Eastern Conference Finals: (1) Indiana vs. (2) Miami

Miami getting BTFO

Time for their fans to bandwagon the next big thing.

 

Ha. After 1 game. Really?

Doubtful.

 

You're right.

Game 2 is when they'll hop on the Spurs bandwagon. Or maybe even Indianas?

 

Nice to play in the East.

Indy can play like garbage for half a season and still not lose the 1 seed.

Then enter the playoffs still playing nothing like a 1 seed, squeak by the first round and not really turn it on till a couple games into the 2nd round and after all that find themselves only needling 3 out of 6 to go to the finals.

 

Heat must find ways to get Bosh baskets other than spotting up at the 3 pt line. He is making big bucks you don't pay a guy that much to camp out at the 3 pt line all game.

 

Can't wait to see the overreaction after this Miami loss, which has happened in every playoff run since the big 2 formed.

 

In the West, u blink and ur out of the playoffs

 

This will play out like last years, except swap the two teams.

Indy will take this. For once, the good guys will win.

 

They're winning this series. I don't think there'll be any overreaction.

 

This series might be closer than expected

 

What are you saying?

 

There won't be any overreaction to the Heat losing game 1. The Heat will still win it.

 

There are plenty of overreaction already lol. Maybe not by you but a lot of people overreact in the playoffs from game to game.

 

Not really. Unlike game 1 of OKC/Clips or game 5 OKC/Memphis or game 5 ATL/Indy, I haven't seen a lot of people claiming Heat going to lose the series. Now those were overreactions.

Indy had a +24 FT advantage today. 122 Orating. I think logical NBA fans understand this was a team playing above their heads.

 

Indy shows up to play vs Miami, that said Indy played OUT OF THEIR MINDS good, and the Heat played meh, and only lost by 11.

I just can't see Indy winning more than 1 more game if that's what is required to win them a game.

Indy's line: 52% FG (same as heat), 40% 3s (vs 25% for the heat), 22 more FTs, 11 less fouls.

If the Heat were just a little more aggressive and shot 3s at a normal clip (33%) they would've won this game.

 

Overreaction? Anybody who thinks the Pacers will continue to shoot 52%/42% and Miami will continue 26% from long range has lost their mind. This series will turn ugly and Miami's D will lock down the Pacers when it matters. Pacers ain't winning 4 games from the Heat. Maybe it's Miami in 6 or maybe the Pacers will revert to form and lose the next 4.

 

Pacers have the clear advantage in the paint....if they can continue exploit that they can win the series

 

Indy played great. If they can sustain just 85% of this level, this will go 7. And it's a toss-up. We should all want that as fans.

But this offense isn't going to sustain. What Indy should focus on is that defense. Heat had no problem scoring v. them. They "only" scored 96 points b/c they started jacking up bad shots trying to come back in certain parts of the game. And the Heat CAN sustain this type of offense.

So hopefully Indy won't pull a Lance Stephenson and start playing Rucker park out there like he did today. Just focus on their strengths which are rebounding and defense, and they may be able to grind out more wins in this series.

 

That idiot Doris Burke strikes again. Her question in the post-game interview to Paul George: "What do you expect out of Miami in Game 3?"