Owner Real Deal Posted April 22, 2010 Owner Report Share Posted April 22, 2010 TIME: 7:00 PM ESTTV: ESPN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Not getting my hopes up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) Celtics are probably going to win this one but it should be a lot closer than Game 2 was. Edited April 23, 2010 by Papi Chulo Cobb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 For some reason, I have a gut feeling the Heat will win in a blow out. Not trying to make a big statement or anything, cause it probably won't happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT Spidey Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 a big game for us. cant afford to let miami win and have an opportunity to tie it up at home for game 4. gotta come out like we did last game and put miami to bed. lets get it done boston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Whatever happens tonight though I hope we won't witness another one of these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlwgywRif-o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 I imagine that the Heat are going to win at leastone game at home during this series, but I honestly have no idea if that will be this game or the next one. Wade is going to end up stealing a game for the Heat sometime in this series. I think that getting out of Boston and playing at home is going to be good for the Heat. A young, inexperienced player like Beasley as he won't have to deal with a hostile Boston crowd.. O'Neal hasn't exactly been the strongest player mentally throughout his career, even dating back to when he was in his prime physically and was one of the best power forwards in the NBA, so getting out of Boston, where he played like absolute [expletive], is definitely a positive thing for O'Neal. Then again, Beasley and O'Neal are both so inconsistent and unreliable that it really is hard to make any sort of predictions in regards to them. If Allen is hitting from downtown like he was in Game 2 the Heat are going to be in some serious trouble though. When the Celtics are playing relentless defense and Allen is converting from deep, they are a dangerous team like we saw in Game 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland's Finest Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Lmao, the crowd's half empty.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Lmao, the crowd's half empty....Yeah, I noticed that. Wade had a nice follow-up dunk off of Arroyo's miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) Wade is willing the Heat to the lead so far. Great job from Wright off the bench so far. Seriously, this guy needs to start or come this early off the bench more often if the Heat are to win this series. Edited April 23, 2010 by Poe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Our crowd is always half empty, its cool to show up like two quarters late to a game though, and people are always in the arena, but not on the court, people eat a lot and there is stuff around the arena. Also, the crowd is really hyped. Very nice atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 This game has been so exciting, especially this quarter both teams are exchanging baskets. Miami needs to go back to Beasley, dude was feeling it but for whatever reason he's not touching the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) What a stupid shot by Wade. He had a decent look at it and all, but there is no reason why he should take a pull up three when Ray Allen is defending him, especially when you consider that you had Wright who had just knocked down a huge three earlier, Beasly who has been effective in the quarter and Haslem who has a very good short corner jumper. Add to the fact that Wade isn't really a great three point shooter either. He definitely should've attacked Allen off of the bounce and if the defense collapses, then you kick it out for a three pointer. EDIT: And Pierce hits a step back jumper from about 20 feet over Wright to give the Celtics the 100-98 victory and a commanding 3-0 series win. Wright can't let Pierce go to his right there. You have to force him left and take away that hard dribble to his right step back move that Pierce is so good at. Edited April 24, 2010 by Built Ford Tough 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 [expletive] Pierce! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeroadkill Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 over just like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Sweep? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Regime Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 And Miami had a foul to give, smh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldChili Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Sweep?If Wade is out for the next game then I would assume so. Even if he's playing there's still a good chance for the sweep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland's Finest Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) Terrible by Miami. A foul to give and they don't even try to foul Pierce at the top of the key. After getting blown out by 30, I think the Heat deserve to be swept anyways. Edited April 24, 2010 by Cleveland's Finest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 SMFH @ Wade and Wright. DAMN!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platoon793 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Yeah, sweep seems likely. We are 0-6 against the Celtics, and I doubt any of the players think they can now win 4 straight against the Celtics. And who knows, Wade might not even play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutch Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 i HATE pierce! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Sweep or not, the likelyhood of the Heat pulling 4 straight victories out of their [expletive] is just about near impossible, especially after the Heat lost all 3 regular season meetings and all 3 playoff games so far, and even more so now that Wade is hurt............. [expletive] I hope the Heat at least win 1 more game. The last thing I want to see is this team throwing in the towel, even if most of them are going separate ways this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 I know that I am usually pretty harsh on the Heat on here, mostly because I disagree with basically everything that Flash says and a fair amount of what Poe says , but I have to give them credit for a very gutsy performance tonight. I thought that they were going to pull it out at the end, but they were beat by a superior team on a last second shot. No harm in that. - Beasley played a very strong 4th quarter hitting some nice jumpers as well as grabbing a few tough rebounds in traffic. He had a nice shooting night, which is great to see if you are a Heat fan considering how poorly he played in the first two games of the series back in Boston. I still would like to see him be more aggressive on offense and not settle as much. I know that he isn't necessarily always utilized in a way that helps him get to the line or anything, but when he gets the ball and has players like Glen Davis on him and he doesn't look to attack him off of the dribble, well, lets just say that I can understand why some people get so frusturated with him. Luckily for the Heat his jumper was effective tonight so at least he was still scoring on these kinds of mismatches. - I thought that Chalmers played really well tonight from what I saw. He did a very good job of fighting through screens and keeping up with Allen off of the ball, which is definitely not an easy thing to do as Allen is superb at utilizing screens and getting open, whenever he was matched up with him. Allen did drop 25 points on 50% shooting, but I thought that the Heat, Chalmers in particular, did a really nice job of making him shoot tough shots. He only shot 4-11 from three and a majority of those misses were because of the defense that Chalmers played on him. - Haslem played well off of the bench as well. I didn't like that shot he took when the game was tied at 98 (I think it was 98) as he tried to do too much with the ball which resulted in an off balance jumper from him, which isn't exactly the kind of shot I would want to see from Haslem in a tied game. Outside of that though, I thought he did a good job of converting on his opportunities and providing the Heat with good hustle both offensively and defensively. - Wright played one of the best games I have seen from him. When I hear Poe and Flash rave about how good Wright is I always chalk it up to homerism on their part, and I still do somewhat, but I can see where they are coming from a bit more now (I still think that there is a fair amount of homerism involved though, haha). He did a good job of hitting open shots from the perimeter, but he wasn't just spotting up as he did a nice job of creating for his teamamtes with his 5 assists, which gave the Heat's offense more diversity rather than just relying on Wade to do anything. He got to the line a team high 5 times tonight, which is something that the Heat need to do more of. I thought he did a pretty good job on Pierce as well, despite the fact that Pierce scored 32 points tonight and there was only a couple times where I thought he played bad defense. Unfortunately for Miami, one of those times just happened to be on the final possession of the game. - Ironically enough, I thought that Wade played pretty poorly tonight. I know that he had 34 points and 8 assists tonight, but I wasn't really too impressed with his performance. I thought that he settled way too much tonight and was too passive on offense. There is absolutely no reason at all that Wade should attempt 11 three pointers in a game. When Wade is settling for long range jumpers not only is he taking a low percentage shot, considering his inconsistent 3 point shot, but he is making the Heat's offense easy to defend as nobody else is getting the great looks that they normally do off of his penetration. Don't get me wrong, he didn't have a terrible game, but I wasn't really all that impressed with the way that he played tonight. After watching the first 3 games of this series on and off, I know understand why the Heat were trying to throw that game against the Nets in order to fall to 6th and play the Hawks. The Celtics are just a terrible matchup for the Heat because of the style of play that they play is so similar to the way that the Heat play. All of the things that the Heat do well, the Celtics do almost all of those things better than the Heat do. I can definitely see why the Heat would've rathered to play the Hawks in the first round instead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celtics3420 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 <3 Pierce!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sucks that i didnt see it live cause of work -_-. Regardless, we won, hoping we end it Sunday so we can rest up for the Cavs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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