• 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 [...]
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• 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 [...]
Confidence Meter 7.3 (Yawn) • The consummate look-ahead game. The Heat just carried an inferior team and beat them at their leisure. Not many concerns, when they really did not put up the effort to play to their potential. This is what the last 2 weeks of the NBA regular season has always looked like. [...]
Confidence Meter 8.4 (Joke telling mood) • Not hard to see why Brook Lopez‘ rebounding numbers have been down all year. He failed to gain position on Erick Dampier all night and Dampier’s 10 point, 14 rebound, 2 block night registers as his finest outing as a Heat player. Zydrunas Ilgauskas contributed 11 points off [...]
Confidence Meter 6.4 (Smile on face) • Seeing as newly minted Heat Killer Nick Young was out, I guess you could breath easy that no obscure shooting guard would light up the Heat on this night. Well, Jordan Crawford — the most popular wise guy NBA draft pick from last year — did just that. [...]
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