Game 3: Heat (2) @ Knicks (0) - Thursday 7:00 PM

[WD]

I love Chris Bosh.

Lol i love this team.

on a side note how in the world does anyone go from being a Heat fan to a Knick fan? Thats bizarro world crazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww3p8Zq4 ... r_embedded

[DWadeno3]

I just want to say even though I'm glad we won, LeBron needs to get the ball pounding under control. Last game was fine. But not this one. I know we were in New York and everything but it was out of hand.

Yup I agree and so do the advanced stats. Here are our USG% numbers from last night:

1) LeBron James 49.1 (!!!) in 35:50 minutes, ORtg 104, DRtg 81
2) Dwyane Wade 28.0 in 36:45 minutes, ORtg 110, DRtg 75
3) Mike Miller 18.5 in 18:53 minutes, ORtg 62, DRtg 88
4) Mario Chalmers 17.9 in 39:44 minutes, ORtg 129, DRtg 80
[5)] James Jones 15.3 in 4:47 minutes, ORtg 111, DRtg 97 -> JJ wasn't on the court enough to actually be considered in this ranking.
5) Chris Bosh 10.0 in 36:57 minutes, ORtg 132, DRtg 83, Shane Battier 10.0 in 35:30 minutes, ORtg 0, DRtg 83

It's obvious that LeBron had the ball in his hands far too much, while Bosh barely received any opportunities to score. You can partially blame it on CB being tired, but that's no reason to not look for him a little more, especially when he was pretty efficient so far from the field.
By the way, Chalmers once again had an excellent game and his really stepped up in the playoffs so far. Overall, our defensive numbers are pretty damn good and, as I mentioned after the game, Wade was a terror on that end of the field.

[This IsMy House]

Bill Daughtry: "Pat Riley was in MSG and talked to the Heat players at halftime in the locker room"

Hmm...Too bad he didnt do that in that finals ...or even start coaching...

Im telling ya...The Heat need to run more plays for Bosh....And Its a shame Riley hasnt coached this team the past 2 years (yea I know, I know. His heart's not in it anymore..just saying I wish it was)

Its going to be hard to run plays for Bosh right now going up against Chandler who's much bigger, and a great defender. They get him on some screens and cuts, but he knows his role right now and it seems to be working.

Against David West Bosh should be one of the main focal points of the offense.

[Tien]

Chandler was the reason why Bosh didn't have many open looks.

[arsenic]

Chandler was the reason why Bosh didn't have many open looks.

Not to mention, Lebron sat out nearly the entire 3rd quarter, how many touches did Bosh have then? None. At least he attempted a shot in the 4th and got to the FT line. Strange night but still nearly a double double for him.

[Wade2k6]

Great win yesterday. The bench blew (5 points, 0 assists, 8 boards, 3 TO on 1-12 shooting), LeBron played like garbage for 3 Q's, and Wade played like garbage for 2.5 Q's and they still won. More then anything, I love the way they played in the 2nd half. They played suffocating defense (30 points in a damn half!) and really stepped up offensively when it mattered. Wade single handily took the 3rd Q over, Chalmers was great, and Bosh had an impact on the game despite only scoring 9 points.

The biggest positive was definitely LeBron though. He played terrible for 3 Q's. He was being careless with his passes and was missing shots that he usually makes, but he didn't let that effect the way he played during the 4th. It's gotta give him a lot of confidence going into game 4 and the rest of the playoffs. The guy is a beast and undoubtably the key to this team winning a title, at least IMO. One thing I think Spo can experiment with is sitting LeBron to end the 3rd Q instead of Wade / Bosh. I don't know whether his 4th Q play was because of the rest or not, but he was just on another level last night.


The one thing I'd like to see them improve on is force-feeding the ball to Bosh when the offense gets stagnant instead of having Miller and Battier throwing up bricks. When they're hitting their open shots, fine - that works, but when they are clearly off you need to get him involved.