LeBron James, Miami Heat Even Up NBA Finals With Game 2 Win

Probably fake caboose. Are you fake or real caboose at 12:13

Ldub..see thats the thing..when you say he forces the issue in instances to get a foul..to me thats a cop out mentality he shows on the court..it reminds me a lot of chauncey billups..as good as he is..his go to move at the end of the games is to draw a foul before actually making the shot. If thats how a player is going to play ball, i get it, but i dont like it one bit.

Harden’s beard :: Samson’s hair

LOL LA HUEY….he was ballin the same when he didnt have the beard. Maybe we all should just fear it….fear the beard. He kinda looks homeless too. I wonder if Westbrooks shot got lost in there? ha!

Lloyd….Battier was still moving, and you are correct he did slide under KD (after) he jumped. You gotta give the person a chance to land. However, even if he was moving slightly…had KD not jumped when he did…it would have been a charge. Im surprised the refs picked it up…it was hard to see in slo mo

12:45, that was fake nbk. Your horrible grammar gave it away.

So Lakesh…..I mean the troll nbk, is kind of funnier than the real one. Sorry Soop, but it’s true. Hey, did the Heat play last night?

The Heat will leave Miami up 3-2 after Game 5. You can bet your as*es Bron will bring a Game 6 Celtics-like performance in Game 6 or Game 7 in OKC to bring his first ring and give ALL basketball fans an incredibly entertaining Finals a fitting close. The script can’t be written any better…not even by the Sternbot.

12:45 wasn’t me. I think that was the real nbk

23 thank you thats pretty much what i was tryin to say..harden admitted in in the pregame before game 5 against the spurs that he studied ginobli’s game..he said he studied his foot work, his shot, he failed to mention the flopping lol. their games really do mirror one anothers..but i think ginobli would throw it down more often in games (harden can fly too)..and as for this summer when the nba looks at flopping…i thought they been changed this rule..i thought you were supposed to get a tech for ‘tricking the refs’ and that was set in place like 2-3 years ago..obviously the refs never used this rule..nor did they bother giving players techs after the fact thru video tape evidence

That no call on battier was the same call the Thunder got all series long against the Spurs, Collison and Harden do that a lot, the slide under the air-borne defender. How great was it to see Harden flop and try to get the call, then have Chalmers flop and get the call, that had to be like my favorite play of the game. Durant didn’t get anymore fouled than Lebron did a couple of drives he didnt get the call, quit the conspiracy theory ish. Its kinda sad though, Lebron stepped up big and nailed those two high pressure free throws and Durant missed a game winner, but you don’t see any Durant choked comments.

mario chalmers might just have the best job in the entire nba..starting pg for a stacked team..he plays with Lebron and Wade..he will never receive the blame for a loss…it seems that he takes a verbal beating sometimes from wade bosh and bron and he doesnt get paid like them..but hey the pressure to perform is never really him, and more than likely he will be the receipient of some rings so long as he keeps ‘the best job in the nba’

Lloyd…i was agreeing with you @23 I was also agreeing with T…yet making my own point on the side. I dont think that Harden flops and then doesnt get back on D…granted I havent watched many thunder games this year…but if thats the case then I can see the problem. But if he is getting legit fouls because of his style of play and ability to draw a foul then let it be. Obviously he isnt going to get every call, but why change up a style of play if its working. I understand it may cause an issue if the refs/league considers it to be flopping. But from what I gathered (if it comes to a point of review)..it was based on the defensive end. I could be wrong and probably am, but we shall see. I do think the PP driving to the basket throwing your head back is out of control. I dont see harden doing this, where it would be called flopping. But if i am wrong…someone please correct me.

I wasnt saying that he did, but if it was Lebron in the same situation the word choke would be a trending topic. @ldub Harden does the head whip as well as 32 other flavors of flopping, The Derrick Rose head-whip, the Vujacic phantom contact, The Battier slide under, The Kobe leg kick, The Ginobili over exaggeration while ball handling, The ben wallace dude just hit me with a brick shtick. the list goes on but you name it Harden will flop it.

ldub..im pretty sure if the nba players would take a poll at the end of this year on who the biggest floppers are..harden will be there and near the top of the list..him and derrick fisher are definately the two biggest American born floppers in the game..but a lot of the euro players developed this rep too

T…I feel you. But the question is….has this always been a part of the game or did it slowly incorporate itself because a few did it? I remember AI doing this back in the day. But I always felt it was because he was so small, that his body actually reacted that way.

So i only saw the first quarter and a half, and the last 4 minutes of the game. anybody wanna explain to me how each team was attacking? who shot more 15+ foot jumpers? those sort of things? if one of you wouldn’t mind

Lol@ lakeshow thinking I have no life when he spends time watching the Lakers

its used as a mechanism to change the refs opinions on the offensive players attacks to the bucket..because in many cases you can’t stop a superior athletic baller if you can’t handcheck, and if the restricted area is so damn far away from the basket..the only thing left is to hit the deck and act like a b**ch…shutup how dare you accuse d rose of being in possession of any of the 32 flavors of flopping??!! take that back!

nbk..durant was plagued with foul trouble throughout the game..as u kno lebron was the primary defender on durant from the get go..he made durant commit a foul against him early..and then d wade made durant pay by giving him a pump fake and then going up for a shot..by the early third quarter durant had 4 fouls. with 10’30” left in the fourth durant picked up his fifth foul..durant was a little out of the game to that point…miami was clickin on all cylinders..battier started the game where he left off the last game by hitting a bunch of threes..lebron was definately in attack mode..and d wade was too..wade got his team involved early and himself..he was getting to the lane quite often on the high pick and roll at the top of the key…Lebron continued his ways…but did one better by hitting all his free throws

Who is the greatest flopper of all time (GFAT)?
1. Vlade Divac?
2. All Duke players?
3. Dereck Fisher?
4. Hedo Turkododo?

appreciate it tpathi – so for the most part both teams were attacking and not relying on outside shooting? — How was Westbrook last night, i see he shot the most shots, but from the sound of it that was out of Durant not being able to do what he normally would? And Harden did a whole bunch of nothing after that big 1st quarter? He only had 7 the rest of the game with Durant in foul trouble…what happened there? — If you don’t wanna answer or not sure, no stress. i just don’t have a good feel for what went down after the 1st quarter last night.

Durant is a monster. Dude cannot be stopped. His scoring is crazy.
NBK
LeBron played bully ball. Only settled for jumpers rarely, regularly took smaller players on the block, and recognized how to attack different matchups. Against Thabo it was post work, Durant it was off the bounce since Durant can’t handle him if he gets a running start. Same with the bigs. Harden played the best defense on Bron, but mainly because Bron didn’t post him up. Serge did ok, too.
Wade got to the rim. Used the high pick and roll and the Heat used rapid ball reversal and an immediate attack against the rotating defense to get their early lead. The reason the game got close was because they went away from that style. The Thunder are not a great defensive team when you make them execute multiple contests and switches. They aren’t cerebral on defense outside of Fisher.
Bosh was crazy active. His activity on both ends was the most important factor in the game. he crashed the boards like crazy, hustled and was aggressive on offense looking for his shot. He missed some bunnies and couldn’t catch some easy passes or he would have approached 20/20.
Battier and Chalmers hit shots and played great defense and Cole gave them great energy. miller and james jones were active too. Very complete game and we didn’t even see Joel Anthony.
Durant, as I said, was a total and complete monster once he wasn’t in foul trouble. Honestly, no one can guard him. LeBron does the best job, but as someone said, he can’t guard Durant and Westbrook and Wade has not shown an ability to guard Westbrook. Durant hits every shot in the book and has no fear. It’s awesome to watch.
Westbrook played fairly well in my opinion. He took mostly smart shots, made good passes and was aggressive. People are blamining him but he kept the HEat on their heels.
Harden is a master foul drawer. He uses that same extended arms move Pierce and Vince Carter perfected years ago and it’s great. And he flops like crazy on defense.
Ibaka is a terror. He is always lurking and he had the Heat thinking early. Unfortunately, the Thunder’s best defensive lineup includes Perk, Ibaka and Thabo and that allows Miami to rest on defense. I would expect Perk to get fewer minutes and Thabo and Harden to be paired together more.
It was a great game. The big Miami lead never felt safe because OKC’s crowd wills them to success. The energy was palpable even through the television. I think OKC is the team to beat still in this series because they never get rattled or lose confidence.

Heat started to chuck jumpers toward the end of the 3rd and for a lot of the 4th. They got back to their bread and butter just in time. Heat did a great job of getting back on defense and putting bodies in front of Westbrook and daring him to shoot his pull-up jumper. It was the same shot he was killing the Lakers with but just wouldn’t fall. Ibaka got a bunch of blocks all at the expense of the Big 3. But then they started realizing that he’s a young shot blocker and just started pump-faking the hell out of him or sending Bosh 18 ft out to the baseline.

the thing is… westbrook is going to have more field goal attempts than durant next game 2. Just following the trend. its just how it is. If i am not mistaken… westbrook has had more field goals than KD in 4 out of the 6 heat/thunder games played since the heat big 3 was put 2gether in 2011-2012. Don’t believe me? Click my name and you can see for yourself (2010-2011-finals 2011-2012 disregarding preseason). Westbrook in these finals however has shot much better v. the heat than he did in the reg season… thats odd huh? 40% in the finals, 31% in the reg season (2011-2012) v. the heat. Westbrook has the ball the majority of the time and is the guy that is supposed to set the thunder offense… yet he usually drives and reacts most of the time. he never has a plan on a play to me… its just read and react like AI. the difference is iverson was a SG and had no scorer next 2 him in philly at least. westbrook has durant yet continues 2 do this. Its nuts though… even though he plays like this he is avg 9 assists to 2 turnovers v. the heat in these finals. thats pretty gr8 but he could avg 12 assists if he wanted to… just pass the ill advised drives on 3 guys to durant and boom assist. i’m not blaming westbrook for this whole game though… i blame durant for playing putrid defense to start. If u look at it… westbrook and harden held it down game 2 while durant was in foul trouble due 2 getting eurostepped on the fastbreak by bosh (really kd) and biting on a wade pumpfake (i mean c-mon). KD needs 2 play better. also, perkins needs to hit inside shots. he was bricking everything jeez. but ya… chances are westbrook outshoots KD again and since its a road game… expect him to shoot sub 35% next game.