Post Up: Thunder Knockout Heat

unimpressed with King James yesterday. He was too lazy on D, coming off screens to slowly and played with absolutely no effort.Wade and Bosh were nice. Didn’t Miller shoot 49% from deep last year. what’s up with him?

With Miller, I think it has been mental since his first game back.
Allen, who is on this list? Durant has only had one real good game against Bron (last night). If his jumper isn’t falling, and he often goes stretches missing consecutive long jumpers, then he can’t do much against Bron.

^ Nick Tha Quick, I’ve noticed a trend with the star players whining about calls. To be fair to Dwight, he gets fouled alot…but I do think he is the biggest cry baby when it comes to complaining about calls…maybe that’s something he learned from SVG.

Why doesn’t LeBron shoot midrange jumpers off picks? Does he not realize that’s allowed? That made me laugh out loud. I was thinking the same thing last nite.

I normally attribute a certain level of hyperbole to EBoy’s comments. However, his rants about Spoelstra’s coaching ability are looking especially valid, with last night’s game being exhibit A. He seems to have a loose grasp on many aspects of coaching, including player rotation. At some point in the playoffs, this is going to cost Miami a game (or a series).

& that iso, Dunrant on Lebron to end the half where he shoulder fakes LBJ right, and goes left and wets it from 25…filthy

Or maybe Spoelstra understands the concept of confidence from consistency. Its hard to be confident on the court, especially in the playoffs, if you have no idea when you’ll be on the court, about how long that might be, or if you’ll get taken out at any moment. I think Spo is not necessarily wrong for sticking with his rotation even if it seems to cost Miami a couple games. Miller is important for the playoffs, you don’t want him losing his head completely before they even start. – BUT i don’t understand the lack of Erick Dampier, he is the best option they got, there’s no reason he doesn’t play now, and he surely will play in the postseason.

That dunk by wade officially gave me a man crush lol..it was insane but okc is for real if that front court cant continue to come together and old man harden continue to ball off the bench it gonna be problems in the west. But the team that wanted more won it simple. & newyork is not in the 6 spot come playoffs. Doug have the kids coming together @ the right time

He’s shooting 38% from 3. You guys are overreacting getting upset about 38% that is still better then 80% of the NBA. smh, he just isn’t doing what he did last year when he had one of the best shooting seasons in NBA history. 38% is still top 50 in the league

Nah, the Thunder still can’t beat L.A. or Dallas in a series. Maybe they can beat the Spurs, and I know my thinkg that pisses Spurs fans off.
They don’t get enough easy buckets to beat Dallas or L.A., and they won’t overwhelm those teams on the glass.
However, they might be able to overwhelm the Spurs on the glass.
Spoelstra doesn’t play Dampier in the second half. It’s like a rule or something.
I didn’t see when Wade got pissed but I would have been pissed too. Dude had WIDE OPEN shots. Nobody was even close to him. And I like Chalmers on Westbrook defensively, but when Miller isn’t hitting shots they have to consider bringing Bibby out more to get somebody to space the floor.

I don’t know what it is about the Heat, I like LeBron, I think Wade is a great player but somehow when they play I just feel the need to root against them. I don’t know if it’s the media that got to me, or maybe it’s the idea of a superteam against a normal team and I just love to root for the underdog. Even when they Heat play the Celtics (a team I strongly dislike) I start rooting for the C’s to win. Weird.

T-Money – I’m not saying Miller is shooting well for himself, but to say he’s already “lost his head” even though he has been 100% healthy for 0 games this season is not right. Plus its never right to bench your 4th/5th best player just because he’s having a rough shooting stretch. Plus he’s only played 31 games this year, might as well give him atleast half a season with the heat before you dub him horrible or having lost his abilities

@Enigmatic, lol.

@Enigmatic — so true. I was a fan in 2005, but the guy takes whining is a whole other level now. It’s disgusting to watch. All the stars do it, but he’s just too much. Every single play.
He’s perfected it, though. Sometimes he’s already looking at the ref with that pained face of his for the foul call before he even lands on the ground.

T-Money at 10:49 hit the Miller situation on the head IMO. Didn’t see that comment, and don’t possess the journalistic abilities to portray my pov lol my fault.

I got Clemson winning too lol i’m stressin and sh*t for no reason

Any of the lower west seeds can upset the Spurs. I wouldn’t be surprised if Memphis does it in the first round. These Spurs are gonna disappoint a lot of people especially if Timmy keeps playing the way he does.

“It doesn’t matter. Its over.” 3 mins left. 10 point game. I know you read it the first time i just wanted you to read it again fellas

aahhh.. the beauty of brackets. Keeps people interested in teams and players they never even knew existed.

look, like everyone else in here i dont know Wade personally, but his pr!ck-like behaviour is nothing new to me. I first saw it when he played in international competition (WC or Olympics, dunno). He was all cocky, talking mad ish to foreign player and stuff. He seems like that cat that will hang with you and be all cool, but as soon as his cooler friends come around he will turn on you. I mean, he wasnt acting like that before Lebron came to town. If you get what i am saying…

Damn you, Clemson.

Damn you, ODU.

If Morefellatio State beats Louisville I might break my computer at work…

Enigmatic, I take it that you’ve been fired already.

J, he can’t respond. His computer is broken.