What does Sefolosha being bad offensively, have anything to do with how good is, defensively? What logic is that? Honestly? I'd stick Collison or Ibaka on James. WB - guards Chalmers Sefo - guards Wade Durant - guards Battier Ibaka - guards James / Bosh Collison - guards Bosh / James When Sefo sits for Harden, the Beard can guard Wade. Either way, it's better having size on size versus Beard on size.
After the flameout last year I can't really blame them, but this series has been over since game 3 imho. But this game was the nail in the coffin. The fat lady might not be singing yet but she is humming quite a bit.
I like Perkins - just not in this series, something I've maintained throughout the thread. Great sledgehammer, but not something you should use to chop a tree down.
charmin soft Western Conference D... to all of you expecting a rout for the Thunder and calling the WCF "the real championship series"
Oh, I wasn't trying to call you out or anything. I was just voicing my opinion on Perkins' game. Like, there was a post about the possibility of OKC wanting to trade Perkins. The poster joked that it was knee-jerk, but it seriously is. Perkins = good defense, wrong era.
1) You put your size out on the perimeter -> killed on the boards. 2) You haven't seen Bass on Lebron? 3) The Heat would completely dominate with "paint" points. Point is, Thabo and Durant should be guarding Lebron all game. Durant has all the skills to be an elite defender. He will be one in a few years. You'll see him on Lebron more and more if they face off again in the Finals.
I wouldn't say that. Sure the Heat have won game 3 and game 4; however, each game has gone down to the wire. It could have gone either way with a guy like Durant on the floor. I am going for Heat and thought they would win (predicted MIA vs SA before playoffs started), but it's not like MIA is just dominating. James has been more determined these last 6 games (including the last two in Boston) than he has ever been his whole career. He has been known to lose his focus. Even though I do not think he will do that, you just have to have Lebron have one bad game in game 5 (which would mean OKC wins game 5) and Durant to go off in game 6 for it to be anyone's series. I do think Heat win game 5 and Lebron's legacy is cemented considering he has had one of the greatest finals in the history of the game; but, to call it over is, regardless of history, is silly.
Predicted Heat in 6, always thought the Lebron vs. KD matchup would be crucial and the biggest point for Miami in a playoff series. Guess I was right, Miami is a bad matchup for OKC.
1) Putting a singular person (Durant) on Battier (perimeter) =/= autokilled on the boards. 2) Ibaka is not Bass. 3) Just like James dominating Harden, by shooting over him in the post? My point was to stick size on LeBron, instead of Harden. Even if it slows LeBron down by even a hair, it still slows him down. I honestly believe Ibaka is better suited to guard James in the post, while Sefo can tangle with him outside.
I do, after game 3 it became clear that OKC didn't have much of a chance of winning this series unless LBJ or Wade went down with a series injury. Tonight is just the nail in the coffin. It is all over but the crying. This series ends thursday. LBJ gets his ring and the lbj haters/lbj lovers come out in full force.
I don't think so but it doesn't matter at this point. Wade, Bosh, Chalmers and crew are more than capable of closing this thing out Thursday w/o James. That being said, James will play and he will start.
