NBA Finals: Game 2, Miami @ Oklahoma City

[Slot Machine]

And now, stand up and make some noise for your Eastern Conference Champion Miami Heat!

At Guard, from Kansas, number 15, Mario Chalmers:


At Guard, from Marquette, number 3, Dwyane Wade:


At Forward, from St. Vincent-St.Mary High School, number 6, Lebron James:


At Forward, from Duke, number 31, Shane Battier:


At Center, from Georgia Tech, number 1, Chris Bosh:


vs.

Chokelahoma City Blunder

Russell Westbrick:


Thabo Sefolosha:


Kevin Durcan't


Serge Ibaka:


Kendrick Porkins:



Key Matchups:
Lebron James vs. Kevin Durant
Dwyane Wade vs. Russell Westbrook
Shane Battier vs. James Harden
Chris Bosh vs. Serge Ibaka/Nick Collison/Kendrick Perkins


Coaching Matchup:
After being criticized for his 6-man rotation, Erik Spoelstra looks to make changes to have any hopes of stealing Game 2 in Oklahoma City. Joel Anthony and Ronny Turiaf's lack of minutes have come into question and James Jones looks to rebound from missing Game 1 with a migraine. Scott Brooks adjusted after the first half 3 point barrage from Shane Battier, and Spoelstra is looking to make adjustments.




Go Heat!

[Insanity91]

God I love the name Porkins

I just got three words for this game.

LET'S NOT SUCK.

[arsenic]

Spo is gonna spo no matter what. I do expect adjustments for Game 2 to be made. If I'm correct, Bosh will start, and he will get more touches. We can no longer afford to have Bosh star as a spot up 3 point shooter. With Bosh playing more, that SHOULD also allow for LBJ to get a little bit of rest. As for rotations? 6 men won't work. He's going to have to play his bench.

We'll see what he does. This team looked very lost in the 2nd half. Those miracle 3's from Battier are not something we can depend on, if anything, execution should be it

[WD]

Give it your best Miami Heat, i'll live with the results

[arsenic]

Eric Reid ‏@EReidMiamiHeat
Erik Spoelstra on being down 1-0 in Finals; "There's 10 days left. Our guys are ready for this challenge. They'll be ready to go tomorrow."

Eric Reid ‏@EReidMiamiHeat
Erik Spoelstra's plan for @DwyaneWade in Gm 2 tomorrow. "To get him in places he can be aggressive and can get him into the paint."

Eric Reid ‏@EReidMiamiHeat
Erik Spoelstra on @chrisbosh; "I think we can start to incorporate him more to who he was and his strengths right before he got injured."

Eric Reid ‏@EReidMiamiHeat
Erik Spoelstra said Game 1 was not decided by schematics. "It was decided by force. It was decided by will. It was decided by energy."

Eric Reid ‏@EReidMiamiHeat
Erik Spoelstra on Gm 1; "They imposed their identity more than we did. We didn't feel we played well and didn't play to our identity."

[OtW]

Let's play two halves of not sucking basket ball.

Roleplayer/Wade/everyone needs to contribute.

Chris Bosh is not Ray Allen.

Defense: If you can keep Westbrook in front of you and force him into a wild drive/shot that pisses him off, then that would be nice.

It would also be nice if someone could box out Nick **** Collison.

Remember, TEAM WORK>ISOLATION BASKETBALL.

TEAM WORK>ISOLATION BASKETBALL.
TEAM WORK>ISOLATION BASKETBALL.
TEAM WORK>ISOLATION BASKETBALL.
TEAM WORK>ISOLATION BASKETBALL.
TEAM WORK>ISOLATION BASKETBALL.

[NoComparison]

I'm sick of Coach Spo not taking any blame at all after the games.

He always quietly throw his players under the bus saying we didn't play to our identity or with effort.

just STFU spo. you got outcoached in game 1, period.

[LeChosen1]

If Lebron can re find his jumpshot this series is over in 5. Idk what happened to it after game 6 in boston it has been a no show. Heat would have been up 20 if he had his jumpshot of last post season and he would be avg 40ppg. Needs to fix his mechanics.

[nyk_buc]

If Lebron can re find his jumpshot this series is over in 5. Idk what happened to it after game 6 in boston it has been a no show. Heat would have been up 20 if he had his jumpshot of last post season and he would be avg 40ppg. Needs to fix his mechanics.

it's not mechanics. it's fatigue settling in. look at how kevin durant scores, and how his teammates make it easy for him to score. he got like 4-5 WIDE OPEN shots in just the flow of the offense.

lebron does not have that luxury.

[Mars]

tomhaberstroh
Chris Bosh on how he'd respond to critics wondering if Dwyane Wade is still Dwyane Wade: "Guard him."

WallaceNBA_ESPN
Dwyane Wade: "I've still got something left in me."

WallaceNBA_ESPN
Bosh: "I was thinking about how bad I felt after Gm1, how much it sucked. But win Gm2, it changes outlook of everything."

WallaceNBA_ESPN
More Bosh: "If I do start, I'll make a concerted effort to really play my game & be aggressive every time I touch ball."

[LeChosen1]

If Lebron can re find his jumpshot this series is over in 5. Idk what happened to it after game 6 in boston it has been a no show. Heat would have been up 20 if he had his jumpshot of last post season and he would be avg 40ppg. Needs to fix his mechanics.

it's not mechanics. it's fatigue settling in. look at how kevin durant scores, and how his teammates make it easy for him to score. he got like 4-5 WIDE OPEN shots in just the flow of the offense.

lebron does not have that luxury.

Naw, hes 3 for 24 on his last jumpshots. He missed first two in yesterday. Its not fatigue his jumper has been off for awhile noe

[LeChosen1]

If Lebron can re find his jumpshot this series is over in 5. Idk what happened to it after game 6 in boston it has been a no show. Heat would have been up 20 if he had his jumpshot of last post season and he would be avg 40ppg. Needs to fix his mechanics.

it's not mechanics. it's fatigue settling in. look at how kevin durant scores, and how his teammates make it easy for him to score. he got like 4-5 WIDE OPEN shots in just the flow of the offense.

lebron does not have that luxury.

Naw, hes 3 for 24 on his last jumpshots. He missed first two in yesterday. Its not fatigue his jumper has been off for awhile now

[DefenseWins]

Just friggin compete in the 2nd half atleast man.

I knew Durant was going to go off, but us missing shots and not playing defense doesn't help.

Also have LBJ on Durant please.

Durant did whatever the **** he wanted in the 4th when our players can't do anything.

JUST WIN.

[Akshan]

START CHRIS BOSH and let Udonis come off the bench if Udonis jumper is off he is pretty much useless unless he giving Bosh a rest.

LEBRON GUARD DURANT NOT PERKINS and cut that small ball lineup crap.

HOW THE **** YOU GONNA LOSE TO OKC with Harden not scoring or playing a lot of minutes.

D.WADE **** ON THABO stop playing like a lost bum play like the D.WADE I have grown to love !

CHRIS BOSH ATTACK THE PAINT AND ATTACK IBAKA IF DUNCAN CAN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO AS WELL STOP ACTING LIKE RAY ALLEN.

MOST IMPORTANTLY SPO USE JOEL AND TURIAF , PERKINS GOT AT LEAST 3 OR 4 EASY DUNKS THATS UNACCEPTABLE.

[cb1]

Eric Reid ‏@EReidMiamiHeat
Erik Spoelstra on being down 1-0 in Finals; "There's 10 days left. Our guys are ready for this challenge. They'll be ready to go tomorrow."

Eric Reid ‏@EReidMiamiHeat
Erik Spoelstra's plan for @DwyaneWade in Gm 2 tomorrow. "To get him in places he can be aggressive and can get him into the paint."

Eric Reid ‏@EReidMiamiHeat
Erik Spoelstra on @chrisbosh; "I think we can start to incorporate him more to who he was and his strengths right before he got injured."

Eric Reid ‏@EReidMiamiHeat
Erik Spoelstra said Game 1 was not decided by schematics. "It was decided by force. It was decided by will. It was decided by energy."

Eric Reid ‏@EReidMiamiHeat
Erik Spoelstra on Gm 1; "They imposed their identity more than we did. We didn't feel we played well and didn't play to our identity."

This coach never knows why we actually lose games. That's just unfathomable. How about taking some responsibility for your **** ups?

[OtW]

Lmao.

Russell claimed that Battier tried to "punk him".

Ok Westbrick. Next time, you will really see what punking is, courtesy of UD or sexy Dexy.

I wish that we can hold this guy to under 20 pts on horrible FG % and 6-8 TO's in Game 2. Sick of his front running, show boating ass. Someone needs to teach him a lesson in Game 2. Whether it is by dunking on him or making our fouls a little bit harder.

[Flash4thewin]

Westbrook dominated Wade so badly that we needed to put Lebron on him. Wade cant be that bad again, Wade needs to show up all game and play like a superstar

[Miamis3rdRing]

Practice pics from the teams official twitter page:



Wade, you get the hell away from that 3-point line. Don't practice there, don't even stand near there.



Riley and Arison lurk in the shadows...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDFDgdMTTY0&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

[LeChosen1]

I just watched Some Bosh Toronto....SMFH, this dude was a BALLER. He should get more touches than he does he should be schooling Ibaka or Collins. No reason he should be standing at the 3 point line wandering off in space

[OtW]

BBALLBREAKDOWN ‏@bballSource
OMG, just realizing that on Fisher's great feed to Sefo for lefty layup in 4th, Bosh was matched up w/ Fisher.

BBALLBREAKDOWN ‏@bballSource
So many mental mistakes by MIA, I can't decide if they'll do better in Game 2 by simply cleaning them up, or are they doomed to repeat them

Yahoo! Sports ‏@YahooSports
Dwyane Wade took a dig at OKC heading into Game 2, saying "there is not a lot of exciting things going on out here." http://yhoo.it/LmTdqt