Is anybody actually looking forward to the Pacers-Heat volume 3?

The only person who is probably looking forward to it is our very own PacerTom. He hasn't posted in months, but he'll post when the series starts with photos of the pacers putting on war paint and yell a few battle cries. Then the Heat will start out 0-1 and all of clutchfans will say the series is over and that the Heat just don't have it anymore and the big 3 should be broken up. Then the Heat will end up 2-1 in the series and PacerTom won't post - other than a few complaints about the refs and how LeBron gets all the calls. Then the Heat will relax and the Pacers will go up 3-2 and LeBron will be labeled a choker, can't win the big one, Wade is too old, Bosh is too soft, and PacerTom will tell us that the Heat just can't match up to the size and strength of Roy Hibbert & will gloat. Then the Heat will win the series in 7 and I'll yawn.

Am I right?

 

Reminds me of the old Knicks/Heat match ups..... yeah you appreciate the effort and physical play... for awhile..... then it just gets boring, and really you don't even care.....

The Heat will win the series in 6 or 7 and play OKC/SA or maybe LAC in the Finals...

Lets just cut to the chase already.

 

My Prediction:

Miami vs San Antonio in the Finals with the Spurs whipping their ass in 4 or 5 games. Yawn.

 

You mean Raptors Heat ECF right? =)

 

I hope to God that doesn't happen. Duncan with 5 rings!!

Best hope is Spurs struggles against top teams (OKC, LAC, us). Pacers can sweep the season series tonight.

 

Well, I have called the past two NBA championships perfectly and this is my prediction for 2014. The Spurs are on a mission.

 

Way to go out on a limb there

 

Yeah, it will be a fun physical series.

 

Nothing in the east playoff wise is interesting to me. If the Rockets make it to the finals, I may take a look just to see how those teams are playing.

 

Well most clutcfhans picked other teams than Miami so I was in the minority.

 

I don't know why, but I think Brooklyn will play in Eastern Conference finals.

 

Even if The Pacers outplayed Miami, the refs are going to make sure Miami wins.

 

Let me guess, you picked Miami the year before you got the last 2 right? Miami has been the overwhelming favorite to win the NBA title the last 3 seasons, just cause a few Lebron haters on the forum tried to down play the Heat doesn't mean you made some miraculous prediction.

 

My predictions aren't miraculous. They are intelligent, logical and well thought out with no bias. Yes. I picked them the past 3 years. However if you go look at all the game threads in the playoffs for the past 3 years, the majority of clutchfans picked other teams like the Bulls, Celtics, Pacers, Thunder, and Spurs to beat them. My picks were in the minority around here.

It's much much much more than a few LeBron haters. Most people though that LeBron and Wade couldn't exist together and that the Heat's supporting cast wasn't strong enough to win it all. Many people here were calling for the break up of the big 3 and these weren't LeBron haters.

This year I'm picking the Spurs. Not because I want them to win, simply because I think they will. I don't make my predictions based on bias like you guys do.

 

No I am not looking forward to watching it, in all honesty I really only like the Bulls out of the East ever since ATL lost Al.

 

The Heat and LBJ are definitely going to make the ECF, if not the finals. The NBA needs the "Lebron chasing greatness" narrative for as long as possible.

The Pacers on the other hand, who knows? I never really saw them as an elite team. Sure they have a great defense but basketball is a two way game. It's like they are the defensive version of the '05 Suns; elite at one end but okay at the other. But the Suns had a legit MVP player and everyone on their team fit the system perfectly. Not so much here since I think George and Stephenson are better in faster systems, not walk it up court and grind for points aka Grizzles. I really think a team like Toronto or the Nets, both of whom are more balanced than the Pacers just not as talented, beat them in a series.

 

I would love to have Stephenson as our 6th man.

 

The problem is that Lance doesn't see himself as a 6th man.

 

Don't overlook Chicago. Underdog upset over Miami before they even get to the ECF.