2011/2012 NBA Thread: Where Weather Happens

[Mister J]

Wade and James were the Wade and James they need to be for two more wins, but I was mostly encouraged from UD. A big needs to step up in the midrange area and knock those looks down. Not only is he best suited for the task, he's pretty much the only one.

Miami hit as many threes today as they did in Games 1-3 combined. Hopefully, the shooters have turned the corner.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

I can see all the Heat "fans" jumping back on the bandwagon. I seriously need to move.

I'm a fan but this game still doesn't quell my fears. The Heat's bench got outscored by The Pacer's, by what, 25 points? Wade's and LeBron's efforts in the third quarter were the sole reason why The Heat won tonight.

The bench needs to show up more.

 

[Poeman]

Wade and James were the Wade and James they need to be for two more wins, but I was mostly encouraged from UD. A big needs to step up in the midrange area and knock those looks down. Not only is he best suited for the task, he's pretty much the only one.

Miami hit as many threes today as they did in Games 1-3 combined. Hopefully, the shooters have turned the corner.

It was a good win for Miami...They really needed this one. Pacers are just not good enough to close 4 games against a team like this...

I dont know, but it is a certain...They need Chris Bosh or Celtics/Thunder/Spurs will get them

 

[Poeman]

 

[Anubis]

I don't get it?

 

[Poeman]

It was right after Harden hit a 3 point shot in game 3 in the final minute

 

[Scrandy Randy]

They probably coulda held on if they kept going to Bynum in the second half. Guy killed em in the 1st half. Then he only managed to get 4 shots in the 2nd? Really?

Bynum would get doubled and cough it up, guaranteed.

 

[Daniel Thompson]

Herculean effort from Wade & especially Lebron, that's the type of Lebron we don't see enough of. But I can't see how they can sustain that type of effort, not only for this series, but in the next if they get that far. That was NBA Live 95 type sh**!

More like old skool NBA Jam.

 

[Doc Samson]

Or Tom Chambers in Lakers vs Celtics.

 

[Hound55]

Bynum would get doubled and cough it up, guaranteed.

Just like his 4 assists and no turnovers would suggest...

I love how Kobe fans make the "but his teammates would suck in [enter capacity here]" excuse for him, even when they were playing well prior to him freezing them off the ball...

And incidentally, if the Lakers really DO play through Pau Gasol in the high post, Doc... If that really is their game plan. Then they're pretty s***house at actually executing it... Because somehow their offence seems to just dissolve into one guy isolating the ball out on the wing an awful lot...

Funny how it always seems to be the same guy, too...

 

[Scrandy Randy]

Just like his 4 assists and no turnovers would suggest...

I love how Kobe fans make the "but his teammates would suck in [enter capacity here]" excuse for him, even when they were playing well prior to him freezing them off the ball...

This just proves you don't actually watch the games and see what you want to see. Throughout the season Bynum has constantly struggled with double teams and Denver exposed him frequently by doubling him also.

And incidentally, if the Lakers really DO play through Pau Gasol in the high post, Doc... If that really is their game plan. Then they're pretty s***house at actually executing it... Because somehow their offence seems to just dissolve into one guy isolating the ball out on the wing an awful lot...

Funny how it always seems to be the same guy, too...

Seeing what you want to see.

 

[Docker2.0]

Just like his 4 assists and no turnovers would suggest...

I love how Kobe fans make the "but his teammates would suck in [enter capacity here]" excuse for him, even when they were playing well prior to him freezing them off the ball...

And incidentally, if the Lakers really DO play through Pau Gasol in the high post, Doc... If that really is their game plan. Then they're pretty s***house at actually executing it... Because somehow their offence seems to just dissolve into one guy isolating the ball out on the wing an awful lot...

Funny how it always seems to be the same guy, too...

Funny thing is Kobe had the balls to call out Gasol and blame him for the loss. What planet is Kobe living on?!

 

[Scrandy Randy]

Funny thing is Kobe had the balls to call out Gasol and blame him for the loss.

When did he say Gasol lost the game? Last time I checked he said Gasol needs to be more aggressive which is the truth and has always been the truth. He probably said it because of that pass that Durant picked off in which case he's again right in that Gasol should have looked to score or at least attack the basket instead of kicking it back out.

 

[Hound55]

Funny thing is Kobe had the balls to call out Gasol and blame him for the loss. What planet is Kobe living on?!

He shifts blame... it's what he does. He's made a career out of it.

The guy finished 0-5 and had two turnovers after game 2 but his post game interview was all about Artest's supposedly wrong decision of giving the ball to an open teammate instead of him (when he wasn't open) instead.

The sun will rise and set, tides will come in and go out, and Kobe will throw his teammates under the bus... These are the constants in this world.

 

[Docker2.0]

I can see all the Heat "fans" jumping back on the bandwagon. I seriously need to move.

Hate to say I told you so.......

 

[Hound55]

This just proves you don't actually watch the games and see what you want to see. Throughout the season Bynum has constantly struggled with double teams and Denver exposed him frequently by doubling him also.

He has had trouble with that at times, yes... But not in this game.

You're just looking for excuses to absolve him from blame for freezing teammates out again. Now you're going so far as to say a guy who was playing well and in form would have just started to suck, so it's a good thing Kobe pre-empted that by ensuring that the ball stopped going to him...

Ridiculous.

Seeing what you want to see.

You think I want to see an ******** f***ing his team over? I'd love to watch any of the other series, but for some reason I'm stuck with the Lakers/Thunder series being the one that they televise.

I've seen more than enough Lakers games for a lifetime, the past decade they'd probably be the team I've seen the second most after the Suns, and the only reason why 've seen them more is I've had a friend from the states ship me their games for a bit over a year...

I'm sick of Lakers games, but they're mostly what we get.

The only thing that would please me more than seeing the biggest ******** in the league actually playing the game properly and within the offence (and I mean at length, rather than just individual games like game 7 of the Denver series), would be to see my team win the whole thing...

Frankly, I don't expect to see either happen any time soon...

 

[Scrandy Randy]

He has had trouble with that at times, yes... But not in this game.

You're just looking for excuses to absolve him from blame for freezing teammates out again. Now you're going so far as to say a guy who was playing well and in form would have just started to suck, so it's a good thing Kobe pre-empted that by ensuring that the ball stopped going to him...

He wasn't double teamed at all. Perkins does a good enough job to not warrant a constant double team. They would have double teamed him the second he scored consecutive baskets or maybe even one for that matter.

 

[Hound55]

What? You mean like he was in the first half?

 

[Daniel Thompson]

Lakers are a storied franchise so expect them to be shown on tv alot.

 

[Scrandy Randy]

What? You mean like he was in the first half?

Don't know what you think you saw. Help defense? He was never double teamed.

 

[Hound55]

No... as in consecutive baskets.

The guy went 6 of his first 6...

So if he still wasn't seeing double-teams, then why go away from him?

 

[Scrandy Randy]

No... as in consecutive baskets.

The guy went 6 of his first 6...

So if he still wasn't seeing double-teams, then why go away from him?

We're talking late on here. Bynum wasn't dominating and OKC were going basket for basket at the time, there was no reason to double team. With two minutes left they definitely would have double teamed him.They would take their odds at him coughing it up or traveling over him actually managing to get it out and have someone make a shot.

 

[Hound55]

Why are we talking late on here? I'M not talking late on.

The guy went 6 of 6, went 7-8 before he went to the bench and then didn't see the ball and went cold because the ball stopped going to him.

 

[Scrandy Randy]

Why are we talking late on here? I'M not talking late on.

Except we were. At least I was in the post you decided to reply to.

The guy went 6 of 6, went 7-8 before he went to the bench and then didn't see the ball and went cold.

Now if we're talking about just regular game here isn't this exactly what you preach against when it fits your argument? That everyone needs to work in a system and in a "rhythm" and not disrupt anyone's game. Giving the ball to Bynum every possession would have disrupted everyone's "rhythm" as you say yourself.

 

[Docker2.0]

Except we were. At least I was in the post you decided to reply to.


Now if we're talking about just regular game here isn't this exactly what you preach against when it fits your argument? That everyone needs to work in a system and in a "rhythm" and not disrupt anyone's game. Giving the ball to Bynum every possession would have disrupted everyone's "rhythm" as you say yourself.

Kind of like Kobe does when he gets in those "me first" modes. I can't believe some people just refuse to see Kobe for what he is. How can game 4 possibly be Gasol's fault when Kobe took most of the shots in the 4th?!