Miami's road to the Finals: Charlotte, Toronto and Washington/Atlanta

[Ethem]

Why are idiots acting like the Raptors and Wizards are still garbage?
Have you guys even been watching the NBA this year? Tornto had the 3rd best record in the East since January 1st, better than the Heat! The Wizards are no joke either. Young up and coming team that can shoot the lights out from 3, and punish you inside with Nene and Gortat! Wiz are the team of the future, we are truly witnessing a changing of the guard in the NBA.

Have you watched any western conference playoff games? The playoffs are totally different from the regular season. The wiz might be the future, but right now they are an untested, inexperienced team that could barely stay above .500 for most of the year. In the east. They would fold under the pressure against any western conference team given the talent and experience that even the 7th and 8th seeds have.

[PickernRoller]

Washington could beat any Western Conference team.

[Kingwillball]

Until Pacers are done don't count them out..

[MMM]

Have you watched any western conference playoff games? The playoffs are totally different from the regular season. The wiz might be the future, but right now they are an untested, inexperienced team that could barely stay above .500 for most of the year. In the east. They would fold under the pressure against any western conference team given the talent and experience that even the 7th and 8th seeds have.

Not comparing them to the West but don't you think it is impressive that they went into a place like Chicago and won 3 straight. The Bulls were heavy favorites if I remember correctly yet the Wiz dispatched them quickly.

Honestly just seems like people can't appreciate Eastern Conference style basketball. The Wiz/Bulls series was actually more competitive than it looked by results.

[MMM]

Until Pacers are done don't count them out..

Pacers are definitely done

[jzek]

Until Pacers are done don't count them out..

They were done after the All Star break. Their life support is about to be unplugged soon.

[JT123]

Not comparing them to the West but don't you think it is impressive that they went into a place like Chicago and won 3 straight. The Bulls were heavy favorites if I remember correctly yet the Wiz dispatched them quickly.

Honestly just seems like people can't appreciate Eastern Conference style basketball. The Wiz/Bulls series was actually more competitive than it looked by results.

This. Any team that can win 3 straight playoff games in Chicago is not to be taken lightly. I think they would give Miami a very good fight. I believe the Wiz were a top 5 three point shooting team this year, and the Heat happen to suck at defending the 3 so anything could happen.

[JT123]

They were done after the All Star break. Their life support is about to be unplugged soon.

But they always seem to come to life when they play the Heat. The Pacers can't be counted out until they are actually eliminated.

[Lebron23]

Have you watched any western conference playoff games? The playoffs are totally different from the regular season. The wiz might be the future, but right now they are an untested, inexperienced team that could barely stay above .500 for most of the year. In the east. They would fold under the pressure against any western conference team given the talent and experience that even the 7th and 8th seeds have.

Bulls choked against the Wizards. Nene owned Joakim Noah the reigning defensive player of the year in the first round of the playoffs.

[houston]

Lakers in the 80's use to run the west like that

[MMM]

Bulls choked against the Wizards. Nene owned Joakim Noah the reigning defensive player of the year in the first round of the playoffs.

Bulls didn't choke

At most they seemed like they were runned down. Gortat getting every loose ball is probably evidence of that.

[Legends66NBA7]

They're not garbage. They're just not playoff teams if you put them in the west.

Can you tell me which teams are coming to the East if those teams are going West ?

[RoundMoundOfReb]

1987 Lakers (Regarded as one of the greatest teams of all time) road to the finals:

Denver 37-45: -1.14 SRS
Golden State 42-40: -2.53 SRS
Seattle 39-43: 0.08 SRS

2014 Miami Heat theoretical path to the finals:

Charlotte 43-39: -0.89 SRS
Toronto 48-34: 2.55 SRS
Washington 44-38: 0.48 SRS


If you think 10 years from now anybody will care about how "easy" the Heat's path was/is you're an idiot.

[PickernRoller]

1987 Lakers (Regarded as one of the greatest teams of all time) road to the finals:

Denver 37-45: -1.14 SRS
Golden State 42-40: -2.53 SRS
Seattle 39-43: 0.08 SRS

2014 Miami Heat theoretical path to the finals:

Charlotte 43-39: -0.89 SRS
Toronto 48-34: 2.55 SRS
Washington 44-38: 0.48 SRS


If you think 10 years from now anybody will care about how "easy" the Heat's path was/is you're an idiot.

So basically people forgetting is the only way that Lebron's rings become legitimate and not asterisks? Nice game plan by his stans.

[Fudge]

Embarrassing.

Another asterisk.