Heat beating up on crappy teams big deal, we saw this all season. Heat 3-8 against Bulls/Celtics/Magic Heat will lose to boston in 6 games. If the Magic beat Atlanta, i will gurantee you they beat the bulls.
you guarantee Heat will lose to boston in 6 games and Magic will beat the Bulls but you can't guarantee that the magic is going to beat the hawks?
unless i'm missing some miami bus crash backstory, why is everyone getting on kerr so much for his comment? it wasn't a great way to word it because talking about bus crashes just doesn't sound good (marv was certainly a little surprised), but all i got was that he meant miami's advantage is so huge that nothing short of the team being dead was going to allow philly to win the series. it certainly wasn't a shot at the heat or meant as he was hoping their bus would crash.
Celtics are strutting to beat a injury filled Knicks team, and the bulls who face a lower seed are not doing that well. The playoffs are a lot diff to the regular season, and most pele are starting to feel Miami are now the favs to win it all. Wade Bosh and Lebron all raise ere game in the playoffs to another level, and most teams don't have the talent level to beat them.
I definitely think that Houston outfit would improve immensely with Iggy in it. He is fundamentally the missing piece. Houston can play incredibly well against top teams (spurs, celtics, lakers) when they turn the defense up, Iggy is a x50 better defender than Budinger, translating to improved defensive play, more fast break points, and a scoring slashing option. A better regular season record means we have much easier Playoff matchups first round, and a good chance of reaching the finals if we get past the second round.
hopefully these fastbreak points can get iggy going. it's sad seeing him sucking like a mofo. and i guess wade is picking this game to suck like a mofo on both ends
if the heat play this type of defense, they are unbeatable. but too bad they can't do it all game b/c bibby and Z need their minutes.
Celtics to me seem to play to the level of their competition. When they play the heat I have no doubt they will raise their game and it will be a great series.
you can't have joey crawford and dick bevetta in the same game. Two out of the three refs in the game are completely incompetent
the celtics are NOT going to play that type of offensive game ever again. the knicks simply were not disciplined defensively b/c they had a lot of guys out and they rely on their O too much. trust me when i say celtics will not have that kind of offensive game again in the playoffs. however, their D will keep them in every game and they can win. i dont' think they play to the level of their competition. their O is not good enough.
Teams like the Celtics, Lakers and Spurs play to the level of their competition and have been doing so for years. Will they have another offensive explosion like that probably not, the series will be tougher against MIA because MIA will actually play defense. This also holds true for BOS. MIA isn't just gonna stroll in and sweep them like they are Philly. That will be a GREAT series.
wow this team has learned how to turn on that "switch" anytime they want to. b/c those teams play defense. when you play great defense in the playoffs, you always have a chance. the celtics are not as dominant as in year's past; they should be down 2-1 if the knicks had their full roster (billups/amare healthy).
