Post #4 » by **FlashTheKilla** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:43 pm

This is the biggest game of the year for us so far, in my opinion.

76ers are looking really solid. This needs to be a statement game.

Altered_Beast · Post #5 » by **Altered_Beast** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:52 pm

exciting games coming up all this week and next

sixers are a very good team and want to avenge the playoffs lost so expect this one to be good.
milwaukee gave us fits last year. their defense is very stout so theres another challenge.
cleveland vs mia will always make headlines so i expect our fans to be in full force booing the heck out of the cavs
pistons should be a trounce and then we got the bulls. thats the game we gotta make a statement

WD · Post #6 » by WD » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:32 pm

Should be a good game

Post #7 » by **DefenseWins** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:40 pm

This is a huge test actually, the Sixers not only want to get back at the Heat (when Wade dunked at the end of game 5) but Hawes is having a good season, they are playing fast paced, DEEP team...

Their defense is also good. They aren't giving up 3's as much as us but they are giving up jumpshots.... which we can be hot or cold at.

I think this game is actually bigger than playing the Lakers :lol:

Lakers is for fan fun, but this is a real challenge from a basketball standpoint. CMON HEAT.

oh I just realized Spencer Hawes might not play... that's unfortunate. Then again he'd probably kill us lol. Eh we're missing Wade so it's all good.

Post #8 » by **Heat11114** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:09 pm

Attempt #2 at posting in here. 6ers will be coming off a back to back and we've been sitting at home for a while. So this should be a W. That being said I think it has classic let-down game written all over it. 6ers are sitting at 1-4 against playoff teams and get Atlanta tonight. If they win that game they are looking to take 2 out of 3 from good teams in a 3 game stretch (they lost to Denver their last game) against solid teams. If they lose it's an attempt to salvage that 3 game stretch.

KDS91 · Post #9 » by **KDS91** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:48 pm

I'll be attending this game. Let's keep this streak going.

Pimpwerx · Post #10 » by **Pimpwerx** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:45 pm

My third game of the season. We're gonna smack this bitch-ass Philly team all over the AAA. I don't think this is gonna be close at all.

I think Philly has improved from last season, but their personnel is still woefully inferior to ours. In the playoffs, we should have blown them out in every game were it not for Z and Bibby's turnstile defense costing using big deficits in each game. I am not impressed with them. I think Bron erases even a healthy Iggy. Bosh or Joel should handle Brand this time, unless he gets hot with the jumpshot again. Jrue will probably eat Mario's lunch, but Rio's scoring has been keeping him in it. If Battier starts, I see him guarding Iggy for a lot of possessions.

I think the story on Sunday will be how overrated Philly is, after we shatter their swag. I would like to see Wade back, but only if he's fully healed. Hamstring, foot and ankle 100% before he steps back out there. Let's go Heat. PEACE.

RexBoyWonder · Post #11 » by **RexBoyWonder** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:06 pm

Kobeoverrated wrote:If Wade's out we win, if wade plays we lose.

can we get rid of this troll? strarting to annoy me

jmbflame21 · Post #12 » by **jmbflame21** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:47 pm

Let's blow the lid off 'em!

Jan_Sobieski · Post #13 » by **Jan_Sobieski** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:21 pm

jmbflame21 wrote:Let's blow the lid off 'em!

Make a steak out of them

Chosen01 · Post #14 » by **Chosen01** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:43 pm

Wade is a game time decision,practices with Heat.

Can one of the mods please ban Kobeoverrated, dudes being trolling since he started posting.

Mars · Post #15 » by **Mars** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:34 pm

DwyaneWade
It was projected to be a cold day outside but #WithoutWade the weather is quite amazing. L2MS

DwyaneWade
@espn #WithoutWade segment everyday is quite funny. Shows there's new material needed.

DwyaneWade
I was watching my son shoot and he missed every shot but once I left #WithoutWade he didn't miss. That's what I was told. L2MS

DwyaneWade
This is called "in on the joke" people. Lighten up, laugh. Living life is a blessing.

Post #16 » by **DefenseWins** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:44 pm

Pimpwerx wrote:My third game of the season. We're gonna smack this bitch-ass Philly team all over the AAA. I don't think this is gonna be close at all.

I think Philly has improved from last season, but their personnel is still woefully inferior to ours. In the playoffs, we should have blown them out in every game were it not for Z and Bibby's turnstile defense costing using big deficits in each game. I am not impressed with them. I think Bron erases even a healthy Iggy. Bosh or Joel should handle Brand this time, unless he gets hot with the jumpshot again. Jrue will probably eat Mario's lunch, but Rio's scoring has been keeping him in it. If Battier starts, I see him guarding Iggy for a lot of possessions.

I think the story on Sunday will be how overrated Philly is, after we shatter their swag. I would like to see Wade back, but only if he's fully healed. Hamstring, foot and ankle 100% before he steps back out there. Let's go Heat. PEACE.

Your post honestly made me feel a lot better LOL. Last year Heat had freakin' Bibby and Big Z starting and they were the two slowest people on the floor together and it would cause the Heat to have terrible starts.

Elton Brand is the one to watch and Jrue Holiday I believe. Also their bench is hefty, but we'll see. Brand would make every shot against Bosh, I didn't like that lol.

Heat just have to limit turnovers and play their game. DEFENSE... NO WIDE OPEN 3'S! REBOUNDING! BENCH STEP UP!! I'm curious to see how many 3's the Heat get since Philly's defense apparently is to guard the 3 but allow jumpshots. Plus the past two games Heat have hit like 9+ 3's which is INSANE for this team.

I also want Wade to play ONLY IF HE IS 100%. I don't like when he forces himself to play and then he just forces up terrible shots...

Honestly he should just sit until Chicago next week if he wants lol.

This IsMy House · Post #17 » by **This IsMy House** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:52 pm

Kobeoverrated wrote:If Wade's out we win, if wade plays we lose.

You're so smart, I don't know how you don't run the Miami Heat yourself.

Anyway, I thought last year in the playoffs that the Sixers were going to be a good team this year, they should a lot of potential against Miami. They're still a young team(minus a couple of old players. This is a game where Miami's speed isn't going to destroy the other team since they can probably keep up. But with these stellar performances from LeBron and our bench I think the Heat should pull out a win. Would like to see Wade rest up and come back Sunday since its a back to back, also because I'll be at that game.

This IsMy House · Post #18 » by **This IsMy House** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:55 pm

Also I'm sure Turner hopes Wade doesn't play so he doesn't get his ankles broken again....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGFYr9Cb9Ss[/youtube]

KDS91 · Post #19 » by **KDS91** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:34 am

I wonder what that guy Westbrook from the Philly board is up to these days.

Post #20 » by **DefenseWins** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:46 am

agentk16 wrote:I wonder what that guy Westbrook from the Philly board is up to these days.

I heard about him and saw his posts. WOOOOOW. Most delusional fan of any team I have ever seen in my entire life. Big hater too lmao.

Philly just beat ATL 90-76. Interesting.