alcstarheel Posted August 9, 2009 Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 Miami @ Boston Time: 8:00 PM ETTV: ESPN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobb Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Anyone heard if Pierce is playing in this one tonight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) The past couple of games have looked awful, but I think the Heat's issues aren't as extreme as they may seem. I think the Heat could actually have a good chance at winning this one. No guarantees, though. With JO and Haslem possibly out for Miami, and Paul Peirce out for Boston (I think).. this game should be close. Having Haslem out (maybe - back spasms) will mean more minutes and production from Beasley. We'll see how he handles it. Wright and Richardson will need to step up their game as well, and Alston needs to knock down his open looks. It's really important for the Heat to set the tone in this game for their upcoming 8 out of 9 games on the road, with 7 of them being above .500 teams. This could possibly be their most important game of the year, especially with the schedule and their current seed. They need to put up a strong performance tonight. Edited February 3, 2010 by Poe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabbylion Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 I could see Mia taking this one. Dem boys too young and active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 We are gonna lose because Rondo always kills us and we have no PG that can come close to containing him. Its on the road too, and we tend to struggle there. Ill be kind of happy if we win, but right now I am really pissed at the team as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 JO is back but we're definitely still getting raped. We should just lose every game and try to get DeMarcus Cousins or Wesley Johnson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Rasheed Wallace just made KG's illegal screens look like nothing after the one he just set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Good energy in the first. Too many TOs, though. That's not normally like them. It's good to see them be aggressive and taking risks, though. The Heat are allowing WAY too many points in the paint. I swear, I don't think I've seen the Celtics make one jumpshot outside there so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Cook has given us some very good minutes early on. Very nice to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Arroyo can't stick with House off the ball. We'd be better off putting Cook on him if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 What a difference when we have even decent PG play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Jeez Daequan you were so great for 23 minutes and now that?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Don't give me another reason to hate you, Cook.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Anyway, a few keys: Beasley needs to score, O'Neal needs to [expletive]ing box out, and no more silly fouls and turnovers. Keep up the energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Beasley looks good considering he's still injured. I liked how he was aggressive and took it right at whoever was guarding him. Udonis needs to step up defensively and grab some boards. There's no excuse for Rondo to be stripping away a rebound from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 I don't think I've ever seen a team get away with more than Boston does. WOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Isn't contact to the head a flagrant? W.e that wasn't a big deal but the refs are really killing the Heat right now. That should've been an and-1 for Beaz and isn't it traveling to go down with the ball like that? Not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Ugly quarter. O'Neal and the Heat are still getting abused down low with those boards. At least Beasley is starting to score a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 LMAO @ no Beasley in the last 7 minutes of the game. Unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRT Spidey Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 thank god.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 We lost this game at the beginning of the fourth. Spo the great called plays for Daequan Cook and Dorell even though they were ice cold from 3 and with our second best scoring option having gotten on a bit of a roll in the third quarter. Not to mention Haslem should've been taken out after the and-1 because he wasn't going to give us much more after that. SPO MUST GO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 The Heat actually fought pretty hard the last couple minutes. Good to see them attacking instead of chucking. Too bad they couldn't wind up with the win. Anyway, that's enough playing time for Cook. He's out there to shoot threes, and he can't make jack [expletive]. Wright's case is different because he's been making shots all year, just wasn't successful on his attempts tonight. All the shots Dorell took were shots that he normally makes. On the other hand, no shot ever seems to be a good shot for Cook. Props to Q-Rich for giving solid minutes. At least he's reliable enough to knock down the 3 pointers from Wade's generous dimes. Wade himself played a very efficient game today. Though he had some turnovers, he scored at a high percentage by attacking the basket, and he continually found his teammates for open looks... unfortunately they couldn't knock them down at crunch time. Alston had a nice game knocking down shots and making some nice plays. He did a good job taking pressure off Wade. Too bad we won't see this from him on a daily basis. Beasley had a good stretch of aggression in his offensive game in the third, though wasn't consistent. He and O'Neal were really needed to get some dirty work done on the boards, yet they combined for even less than 10 rebounds. Beasley needs to prove that he can both rebound and always be ready to score at any possession if he wants to stay late in games. As for O'Neal, get some [expletive]ing boards for once. I'm sick of his soft [expletive]. Haslem was the player of the game in my book, though. Dude's a warrior, and he was truly fighting until the end. Too bad not everyone on the team could match his passion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 The Heat actually fought pretty hard the last couple minutes. Good to see them attacking instead of chucking. Too bad they couldn't wind up with the win. Anyway, that's enough playing time for Cook. He's out there to shoot threes, and he can't make jack [expletive]. Wright's case is different because he's been making shots all year, just wasn't successful on his attempts tonight. All the shots Dorell took were shots that he normally makes. On the other hand, no shot ever seems to be a good shot for Cook. Props to Q-Rich for giving solid minutes. At least he's reliable enough to knock down the 3 pointers from Wade's generous dimes. Wade himself played a very efficient game today. Though he had some turnovers, he scored at a high percentage by attacking the basket, and he continually found his teammates for open looks... unfortunately they couldn't knock them down at crunch time. Alston had a nice game knocking down shots and making some nice plays. He did a good job taking pressure off Wade. Too bad we won't see this from him on a daily basis. Beasley had a good stretch of aggression in his offensive game in the third, though wasn't consistent. He and O'Neal were really needed to get some dirty work done on the boards, yet they combined for even less than 10 rebounds. Beasley needs to prove that he can both rebound and always be ready to score at any possession if he wants to stay late in games. As for O'Neal, get some [expletive]ing boards for once. I'm sick of his soft [expletive]. Haslem was the player of the game in my book, though. Dude's a warrior, and he was truly fighting until the end. Too bad not everyone on the team could match his passion. The genius who put Arroyo on Eddie House should be fired NOW. What should've been done was put Daequan or Dorell on him because they are our best off-ball defenders. We ignored Beasley to start the fourth by calling plays for Cook and Wright that were absolutely terrible. Wade, Q and Rafer were the only guys I liked tonight. There's no excuse for leaving Beasley on the bench for the last 7 minutes. Haslem played OK not as well as you make it sound but Beasley looked better in the minutes he got IMO. We lost because of poor game management at the end. It really was ours for the taking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poe Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) The genius who put Arroyo on Eddie House should be fired NOW. What should've been done was put Daequan or Dorell on him because they are our best off-ball defenders. We ignored Beasley to start the fourth by calling plays for Cook and Wright that were absolutely terrible. Wade, Q and Rafer were the only guys I liked tonight. There's no excuse for leaving Beasley on the bench for the last 7 minutes. Haslem played OK not as well as you make it sound but Beasley looked better in the minutes he got IMO. Haslem > Beasley tonight. I don't know which game you were watching, but how much more you could have asked from Haslem other than his 9 points and 4 rebounds in the fourth quarter, whereas Beasley had 13 points and 4 rebounds for the GAME??? We lost because of poor game management at the end. It really was ours for the taking.The Heat lost because of poor play down low, and the inability to hit the open looks provided from the double teams on Wade. The Heat allowed 44 points in the paint, and got out-offensive-rebounded 6 to 15. Shooting in the fourth quarter:Cook was 0-4, 0-3 3PT Wright was 0-4, 0-2 3PTRichardson was 2-4, 2-4 3PTAlston was 1-2, 0-0 3PTHaslem was 3-3O'Neal was 1-3 Total: 3-11 from perimeter players, and 4-7 from big men. Most of these came from dimes from Wade, a couple were assisted by Alston. Most importantly, Wade's teammates need to hit shots. One man can't win a game by himself, especially when getting double teamed beyond the perimeter with his teammates wide open. Again, the Heat lost because they couldn't match the Celtics' physically down low, and Wade needs some reliable shooters to pass to. Edited February 4, 2010 by Poe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 My problem is that Beasley never gets a chance and he's much more of a threat offensively than Udonis is. Udonis got a lucky and-1 that padded the stats and missed a huge FT at the end of the game. Not to mention his defense was sub-par. Spo is killing Beasley's confidence and as a result Michael isn't going to be able to become a guy we can depend on down the stretch in games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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