NBA Finals: Dallas Mavericks vs. Miami Heat

That's a pretty simple view...your greater than/less than scale doesn't show how much more of an advantage one position has over the other. I guess it took you all of 1 min to think of the NBA finals and its outcome. Ignorance is bliss?

 

The Heat are more talented simply because of Lebron. Yes Dirk has been great all season and the playoffs but Lebron has done it on both sides of the ball.

JJ and Jet will be contained. Too much perimeter D with Lebron and Wade. What LBJ did on Rose was insane.

 

Where did you get your numbers? You DO realize Bowen was guarding him for much of that series?

 

Should I add more >>>>

Rocket River
. . . and I am simplistic?

 

Heya River...do what you gots to do bro...it's your post. If putting little greater than/less than signs without any explanation tells us everything you think of the finals then I guess that's the best way you can possibly convey your thoughts. Yeah, I think it's simplistic..so what? Here's your rationale of Michael Jordan in his prime vs. a bunch of 5th graders...


MJ>great 5th grader
bad fifth grader < great fifth grader

bad fifth grader < great fifth grader

bad fifth grader < great fifth grader

bad fifth grader < great fifth grader

Obviously the great fifth graders will win because they have more players that are better at their position, MJ doesn't stand a chance...bravo

 

Portland, LA, and OKC aren't Miami and this isn't the regular season...Miami aren't chopped liver and the Mavs don't have the defense that Boston or Chicago had.

 

I never said Miami was.

But Dallas' DEFENSE is a heck of a lot closer to Boston/Chicago than EITHER of those teams' OFFENSE when compared to Dallas.

The Heat are a great team. You have to be to get to the finals. But they haven't faced a team that plays offense with any semblance of efficiency. It's easy to talk a bunch of noise about their defense when they haven't been tested.

 

let's just put it this way: if OKC with westbrook/durant/harden could get to the line at will, lebron/wade will absolutely obliterate the ft line for the heat.

game 1: 43fts for okc
game 2: 26fts
game 3: 36fts
game 4: 25fts
game 5: 25fts

the heat will LIVE at the line vs the mavericks. as they have all season.

and it's absurd to think that dallas' D is anywhere close to the celtics/bulls. if you haven't been watching the WCF series.

 

I'm thinking Heat in 7.

 

With that logic, how have the Mavs "been tested"? Boston was a more efficient offensive team in the regular season than the mavs...it didn't matter. And they had a much better defense. The only reason the mavs look so good recently is because Dirk has had 2 good series out of 3. He didn't look so incredibly impressive vs. the Blazers, that's how I see him doing vs. the Heat. He'll get some points, but the mavs are going to look awfully slow and outmatched in this series. I highly doubt this goes 7 games.

 

According to basketball-reference, the Mavs were 8th in both offensive (109.7 points per 100 possessions) and defensive rating (105.0) this year. The Bulls were 1st in defensive rating (100.3) and 11th in offensive rating (108.3). You could also look at scoring margin, where the Bulls were three points better during the regular season than the Mavs.

So technically, Chicago's offense (during the regular season) was closer to being as good as Dallas' offense than Dallas' defense was to being as good as Chicago's defense.

Of course, the Mavs are playing out of their minds offensively in the playoffs so far, whereas the Bulls started to struggle offensively even before they played the Heat.

 

You forgot that Chicago, Miami, and Boston all play in the LEASTERN conference. If Rockets were in the east, they would have home court advantage instead of in the lottery.

 

It's laughable to even think Bull's offense is anywhere close to Dallas's offense, or how Miami's offense is even better than Dallas. Numbers do lie, in this case.

 

Repped.

I would bet money that Blazers, Lakers, and Thunder would easily beat 76ers, Celtics, and Bulls if they meet in the playoffs. Miami's road to the Finals had been a cake-walk, while Dallas has been battle tested.

 

Heat in 6 games they win all home games plus one at Dallas.

 

Well see.....

 

You are an idiot. You're absolutely right about the 76ers. First round series are easier for the higher seeds in the East than in the West. But the Celtics were a top team and the Bulls were THE top team in the league (and, for the record, had a BETTER record against the Western conference than against the "Leastern" conference).

 

I hope it's not a sweep cuz I just got a ticket to Game 5!!!