Postseason Thread 2022, ECFinals Version 1.0

[3ballbomber]

What's worse is Bam complaining that he was snubbed for DPOY award. You'd have thought that was fuel for him to come out against Marcus Smart & C's w/ a chip on his shoulder & something to prove. I guess it wasn't too personal for him giving us these 2 p*ssy ass performances.

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[Kobewade11]

What's worse is Bam complaining that he was snubbed for DPOY award. You'd have thought that was fuel for him to come out against Marcus Smart & C's w/ a chip on his shoulder & something to prove. I guess it wasn't too personal for him giving us these 2 p*ssy ass performances.

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Good. Soft ass local reporters just want to collect a check and dont call him out so we have to depend on the national media and our play by play analyst Eric Reid to do it.

Regular season: 19 pts/g, 13 fg attempts/g, 10 rebounds
Vs Boston: 8 pts/g, 5 fg attempts/g, 6.5 rebounds

This is on track to be the most cowardice performance I’ve seen from a supposed star on this team since that chump sabotaged Wade’s finals MVP in 2011. We’re getting an all time effort from Jimmy, and this is likely our best shot at a title in the Jimmy era - and this is the performance we’re getting from our max player. I couldnt be any more disappointed in this guy.

[3ballbomber]

What's worse is Bam complaining that he was snubbed for DPOY award. You'd have thought that was fuel for him to come out against Marcus Smart & C's w/ a chip on his shoulder & something to prove. I guess it wasn't too personal for him giving us these 2 p*ssy ass performances.

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Good. Soft ass local reporters just want to collect a check and dont call him out so we have to depend on the national media and our play by play analyst Eric Reid to do it.

Regular season: 19 pts/g, 13 fg attempts/g, 10 rebounds
Vs Boston: 8 pts/g, 5 fg attempts/g, 6.5 rebounds

This is on track to be the most cowardice performance I’ve seen from a supposed star on this team since that chump sabotaged Wade’s finals MVP in 2011. We’re getting an all time effort from Jimmy, and this is likely our best shot at a title in the Jimmy era - and this is the performance we’re getting from our max player. I couldnt be any more disappointed in this guy.

Preach. Very interested to see how Bam responds - he knows the entire Heat fanbase will be on him if he comes out unassertive & going through the motion again.

He's gotta choose his hard....either choose the hard of being uncomfortable & be aggressive or hard of having the public think you'r a punk b*tch.

[spectrec130]

Damn the Bam/Lowry/Duncan Contracts looking like the nail to this franchise coffin right now..... Jimmy needs help in the worst way moving forward cuz Tatum is ascending along with the Celts..... smh!

[eddieheatfan]

Damn the Bam/Lowry/Duncan Contracts looking like the nail to this franchise coffin right now..... Jimmy needs help in the worst way moving forward cuz Tatum is ascending along with the Celts..... smh!

i just saw the post presser too and bam looked very very depressed like he didnt know what to say even



jimmy had a bad game too. so the whole team and c0aches shares responsibility in what they did or didnt do

[Kobewade11]

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[AirP.]

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After 2 games he's past halfway to one of those game's scoring.

ECF... Bam's on the court 33 minutes and has put up 10 FGA while averaging 8 pts and 6.5 ast. 10 FGA in 2 games with one of those games a blowout.

Here's an interesting stat... 40% of Miami's starters (Bam and Tucker) have complied 21 FGA (not average) for the first 2 games in the ECF. How the hell do you win games like that? Even with Butler putting up 40 the 2nd game which he possibly could have if he played 40-41 minutes, Miami still looses by a bunch in game 2.

[IggieCC]

NGL I was afraid of BBW images but then realized that it wasn't HeatVol868 smh

[spectrec130]

Damn the Bam/Lowry/Duncan Contracts looking like the nail to this franchise coffin right now..... Jimmy needs help in the worst way moving forward cuz Tatum is ascending along with the Celts..... smh!

i just saw the post presser too and bam looked very very depressed like he didnt know what to say even



jimmy had a bad game too. so the whole team and c0aches shares responsibility in what they did or didnt do

TBH the self-accountability act is cute but Miami's neck deep in the post season and it's the last thing this team needs to see from Bam. Jimmy's bad game/Coaching Staff contributed to the loss but not to the tune of a 44 point swing from being up 10 to down 34 points at home court in the 1st half.

Sports psychologist time has long passed for this season and Bam needs to wake the **** up 5 minutes ago or IMHO this series will be done in 5.

[IceColdCubano]

Smart will help them but not as much as a healthy Lowry would help us. It’s funny to me how the media isn’t even mentioning that.

Smart is a fraudulent DPOY btw, we all know Bam is the best defender in the world but the media had to give it to a Celtics player because they had the best defense. They still managed to screw it up by not giving it to their best defender in Rob Williams lol. They were pushing that first guard to win it since Payton narrative super hard

Sure didn't seem like it, looked like Smart locked down whom ever he was guarding, played well rounded, and hit key shots. Showed a lot more of an impact than Kyle Lowry has shown in these playoffs or in the regular season.

[Heat3]

Bam Outofdabayou went Backtodabayou.

Series is 1-1 so I’ll hold back for now and wait to see if he redeems himself.

[eddieheatfan]

Bam Outofdabayou went Backtodabayou.

Series is 1-1 so I’ll hold back for now and wait to see if he redeems himself.

i miss alonzo mourning tbh

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nice tidbit but that what baffles me, if he's capable why he doesnt do it more often unless the coaching staff its at fault here.

did he had a "talk" with kevin durant the night before that game?

[AirP.]

Here's Butler confirming what we've all known for a while, Butler is willingly passing out of easy shots at the rim to make "the right play" passing out to a teammate. I get passing out for an open 3 but you have to hit over 40% of your 3s to have it out value a shot at the basket at 60% or higher. It's simple math but maybe the more open looks for 3pt shooters can get those players in the groove where it helps them make other shots. There has to be some type of analytics to see those numbers and maybe Spoelstra/Butler has seen those numbers.

Being a dominate scorer is also a way to create open looks for his teammates and I'd wonder if consistent scoring by the team helps 3pt shooters more then just getting a few more open looks.

He thinks he was a bit too selfish last night. I hate to break this to Butler but scoring Butler is way better for the playoffs then facilitating Butler. There's a reason why you're making the max while these guys you're passing out to are on minimum or near minimum contracts, it's either they're not that good or they're not consistent enough. The competition is just too high to expect his teammates to keep up with better players. Butler can be the best player in the series, he just thinks it's being too selfish and with that, he's going to end up having Miami going home earlier then they should.

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[3ammy3uck3ts]

Smart will help them but not as much as a healthy Lowry would help us. It’s funny to me how the media isn’t even mentioning that.

Smart is a fraudulent DPOY btw, we all know Bam is the best defender in the world but the media had to give it to a Celtics player because they had the best defense. They still managed to screw it up by not giving it to their best defender in Rob Williams lol. They were pushing that first guard to win it since Payton narrative super hard

Sure didn't seem like it, looked like Smart locked down whom ever he was guarding, played well rounded, and hit key shots. Showed a lot more of an impact than Kyle Lowry has shown in these playoffs or in the regular season.

He’s defense was good, I can’t deny that. He had a huge game back. Jimmy was cooking him though, he shot 80% against him.

What we saw last night was the best 3 point shooting game in conference finals history and we’ve just flat out forgot how to shoot. Plus the Bam offensive **** that hopefully gets fixed. Let’s hope they don’t have record breaking shooting every night

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Here's Butler confirming what we've all known for a while, Butler is willingly passing out of easy shots at the rim to make "the right play" passing out to a teammate. I get passing out for an open 3 but you have to hit over 40% of your 3s to have it out value a shot at the basket at 60% or higher. It's simple math but maybe the more open looks for 3pt shooters can get those players in the groove where it helps them make other shots. There has to be some type of analytics to see those numbers and maybe Spoelstra/Butler has seen those numbers.

Being a dominate scorer is also a way to create open looks for his teammates and I'd wonder if consistent scoring by the team helps 3pt shooters more then just getting a few more open looks.

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I agree, you have the shot then take it. You’re the best player. The team feeds off you

[AirP.]

Here's Butler confirming what we've all known for a while, Butler is willingly passing out of easy shots at the rim to make "the right play" passing out to a teammate. I get passing out for an open 3 but you have to hit over 40% of your 3s to have it out value a shot at the basket at 60% or higher. It's simple math but maybe the more open looks for 3pt shooters can get those players in the groove where it helps them make other shots. There has to be some type of analytics to see those numbers and maybe Spoelstra/Butler has seen those numbers.

Being a dominate scorer is also a way to create open looks for his teammates and I'd wonder if consistent scoring by the team helps 3pt shooters more then just getting a few more open looks.

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I agree, you have the shot then take it. You’re the best player. The team feeds off you

100 40% 3s... 120 points.
100 60% layups... 120 points.

The big issue between these 2 different shots is you're lucky to hit high 40s with 3s, with layups you're able to shoot 80% or go to the line. You should take the much higher percentage layup/push shot anytime it's available.

[twozeroMM]

I'm glad Bam is getting all this flack. He wants to talk about being an all-star and being DPOY, these are the things that come with that.

[Gant]

Smart will help them but not as much as a healthy Lowry would help us. It’s funny to me how the media isn’t even mentioning that.

Smart is a fraudulent DPOY btw, we all know Bam is the best defender in the world but the media had to give it to a Celtics player because they had the best defense. They still managed to screw it up by not giving it to their best defender in Rob Williams lol. They were pushing that first guard to win it since Payton narrative super hard

Sure didn't seem like it, looked like Smart locked down whom ever he was guarding, played well rounded, and hit key shots. Showed a lot more of an impact than Kyle Lowry has shown in these playoffs or in the regular season.

He’s defense was good, I can’t deny that. He had a huge game back. Jimmy was cooking him though, he shot 80% against him.

What we saw last night was the best 3 point shooting game in conference finals history and we’ve just flat out forgot how to shoot. Plus the Bam offensive **** that hopefully gets fixed. Let’s hope they don’t have record breaking shooting every night

Smart defended Jimmy Butler well the last game.

https://sports.yahoo.com/marcus-smarts-return-sparks-celtics-in-east-finals-were-ready-for-the-challenge-160326192.html

Butler has had his way in these playoffs with many now regarding the star as the best overall player left in the postseason. The Heat star went for 41 points on an efficient 12-of-19 from the field in the first meeting with Smart in street clothes.

Butler still ended up with a game-high 29 points on 11-of-18 shooting on Thursday, but according to Second Spectrum, Smart defended Butler on 31 plays and held him to nine points.

[balla345]

Celtics already have 3 games with 20 threes. We are having a hard time even shooting 35% for a game let that sink in. I said whichever team wins the 3 game wins the series that simple . We been pathetic so far these playoffs after a historic season