Way to rebound, we have a series. As crazy at it sounds, the Pacers look like the better team, in both games. This is going to be a hard fought exciting series.
Lebron failed to carry them tonight. In spite of his incredible game for 46 minutes, his 2 TO's at the end of the game cost them the game.
The league office definitely does not want the Pacers winning. Pacers/Spurs or Pacers/Grizzlies would be a nightmare Finals for them.
Heat just can't matchup with the Pacers' frontline. They are just getting clobbered by Hibbert or West (pick one). West was great in g1 and Hibbert was beast in tonight's game. Battier is useless now as a stretch 4. Need to play Haslem more, but Bosh can't guard Hibbert. The best thing Miami can do is play Andersen and Bosh together making Bosh a true 4 again.
This Pacers team has a totally different wing player in Paul George...who has become a bonafide offensive weapon.. Danny Granger has become expendable with Paul George taking over the role of a super star..
Every team Battier goes to start flopping like crazy. All that flopping and cheap shots by the Heat, makes it seem like Spoelstra is ghosting on the sidelines for Jerry Sloan.
Pacers up 2-1. Heat will lose series. Celtics up 3-2. Heat will lose series. Thunder won game 1. Heat will lose series. Bulls won game 1. Heat will lose series (this happened twice btw). Seriously? I've watched enough Heat games to know that you never count LeBron out. EVER.
That, my Clutchfan friends, was a perfect example of making stars work hard for everything. That is the kind of defense we need to get to. They could not stop them completely, but they made Miami's big three work hard in both games. That is how you beat a "superteam"!!!!
Last year Indy took their lead when Bosh was down. This year both Bosh and Wade are healthy, well for Wade as healthy as he can be at this point of his career.
Possibly (in terms of how the series goes). I wouldn't be surprised. The Heat can win 3 in a row vs. any team. But both teams are better this year. The Heat had no Bosh in that series and less depth. And the Pacers have improved a ton as well. These are two different, better teams.
Most likely...but it still would be a shock throughout the NBA if the pacers did the unthinkable...and beat the Heat... Chuck has the Pacers winning in 6 and so do I...but Stern has already decided...
All those team are completely different. They dont have 2 players that can dominate the paint (West and Hibbert).
If Miami can get anything from their bench shooters...Miami should win...they are solely relying on Birdman only...Ray Allen and Battier have been total...crud
Paul George is going to be a superstar in this league. incredible offensive weapon while guarding the best player in the league. Unbelievable. Man it would be a dream come true if we can somehow get him onto the rox (although impossible)
"Past performance is no guarantee of future results." Not saying that the Heat will lose this series, it's still anybody's game. But the Heat should be really really concerned.
