Miami had just 13 assists in the game. Tough to win a game like that, whether it's missing open shots or just too much iso ball.
I didnt get a chance to watch the game. I was wondering if Chris Bosh, the beast, dominated Dwight Howard?
i've tried subscribing to that theory because it really does feel like they've been amazingly unfortunate. other teams could not shoot better and the heat could not shoot worse. but after 13 or 14 subscriptions, i'm out of money. they really might have set some record for games where they have attempted a game-tying 3 in the final 15 or so seconds. that's the funny thing about their close games. they seem to always be the team that is down and trying to come back in the final 2 or 3 minutes. yes, even in a game where they led by 24, they were the team who was trailing "down the stretch." and it always seems to come down to a 3 to tie. and no one makes them. whatever, i hope the team plane crashes.
yeah, even with poor second halves, lebron and wade still had pretty good overall games. they also had good games against chicago (while rose even shot 9-24). but the heat lost both games because if you make anybody else make a play, they can't. and chicago and boston will make other people make plays. people don't understand how important role players are and, even though they understood it would be this way the 1st season of the big 3, the heat basically have none right now (unless mike miller plays like he's mike miller and not pig miller). i don't know the heat's 3pt% in their losses, but it has to be pretty damn bad.
You guys are still focusing way too much on the offense. The Heat lost this game on the other end, by giving up so many open looks to the Magic (who admittedly are hard to defend when they get hot). They were holding the Magic to under 40% at the half and by the end of the game it was 47%. That's not how you win. Yeah, their second-half offense stunk, but if they just played the same defense they brought in the first half, they would have won anyway. That's how the old Spurs and Pistons teams (and to some degree, the Bulls) won.
C'mon Chris Bosh. Don't slam that ball. That is how guys get hurt, that is how serious injuries happen. You've got to watch for people's body's. I know guys are mad after a loss and everything but we all want to play and provide for our families and have a job. We all want to be healthy and that is very important. If it is by somebody's body, don't slam the ball, it's too close.
The Heat split between above .500 teams and under .500 team is just ridiculous. Even more so than perennial Jazz's home/road split. Miami truly is a collection of stars. Not a team, but a collection of stars. And I have the feeling that in a Bo7 series, teams can really gameplan against them more easily than normal teams. Here's hoping that's true so future star players would stop doing this and give the Rockets a chance to get someone of note.
