Miami Heat Confidence Meter: 9.4 (16 in a Row) • I decided to do a chart for this game, and it turned out that this one was an interesting one to follow. The Philadelphia 76ers used a playoff rotation, and went through more sets than I had seen in a Sixer game for a long [...]
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Miami Heat Confidence Meter: 8.9 (They got somewhere else to be?) • That first half was a thing of beauty. Aggressive. Fast. Sharp. Solid Screens. Sprinkle in some true shooting, and the Heat looked better than they had all year. This was a Friday night game on the road in the NBA. The infamous “date [...]
• Much needs to be said about this game. First of all, the starting unit has run its course if their latest foray is any indication. What is maddening is that the starting unit’s troubles have little to do with Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Mike Bibby. It has everything to do with the utter lack of [...]
• Another slow start, this time the Sixers managed to use it to make the difference on the scoreboard. The Heat erased a 15-point deficit in the matter of 5 minutes, what did it was pretty clear. Simple defensive intensity, crispness and execution in the offense vaulted Miami into the lead. They just played to [...]
• This is the playoffs, teams do not go away. The first quarter was a red flag (again), but I counted only 3 defensive breakdowns, which lead to 6 points. So the issue in the first quarter was the Sixers making shots and the Heat being inefficient on the offensive end. The game was decided [...]
• Stifling defense from the start, no lagging, or lulls, Heat win comfortably. As I predicted earlier, the Sixers returned to their mean, the Heat played to potential and voila, 21 point win. This game was a microcosm of what this series is, one team (the Heat) that is efficient in all areas, the other [...]
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