Last night it was the Pacers who failed to put away the Heat. With 9 minutes remaining in the game and a 9 point lead, the Pacers went ice cold and played terrible defense, letting the Heat back into the game. 5 minutes later, the Heat took the lead, when at that point, the Pacers should have salted the game away.
I think the analogy he is going for is this series is like a boxing match. And if the Pacers continue to whiff on their knockout blows, the odds are in Miami's favor.
Then why did he say "the Heat did not do this"? I agree he may be talking about the series from a macro point of view, but from a micro point of view, last night was absolutely the Pacers who failed to do the "putting away".
The biggest problems the Pacers had in the first half was running the transition offense, George Hill's excessive dribbling, and a lack of production from David West (almost the entire game) who was either being fronted by LeBron James or double-teamed. The Pacers need to play better team ball, George Hill has to set up plays quicker (not make the first pass with 13 seconds left on the shot clock), they must find a way to get West involved, and find ways to score in transition. If they can do that they could take the series if they then play stellar defense. But that ain't happening. But the Heat should have been ahead by 20 at half considering how dominant their defense was.
interesting that before game 1 this poll was 82:18, for the Heat winning in 4/5/6/7 vs, pacers in 4/5/6/7. Even after the Bosh injury it was in the same ballpark. Enough added voters have tipped it to 71:29 since game 2 ended. If people could change their votes I wonder what it would be?
Completely agree. It's on the Pacers to show more poise on offense and less stupidity on defense. Last night they were very bad and were lucky to win. I believe they can go nowhere but up on these two issues, which is another reason the Heat are in trouble. Pacers win at least one game in Indy, maybe two. Burn all of their houses down if they drop game 3.
That's definitely a foul. Yeah, I don't understand why the posters that make these polls don't schedule voting to end before game 1 tips off. A lot of people come in after the fact and start voting.
Don't tell the Heat haters that. It's nearly impossible to make a shot when someone hits you on the elbow when you can't follow-through properly. I swear it's like people don't like good basketball anymore. It's easy to hate on Lebron. I get it. He did some stupid ish. But the guy is just a flat out baller. I mean this dude plays so hard on both sides of the floor. He leaves it all out there. What's not to like besides the off the court stuff? Does he whine? Sure but so does Scola, Lowry and every freakin player in the league. Hakeem never committed a foul either. You gotta respect his effort, work ethic and game. Period. 27 years old. How old was Mike again when he won his first? Ya thought so, haters.
From this one camera angle you can just tell that Collison's hand is at least very near Chalmer's elbow, but you cannot tell if it is touching him or not. It could be a half inch away, a millimeter away, or it could be the slightest touch and was seen by the ref and ruled as incidental contact. The nearest ref had a better angle to judge the contact than the camera (on the baseline, facing Chalmers. What is absolutely clear is that Chalmers crumpled to the ground after the shot, selling it with a epic Heat flop. Maybe if they flopped less, legit contact (if it occurred) would be easier to spot.
I have eyes. I see the hand clearly touching the elbow. Chalmers said Darren definitely got him on the arm. He was right.
Who hates the Heat? Everyone loves the Heat and expects them to rout the Washington Generals, or whomever it is they are playing. The Heat win or the Heat lose. Nobody has ever beaten them. Check nba.com or espn for game highlights. You only see spectacular Heat plays and Wade's missed layup. Their mysterious unnamed opponent just happened to be present on the court, and benefited from the Heat loss. It is surely a brief anomaly though.
What do your eyes tell you about this "flagrant 1 foul" compare it to the flagrant 2 assessed James Posey, with the required ejection, and then a one game suspension to boot, 7 seconds into this clip <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AbOy7wGVHP0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Good read on the Pacers D and gives part of the reason why the Heat are shooting less than 5% from long-range. http://www.eightpointsnineseconds.c...-three-and-marginalizing-miamis-role-players/
for some reason the milder Posey flagrant 2 won't embed link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbOy7wGVHP0 ejection, fine, suspension. Posey didn't get start treatment
You really showed 'em. Not sure you're aware that Jordan played 3 years of college while LBJ came in straight out of HS. Jordan was in his 7th season when he won a title and played against tougher competition and in an era where assault and battery was a legal defensive tactic.
