motherf*****, how many wide open 3's did mike miller miss in this game? most of them weren't even close either. i'm guessing the heat might have liked that clear foul by garnett on lebron's penultimate drive to actually be called, then the celtics are down and trying to make a shot instead of the other way around. although to be fair, they're probably lucky it wasn't a flagrant on lebron.
It blows my mind how the Heat lost this. The Cels had only 10 players active, and their go-to-guy had only 1 point.
why do people act like the celtics are so banged up? their top 6 are all playing. it's not like garnett and allen are out or something.
Lebron passed it again. I really feel he passes it too much in winning time. Are DWade and Lebron that bad at shooting 3s they have to pass it to someone else? Their clutch factor should up their percentages in winning time, right?
Idk how I would feel if I was a Magic fan. They are an elite team but can never beat the other elite teams.
Can someone please tell my why team never foul after being up three with almost no time left on the clock? People say all the time that fouling is the right thing to do but I rarely ever see team make the foul. Chances are, the other team usually make the three. Also why is Kobe's jersy so large?
Idk how I would feel if I was a Magic fan. They are an elite team but can never beat the other elite teams.
Worried about fouling while they're in the act of shooting. Also, some coaches get nervous about giving up an offensive rebound on a missed free throw, because refs are so inconsistent in calling lane violations.
von wafer came into the game 25% on 3's. jones, miller, and house all came in over 40%. wafer: 2-3 miller/house/jones: 1-10 and maybe 3 or 4 of those were challenged 3's and none of them were forced up to beat the shotclock or with someone all over them where it wasn't a reasonable attempt. that 1-10 on pretty good looks works pretty well to balance pierce's 0-10 with some pretty good looks. so both teams had things that probably won't happen again (like random flagrant fouls).
i was on youtube a couple of days ago watching the end of our game 7 against phoenix back in 1995 when we fouled twice when up 3 to keep the suns from shooting a 3 to tie. both times the suns (majerle, then ainge) didn't dribble again after the foul and in ainge's case you could make a pretty good case that he shot quick enough to say he was in the act of shooting. back then, no one seemed to complain and it seems to have been an unwritten rule that the continuation rules basically didn't apply in that situation and that you had to actually be shooting. by today's interpretation, they almost certainly get 3 free throws, and maybe 6 (not that we would have fouled twice in a row). so i can see why coaches are so afraid of it these days with the way continuation has been treated in late game situations.
