[Purple Haize]

Hey. LeBron made a lay up!
And played horrible defense. This is the most NBA my wife has watched and she picked up on it and I agreed.

[Hold My Own]

Dude, quite playing like you have some sports dense wife that just happened to pick up on that....SHE KNOWS BASKETBALL BETTER THAN YOU!

[lynchburgwildcats]

My question is why didn't Bosh play more than 12 minutes? He was very effective in his minutes with nine points and seven rebounds but rides the bench? I know he was on a minutes limit, apparently 25, but he didn't even play half that! He was their third leading scorer and rebounder in the game, note I didn't say for the season, I said tonight!

[adam42381]

Nice win for the Celtics. Big changes ahead for the Heat if they can't win the next 2 games.

[Purple Haize]

Dude, quite playing like you have some sports dense wife that just happened to pick up on that....SHE KNOWS BASKETBALL BETTER THAN YOU!

Ha. We all know who the brains of the outfit is! But this was the first NBA games she watched this year. It was really a play in the 3rd we re wound. The Celtics had 4 guys on offense, the Heat had 5 on defense. James was standing at the top of the key and then started pointing to the other end of the floor. Then he inexplicably goes away from the person at the top of the key who then cuts down the middle for a wide open lay up.
On the Celtics final possession she said 'Get the ball to whoever LeBron is guarding". She is pretty smart. And Pierce hit a 3, over The King.
In my defense, on Miami's last few possession we BOTH said Double team Wade but let LeBrons guy play him straight up.

[thepostman]

So if the Heat don't make it to the finals who will they blame? The refs? The lack of a healthy Chris Bosh? A push over coach? Or their soft superstar??

Knowing this team they will blame the refs

[RubberMallet]

So if the Heat don't make it to the finals who will they blame? The refs? The lack of a healthy Chris Bosh? A push over coach? Or their soft superstar??

Knowing this team they will blame the refs

they seemingly have the same problem the spurs have. inconsistent play out of role players.

[jcmanson]

So if the Heat don't make it to the finals who will they blame? The refs? The lack of a healthy Chris Bosh? A push over coach? Or their soft superstar??

Knowing this team they will blame the refs

Who is they?

[RubberMallet]

this is starting to remind me of the time a bunch of us from the bottling company played in the TRBC coed softball tournament. we made it to the championship game and who was there waiting for us? a bunch of old people. we were like, easy peasy lets roll....we didn't get it handed to us, but they certainly beat us.

i also remember being schooled by old guys playing ball at the Y. sometime wisdom and experience just wins out.

[JK37]

"LeBron James could look so unstoppable one minute, then be able to muster only a single basket in the final 8:12 of the most important game of the season -- and that single basket came on an uncontested layup in the final seconds when the Celtics were protecting a lead and trying not to foul."

This is why he is not YET great. He has work to do. But I really question why ER he believes he does or not. All the greats, Jordan included, had mid-career transformation born, I believe, out of a competitive recognition of what more it would take to win. Does LeBron possess that? Time will tell.

Am I crazy for desiring a San Antonio/Boston final? Even if I only get half of that, I know who for whom I'll be rooting!

[thepostman]

So if the Heat don't make it to the finals who will they blame? The refs? The lack of a healthy Chris Bosh? A push over coach? Or their soft superstar??

Knowing this team they will blame the refs

Who is they?

the Heat

[RubberMallet]

"LeBron James could look so unstoppable one minute, then be able to muster only a single basket in the final 8:12 of the most important game of the season -- and that single basket came on an uncontested layup in the final seconds when the Celtics were protecting a lead and trying not to foul."

This is why he is not YET great. He has work to do. But I really question why ER he believes he does or not. All the greats, Jordan included, had mid-career transformation born, I believe, out of a competitive recognition of what more it would take to win. Does LeBron possess that? Time will tell.

Am I crazy for desiring a San Antonio/Boston final? Even if I only get half of that, I know who for whom I'll be rooting!

no one will watch.

[NG33]

no one will watch.

This could be the Celtics homer in me.. Actually it IS the Celtics homer in me.. But I think the ratings wouldn't be that bad for a SA/BOS final. I mean they won't be nearly as good as a OKC/MIA one, but you do have the storylines of Duncan/Popovich going for ring #5, the battle of the "Big Threes" and BOS trying to close their big 3 chapter on a championship note.

[jcmanson]

So if the Heat don't make it to the finals who will they blame? The refs? The lack of a healthy Chris Bosh? A push over coach? Or their soft superstar??

Knowing this team they will blame the refs

Who is they?

the Heat

the players? the coaches? the admin? the fans?

[WinthropEagleFan]

no one will watch.

This could be the Celtics homer in me.. Actually it IS the Celtics homer in me.. But I think the ratings wouldn't be that bad for a SA/BOS final. I mean they won't be nearly as good as a OKC/MIA one, but you do have the storylines of Duncan/Popovich going for ring #5, the battle of the "Big Threes" and BOS trying to close their big 3 chapter on a championship note.

Why does anyone (aside from the league, network execs, and advertisers) care about how many people will watch a game/series). I see that talk all of the time, and wonder why it's always a topic. It isn't like the ratings would be so low that they'd decide not to air the Finals in future years. If you want to watch it, watch it..if you don't, then don't. Why does it matter who else watches it?

[RubberMallet]

no one will watch.

This could be the Celtics homer in me.. Actually it IS the Celtics homer in me.. But I think the ratings wouldn't be that bad for a SA/BOS final. I mean they won't be nearly as good as a OKC/MIA one, but you do have the storylines of Duncan/Popovich going for ring #5, the battle of the "Big Threes" and BOS trying to close their big 3 chapter on a championship note.

those aren't really interesting storylines though. the best part of that series would be the Pop post game pressers.

[NG33]

the best part of that series would be the Pop post game pressers.

Haha truth. This was great the other day from him...

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[thepostman]

the players? the coaches? the admin? the fans?

all of the above

[jcmanson]

the players? the coaches? the admin? the fans?

all of the above

I think they could all have different answers. I'm a fan. I won't blame the refs. I don't think the team would blame the refs either.

[RubberMallet]

i also think its funny that people complain about these guys complaining to the refs when the spurs are the worst team in the league when it comes to complaining to the refs. more so than his signature bank shot, engrained in my head is a vision of duncan with his palms to the sky and a WHAT!? look on his face.

nearly every team in the league complains to the refs all the freaking time.

[Purple Haize]

It's getting to be like the Euroleague. Labron is a huge cry baby. Not saying he is alone but you gotta love Rondo calling the entire Heat team out by saying they were getting so many fast break points because the Heat were too busy crying in transition.
And yes. The Big Fundamental is up therein complaint too, but he's not as animated as some others

[WinthropEagleFan]

It's getting to be like the Euroleague. Labron is a huge cry baby. Not saying he is alone but you gotta love Rondo calling the entire Heat team out by saying they were getting so many fast break points because the Heat were too busy crying in transition.
And yes. The Big Fundamental is up therein complaint too, but he's not as animated as some others

Rondo would say that...he thinks that instead of crying, you should bump an official or throw a ball at him.

[thepostman]

i also think its funny that people complain about these guys complaining to the refs when the spurs are the worst team in the league when it comes to complaining to the refs. more so than his signature bank shot, engrained in my head is a vision of duncan with his palms to the sky and a WHAT!? look on his face.

nearly every team in the league complains to the refs all the freaking time.

I think the Heat's whining has been way worse then anything the Spurs have done but my team (Magic) has the biggest whiner of them all (Dwight Howard) so who am I to really judge? haha

[thepostman]

It's getting to be like the Euroleague. Labron is a huge cry baby. Not saying he is alone but you gotta love Rondo calling the entire Heat team out by saying they were getting so many fast break points because the Heat were too busy crying in transition.
And yes. The Big Fundamental is up therein complaint too, but he's not as animated as some others

Rondo would say that...he thinks that instead of crying, you should bump an official or throw a ball at him.

sounds good to me!! At least its more entertaining for me, haha

[lynchburgwildcats]

Incredible defensive effort in the second half for OKC after playing a swiss cheese defense in the first half. Completely bottled up Parker in the second half and the role players stepped up big after halftime. 10 from Ibaka, 9 for Thabo, 9 from Fisher including two HUGE baskets in the fourth to keep the Spurs at bay. Spurs got absolutely nothing outside of Duncan, Parker, and Captain Jack as the disappearance of their role players cost them the game yet again.

On another note, how incredibly good was Durant in that second half??

Good luck to OKC if they play Miami in the Finals. They can burn down in flames for all I care if they play Boston though.