Does anybody think Wade's '06 ECF > Wade's '06 Finals?

[Wade's Rings]

2006 vs Pistons: 27/5/5/1.8/1.5 shooting 62%- 68%TS (5th Best Defense)

Game 1: 25/3/5/2/1 shooting 82%
4th quarter- 10pts, 3asts, 1blk, 1stl

Game 2: 32/7/5/2/1 shooting 55%
4th quarter- 12pts, 2asts, 1blk

Game 3: 35/8/4/2/1 shooting 76%
4th quarter (73-74 Heat) - 10pts, 1ast, 1blk

Game 4: 31/6/5/2/2 shooting 73%
4th quarter- 10pts, 2asts

Games 1-4: 31pts on 70% shooting- 77%TS

Game 5: 23/3/4/2/3 shooting 55%

Games 1-5: 29pts on 66% shooting- 72%TS

Game 6(flu): 14/4/10/1/1 shooting 40%

2006 vs Mavericks: 35/8/4/3/1 shooting 47%- 57%TS (12th Best Defense)

Game 3: 42/13/2/2 shooting 54%
4th Quarter (after 6:30) - 12pts, Game-saving tap

Game 4: 36/6/3/1/1 shooting 56%

Game 5: 43/4/4/3 shooting 39%
3rd quarter (After Dallas 12pt lead) - 8pts, 1ast
4th quarter- 17pts, 1ast
OT- 4pts, Game-winning free throws

Game 6: 36/10/5/4/3 shooting 56%
4th quarter- 11pts, 3ast, 1stl

Games 3-6: 39/8/3/2.5/1 shooting 51%- 62%TS

Was crazy efficient in the Pistons Series and played great in 4th Quarters in both series.

[WayOfWade]

Gotta go with the finals. Was his level of play arguably better in the ECF? You could say that, but the finals were better because he played against a truly superior opponent, came back from being down 2-0, and posted an insanely high scoring average. If we're taking significance of the games out of the equation, then I'd say it's a Wash, but Wade's last 2 subpar games agains the Pistons hurt him because in the end, they're all a part of the series.

[GrapeApe]

Definitely the finals because that was a historically great performance on the biggest stage. That being said, it's pretty remarkable what Wade did to the Pistons in back to back years in the playoffs. As great as he was in 2006, he was putting up similar numbers in 2005 before getting injured. In game 6 without Wade the Heat lost 91-66. Yikes. Those Pistons teams played suffocating defense, they had the DPOY in Ben Wallace, and they were known for being tough on perimeter players. They made an all-time great in Kobe look pedestrian in the 2004 finals but they had no answers for Wade. If it wasn't for that damn rib injury................

[Gileraracer]

He had 46 free throws in the last 2 games against Dallas which were wins by 1 and 3 points. These are Hack a Shaq / Hack a Dwight numbers :lol And more than 16 free throw attempts per game.


This was the most rigged finals series ever. :confusedshrug:

[ISHGoat]

He had 46 free throws in the last 2 games against Dallas which were wins by 1 and 3 points. These are Hack a Shaq / Hack a Dwight numbers :lol And more than 16 free throw attempts per game.


This was the most rigged finals series ever. :confusedshrug:

It really wasnt. You can go through the game film and look at each individual call. The refs were calling the game a certain way and Wade was taking advantage of it. Is the officiating favorable to Wade's slashing game? Of course. Is it conclusive to say that the ****ing NBA finals were rigged? Are you retarded?

And further, why would the NBA care who wins the chip? If playoffs series were indeed rigged, the rigging would be to get desirable matchups in the next round for viewership. The finals is the last round.

[Dresta]

Yeah it was as good imo: one of the most measured, surgical, and efficient dicing apart of a very good defensive team i'm ever seen. Took them to pieces, and made it look so easy.

It is also overlooked by the mindless haters who seem to think the Finals was some kind of flash in the pan, brought on by the refs - his performances in the two preceding series prove otherwise. He was just playing like the best player in the league, full stop (and he continued this level of play into next season until he got injured for like a year and a half).

[ShaqTwizzle]

He had 46 free throws in the last 2 games against Dallas which were wins by 1 and 3 points. These are Hack a Shaq / Hack a Dwight numbers :lol And more than 16 free throw attempts per game.


This was the most rigged finals series ever. :confusedshrug:

Playoff games with 20+ FTA (free throw attempts)


Jordan - 6 games --- (high's of 28 & 27)

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Pierce - 3 games --- (high's of 21 & 20)

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Wade - 2 games --- (high's of 25 & 21)
Lebron - 2 games --- (high's of 24 & 24)
Nowitzki - 2 games --- (high's of 24 & 24)

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Kobe - 1 game
Iverson - 1 game
Rose - 1 game
Magic - 1 game
Harden - 1 game
Melo - 1 game
Kevin Johnson - 1 game

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Funny how only Wade gets called out for having some big FTA playoff games... double standard.

[PJR]

The entire 2006 postseason for Wade was sensational. Truly a remarkable player.

[WayOfWade]

He had 46 free throws in the last 2 games against Dallas which were wins by 1 and 3 points. These are Hack a Shaq / Hack a Dwight numbers :lol And more than 16 free throw attempts per game.


This was the most rigged finals series ever. :confusedshrug:
Hey Gil, please go back and watch the games, and bringback some sort of evidence of Wade getting bad calls, please do so and don't bring your idiotic logic back until then; this thread is for meaningful basketball discussion, not incessant trolling

[PJR]

Any time someone brings up raw free totals in any context, to prove a basketball game is rigged or fixed ,you can immediately write them off as a moron.

It's really a stupid mentality.

[ShaqTwizzle]

Dirk had his own 2 game stretch during the playoffs that year against the Spurs where he took 39 FTA which isn't far below that 46 total from Wade.

Both of those games were tight wins also (1pt win & a 5pt win).
Wonder why no one ever examined or critiqued those games...


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Kobe took 25 FTA in a game against Dallas that year also in the reg-season.
There were many 20+ FTA games in the reg-season that year (2006) by guys like Kobe, Iverson, Arenas, Lebron & Paul Pierce.

The defensive rules were a bit off that year and defenders weren't allowed quite as much freedom in terms of physicality as would be normal in most other years.

[SouBeachTalents]

Gileraracer getting destroyed in the thread

[Wade's Rings]

Dirk had his own 2 game stretch during the playoffs that year against the Spurs where he took 39 FTA which isn't far below that 46 total from Wade.

Both of those games were tight wins also (1pt win & a 5pt win).
Wonder why no one ever examined or critiqued those games...


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Kobe took 25 FTA in a game against Dallas that year also in the reg-season.
There were many 20+ FTA games in the reg-season that year (2006) by guys like Kobe, Iverson, Arenas, Lebron & Paul Pierce.

The defensive rules were a bit off that year and defenders weren't allowed quite as much freedom in terms of physicality as would be normal in most other years.

Dirk shot 21 less Free Throws than Wade during that entire run and they both played the same amount of Games. Dirk only averaged 1 less Free Throw than Wade over that entire run. Wade took 57% of his shots outside of 10ft while Dirk took 71% of his shots outside of 10ft but nobody thinks it's crazy or suspicious that Dirk was taking almost as much Free Throws as Prime Wade?

[34-24 Footwork]

Wade in 2006 playoffs was as good as anyone I've ever witnessed. Tore Dallas to shreds. He got anything he wanted. Bank shots, crossovers, dunks, layups, 15 footers.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Dirk had his own 2 game stretch during the playoffs that year against the Spurs where he took 39 FTA which isn't far below that 46 total from Wade.

Both of those games were tight wins also (1pt win & a 5pt win).
[B]Wonder why no one ever examined or critiqued those games...

This post is not approved by the Duncan/Dirk fam.

:coleman:

[Showtime2001]

Tough one he destroyed both teams.

[Gileraracer]

Hey Gil, please go back and watch the games, and bringback some sort of evidence of Wade getting bad calls, please do so and don't bring your idiotic logic back until then; this thread is for meaningful basketball discussion, not incessant trolling

Nice coincidence that your name is WayOfWade. Not biased at all I guess :lol :lol

[ScalsFan21]

Personally I think the 2006 Pistons (though a clear step back defensively from their previous two teams without Larry Brown) were as good or better than the 2006 Mavs top to bottom, and I was very impressed by Wade's thorough shredding of them. During the Chauncey/Rip/Tayshaun/Ben/Sheed era which spanned 2 and a half years, that was the SOLE time I saw that group look overmatched by an opponent.

In 2005, it's also very possible the Heat could have pulled off the series had Wade not gotten hurt, but they really hadn't shown themselves to be far superior than Detroit even prior to his rib injury, if better at all. It was still close and far from a foregone conclusion that the series was over IMO. Then in the '05 Finals, Detroit played SA to a virtual draw, and the series was more or less decided by a Jordanesque 25 points in just over one quarter from Robert Horry.

Point being, Dwyane "2nd-best peak in SG history" Wade was the ONLY player to ever make that all-time great Pistons team look something close to silly prior to Ben's departure.

It's no secret that Wade came dangerously close to winning 2 chips as the 1a within his first 3 years in the Association. It's no secret injuries derailed a career that could have been far more decorated than it ended up being. It's no secret that '09 Wade, despite having absolutely no help, was on a level that 99% of players who play in this league could never dream of having.