Poe Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 On the Miami Heat’s early season struggles in light of the current winning streak "We could have been better all year. We let a lot of games slide. I was looking at the standings and I see last night Boston had 47 wins and I said, ‘ You know what? That could have easily been us as well if we had taken care of business earlier in the season.’ But you know it wasn’t our destiny at the time." On potential first round match-ups "I don’t really care. It’s going to be a tough matchup no matter who we play and we’re going to be the underdogs no matter who we play. I watched the Boston game yesterday and the commentators were already talking about Boston in the second round and that they can beat Orlando or Cleveland. But certain people forget about the first round. We’ll take that and use it for motivation to go out there and prove that, even though we’re underdogs, that we’re going to be a team that’s going to be reckoned with for seven games." On the media and his supporting cast "They’re going to underestimate our team. They’re going to say, ‘Superstars in the playoffs cancel each other out and it’s what everyone else can do.’ And that’s true. I look at that for my teammates and it’s another challenge that they’re presented with as we go into the playoffs. Hopefully they’re ready to step up to the billing." About using last year’s playoff experience as motivation "Well, last year is last year but at the same time you have to use the motivation from losing a game seven in the first round. You feel like you could have played a lot better and you never know what could have happened. But we had opportunities to go up 3-1 in that (Atlanta Hawks) series but we let it slip at home. But you take that but as well you forget about it and you move forward knowing that you might not be playing the same team or we might be playing a different style of team and we’re a different team." Source: http://www.hothothoops.com/2010/04/06/miami-heat-monday-practice-report-wade-oneal-and-spoelstra-speak/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutch Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 this miami team could've EASILY had a 50+ win season they lost some REALLY close ones against lakers, cavs, boston etc. this is not a team to take softly - they are at their best when they face top teams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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