Confidence Level: Now tied or down 2-1 to Indiana

ecnirp · Post #1 » by **ecnirp** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 6:55 pm

Where are you at right now?

Were you feeling worse after the game 3 loss to Indiana or now tied 2-2 with the Celtics? Well..lets not say worse..

Did you feel better about the Heat's chances when they were down 2-1 or tied now currently?

Miamis3rdRing · Post #2 » by **Miamis3rdRing** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 7:15 pm

Prior to Game 4 vs. Indiana I said it was a must win game. Game 5 vs. Boston is also a must win game IMO.

At least this time around we'll be at home and that makes me feel better than I did in the Indiana series.

LeChosen1 · Post #3 » by **LeChosen1** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 7:17 pm

We got blown out in thier home going down 2-1 so i feel better about this series except for the fact the Heat get down 15+ time and time again

SweetTouch · Post #4 » by **SweetTouch** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 7:20 pm

Heat will be down 10 points 2 minutes into the game

2 wide open 3's. 2 KG open jumpers. Rondo 4 assists

Heat would of shot 4 free throws in those 2 minutes. Made none.

Chosen01 · Post #5 » by **Chosen01** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 7:40 pm

I'm a lot more in confident in this series than the Pacers.

I knew the Heat would/ will win both but in the Pacers series they were FRESH off a blowout and there was no chance of Bosh coming back like now, there was less hope in that series than now IMO.

I still say Pacers are a better team(least against us), simply because they HAD the advantage(size,bench) against the Heat moreso than the Celtics but they're weren't smart or didn't utilize it properly like they should have.

Heat have proven they're a better team than the Celtics,but they hurt themselves by not making their damn FTs! They missed 10 FTs in game 3 where Heat at one point were down 8,of course had they made 8 of them to that point it would have changed the course of that game. Same with game 4.

One thing that needs to be noted is that Celtics are OLD, look at every game and you can see they've gotten to fast starts or look "Fresh" in the first half for them to look sluggish and tired in the 2nd half and barely able to score . I think this is more of a mixture of the Heat stepping up their defense and Celtics missing the low % shots they were nailing in all the first halves.

Heat3 · Post #6 » by **Heat3** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 8:34 pm

I'm pretty confident. We've played bad on the road and still gave them a scare in game 3 and nearly won game 4. Now we come back home and the scrubs will play better.

You think they're calling to blow up the Spurs in SA right now? Can't win every game. Being 2-2 heading back home is not a bad place to be.

cb1 · Post #7 » by **cb1** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 8:43 pm

Chosen01 wrote:I'm a lot more in confident in this series than the Pacers.

I knew the Heat would/ will win both but in the Pacers series they were FRESH off a blowout and there was no chance of Bosh coming back like now, there was less hope in that series than now IMO.

I still say Pacers are a better team(least against us), simply because they HAD the advantage(size,bench) against the Heat moreso than the Celtics but they're weren't smart or didn't utilize it properly like they should have.

Heat have proven they're a better team than the Celtics,but they hurt themselves by not making their damn FTs! They missed 10 FTs in game 3 where Heat at one point were down 8,of course had they made 8 of them to that point it would have changed the course of that game. Same with game 4.

One thing that needs to be noted is that Celtics are OLD, look at every game and you can see they've gotten to fast starts or look "Fresh" in the first half for them to look sluggish and tired in the 2nd half and barely able to score . I think this is more of a mixture of the Heat stepping up their defense and Celtics missing the low % shots they were nailing in all the first halves.

Good points. You are right abut the celtics being OLD. They still haven't been able to play a 4 quarter game let alone a 3 quarter game this whole series but we've shot ourselves in the foot by obliging. Had we played defense like we did the second half of game 4 all the time, we could have swept these guys. This team's lackadaisical habits are really annoying and we've been saying it all year.

CablexDeadpool · Post #8 » by **CablexDeadpool** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 8:50 pm

not very confident.

about the same as the Paccer seres.

This team craps the bed too much to ever be confident with them.

Vertical Limit · Post #9 » by **Vertical Limit** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 8:53 pm

We got this. Come on now. We'll win tomorrow and we're going to win in Boston. We're at our best when we're on the wall. This team is not going to lose against the **** Celtics.

FlashTheKilla · Post #10 » by **FlashTheKilla** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 9:08 pm

I am way more confident where we are right now than when we were down 2-1 to the Pacers. Then, I was panicking. Now, I'm not even close to worried. It's a huge difference having to win 3 games to close out a series and having to win 2.

FlashKing · Post #11 » by **FlashKing** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 9:14 pm

This team plays so much better when their backs are against the wall. I see Wade and LeBron having big games in game 5. This however can't happen in the next round, assuming that they advance past Boston. OKC and the Spurs will take anything you can throw at them so if you have them on the ropes, you better finish the job.

WD · Post #12 » by WD » Mon Jun 4, 2012 9:57 pm

Want to be confident, but a little concerned

Vertical Limit · Post #13 » by **Vertical Limit** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 9:59 pm

This thread is definitely getting bumped by baiting Celtics/Knicks/Bulls fans should we lose tomorrow. :lol:

Would be funny if we lose tomorrow and then win the next two, but then again I'm not sure I'll be on this board after a loss tomorrow. Don't want to see the stupidity.

WD · Post #14 » by WD » Mon Jun 4, 2012 10:01 pm

I'm thinking about taking a break until we win or lose this series - getting a little crazy

betterdayz02 · Post #15 » by **betterdayz02** » Mon Jun 4, 2012 10:12 pm

Well it looks like Bosh is coming back so I'm a little more confident.

WD · Post #16 » by WD » Mon Jun 4, 2012 10:58 pm

Vertical Limit wrote:We got this. Come on now. We'll win tomorrow and we're going to win in Boston. We're at our best when we're on the wall. This team is not going to lose against the **** Celtics.

gonna hold you to this

Miamis3rdRing · Post #17 » by **Miamis3rdRing** » Tue Jun 5, 2012 2:18 am

One thing I forgot to mention is that in the 'clutch' against Indiana I wasn't worried. They don't have the players or experience to burn us at this point.

That's why I was talking a lot of trash on the GB in the 4th quarter during a couple of our wins against them.

Boston on the other hand scares me at the end of games. We better have a bit of a lead.

Slot Machine · Post #18 » by **Slot Machine** » Tue Jun 5, 2012 2:23 am

I was more confident for Game 4 against the Pacers. I have a bad, bad feeling about tomorrow's game and I don't know why.

narmerguy · Post #19 » by **narmerguy** » Tue Jun 5, 2012 7:57 am

I hate how this team kind of takes pride in playing better with their "backs against the wall." I'm not saying that's a bad trait, but that doesn't mean we should only play with effort when our backs are against the wall. Comeon--you should want to win at all times.

EscapoTHB · Post #20 » by **EscapoTHB** » Tue Jun 5, 2012 2:13 pm

Pretty confident. Celtics are playing above their heads offensively. Once they return to the mean, and we make our free throws, we'll be winning these games by double digits.

Plus Chris coming back should make things easier on specifically Wade.

Even if we lose tonight, which we could with it being Bosh's first game back. I still think we'll take the series.

Think it will be Spurs-Us in the finals. Game 5 in a 2-2 series doesn't decide the thing. People act like it does. But it doesn't.