Official Thread - Wizard vs Heat (4/14/14)

[pineappleheadindc]

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____42-38 (6th East/2nd Southeast Div)________________54-26 (2nd East/1st Southeast Div)
_________21-19 home, 31-19 vs East_______________________22-18 road, 34-16 vs East
__________6-4 Last 10, Streak: W2_________________________6-4 Last 10, Streak: L1


The last home game of the season.

Riding a modest two-game winning streak into Monday night's game, representing the most powerful city in the world, YOUR Washington Wizards welcome our visitors from Miami. Fellow southeast division rivals the Atlanta Hawks did the Wizards no favors by beating the Heat on Saturday night, knocking them out of first place in the Eastern Conference. Any thoughts that the Miami would rest their stars should be thrown out the window, as the Eastern Conference crown is still not settled. Expect the Heat to play as if home court advantage throughout the playoffs is at stake, because it is.

By now, there's nothing else to be said about this game that you'all don't already know. Heat SG Dwayne Wade is back after missing nine games and rounding into shape for the playoffs. He'll start the game. He logged 23 minutes versus the Hawks on Saturday, scoring 24 points on 10-14 shooting from the field.

The Wizards road to victory will have to be paved through outstanding games from both PG John Wall and SG Bradley Beal -- with the Wiz making hay in the transition game. Washington will also need to find a defensive match-up for Heat F/C Chris Bosh.

Line-Ups


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____________PG John Wall_________________________________PG Mario Chalmers
_____19.6 ppg (43% fg, 35% 3pt, 81% ft)__________________8.6 ppg (43% fg, 39% 3pt, 75% ft)
_____8.7 apg, 4.1 rpg, 1.8 spg, 0.5 bpg_______.__________4.9 apg, 2.9 rpg, 1.6 spg, 0.2 bpg



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____________SG Bradley Beal_______________________________SG Dwayne Wade
_____17.0 ppg (41% fg, 40% 3pt, 79% ft)__________________19.3 ppg (55% fg, 31% 3pt, 74% ft)
_____3.3 apg, 3.7 rpg, 1.0 spg, 0.2 bpg__________________4.7 apg, 4.6 rpg, 1.5 spg, 0.6 bpg



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____________SF Trevor Ariza_______________________________SF Lebron James
_____14.3 ppg (45% fg, 40% 3pt, 79% ft)_________________27.1 ppg (57% fg, 38% 3pt, 75% ft)
_____2.5 apg, 6.2 rpg, 1.6 spg, 0.3 bpg_________________6.4 apg, 3.8 rpg, 1.0 spg, 0.3 bpg



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____________PF Trevor Booker______________________________PF Udonis Haslem
______6.6 ppg (54% fg, 0% 3pt, 63% ft)__________-________3.6 ppg (50% fg, 00% 3pt, 56% ft)
_____5.3 rpg, 0.9 apg, 0.6 spg, 0.6 bpg__________________3.6 rpg, 0.3 apg, 0.2 spg, 0.3 bpg



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___________C Marcin Gortat_________________________________C Chris Bosh
_____13.2 ppg (54% fg, 100% 3pt, 69% ft)________________16.2 ppg (52% fg, 34% 3pt, 82% ft)
___-__9.4 rpg, 1.7 apg, 0.5 spg, 1.5 bpg_________________6.6 rpg, 1.1 apg, 1.0 spg, 1.0 bpg


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If you're planning to go to the game, yeah -- just be prepared for an Army of annoying bandwagon fans. What can you do? But if the Wizards expect to make any noise in the playoffs, this is the kind of game they need to find a way to win. Can they do it?

Post your thoughts and comments below.

What: Washington Wizards vs Miami Heat
When: 7:00 p.m. EDT
Where: Verizon Center -- Washington, DC
Radio: WFED-AM, 1500, SportsTalk 980
TV: CSN, NBA League Pass, Quasi-legal internet streams

Let's go Wizards!

[FAH1223]

Spoelstra is doing a pretty bad job in managing minutes. He's playing Rashard over Beasley and running LeBron into the ground before the playoffs. Battier is beat up and Bosh has been disappearing since he camps at the 3 point line and isn't even featured in the offense. Norris Cole also has been horrible.

Wiz need to play inside out in this game. Gortat had 18 rebounds in the last meeting and Wittman inexplicably played him only 32 minutes that game. Nene should have a good night vs. their reserves. Attack the paint with the lack of shot blocking or go to the post.

[pineappleheadindc]

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Oh, and let me get this out of the way. Honestly, all is lost for this game. The Heat Dance Team kicks our butt.

For what it's worth, here are my fave members for your review and enjoyment.


Heat Dancer Brandee







Swimsuit photo:

Spoiler:

Heat Dancer Carin







Swimsuit photo:

Spoiler:

Heat Dancer Jenifer (yes, with only one "f")







Swimsuit photo:

Spoiler:

It's just not fair.

[JWizmentality]

Pine you f*cktard!! They're all hot!!! You screwed us you bipolar sum of a b*tch!!

[JWizmentality]

Speaking of cheerleaders, would it be frowned upon if I went out with a former cheerleader of another team?

[pineappleheadindc]

Speaking of cheerleaders, would it be frowned upon if I went out with a former cheerleader of another team?

Dude, nobody here will judge.

(For the rest of the board to catch up with you, here's former Luv-a-Bull Andrea.)



Nice of you to ask first, though, JWiz.

[JWizmentality]

Of course I have to get the Wiz board blessing. Don't want to be blamed for any foreseeable catastrophic playoff failure due to bad juju.

[montestewart]

I hate to spoil the party, but those are all men. Seriously, look more closely. Men. They just have better surgeons in Miami.

[hands11]

Speaking of cheerleaders, would it be frowned upon if I went out with a former cheerleader of another team?

Depends on what you mean by.... other team

[JWizmentality]

Speaking of cheerleaders, would it be frowned upon if I went out with a former cheerleader of another team?

Depends on what you mean by.... other team

I plead the 5th....but it aint the Bulls I can tell you that much.

[TheKingOfVa360]

Speaking of cheerleaders, would it be frowned upon if I went out with a former cheerleader of another team?

Depends on what you mean by.... other team

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time, thanks for that hands

[dlts20]

Spoelstra is doing a pretty bad job in managing minutes. He's playing Rashard over Beasley and running LeBron into the ground before the playoffs. Battier is beat up and Bosh has been disappearing since he camps at the 3 point line and isn't even featured in the offense. Norris Cole also has been horrible.

Wiz need to play inside out in this game. Gortat had 18 rebounds in the last meeting and Wittman inexplicably played him only 32 minutes that game. Nene should have a good night vs. their reserves. Attack the paint with the lack of shot blocking or go to the post.

we do have to exploit them inside but still there worst feature by far is the PG position. This is the game for Wall to get back on track. If he doesnt do it this game then we should be worried. Chalmers gets lit up by guys. Teague just had 25. This could be a 1st round matchup so I want to see Wall play well and get back on track. At the same time Beal also gets up to play Wade

[dobrojim]

Heat cheerleaders, oh my.

actually, the Heat have probably lost any reasonable chance of winning the EC with the loss
to ATL now that IND is ahead of them with a magic number of one after beating OKC
today. IND's last game should be a gimme at ORL. But we'll just have to wait
and see how MIA plays it. IND has to lose that game and MIA win both in order for MIA to
win HCA against the Pacers. I didn't expect that after MIA beat them last week.
But there it is. And we can hold onto 6th by winning the last 2 (oops, this is the
wizards, hope that wasn't bad juju). A matchup against TOR now looks very possible.
MIA better bring it against CHA. AlJeff could be a force in that series. Wouldn't that
be a shocker if CHA won? Even though IND beat OKC today, neither IND nor MIA is
playing well lately.

[dlts20]

some think Lebron will sit out

[dangermouse]

If Spoelstra rests his stars we got this.

[TheBabyMaker]

If Spoelstra rests his stars we got this.

If the Heat play their starters we still have a good chance to win this. They destroyed Miami the last time in D.C.

[Brenice]

This is a playoff level game!!!

[AFM]

Anyone know what Andrea does for a living now? Monte, have you been to CHI recently?

[hands11]

Speaking of cheerleaders, would it be frowned upon if I went out with a former cheerleader of another team?

Depends on what you mean by.... other team

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time, thanks for that hands

Hope you weren't drinking anything at the time.

Funny thing is, it laughed pretty hard reading your response.

[montestewart]

Anyone know what Andrea does for a living now? Monte, have you been to CHI recently?

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