heat @ nuggets 12/30/13 - 9pm est

[DayofMourning]

The only reason UD is playing is because Bird is out. There's really no 'force feeding' of him minutes. He's been all the way out of the rotation for the majority of the season.

Any minutes above zero is force feeding Haslem IMO.

[Mars]

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[BIRDMAN BIRDMAN]

Look, I love everything UD did for us - but how the **** is he in literally the next possession after Beasley makes a clutch 3? "Rebounding and defense" really?!? Am I in 2006 or something cuz that's ****

Love that LeBron passed that to Beas. And what I loved even more is that Beas didn't do anything dumb, like pumpfake for a worse shot or drive in for a terrible crazy shot/turnover or something. Confidence is key. Good job, B-Easy!

[Maroko]

[DWadeno3]

Decent win, looked a step slow all night but it was enough against these Nuggets.

[SweetTouch]

Any win you get at Denver is a high quality one

Player of the game to Joel Anthony big time free throws

[KingDavid]

The Beasley hater here will say-

that was a cold blooded three.

Sweet stroke!

I don't think you hate him. Just critical of him.

I dont hate him at all.

The whole "new board" here seems to think tampering expectations for the guy is hating him.

ive always said his offensive game is so gifted...hes just an airhead on defense. And I cant stand that.

Well the effort is there and he's been getting better.

[Flash4thewin]

The only reason UD is playing is because Bird is out. There's really no 'force feeding' of him minutes. He's been all the way out of the rotation for the majority of the season.

Why in the world would you not play joel? He brings more to the table than UD at this point and we do need some size any size. last night in 12 mins UD gave us Zero points Zero rebounds etc. Comically Joel outscored him.

[Zasterror]

Any news about Wade...besides the obvious lol?

[GameTime_3]

Final notes from the game;

The Good
-LeBron James settled more than normal and I'm guesssing that why he shot so many jumpers but still played great
-Bosh had his up and downs but when it mattered, he showed up
-Michael Beasley once again proving SpoBot wrong! Big Shot!
-Ray Allen is a killer!
-Shane Battier hit some early 3's which is great

The Bad
-Mario Chalmers! My God! This guy does dumb play after dumb play while acting like hes a star. I love it that he isn't afraid but the BBIQ is one of the worst in the league. Mario is no where near a PG! Please get the ball out of his hands
-UD is done! One again! Do we really need to watch this? I love UD! UD is the heart! He has been the heart for some time but the game has moved past him. He can't rebound, can't shoot, can't score, can't box out and is 6"7. I know he had one good game but that doesn't justify the 3 years of terrible basketball that he has given us. SpoBot loves him so this won't change but any other team he would be 14th man.
-Joel got in the game! He made both FT's but he still got it! Just glad he caught the ball from the Ref and shoot it close enough to the rim where they both went in! LOL
-SpoBot was down right terrible! WTF is he doing playing UD and Lewis over Beas? What has Lewis done this year to deserve this? This is mind blowing that this keep happening and only Spo is to blame for this! I kinda understand UD for all that he has done for this team being forced minutes but Lewis? THE DUDE IS TERRIBLE right now! Can't make a shot, can't defend, can't create and isn't doing much. But yet he still gets minutes? Thats a JOKE!

[GameTime_3]

The only reason UD is playing is because Bird is out. There's really no 'force feeding' of him minutes. He's been all the way out of the rotation for the majority of the season.

Why in the world would you not play joel? He brings more to the table than UD at this point and we do need some size any size. last night in 12 mins UD gave us Zero points Zero rebounds etc. Comically Joel outscored him.

Both Joel and UD do the things that don't show up in the stat sheet. Both are major players for the HEAT. Did you see that UD block?? No really did you see it? Game changer! Did you see that Lewis rebound? Game changer! Did you see them both run up and down the court? Game Changers!

[HEAT111]

The only reason UD is playing is because Bird is out. There's really no 'force feeding' of him minutes. He's been all the way out of the rotation for the majority of the season.

Why in the world would you not play joel? He brings more to the table than UD at this point and we do need some size any size. last night in 12 mins UD gave us Zero points Zero rebounds etc. Comically Joel outscored him.

Both Joel and UD do the things that don't show up in the stat sheet. Both are major players for the HEAT. Did you see that UD block?? No really did you see it? Game changer! Did you see that Lewis rebound? Game changer! Did you see them both run up and down the court? Game Changers!

The agony of Joel still lingers within your soul

[RatherUnique]

The only reason UD is playing is because Bird is out. There's really no 'force feeding' of him minutes. He's been all the way out of the rotation for the majority of the season.

Any minutes above zero is force feeding Haslem IMO.

sheesh.

I'm still baffled as to how he COMPLETELY lost his jumper. Your jumper is supposed to stay with you as you age. He only gets wide open looks too, so it's not like he has to create anything. Baffling.

[shanedude]

The only reason UD is playing is because Bird is out. There's really no 'force feeding' of him minutes. He's been all the way out of the rotation for the majority of the season.

Any minutes above zero is force feeding Haslem IMO.

sheesh.

I'm still baffled as to how he COMPLETELY lost his jumper. Your jumper is supposed to stay with you as you age. He only gets wide open looks too, so it's not like he has to create anything. Baffling.

Its because he has that stupid hitch in his shot.