[Eastern Conference - 1st round] (3)Miami vs. (6)Charlotte

The mosst hilarious thing would be if the Hornets beat the Cavs and go to the Finals.. LOLLLL

Not happening though.. lolz

 

If your a Heat fan whats going through your mind right now?

 

Lin Lee and Daniels 4:0 Morey

 

Wow, Hornets confidence has to be off the chart right now. And what a clutch 3pt shot for Lee after the miss goaltending call on Wade. Former Rockets, Lin/Lee brothers getting it done, and ofc Lamb/Tr3y lmao. Maybe we'll get to see them shine as well.

 

What the hell happened to Miami?

When they went up 2-0 on the Hornets, it looked like Deng couldn't be stopped. Wade couldn't be stopped. Whiteside couldn't be stopped.

Now, Hornets have won 3 in a row and have all the momentum. Pretty crazy.

 

First 2 games were out of the ordinary. Miami shot like 70% and Deng was like 11-13. Hornets upped their defense and attacked the basket more

 

I'm glad the Heat collapsed, makes it more likely Whiteside leaves (and comes to Htown).

Lets go Hornets!

 

Hormets have been a bad raod team all year + inexperience led to the big losses. Then Clifford made the adjustment to insert Al Jefferson and Kaminsky for length into the starting line up, move Marvin Williams to the 3.

 

You're overanalysing this. I dont think the Rockets are free agent destinations thiscoming year

 

Amazing! Never expected this. I thought the Hornets got unlucky with the Heat as their opponent since Wade, Deng & JJ can still bring it and Whiteside having the advantage at center. Seems like the Hornets have a lot of heart, hustle and some Rockets flavour Wish my fandom would allow to be more excited, but too loyal to the Rockets though the Hornets are my team in the East. Great for that franchise if they advance! I'll take Marvin Williams by the way.

 

Former Rockets doing work in the postseason.

Lin, Lee, and honorary ex-Rocket Lamb in Charlotte.
Dragic in Miami.
Lowry, PPat, and Scola in Toronto.

With the Rockets out of the playoffs, I guess it's time to root for these guys.

 

Not so much. Scola is not even getting playing time anymore, Lowry is playing poorly, Lamb not getting many minutes, Patrick is playing okay so only Lin & Lee doing real work.

 

A crazy stat is that Lin is the only Charlotte perimeter player that is shooting above 40% FG in the series.

Kemba, Lee, Batum, Marvin Williams all shooting below 40%.

They really are winning through defense.

 

They took the "heart" out of the Rockets...

 

Morey traded the heart away when he was flipping players like used cars.

 

Morey gave lin away for free and added a draft pick for the Lakers too!!! Bosh left Morey sitting in the Toyota Center waiting for him.

This gets most people fire in the real world!!

 

Smart move by Morey. Lin is thriving because his teammates and coaches trust and support him. In Houston, not so much...so $15M for the 3rd year of his contract would have been too high as his contributions wouldn't be what they are in Charlotte.

 

Really happy to see Lin doing well. This guy is highly unappreciated. And you have to give it to the Hornets. This underrated team has been looked down upon from casual NBA fans roughly because they were facing a team that was supposed to rival the eventual Eastern champion.

Also, this series proves that coaching is a big factor to success. Spo is getting more exposed as just an average coach.

 

Hawes is out for the rest of the series with a knee sprain

http://www.nba.com/2016/news/04/28/spencer-hawes-out-for-rest-of-series-vs-heat.ap/index.html

 

This reminds me of those JVG Knicks vs Pat Riley Heat series.