03.03.11 - Miami Heat vs. Orlando Magic - 8 p.m. ET (TNT)

Salty · Post #901 » by **Salty** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:10 am

Sejope wrote:
fishfuego. wrote:How can Riley sit and watch and continue to do nothing.

Is Pat Riley to old and watched up to care?

Even Murphy, the player, picked Celtics due to the horrific offensive sets or lack of by the Heat.

FIRE SPORON!

No... if it's one person I have faith in, it's Riley. He's got to have a plan. Phil Jackson is a free agent next year.

Rick Adelman :thumbsup:

Post #902 » by **dflash3** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:10 am

At this point in the season I think I was enjoying the 07-08 season more

Pimpwerx · Post #903 » by **Pimpwerx** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:10 am

So strange, but not unexpected. I don't even get mad about this stuff. I'm just wondering how we can fix it when this is clearly a matter of execution. Most of the losses to good teams have been us giving up leads late in the game. We just don't execute well in the crunch. I wonder what Riley was thinking sitting in the crowd there. This game should have been in garbage time in the 3rd quarter. What a tough loss. PEACE.

Carlos4Heat · Post #904 » by **Carlos4Heat** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:11 am

If Spoelstra was any kind of man,he would take responsibility for his shortcomings,instead of deflecting.

Something is wrong with this team and everybody sees it,except for the ones with the power to change it.

Sejope · Post #905 » by **Sejope** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:11 am

Salty wrote:
Sejope wrote:
fishfuego. wrote:How can Riley sit and watch and continue to do nothing.

Is Pat Riley to old and watched up to care?

Even Murphy, the player, picked Celtics due to the horrific offensive sets or lack of by the Heat.

FIRE SPORON!

No... if it's one person I have faith in, it's Riley. He's got to have a plan. Phil Jackson is a free agent next year.

Rick Adelman

Jerry Sloan 8-)

Alleyooops · Post #906 » by **Alleyooops** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:11 am

I'm not an advocate for firing a coach this close to the playoffs but the Heat can't do any worse. Second half of games they look like they've never played together.
Spolestra is just Mike Brown + hair. Playing the scrubbiest, least talented guys he can trot out there (Joel) no matter how awful, no offensive system that puts players in the best place to succeed, no real motivational skills.

Riley sure as hell can't afford to waste this year with a possible lockout. I know he doesn't want to coach but something has got to give.

Joao Saraiva · Post #907 » by **Joao Saraiva** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:12 am

If you guys get frustrated imagine me... I live in Europe... I'm awake at this hours of the night just to watch this ****. I mean... come on. I get teams can't win every game but this sort of performance is just disrespectful...

Miamis3rdRing · Post #908 » by **Miamis3rdRing** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:12 am

Denver has no star player but those guys go out and compete hard every night.

These MORONS on our team think they can play for half the game and take the other half off. I don't care if we end up mediocre, ship out anybody who plays half-assed basketball.

The fans should get a refund for this sort of s***.

Post #909 » by **GameTime_3** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:12 am

I'm seriously laughing at all my friends who are texting me. "Your right, the guy sucks", "Your right, he can't coach the big moment", " I wanted to give him a full year to prove it but his proving me wrong every minute he stands on the sideline".

diablerouge · Post #910 » by **diablerouge** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:13 am

the thing is... why was bosh even on the floor?

Joao Saraiva · Post #911 » by **Joao Saraiva** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:13 am

Alleyooops wrote:I'm not an advocate for firing a coach this close to the playoffs but the Heat can't do any worse. Second half of games they look like they've never played together.
Spolestra is just Mike Brown + hair. Playing the scrubbiest, least talented guys he can trot out there (Joel) no matter how awful, no offensive system that puts players in the best place to succeed, no real motivational skills.

Riley sure as hell can't afford to waste this year with a possible lockout. I know he doesn't want to coach but something has got to give.

Jerry Sloan? Larry Brown?

SweetTouch · Post #912 » by **SweetTouch** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:13 am

diablerouge wrote:the thing is... why was bosh even on the floor?

To get the offensive rebound just in case.

cheenofly523 · Post #913 » by **cheenofly523** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:13 am

SPO IS DOING HIS POST INTERVIEW NOW

Sejope · Post #914 » by **Sejope** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:14 am

Can we all agree that drawing a last second 3 for Bosh out of a time out is either bad coaching or an early April Fools day prank?

cheenofly523 · Post #915 » by **cheenofly523** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:14 am

He sounds like he's crying as in he's about to lose his job.

Miamis3rdRing · Post #916 » by **Miamis3rdRing** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:14 am

cheenofly523 wrote:SPO IS DOING HIS POST INTERVIEW NOW

Can you post a recap when it's over?

Post #917 » by **GameTime_3** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:14 am

Spo "were being measured".."We have to keep pushing through".."The guys played hard enough"..

salqaddoumi · Post #918 » by **salqaddoumi** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:14 am

Spoelstra press conference is on Sun Sports.

Salty · Post #919 » by **Salty** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:14 am

Hi im Erik Spoelstra,
we're facing challenges! keep pushing, we really wanted it....AND THEN THE TIDE TURNED!

DWadeno3 · Post #920 » by **DWadeno3** » Fri Mar 4, 2011 4:14 am

jona187 wrote:
DWadeno3 wrote:Do you know what I don't get? D-Wade and LeBron were ON FIRE in the first half and just dominating the Magic and all in a sudden we can't buy a bucket anymore? I mean, you run a play for one of the two and the Orlando defense will likely collapse on that guy and he can kick it to an open teammate. But I didn't see anything in that regard.

I'm not even that mad about our defense, we knew they were gonna catch fire at some point. But how in the world do you score 63 points in the first half and then come back and score 33 in the second?! If we had just had a normal second half, we could've easily won this game. Just score 43 points, which isn't good either, and you're good to go. But our offense sucks so badly that it allows teams to come back. Our offense was horrible in the first half, it just once again got overshadowed by great individual performances from D-Wade and LeBron. Overall, it wasn't that much different from what we did in the second half though. The Magic simply adjusted to our simple offensive gameplan and thus shut us down.

Notice how our lack of production also helped the Magic. A lot of their open shots were in transition. They just got the rebound or the steal, threw the outlet pass, got it to an open shooter before our defense was set and that guy nailed it. It was that simple.

Well, they stop penetrating and driving

Second half we completely settled for the outside shot and we got burned

We do need an offense, but we tend to settle for the outside shot

Do you know how many times I shake my head when Wade pulls up for a three?

We settled for outside shots because the Magic figured our stupid "offense" out, which basically consisted of a screen for either D-Wade or LeBron who nailed the jumper. Now they just helped a lot better on those screens and didn't give the two any open looks. In a good offense, the ball usually keeps moving and you take advantage of the fact that the defense focuses on those two guys.

Also LOL @ the people bashing Wade for his defense tonight. He's had a lot of lazy games, but most of the threes tonight came in transition. When we don't score, we allow them to get in the open court and they either attack or shoot outside shots before our defense is even set. Go and watch the game again and you'll see it. So instead of bitching about our defense and how Wade screwed it up, look at when they took those shots and how they got those shots. Also notice how we kept packing the paint and all it took for them was a little backscreen from Bass against a wingplayer in the paint to give the shooter some space. SVG used very simple methods to outcoach Spoelstra today.

Erik once again committed too many mistakes tonight to not be blamed.