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[QUOTE=ihoopallday]Why you making so many excuses for OKC. Also, if its all about matchups, explain last year. Clippers match up well with SA, yet y'all still got swept. :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
Clippers happened to win 2 of 3 but all Clippers fans knew the Spurs were the one team to avoid at all costs. The Spurs have DOMINATED the Clippers for a long time. Besides the sweep had a ton to do with no Billups and the Clippers 5 best players being injured.
[QUOTE=Micku]The Heat and Thunder are very similar teams though. Especially with the athleticism, and they have no inside scorer either. While the Thunder have better defenders with the PF/C, the Heat was better with team defensive. The Heat probably attack more inside because Wade and LeBron are both slashers while the Thunder are more jump shooters. And despite the injuries that they faced, besides the Spurs and the Thunder, I don't really see anybody in the West really taking them out.
Some teams like Memphis and the Lakers could give them a bit problems with their size, but I don't really see them actually beating the Heat. The Heat's defense, I think, is too good. LeBron James was more consistent and harder to stop. An injured Wade was still the 2nd best SG with some solid d and capable of giving you 20 ppg. And Bosh was consistent in his contributions to the team.
The Thunder had a pretty good chance to take them out. What stopped them was Harden's play and some role players couldn't step it up and keep up with Miami's role players. Harden played pretty badly in the Finals, and was basically the major reason why they lost in 5 games. He had his lowest ppg in the whole playoffs in the Finals and couldn't really get that much done against them.
The Spurs probably had a good chance with them tho. But the Heat would've kept it competitive and who knows how would Wade and Bosh would do against them. Like I said, I don't think anybody could really stop them in the West besides those two teams last year. The Thunder is obviously out, and the only reason why they had trouble with the Pacers and the Celtics is because Bosh was not there.[/QUOTE]
Naw man. Miami has slashing wing players like Wade and Lebron who get a ton of buckets in the paint (more than they do shooting jumpers in most seasons) and Bosh who is a very good post player in comparison to Perkins and Ibaka. Miami is far from a jumpshooting team at least compared to OKC.
Wait until playoff time when Philly has Bynum, Boston has figured it out, Chicago has Rose. NYK has Amare off the bench, and BK has a good D-Will and Joe Johnson. I'll throw Atlanta here too. The East is going to be the most difficult it has ever been in the last decade. It's going to be os much fun and I can't wait.
[quote=Clippersfan86]Clippers happened to win 2 of 3 but all Clippers fans knew the Spurs were the one team to avoid at all costs. The Spurs have DOMINATED the Clippers for a long time. Besides the sweep had a ton to do with no Billups and the Clippers 5 best players being injured.[/quote]
Clippers should have been first round fodder, but Grizz choked.
[QUOTE=red1]Even without a centre the heat can still beat all of the western conference teams you mentioned. If they grizzlies are truly as good as they have looked this season then they would give the heat hell but the spurs are outmatched.[/QUOTE]
Heat almost lost to the spurs bench :roll: :roll: :roll: .
[quote=b0bab0i]Heat almost lost to the spurs bench :roll: :roll: :roll: .[/quote]
They won.
And they also are the reigning NBA champions.
:roll:
:pimp:
[QUOTE=b0bab0i]Heat almost lost to the spurs bench :roll: :roll: :roll: .[/QUOTE]
they beat the Spurs starters last year without Wade by 22 :confusedshrug:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PniJBGvBbVo[/url]
[QUOTE=G-train]Clippers should have been first round fodder, but Grizz choked.[/QUOTE]
So the team with their top 5 players injured and without HCA wins in 7 and they should have been fodder? If Clippers were healthy they would have won in 5 (they almost did).
People don't understand that just because A > B doesn't mean A > C.
[QUOTE=b0bab0i]Heat almost lost to the spurs bench :roll: :roll: :roll: .[/QUOTE]
72-10 bulls lost to the raptors, whats your point n*gga
[QUOTE=Indian guy]Has any team actually fared better than Miami against elite competition(55+ wins) the last 2 postseasons? They defeated 2 terrific teams in Boston and Chicago in the 2011 playoffs, took Dallas further than anyone in the West did[B](despite LeBron not competing)[/B], and last season, they took care of OKC in 5 after OKC kicked everybody's ass in the West.[/QUOTE]
lol...seriously?
[QUOTE=HEAT111]And the only reason miami lost against Dallas because they choked. If not, it'd have been another 5 game series or sweep.[/QUOTE]
I hope you would say the same thing about 2006 but vice versa. Or because of the refs.
[QUOTE=It's A VC3!!!]Wait until playoff time when Philly has Bynum, Boston has figured it out, Chicago has Rose. NYK has Amare off the bench, and BK has a good D-Will and Joe Johnson. I'll throw Atlanta here too. The East is going to be the most difficult it has ever been in the last decade. It's going to be os much fun and I can't wait.[/QUOTE]
You make it like the Heat went 12-0 in back to back years in the East the last 2 years.
[QUOTE=lilgodfather1]The Heat would run ammuck on most of those teams defenses. The East is where real defense is played, and the West is where the best offenses are. Has been that way for years, and likely will be for plenty more.[/QUOTE]
true story
[QUOTE=Hoopz2332]true story[/QUOTE]
Yet all the top 10 defenses are pretty much teams in the west so far :oldlol: .
[QUOTE=ripthekik]Absolutely, Heat benefited in the playoffs due to the lack of great teams in the east. Just look at last season's playoffs.
Who were in the east?
Knicks of last season
Pacers with no superstar
Bulls with no Rose
Celtics with injuries and old team
Magic with no Dwight
who else, Sixers?
if they were in the west they'd had to fight through every playoff series, not just cake walk into the conference finals.[/QUOTE]
well lookie here
Nuggets of last season :lol
Jazz with no superstar :lol
Clippers with no Billups :lol
Spurs and Lakers were team :lol
who else, Mavs? :lol
u are one of the worst troll ever. U bitch about the Heat being too good and now u think they dodged a bullet not playing against team that they would destroy.
I don
2 - 3 less championships?
East won only 4 titles after jordan era.
2 Miami
1 Detroit
1 Boston
[QUOTE=francesco totti]2 - 3 less championships?
East won only 4 titles after jordan era.
2 Miami
1 Detroit
1 Boston[/QUOTE]
Yeah and the Heat win none. Without Bosh they don
OKC played incredibly bad, had some of the worst defensive rotations I've ever seen and still almost won... tbh there are 4-5 teams better than Miami in the West.
[QUOTE=Nero Tulip]OKC played incredibly bad, had some of the worst defensive rotations I've ever seen and still almost won... tbh there are 4-5 teams better than Miami in the West.[/QUOTE]
Losing in 5 = almost winning
:oldlol:
[QUOTE=Nero Tulip]OKC played incredibly bad, had some of the worst defensive rotations I've ever seen and still almost won... tbh there are 4-5 teams better than Miami in the West.[/QUOTE]
Almost won? it was a back door sweep...just because most of the games were close doesn't mean OKC almost won.
[QUOTE=Nero Tulip]OKC played incredibly bad, had some of the worst defensive rotations I've ever seen and still almost won... tbh there are 4-5 teams better than Miami in the West.[/QUOTE]
lol @ almost winning by losing 4 straight
Lettuce be honest, the Heat are just cruising through the weak East.
[QUOTE=Nero Tulip]OKC played incredibly bad, had some of the worst defensive rotations I've ever seen and still almost won... tbh there are 4-5 teams better than Miami in the West.[/QUOTE]
And this is why we need negs this is the worst post I have ever seen in my life
[QUOTE=Nero Tulip]OKC played incredibly bad, had some of the worst defensive rotations I've ever seen and still almost won... tbh there are 4-5 teams better than Miami in the West.[/QUOTE]
:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
Almost won dude they got backdoor swept and last game was a blowout how is that even close.If wade and bosh had been healthy,i dont think thunder could have won that first game and besides lebron choking against dallas miami big three have always been very dominant against any playoff teams they faced and that loss against dallas was clearly choking.2011 lebron was better offensively than any other lebron in cavs uniform and look what he did against the some of the best defenses of this era pistons,celtics,magic in cavs uniform.That was a complete choke job thats why they lost.
If healthy i dont think anyone really pose a threat to miami in a 7 game series.They just have too much talent at this point even for OKC.
Miami are 12-3 againts the Western Conference this season. OKC Thunder beat the best Western Conference Teams in the playoffs last year.
Let's be honest, theres no competition in the East. Every break that the Heat could catch, they caught. Time to tag on another asterisk this year when they win the title.
[QUOTE=BallsOut]Let's be honest, theres no competition in the East. Every break that the Heat could catch, they caught. Time to tag on another asterisk this year.[/QUOTE]
The Heat are 23-5 against the WC. They swept OKC, the Nuggets, and have already beaten Memphis, the Lakers and Clippers during their current streak.
The only asterisk to be had is the one they are tearing on everyone's rear.