4/21/12 - Miami Heat vs. Washington Wizards - 7.30 ET - Sun

[Karl Marx]

Do you think Miami was to arrogant, resting James and Bosh for the game you had to win or order to stay in hunt with Chicago for the 1st place?

[arsenic]

Do you think Miami was to arrogant, resting James and Bosh for the game you had to win or order to stay in hunt with Chicago for the 1st place?

Nope, would have won had Wade not got hurt. It's more so not caring as opposed to arrogance.

[epics2002]

Wade should be OK but if they got X-rays that could be bad as it would suggest a sprain or worse broken finger which would be unmitigated disaster.

[Karl Marx]

Nope, would have won had Wade not got hurt. It's more so not caring as opposed to arrogance.

Heat should care about HCA in the Conference Finals.

[iboxlefty]

Wade already said he's not playing until playoffs pretty much, he doesnt care

[DefenseWins]

Do you think Miami was to arrogant, resting James and Bosh for the game you had to win or order to stay in hunt with Chicago for the 1st place?

The thing is, they don't care about seeding. They've pretty much came out and said this. Things like

"seeding will take care of itself"

and LeBron has said many times how he's had the 1st seed and still didn't win.

Also the fact that they took Chicago out in 5 games last year with HCA, they don't see it as a big deal.

Also the fact that LeBron plays like a monster at the UC.

It has come down to this. Avoid Boston in the 2nd round (keeping in mind you may have to go up against Chicago again in the ECF), or HCA in the ECF? Idk, at this point Boston wants a last hoorah and have the Heat's number because Doc owns Spo. We out-talented them last year with LeBron and Wade, but Rondo also broke his arm...

[DefenseWins]

it may have helped if the two players who had it going in Dex and JJ played at the end or even in the 4th. They both didn't play in the 4th which is so dumb. But Cole who made us lose the lead stayed in the game over JJ. LOL.

I wouldn't say this is a knock on our bench. Yeah they lost, but they almost won and the Wizards kept making the Heat turnover the ball with offensive fouls. I don't think I've seen so many offensive fouls in one quarter let alone a game.

Also the fact it took Spo a lot ass time to call plays for the bench because they didn't have anything going... just ... ugh. Our "free flowing" offense doesn't work the bench obviously if no Bosh/LBJ/Wade.

Oh well.

[GameTime_3]

How is it possible that when Wade went out, we didn't adjust our rotation. Does anyone else notice that players would get up at certain time slots and not when Spo called them in? The best example of this was Dex Pittman and Joel Anthony. Dex was a beast last night and yet, he knew when he would get out and when he would return. And on that note...WHY DID JOEL PLAY More?

The last few weeks, Dex has really shown me something. Joel Anthony is terrible! I MEAN THE WORST

Dex vs. Joel

Size: Dex
Hands: Dex
Rebounding: Dex
BBIQ: Dex
Scoring: Dex
Energy: Joel
D vs Bigs: Dex
D vs. Small bigs: Joel

Joel Anthony hurt us on offense and Defense last night. Of all the big men that played last night, Joel Anthony was the worst. Its also funny that our Defensive machine always gets killed! Joel is great vs. Amare and small big men but when he defense someone that plays with his back to the basket, he destroys Joel.

[Pimpwerx]

Nope, would have won had Wade not got hurt. It's more so not caring as opposed to arrogance.

Heat should care about HCA in the Conference Finals.

They don't. I've been saying this a long time, and people said I'm making excuses. This team doesn't care about seeding. Let the Bulls break themselves getting it. It doesn't matter, we can win on the road. We did it last year, and we'll do it again.

This team was assembled so that road and home games should no longer matter. We win matchups, period. We will win the games wherever they're played. I'm pretty sure that's the mentality the team holds too. PEACE.