game 3 finals thread

[DE FENSE]

Yes, Melo was completely exposed and is the reason to us losing the series against MIA.

Further proof of this is that both Melo and LeBron had a fully healthy team, yet all Melo managed to do was win one game. Sad, really.

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[Pharmcat]

i don't think lebron is given quite enough credit.. he absolutely embarassed melo.. he just showed all of the flaws in his game.. lebron was quicker.. smarter.. more skilled.. it showed when they obliterated us... the biggest key here is lebron in the fast break. not just how he is like a freight train. lets say bosh gets the rebound. he finds lebron, he is an easy target because of his massive size. now, they can head for the break off of a miss so much more than any other team because of lebron.. this is what happened in the knicks series.. melo bricked after bricked.. he got lazy and did not hurry back in time.. lebron pushed the ball.. and either got a layup or there was mismatch because he works that much harder than everybody else

i'm actually rooting for him to get a ring. sick and tired of all the haters who go after guys like him, a-rod, peyton manning. way too much disgraceful hating for a guy who will be an all time top 15 player when he's done

melo didnt get embarrased except for the game 1 stinker, after that he was the lone bright spot for the team

[DRoberstonNYY]

heres the difference, melo is a great player. but he's not lebron.

What other player in the league is?

It's time for people to stop confusing Melo with LeBron. They are not the same player. LeBron is a once in a generation type player. No one is LeBron.

The quicker you comprehend this, the better off you'll be.

i'd be better off if i realized that the reason we get beat down in the playoffs this year wasn't entirely melo's fault. but lets just say there was a thorough buttwhipping and melo was on the wrong side of it. if it was a little more even, the series is longer.

pretty sad, never used to be a massive lebron fan.... but all of the vitreol spewed towards him has me rooting for him... not the heat.. but him in general

[DRoberstonNYY]

i don't think lebron is given quite enough credit.. he absolutely embarassed melo.. he just showed all of the flaws in his game.. lebron was quicker.. smarter.. more skilled.. it showed when they obliterated us... the biggest key here is lebron in the fast break. not just how he is like a freight train. lets say bosh gets the rebound. he finds lebron, he is an easy target because of his massive size. now, they can head for the break off of a miss so much more than any other team because of lebron.. this is what happened in the knicks series.. melo bricked after bricked.. he got lazy and did not hurry back in time.. lebron pushed the ball.. and either got a layup or there was mismatch because he works that much harder than everybody else

i'm actually rooting for him to get a ring. sick and tired of all the haters who go after guys like him, a-rod, peyton manning. way too much disgraceful hating for a guy who will be an all time top 15 player when he's done

melo didnt get embarrased except for the game 1 stinker, after that he was the lone bright spot for the team

he was thoroughly embarassed every game. outhustled, outsmarted. the game is more than getting points. and lets not forget that melo did that in the worst way possible.

[Fury]

It'd be easy to root for LeBron if he didn't pick the Heat. Too bad.

Lol, Melo was not embarrassed in the series. Dude passed and rebounded and did everything possible with an undermanned squad.

[Pharmcat]

Lebron is hated because of the decision, before that he was probably the most liked superstar in the league. He brought it all on himself, which is sad. He is definitely an all time great though.

yea pretty much

he brought this all on himself

[Sideline Story]

Yes, Melo was completely exposed and is the reason to us losing the series against MIA.

Further proof of this is that both Melo and LeBron had a fully healthy team, yet all Melo managed to do was win one game. Sad, really.

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I feel like green font partially takes away from the fun in sarcasm.

But yes, that was definitely sarcasm.

[Pharmcat]

as far as OK, we all know they just need one game in MIA

but I dont see it happening without some adjustments

they need to get durant off lbj completely and they need to remove perkins from the starting lineup

[BeagleBoss]

Around 04 I think. Whenever we had that 23 win season. I was too young to watch those old rivalries so the Heat might not be a rival to me as compared to some of the older fans.

LeBum flirted with us for 2 years and even had the nerve to make his decision in Connecticut (our backyard). He completely dissed us and no true Knicks fan should root for that ****. Shame on you!!

[seren]

as far as OK, we all know they just need one game in MIA

but I dont see it happening without some adjustments

they need to get durant off lbj completely and they need to remove perkins from the starting lineup

I disagree. They are not winning a ring down 3-2.

[AndroidMan]

The fourth quarter was brutal to watch. On one hand, we saw Lebron time and again unable to produce any offense against James frigging Harden. On the other hand, OKC had zero ball movement and every shot was forced.

Watching the games so far, I wish OKC never beat the Spurs. At the very least, we would have watched some competent offense.

If Spurs won, we'd be watching either Duncan or Parker in foul trouble all series long. These f'n refs are deplorable.

I don't buy it. You can't explain zero ball movement with foul trouble.

I wouldn't have brought Durant with foul trouble prior to this series, but the refs and Stern have an agenda here. For a player who's never in foul trouble to be nearly fouled out 2 games in a row just speaks volumes.

[nykballa2k4]

The fourth quarter was brutal to watch. On one hand, we saw Lebron time and again unable to produce any offense against James frigging Harden. On the other hand, OKC had zero ball movement and every shot was forced.

Watching the games so far, I wish OKC never beat the Spurs. At the very least, we would have watched some competent offense.

If Spurs won, we'd be watching either Duncan or Parker in foul trouble all series long. These f'n refs are deplorable.

I don't buy it. You can't explain zero ball movement with foul trouble.

Here is what I noticed see if you agree:

Fourth quarter,
Every time Durant/Westbrook/Fisher drove to the basket, there WAS contact.

Every time LeBron/Wade drove to the basket, there WAS contact.

HOWEVER the difference was, in my opinion, foul calls. Thunder and Heat both were missing contested perimeter shots for the most part, and then Wade and LeBron were able to start getting to the line. Examples are Wades spin jump hook and LeBron's foul call on Harden near half court.

On the other side, Durant made one drive, in particular, where he got past his man, got to Bosh (who had just blocked a shot of his a play earlier) and got hit on the arm, no foul call.

Fisher had a drive to the basket (3rd of 4th Q) where he protected the ball with his body, took a lay up, was hit on the body by Wade and had his shot blocked.

I would say the little ticky tack fould were called against the thunder 25% of the time and against the heat 2% of the time giving them all the edge they needed. Also, Thunder only have 2 options, shoot or drive. If you are allowed to bully them, (play ultra physical) they HAVE to rely on jump shots. They missed nearly all of them. Hence the L. Though tbh the game was lost in my eyes on those back to back fouled 2 pointers (the right calls no doubt)

[NBA Fan 1234]

Melo now a main focus of the thread?

I still think OKC wins. I've had them winning in 6 since the series began.

[Sideline Story]

heres the difference, melo is a great player. but he's not lebron.

What other player in the league is?

It's time for people to stop confusing Melo with LeBron. They are not the same player. LeBron is a once in a generation type player. No one is LeBron.

The quicker you comprehend this, the better off you'll be.

i'd be better off if i realized that the reason we get beat down in the playoffs this year wasn't entirely melo's fault. but lets just say there was a thorough buttwhipping and melo was on the wrong side of it. if it was a little more even, the series is longer.

You say it wasn't entirely his fault, then you proceed to say that if he had played better, the series would have lasted longer. Of course, that's a given. But there were many factors that were equally, if not more, a cause for our 4-1 exit.

Missing two of our best playmakers and an elite perimeter defender coupled with playing alongside a one-armed Power Forward and an ill Center against the team from MIA who were, in fact, completely healthy. Yet Melo was our main problem. Not to make excuses, but you don't see anything wrong with this?

[Sideline Story]

Melo now a main focus of the thread?

I still think OKC wins. I've had them winning in 6 since the series began.

Sorry about that, haha.

I'm done here.

[GONYK]

You say it wasn't entirely his fault, then you proceed to say that if he had played better, the series would have lasted longer. Of course, that's a given. But there were many factors that were equally, if not more, a cause for our 4-1 exit.

Missing two of our best playmakers and an elite perimeter defender coupled with playing alongside a one-armed Power Forward and an ill Center against the team from MIA who were, in fact, completely healthy. Yet Melo was our main problem. Not to make excuses, but you don't see anything wrong with this?

Try our only playmakers on the whole roster

[NBA Fan 1234]

Melo now a main focus of the thread?

I still think OKC wins. I've had them winning in 6 since the series began.

Sorry about that, haha.

I'm done here.

No worries, dude. I'm used to it lol. Just waiting for Lin to creep his way in .

[Fury]

Jeremy Lin would not have been embarrassed by LeBron.

[GONYK]

Jeremy Lin would not have been embarrassed by LeBron.

Nope. Just by Chalmers and Cole

/Pharmcat

[mpharris36]

i don't even care about the points.. he got them by getting his own.. he didn't shoot particularly well to get them.. and we all know he held the ball for 20 seconds each possession.. dont give me the garbage of scoring 30 points in 3 games.

heres the difference, melo is a great player. but he's not lebron. when melo is not scoring, he's useless. when lebron is not scoring, he's still one of the best players in the game because of what he can do once he gets a ball. thats what seperates the two.

if melo played half as hard as lebron defensively, we may have beaten the heat.

in the 3 games that he scored 30+ (one game scoring 40+) he shoot very well.

And your last statement is complete blasphamy! Melo defense had nothing to do with us losing. He actually did decent job against LeBron. LeBron had his lowest points per game, lowest shooting percentage from the field, and by far his lowest rebounds per game in our series other than any other playoff series this year.

Melo rebounds well and did a good job boxing him out all series. Do you see how LeBron is killing these other teams on the offensive glass?

I mean come on before you say things at least have some statistics to back up you outlandish statements. We were not beating the heat with our injuries. Plain and simple.

Melo actually plays LeBron tougher than any opposing SF...on both sides of the floor too, look at the #'s. Melo has the strength that bothers LeBron.