by Micah Hart
Ooooooh, boy. There’s a lot to parse from this tweet by ESPN’s Brian Windhorst after the Heat fell 87-86 to the Bulls on Sunday. For starters:
– Heat coach Erik Spoelstra isn’t particularly known for playing head games with his players. Admitting to the public that members of his team are in tears feels like more of a Phil Jackson move.
– Who was crying? The pressure on the Heat is really only felt by three players — the rest are just along for the ride. Just sayin’.
There is a tendency amongst us all to view everything through the prism of immediacy, especially as sports fans. When the Heat started 9-8, I was amongst the chorus who quickly judged the Heat to be inferior. Then, when they reeled off a 21-1 stretch, I felt silly for having written them off so quickly. But hey, that’s how we are as fans.
Players, generally speaking, don’t necessarily react this way, or at least the players on the top-level teams. They know the game is a grind, and tomorrow is another day, and all those sports cliches they feed us. They have to keep a level head, because emotion often interrupts execution.
Which is why the mood in the Miami locker room after today’s last-minute defeat at the hands of the Bulls is a little surprising. Yes, the Heat are flailing, having dropped four straight. Yes, the Heat have struggled against the best teams in the league all season (they are now 1-9 against the top 3 seeds in each conference). But this is still a team with two of the best three or four players on the planet — if this slide is too much for them to handle, the playoffs could be a short and bumpy ride…
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must be james crying
this is what James gets man…its bad karma…thinking just becaue the most talent is on one team gets an INSTANT championship is TOTAL BS! …He should’ve never left his homestate in the manner he did, now he is paying for it!
Talent is DEFINITELY A PLUS, but getting rings is about TEAM CHEMISTRY…the BULLS are showing that right now, with one solid ALLSTAR PLAYER IN DROSE with GOOD help in Boozer/Noah/Deng and a solid bench…
Everybody doubted the Bulls in the beginning of the season, WHY? I have no clue..I knew they would be good, they had a winning record with alot of games missing both Boozer and Jo Noah, now with them in the line up together like it should of been from the start this team is showing how dangerous they are, Lakers fan here, but Bulls are my fav team in the EAST
DROSE FOR MVP MAN, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!!
I don’t necessarily believe in karma, but this is depicative of jame’s attitude coming into the season “Oh with d-wade and me going at it in practice winning games and championships will be easy”…. That doesn’t strike me as someone who’s mentally rdy to be a champion. This d-rose kid however is good, but he also has a champions personality extremely humble and willing to admit his mistakes and if you listen closely to his interviews it’s more about” WE” “US” “TEAM” instead of “I I I I”, and I’m damn sure you wont cetch rose talking about himself in third person like a narcissistic douche.
I still predict a lakers vs celtcs finals but this bulls team is the team to watch out for in the future, especially if they can add another solid piece.
i like rose,he’s a good player….but its not him y they keep on winning ryt now.its bcoz of their coach. dont forget tom s d one who design the defence when the celtics got their championship….just like lakers even f they got 5 kobe f they dont hav phil i dont think they can win a championship.
….all NBA players are good thats why they’re there.but its the coach can win a game!!!!!
I like how you just got done saying that Miami beating the lakers once wasnt a big deal but then you just bragged about the Lakers beating the Spurs once….sorry but im a huge heat fan and the lakers arent going to win the championship again the Spurs are.
im not about to entertain you…playoff time we will see the LAKERS WIN THE WEST…while MIA gets put out the 2nd round by the Bulls or Celtics
Dont mind em some people argue based on emotions. They say one thing and change their mouth because it is their team.
That’s hilarious. “I’m a HEAT fan and the SPURS are going to win the championship”. What a loser. Already gave up on his team just like Frenchy does in the playoffs.
Okay, dude obviously because you’re a heat fan any team that goes against the Lakers you’re going to root for because you’re probably riding Lebrick James. But thats besides the point. The Spurs beat the lakers twice once a blow out ill admit but the second time was luck. Blair was in the right place at the right time for a miss shot tip in. The Lakers cannot say they weren’t trying before all-star break but they can definatly say they’re trying now. They’re on a 8-0 winning streak and yes the spurs are involved in that. May i add that they brutally outplayed the spurs to the point where that 51-11 record that the spurs have didn’t compare with the gameplay that they had shown that night what so ever. Face the facts Lakers will three peat you’re just a hater. I’m tired of reading idiotic comments from people who probably don’t even play basketball(yes, i do play).
WHAT IS WRONG WITH CRYING??? Everybody does it from time to time, ok they lost and they cried, big deal that just mean that the winnig and going to the playoffs mean alot more to them then it does anybody else. People are not thesame and if they felt the need to cry so be it oh well its done and delt with!!!
nice excuse heat fan haha lebron james will never win a championship not because of his skills, but becuase of his mental weakness and stuck up attitude
LAKER’S COACH,
YOU SAID “BIG MAN SHOUDN’T CRY, IF CRY GO TO TOILET TO DO! “, WELL, I HEARED YEARS AGO, KOBY BRYANT CRIED (TEARED) RIGHT ON THE COURT JUST AFTER LAKERS LOST ON A BIG GAME(I’LL RETRIAVE THAT GAME). PLEASE ANSWER ME: DID YOU ASK HIM GO TO TOILET TO CRY(TEAR)??????? YOU ARE NOT NICE, YOUR HEART IS BLACK!
Sean i totally agree with you!
He still has a rookie mentality and has gone to a team expecting to win games without building the chemistry that he had back in cleveland.
i’m feeling a Lakers/Spurs vs Boston/Chicago final coming up, any combination would be fun to see
Sean how can you say that Lebron is stuck up and not put Kobe into the same conversation. Everyone in the league seems to look past his arrogance in play. Does Kobe even know how to pass the ball???
On a separate note… DRose for MVP
Heeeeeeeeeyyyy @ CHIN learn how to speak d**n english before you talk about a hall of fame coach. What the hell is “IF CRY GO TO TOLIET TO DO! What?
im not a huge heat fan but to those heat haters…i feel sorry for all of you…get some help…maybe u all have brain damage…u dont need to put down one’s team just to be notice…just tell your opinions to your team and stop hating the heat…for what…maybe you’re just too scared that the heat will crashed your team and stabbed your heart…dont cry little boys…lol
now that heat are winin the big team everyone shot up lol every lebron hater suck
The Heat bein brought down to tears..Seriously!!! When are they goin to wake up and actually start playing basketball. They aint goin to win the championship this year, but they can at least work to find some chemistry in the team for this time around nxt year. Also can someone pls tell me why DWADE isn’t closing out game for the HEAT????
This is just pathethic———————-the heat suck—wade and lebron dominate during the 1st half, and play like thrash in the second half–i can play better that that and the highest i got was a JV team
queen james is always crying like a baby because his is not clutch like kobe and never will be
the heat blow big leads and brick game winner—they are soft andthe really suck
they are going to get killed in the playoofs
by the way did you see the lakers kill the spurs-they were up by like 32 points at one point–unreal
the lakers are the best-they are not fakers-they just had a HUGE statement win–and puching closer to that second seed and HEY maybe even number one–arounf 22 game left–lot of time–they are behind what 6 game??
anyway the lakers are the best and they always wil be–
THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS THE 2009,2010, AND 2011 NBA CHAMPIONS (THEY WILL ALSO WIN IN 2012 IF THERE IS NO LOCKOUT, GIVING KOBE HIS 7TH RING MAKING HIM THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME)
yea to bad the heat destroyed the lakers earlier this season………and no one will ever have more rings then Bill Russel so calm down Kobe fan.
oh yea and jv is just a team put together so the losers don’t feel too bad.
OK, beat us once this year! LA is back rolling again and we face the HEAT this thursday on TNT…lets see where your mouth is when we WIN THAT DAMN GAME!
The only time that kind of win will matter is the finals. Other than that, winning that game means nothing b/c they’re not in the same conference. So when the other team is standing victorious, keep trying to cheer yourself up saying we beat them this season.
@Kobe who A Christmas day game, wow!! True Laker fans know the Lakers never come to play on Christmas day. With that said, that game meant absolutely nothing to the Lakers or Laker fans. Now im sure Laker fans are looking forward to this game tonight. But for the Lakers, the playoffs are what counts. As for Bill Russel having more rings than anybody, much respect. But put Bill Russel in this day and age, you think he could accomplish the same thing. Its highly unlikely. So you should STFU and respect Kobes 5 rings!
It doesnt matter if bill russel could do it in todays game, he did it in his time! the way your saying it is in 20 years michael jordan still wont be one of the greatest because he played in a earlier time. what a stupid way to think about it typical dumb lakers fan typical dumb kobe fan. Kobes 5 rings can suck it he’ll always be a rapist
I think he meant to say the greatest MODERN player/ Laker of all time, because since the Russel era the only Star Player to win more than five on one team is MJ
bill russ has nothing to do with it.. the old school rules and the old-er school basket bALL GAMES has nothing to do with our current rules in the nba and current teams. no one willl get as much rings as bill R. but kobe is UP there for this decade . KOBE!
@Jables2915 – Agreed…… Lakers fans are generally morons.
@Jables When Bill Russell won there were only 8-12 teams and it took only 7 wins in the playoffs. Now there are FOUR rounds of SEVEN games so you need 16 wins. So why don’t you learn something before calling anyone else less informed. He would’ve dominated the HEAT though.
or you a nutter… dont matter how many rings kobe gets. he wil never be as good as MJ, rings is the team not the player
love how laker fans always refer to the team as “we”. Get it through your head, u aint nothing and the team dosnt give half a s*** about u so stop saying “we”
If Kobe gets more rings than MJ, sorry dude then he has surpass Jordan. And it really doesnt matter whether Kobe will ever be considered better than Jordan or not. Fact is he will always be second best to Jordan if anything. And a hell of a lot better than Lebum James.
That’s why Kobe will add ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER to his resume. Could Jordan have done better if he didn’t mysteriously leave to play baseball? I guess we will never know. The bottom line is Jordan is gone so people should appreciate watching Kobe play while they can. He is one of the greatest.
Nobody will ever be as good as Wilt Chamberlains’s 61-62 season 50.4ppg 25.7rpg
If you recall, who missed multiple clutch shots in the 09-10 playoffs? KOBE i believe dont go bragging on what he does right When he missed just like Lebron did.
@ Heat to the top You bring up one year Kobe had a bad game in the playoffs, when Lebum has choked in the playoffs pretty much his whole career. LOL!!!!!!
Are you kidding me? Kobe had 9 straight games of 30+ points….
Kobe has had MANY MANY TERRIBLE games in the playoffs. SOrry
no the lakers suck there not that good there taking advantage of the fact all the players that could give them a problem in the playoffs are now in the east and yes the heat suck but the lakers lost to them while boston beat them and who ever else was a major factor to them so in all reality the answer is BOSTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Uhhh you must have forgot that Lakers beat Boston IN Boston?
@eddy mac you sound stupid. So the fact the good players that were in the west are now in the east is the Lakers fault? Ok, the heat beat the Lakers once this season on Christmas day, wow, big deal. The Lakers go to Boston and blew there a**es out! Boston made a huge mistake by getting rid of Perikins. So now, who in the middle will guard the twin towers on the Lakers? Ya better hope Shaq is healthy. Even with him healthy, the celtics will still be put out of the finals by the Lakers.
Kobe = ball hog ……..enough said
poor HEAT.. i dont think so they can win 4 of 7 games at the playoffs against the BULLS, MAGIC, and specially the CELTICS.. GO LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!! Lakers will repeat what they’ve done to the SPURS today.. LAL for 3-peat!! GO!!! GO!!! GO!!!!
poor HEAT.. i dont think so they could beat the MAGIC, BULLS, and specially the C’s in 4 out of 7 games.. And the Lakers will Make another 3-peat.. they’ll Beat the spurs like what they did today.. GO LAL!!!
Ohh. so you really think that a newly created team can win instantly? so you really are dumb! Can’t you think of the reason why the “3 allstars” signed 4 or 5 year contracts with the Heat? it is because producing chemistry is part of their plan and don’t talk like Lakers are unbeatable, remember, Kobe is already old, if he was 20+ then I would believe you. Oh yeah, almost forgot, if you don’t have the best record in the NBA, that does not mean they won’t win. Let’s just see it in the playoffs. Goodluck
What the heck are you talking about? First of all, ya a newly created team can win instantly. Look at the Celtics in 08 you damn dork! And for the past two years, the Lakers have been unbeatable. Why do you think they are the back to back champs idiot? What does Kobes age have to do with anything. He is still able to produce for his team, and more importantly he is still winning championships. Furthermore, what does a best record mean? If your the Lakers, nothing. Because they are winning on the road. So when the playoffs roll around, if they gotta go on the road to defend their title, it looks like they will be in pretty good shape, because again, they win on the road.
Die hard Laker fan here but FYI the C’s did it in ’08 so that disproves your first point, secondly kobe and pau did almost nothing in game 7 but the team still overcame a 13 point defecit to win the ‘ship, and as far as Kobe being old, he’s probably forgotten more about ballin than James and Wade combined
Boston, was a new team added KG and Allen won there first year they were put together. Before you even question new team chemistry… It just like Kobe said, good teams understand just know there role. Thats why it will more than likely be either Celtics,Bulls,Lakers or Spurs because the players just know there role.
@bigmike23 – Hey man, it’s not fair to bring Wade into the convo. He’s done a hell of a lot for his team and he’s a clutch man.
by the end of it all, what counts in the season game for the heat is their next matchup w/ the Lakers. they easily past through in the LA’s home court last xmas. heat vs lakers in finals
dude, the heat are 0-6 against celtics and bulls right now, 2-2 against magics, and it’s the finals that you’re talking about?!?
That’s the point! I have a hypothesis, FYI hypothesis is an educated guess and not true always. Probably, they are planning to be 3rd place in East so that they can face magic first and face the C’s in the east finals. DOn’t you think?
Get of the angel dust andy. The heat wont make it to the finals buddy.
Get of the angel dust andy the heat aint makin it to the finals buddy.
I think the reason why the Heat is losing is because of the coach. The Heat has a lot of talented players but the Leadership of the coach is keeping them down. Just look at the Lakers in 1999. They had a lot of talent. They had Eddie Jones, Kobe, Shaq, Van Exel, but they couldn’t defeat the Spurs in spite of the talent. But when 2000 came, they hired Phil Jackson which was a great coach and even though the players are almost the same with some minor changes, they got 3 straight titles. I do believe that it has something to do with the Leadership of the coach.
the funny thing is tho when the heat was winning all those games back in November-January everybody was saying coach spo was doing everything good
Now they cant beat the elite teams and the fire is back on him???
How can you flip flop back and forth and blame the coach…the players have to take some heat for this as well man
Well, you really suck at basketball dude. So your point is, “why put the blame on the coach why not players?”. IT IS SAID THAT THE PLAYERS ARE TALENTED, EACH OF THEM BROUGHT THEIR TEAMS ON THE PLAYOFFS. EVEN LBJ BROUGHT CAVS TO THE BEST RECORD ONE TIME. IF PHIL JACKSON WOULD BE IN HEAT, THE no. OF CHAMPIONSHIPS THEY WIN WILL BE EQUAL TO THE No. OF YEARS IN THEIR CONTRACTS. YOU WEAKLING!!!!
Well 2011 Lakers 3peat the heat fans will keep the blame on the coach. Not Lechoke for missing game winning shots, not Bosh for being a softee not Wade for not taking over in the final seconds. The bulls have 1 allstar surrounded by so so players. Boozer is soft Deng is inconsistant Noah is not a scorer but a great rebounder/defender. The bulls have a good team and are #2 in the east. There was a lot of heat fans saying the Bulls are nothing LMAO. That proves that a good team can beat 2 stars and a Biaosch anyday. They were crying in the locker room?? LMAO Just wait Miami you will be crying come playoff time when you get eliminated in the 2nd round at best.@2011 Lakers 3peat yo Lakers killed SA yesterday, they really suprised me. Earlier this season a lot of heat fans called me a hater for calling Lebron Lechoke. He has backed up my words by choking constantly. He’ll never be Kobe and will never reach Mike’s greatness. The heat 0-4 in this stretch of 10 games vs playoff caliber teams. They will really be crying a river in the playoffs. The Heat bench outside of Haslim is a bunch of has beens that are washed up. How can they be taken serious with a bench like that. 2 stars and a Biaosch can’t beat good teams!!!!!
i don’t what foreall. let just let the time decide for them. then we can figure out if they can move on or staying definitely.
What’s ridiculous is the team that Cleveland team LeBron was on last year would beat this Heat team in a 7-game series,
yet he left because he wanted to get closer to a championship…
that’s all wanted to say
agreed with “dave obviousely doesnt watch basketball “
Me too. The Cavs before and Heat now? Way too different. Don’t Post if you don’t know anything weakling
what we really learned was Mike Brown was a hell of a coach he had “less” talent than the heat but he had a team
Nobody learns.
The Heat started the season with a dreadful string of performances. They started after the allstar break with a dreadful string of 4th quarter antics.
They’re chokers. Lebron can’t close. They’re not being coached right. They don’t play defence. Dwade isn’t the same player. Chris Bosh isn’t the same player.
It’s all a load of crap. This TEAM (not the big 3) have huge potential. Say what you want, flame all you want. The Celtics are better than them just now. The Bulls too, apparently. So are the Lakers, Spurs and Dallas. But I GUARANTEE there will come a point when ‘Rome’ is complete and people will sing in the streets again.
I will remind everyone cautiously of what happened the last time the Heat silenced their critics. 21 – 1 is ridiculous. I hope for all the critic’s sake it’s not during the playoffs, because by god if it is, the writers might struggle to critiscize.
Dwade needs to be taking the last shot at the end of games….not James…he better speak up and stop falling away in the shadows
You may struggle to correctly spell “critiscize.”
James Cried because he just lost his chance at MVP to Rose XD GO BULLS!!!!!!
Probably right
YEAH! you’re right. Rose will get the MVP award! GO ROSE!
james already won MVP twice. If he was concerned with winning MVP he would have stayed in Cleveland
Lebron is the MVP of Heat, at the same time the weakness. He is a very strong player, let’s admit that, but i think his greed for the MVP award is his weakness. During games, he get’s all stats, that is to maintain his reputation. But in heat, he should at least sacrifice stats and look for wins. That is his problem. Now that wade and bosh are his teammates, he should learn to play with teamwork and forget his One-man Team in the cavs
theres nothing to cry about, 3 players will more often than not lose against a whole team which is willing to sacrifice share and make plays. down the stretch. they act as if they dont know what basketball is really about. chalmers for heat mvp!
love this win, love the bulls, love being suprised
The Heat is paying for their arrogance. They have a self-proclaimed king in LBJ, a self-proclaimed champion team that had not even played a regular season game. Now Wade knows why the world was happy when the Heat lost.
Actually mister, the heat never proclaimed themselves as champs. They proclaimed that they are AIMING to be champs thats why the transferred. Watch your words before speaking old rascal
LMFAO crying??? hahhahah what babys…..The heat are REALLY OVERRATED…Enough said….. who crys in regular season games?….. shows how stubbern they are….and lebron is the cockiest player i have ever seen…. everything he says is all about him…. me me me me…. his excuse is its his fault….??? does he not realize that it is Wades team?…that being said….. the heat will not go far in the playoffs….i expect an early playoff exit…
yeah probably. It is because they are a fresh team. Building chemistry in 1 year is very unimaginable. maybe years from now they would learn from elite teams like the bulls, lakers, C’s (best example for big 3 teamwork because their stats are way different from their previous teams), Spurs (team with no 20+ pointer but a very strong team) etc.
It’s simple… it all comes down to basics. There were only three heat players boxing out during deng’s first pair of free throws. Wade, better yet, Mike Miller should have been at the free throw line to box out the shooter. When im playing and im boxing out I always communicate with the player across from me saying “hey i got shooter on this one.” The heat though, wanted to prevent Rose from running from the three point line and making a spectacular play to get the rebound. The heat should have realized that that was not going to happen. Rose was going to defend back on what the heat do best on a miss, run in transition. The heat again though, failed to address the situation. They let LeBron and Dampier box out Omer Asik, and left Bosh to box out Taj Gibson. Everyone failed to remember to box out Deng (the shooter). This allowed Deng to capture the rebound and since Miller was running from the three point line to grab the rebound he commited the foul on Deng. The final shot to win the game should not even have been a factor in this game for the heat. Coach Spoelstra should have adressed the situation appropriately, and if he was not going to Wade or Miller should have asserted themselves and boxed out the shooter.
CRY BABIES
” if this slide is too much for them to handle, the playoffs could be a short and bumpy ride…”
I’m a Heat fan and I’m crying as well but that’s a great point right there. Fact is, the Heat still remain in the race for 1st seed in the East. Is it realistic? The past month says it’s not but they’re still in it, not to mention come playoffs time it’s a whole different ball game. The failure to win this one didn’t feel as bad as the others. LeBron driving on Noah was the right play (for a change) and the shot just didn’t go, but previous times they haven’t even made the right play.
There’s still a way to go this season.
IT IS TIME FOR PAT RILEY TO TAKE OVER
It is in the dictionary, DEFENSE I could be wrong, but I am not. Even Charles knows this and everyone else. The Heat are going to be embarrassed by any team they play from here on. And then, who is really going to be our closer in the final seconds when the game is on the line? If PANIC has not spread to South Beach, it is definitely spreading in the Heat players, coaches and management, Spoelstra needs to go now; if he does not, this will be the most dissapointing season ever in Heat history. Pat, please use common sense and take over while you still have a chance. Your experience, patience and wisdom will make the Heat click again and accomplish the goal of the NBA title, Please look back at 2006 and the end result. You will make the difference and resolve all the issuea affecting the team. Ditto.
THUMBS UP 1000 times!!!
Pat Riley For Head Coach !! (even though he’s 65 already)
hahaha
But seriously, the heat needs an experienced coach that would guide them to the Title, maybe spoelstra should not be fired but instead become assistant so that he can learn from veteran coaches
Imagine PJ were to take over the Heat. Get those egos in check.
@ RC and Yeah, Pat Riley does not need to come down, this team is suffering from it’s own HYPE. Everyone in Miami thought that they won the Lottery when James signed, but even with Wade and Bosh you still only have THREE, 3, Tres, Trois, players. They practically gutted this team to find money for these players, even if they took a salary cut, and then had to fill out the roster with role players that probably really didn’t fit with the 3 all-stars.Next, what system do they have in place?, if any. Boston and Chicago have DEFENSE, Orlando go inside to Dwight then kick to 3 point shooters, L.A. has the Triangle w/ good Low Post presence. Miami?????? What, one on one then hope for the best. I’m not saying this team can’t be a beast but no NBA champ ever won w/o a system / offense and right now Miami doesn’t have one, so all the Pat Rileys in the world can’t help this team this late in the season.
In the like of Phis Jackson…the Heat need to learn to attack later in the game, as the Bulls championship teams would do. The Bulls in those days often went into halftime down three, five, eights points and would get down as amny as 16 to 20 in the second or third quarters before they would lock-in, fight back and crush their opponets. LeBron and Wade have the talent, overwhelming athleticism and basketball IQ to perform in this type of manner – like Jordan and Pippen. The attacks are too early and they remain too timid for the remainders of games. Both played with more of an increasing aggresion and dominance as games went on whn they played as lone-franchise superstars. Bosh needs to play more in the paint. He’s thin for a big, but he’s tough and has one of the best post games in the league today. Work any three of them off the low block or elbow extension, run shooters off screens and have the others slashing simultaneously for backdoor layups, lobs and offensive boards. They shoot way too many contested and off balance jumpers and layups for the level of unmatched talent they have at multiple positions on the floor. Make the game easy, then turn it on in the third and fourth, with no letup until the final buzzer. Forget just watching opponets film, watch film of old championship franchise teams and learn the winning edge and culture tendencies of game management (substitutions, plays, iso’s, transition, defensive pressure, points and times of attack).
Finally someone in here that makes good sense.
I would just like to say that I was right from the moment I heard about this team. I knew they would do good, but I never once said they would be great. They can’t beat any .500+ teams really. They have an easy schedule and whenever they come up against a team like the Bulls or the Celtics, they lose. I’m sorry Miami fans but this is a done deal. My team is the Bulls and I am very happy to see them doing amazing. Especially considering everybody doubted us from the start of the season. What kills me is that the Heat got lucky and got Mike Miller for cheap but he isn’t doing anything for them really. Disagree with me all you want but the Heat will never even get to see the Eastern Conference Finals let alone the NBA Finals as long as they continue to only rely on the big 3. (More like big 2 and an overrated power forward) Don’t sit there and say nobody else needs to score because they have James and Wade. Obviously, they do need others to score or else they wouldn’t keep losing. And as for the prediction that they would go 78-4, that was out the window the first week of the season. Nobody will ever come close to the Bulls record of 72-10. Everybody thought these guys would break the record of most consecutive wins in a season set by the Lakers. Not happening. They lack a starting Center and Point Guard. Bibby is too old, Chalmers is too terrible, and the rest of the team just flat out sucks. They are all a bunch of washed up players who couldn’t win a ring anywhere else in their careers and are hoping this is their last chance at a ring. I mean come on. Who wouldn’t want to get a ring by just sitting there and watching Lebron James and Dwayne Wade play basketball. And why did they cut Arroyo!?!?! At least with him, they were winning some games. Bottom line, the Heat will have an okay first round and never see anything past that. They are not able to beat the Bulls or the Celtics and they can barely take on the magic. And that’s with them injuring magic players during the games!!! I mean, who does the Heat have who will stop Howard? Nobody. All their centers combined still don’t match his stats. And I’m sorry but when your team has Gilbert Arenas as your back up point guard, you better have Rose, Westbrook, or Paul as your point guard. The Heat have no point guards and no centers. I said it before and I will say it again. They will never win a ring as long as they lack in those areas. Keep crying Heat players, because your fans are doing the same thing right behind you. And please don’t try to tell me to shut up, I don’t know what I’m talking about, or that they will be better in the playoffs. I will state my mind, I do know what I’m talking about, and sorry but most teams in the playoffs are .500+ teams and it seems like that is the Heat’s weakness. I have been following basketball since I was a kid in Chicago watching Jordan and Pippen play. I know what a team looks like when it’s an actual team and the Heat are not an actual team. So trade Bosh or somebody because the Heat will never and I repeat NEVER win a championship as long as they have the line up they have now.
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I think Bosh will end up getting traded, not this year of course, maybe not next year either…but somewhere down the line of the six year span these guys have on their contracts Bosh will be gone or the 3′s friendship will be hendered and either Wade or James will be demanding to get out of MIA
Could Not have said it better myself. Everybody seems to focus so much on that 21-1 game streak. In those 22 games, they did not play Chicago, they did not play Boston, they did not play Orlando. The only team they played with a record above 500 was Dallas and they lost that one. Bottom line is they WILL not win a championship with that line up and my guess is Bosh will be the first of the big 3 to go.
Agreed Angela @ 2011 Lakers 3-peat Biaosh will be gone 1st. He’s a soft lil Biatch. He can’t rebound can’t defend just a lost cause out there. Lechoke said he’s not going to fail his team no more LMAO Get da f*** out of here are you serious. Yes do a favor for you, the fans of the Heat, and you team PASS THE BALL TO WADE!!!!!!!
Man people will be emotional after game Micah Hart, You are definitely just being the average reporter who loves to instigate. And that entire team can feel the pain just as much. Pat Riley has to come back to the bench. If they want to keep Erik Spoelstra around to coach defense fine, but I want vintage Riley offense. Phil is the same age so don’t give me that age garbage, Penn State coach is still going at it for God’s sake! Riley why can’t you do it for one playoffs. Wade should step up and ask for Riley to coach. If not head coach atleast assistant. He has to be on sidelines. Wade you won your first championship with Riley, SHOW SOME RESPECT! Dallas had you smothered until the floor was opened up. You owe it your team to do that much. It’s about the players on the floor. Erik Spoelstra has to be honest with himself and admit maybe later but this year this post season he is not the man for the job! GET IT DONE! Us against the World, you can’t leave it in the hands of the refs. Heat won that game, let’s be serious. I’m calling out league officials for flops. STOP CALLING THAT GARBAGE. OMER ASIK did nothing but put on a theatrical even Derek Rose joined in on the flopping. Acting must not be allowed to decide games! It’s shameful how Spurs flopped in beginning of last game. They controlled the game with flops and Bulls took notes. You have to know fans will eventually start to act out. David Stern please take notice!
And you telling me that Lebron and Wade dont LITERALLY get every foul call when rushing the basket….hop off it please they dont get one or two calls and a fan is crying??? PLEASE MAN, some of all the calls James get arent even fouls some of the times, grow some balls for heavens sake
sure iike kobe doesnt get those fouls as well kobetard? all you have to do is stand next to him during his painfully obvious 500 pumpfakes and its a foul. Lakers have 0 chance at winning another title. If they get passed san antonio or dallas, i HIGHLY DOUBT IT, they will be hammered by the celtics.
@Brandon mccrackin Did you see D. Rose get beat up almost everytime he’s driving to the basket? He’s not crying like a lil Girl he’s going back on D and will go to the basket even harder and faster. Lechoke is a big crybaby they need to get over it and play ball.
@ hans kobe doesn’t get to the line anymore at all…
After watchin this game between the Heat and Bulls you can see that they mortgaged the franchise to put these three together,Bosh should be traded for draft picks and they can give Hasselem that slot, without a true point guard they wont win,Bosh is soft as charmin should have persued Boozer instead plus every last shot should be taken by Wade this team was his ideal.
let us all wait for the playoffs out come
That’s how what basketball is all about.Let’s wait for the playoff that’s the only answer for all our questions.And for the Miami Heat i”m still stand to cheer you as your die hard fan,especially to Lebron James,hey man just play the real Lebron having the power of two time MVP. good luck….
No need to wait, Miami won’t make it past the 2nd round.
You don’t know that.
It was probably Chris Bosh that was crying… serve’s him right… what happened to all that muscle he put on beginning of last season… looks like he lost it all… this guy will be traded if they dont make it out of the first round of the playoffs… so soft! I bet James and Wade don’t even like him!
For the Miami Heat no one are responsible to blame for your looses.It’s basketball every team have their own talented and athletic player we’ll never know who’s team will gonna win until the clock is still rounding.It would be nice if they just play fair and have respect for each player.Hope i have a chance to watch live NBA game even if it is to far here in Philippines.Mr. Lebron James hope you give me a chance to meet you in person.thanks and more power to NBA.
It is definetly a kind of “Phil-Jackson-Move” … or does somebody believe other things??? ME not!!! The only thing you can cry about is the poor call of the referee within 15 seconds to go, which helped the bulls in the clutch …
If you’re talking about James not getting to the line…. Joakim guarded him PERFECT.
I quote and quote the Bulls head coach: “We have guys that can close out” TRUE. The heat are a good team on resume and on court, it’s just that with 3 All-Stars in the team, there seems to be lack of single-minded awareness on who’s going to have the rack during clutch time. Sure having 3 All-stars is great who wouldn’t want that in any team? But the thing is someone or someone’s will have to step down so that another someone can step up during clutch time. The Heat should clearly established their go-to-guy during the final minutes of the game. I’m no Heat Fan, I’m a Laker Fan, but it’s ugly to watch a team BUILT for multiple championships to loose on those close games. Come playoff time most games are decided by a close finale!. The Bulls are good I give them that, and if it’s not Boston who will go to the Finals then I’m betting on the BULLS to make it. I’m postponing my JUDGEMENT for the HEAT until playoff time, Everyone brace yourselves! the DOG DAYS of PLAYOFF is coming. GO LAKERS!
Weird move by Spoelstra to to let that out to the public to know. I don’t know if he’s being serious, or just making a mockery of the shortcomings the Heat of had to play some “mind games”. I could really believe either, but if it’s the latter, I don’t think it’s so wise to joke about this. When Phil Jackson does it, it’s more fitting because we know for sure the Lakers can be a championship team; we’re not entirely skeptical like we can be with the non-proven Heat. While I that being unable to close just a *part* of their game, it’s been rather ugly to see the Heat try. I think the bigger issue is that they just don’t show up dominant in any way in the face of these teams – they’re just “good”.
The super friends on their previous teams were getting topped by the same rivals, so perhaps this is just a case of nothing actually changing since the formation of the new-face Heat. Yeah, maybe they’re just having an “off” time, but that hardly looks like the case for Boston, even if their major players are injured. It’s not wrong for anyway to expect better and find no excuse in losing close games – I mean, the games shouldn’t be so close according to the hypefest in the pre-season *roll eyes*
Everyone on the team made sacrifices to be playing together. Now are one, The Heat. Support one another as brothers and play with heart. Go Heat!
Right now the Heat, need a real coach,one that will run real plays and some type of offensive sets. Too much standing around, taking someone off the dribble. With this current system, they will totally fail. 1 and 9 against the elite teams is bad news for the Heat.
I’m a lakers fan, but if the heat want to be at that top-level, they really gotta step it up. Especially against teams over 500 in general.
the heat still are better than bulls youll see that when playoff time comes cant say nothing until u see then im playoff
The heat are better than the Bulls? really?
the Heat are 0-3 against the Bulls. The Bulls have a better record than the Heat. The bulls have a better record against wiing teams .500% or better.
Who was the team that gave up a huge half time lead to the Magic last week? Who was the team that got blown out 125-95 against the Spurs? THE HEAT! The heat have no bench, that is their biggest problem. On Feb 24 against the Bulls the Chicago bench outscored the Heat 22-2. Oh and by the way at the beginning of the 4th qtr yesterday Rose, Boozer, and Noah where on the bench while the Heat had thier big three out there and the bulls were down by two only to go down by 4 by the time Rose came back in the game.
Who was the team that just beat the Magic 89-81. Who was the team before all start break that beat the Spurs 109-99 on a come back win, The Bulls! Unlike the Heat the Bulls know how to win the close games. If the Heat cannot win close games by now they are in trouble!
And who will not win this year??? THE BULLS
@rafael Are you serious? The heat better than the bulls? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMG!
The Heat have a good basketball team The only problem is The coach.
@ Lewosh 631, the heat have 3 good players, and no system. That is the problem.
they still got all the rest of the season to learn how to close games i hope the other games are close and if yo people gonna talk bad about james wade or bosh kip it up in you cause when u losin everything is bad but when you winin wow is the best lol .. let me give and example the SAN Antonio is the best team in the NBA but they not gonna win nothin still is gonna be lakers or mavs gettin out to the finals..
But the heat aint winning no games right now LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So what are you talking about rafael?
I WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO WAS DEFENDING SPOELSTRA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, BUT IS EITHER ONE OR ANOTHER: HE NEEDS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LATE GAME OFFENSIVE PLAYS, HALF COURT PLAYS AND MOVING THE BALL OR HE NEEDS TO TAKE SOME LESSONS WITH PAT RILEY OR SOMEONE ELSE, ‘CAUSE THIS AIN’T GON’ DO IT.
HAVE Y’ALL SEEN OTHER TEAMS HOW THEY MOVE THE BALL IN COMPARE TO THE HEAT??? THE HEAT BALL ROTATION SUCKS
ALL THIS COMING FROM A PISSED OFF MIAMI FAN
WOW They come out in bunches when the Heat loses. HAHAHA. I know one thing for sure. Come playoff time, the Heat will be ready to shut some mouths. Enjoy the loses while they last, Heat haters. By the way, I don’t remember a team getting crown during the regular season. See you in June….whoever is representing the West versus Miami.
DREAM ON!
Agree, I believe the Heat will be completely different thing come playoffs. Is still the regular season, it is not over. The Miami Heat biggest problem is closing out a game and there is still time to get better.
How can you heat fans think that all of a sudden they will turn it around when the playoffs start? Dont you morons understand that teams should be playing their best ball when the playoffs start, not their worst like the heat. Whatever bad habits they have now will continue and get worst when the playoffs start. You heat fans are idiots!!
So @ are we in the playoffs yet. So you really believe the heat are gonna win it all ha? They were swept by the celtics this season, they were swept by the bulls this season. Who is else have they not been able to beat this season. But yet somehow you think they are gonna win it all. You heat fans just, i dont get it.
@ are we in the playoffs yet?, UHH, i think everyone crowned the LAKERS the past two years, from opening night.
Just shows how painful it is when you truly realize you aint nothin but a pretender. Good luck next year Heatles.
Living in Chicago I couldnt be happier about the sweep but on the failure of the overrated Heat team…Lebron failing to deliver again in the clutch is no surprise but Wade’s cry baby comments lost him some respect in my eyes
Is funny how people think that just because Chicago won it means they will win a championship. When it comes down to it, is not what the bulls have and more what Miami lack. It took you guys firing two coaches and fixing your bench players to be even relevant this year. Either way as long is Boston is healthy and the Lakers are in the Final there is no chances in hell Chicago will win.
The Celtics are going to win the championship anyway.
NO! the BULLS will get the championship!
lets see what happens April 7th when the Bulls play the Celtics. By that time there will be only 4 or 5 games left in the season. GO BULLS
@ number 18, think the C’s gave up Championship when they traded Perkins
everyone going against the HEAT and talking trash about them is ignorant, they need TIME.. they made up a whole new roster and chemistry needs to build.. u cant just expect wonders from a team because they have the best players.. u definitely cant blame anything on james/wade/bosh.. they’re doing great, the bench is whom to blame, they have the worst bench in the league
Not an excuse, so did the BUlls, They Bulls added 8 new players to thier roster.
Are you seriously comparing those 8 players to Miami players??? Other than Lebron, Wade and Bosh, what player did Miami added this year that actually made a different in close game??? That’s the different between Miami and the Elite team there bench players.
Can’t blame LeBron for consistently coming up short in clutch situations? Why don’t you cry abut it and be just like the Heat team.
Miami was over rated from the get. I do not want to say I told you so, but everyone told James or Wade they would be better off going to the Bulls. Well, point is proven.
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The only thing the Bulls have over Miami is bench players, that’s it.
…that and a better record.
@ pop, and chemistry, and coaching, and defense, and……., well you get the picture.
It’s some of the players but in the 4th period of games they often look lost, confused, and at this point it is a lot of the coaching that takes the blame. You cannot tell me that this team would play this bad in big games if Pat Riley was the coach.
“But this is still a team with two of the best three or four players on the planet’
OK lets agree on James is Wade really in the best three or four? Over Bryant, Howard, Duncan, Rose, Durant, Nowitzki, Paul, etc. I don’t think so.
I’m a big fan of the Chicago Bulls. I can say I really hate the heat but I still envy the talents they have on their team, wishing at least one of the big 3 names had signed with the Bulls. It made me realize though, wishing for something like that might have spoiled Derrick Rose’s great season and run for MVP. I kinda like what had happened.
For the Heat, you’ll get over the humps. It’s too early to tell still, though.
\m/ Rock On Bulls!
I’m a big fan of the Chicago Bulls. I can say I really hate the heat but I still envy the talents they have on their team, wishing at least one of the big 3 names had signed with the Bulls. It made me realize though, wishing for something like that might have spoiled Derrick Rose’s great season and run for MVP. I kinda like what had happened.
For the Heat, you’ll get over the humps. It’s too early to tell still, though.
\m/ Rock On Bulls!
Does anybody else notice, that the Heat with Lebron are about to lose more games this year, then the Cavs with Lebron lost last year?
@ Joe, I do, I do, me over here i see that.
you are all crap…
wait until playoffs..
yeah and do the talkin’…
lol kevin are u seious? if wade wasnt all battered up hed be the second best player in the world right now behind lebron but since hes not 100% im gonna put howard over him so wade is number 3 right now..all the other players u named arent there yet besides duncan and kobe who obviously are 2 of the greatest ever but theyre both old now and are past their prime so u cant count them either
you are all crap..
wait when playoff begins..
yeah and do the talkin’…
most if not all of the close games miami has lost found the the ball in lebron james’ hands.. when is the coach ever gonna trust wade???? they’ve been together for the past 3 seasons and wade has been his go to guy since he started coaching.. he knows what d-wade is capable of! but not once have i seen the ball in wade’s hands during crunch time.. spoelstra keeps on going to lebron.. and each time, they have failed…. a lot of people hav been commenting on this yet tha coach never listens! wake up spoelstra! you have an anawer to ur failures, and he’s not named lebron..
It is not an understatement to say SPOELSTRA SUCKS!!!!!!!!!! I am not a heat fan but this is getting bad. This “coach” does not have the team running any kind of plays or doing screens on offense. The heat are just doing some kind of pick up game iso basketball. does spoelstra do anything else besides talk to the media?! really?????? I have yet to see that. he says we got blitzed. really man? what we playing football now?! then even worse he makes the team look bad by saying they cried after the game. wow way to make your team look vulnerable. wow spoelstra just sold his team out. spoelstra just trying to take away the attention from himself I guess. really man run some plays for your team. talent alone does not win you also need a good coach with a good strategy. obviously this dummy can’t do it. so when pat riley coming in????????
We really sent a statement to Miami and the league today. No one is scared of the Heat. They don’t have a big 3, just 2 allstar players of james and Wade. Bosh is not an threat. If we meet the Heat in the playoffs, we will spanked them again. The Heat need to be worried about beating the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs with the 3 seed. Melo and Amare will be ready for them.
FOR ALL YOU BULLS FANS DO YOU REALLY THINK COME PLAYOFF TIME YOU GONNA BEAT THE HEAT LOL LISTEN THE HEAT ARE PASSIN TRUE BAD TIMES KNOW THEY ARE LOSIN BY JUST 1 0r 5 Points is not like they losin by 10 or more that means they playin good but not closin is no big deel let see YOu BULLS FAN ON PLAYOFF well BEAT YOUR butts lol LIsten The Only Team miami shoul db e worry is celtics
It only take 1 win, if they lose by 1 or by 30 they still lost. I would rather lose by 30 than to lose by 1. With the coach and roster they have right now, they need to worry about every team in the playoffs.
Just wait till they get bounced in the first round. You’ll be crying along with yr heroes.
Heat coach Spoelstra did no wrong. Neither James, Wade nor Bosh are to be blamed. Lebron is a Leader. I think he has matured enough even he cannot deliver the last seconds. These losses are lessons for the Miami Heat for them to continue playing quarter by quarter every single game. Besides Miami have 19 games left so its early to celebrate on the part of Celtics and Bulls. Who knows at the end of the 82 games, Miami Heat will emerge as #1 in the East.
does anyone agree that the knicks have a better chance to win a championship than miami?
@ joshua0501, i’ll say with the addition of a couple of good defensive minded players and system, yeah, but D’Antoni don’t teach D, all O, thats why Phoniex couldn’t get over the hump with him, see what happened when Gentry took over.
OK PPL , LET’S DO A RUN DOWN OF TEAMS THAT ARE BAD THAT BEAT GOOD TEAMS.
Boston Celtics 89, Charlotte Bobcats 94
February 7, 2011
Boston Celtics 71, Phoenix Suns 88
January 28, 2011
Boston Celtics 83, Washington Wizards 85
OK ENOUGH ON BOSTON NOW LAKERS
LA vs Indiana L 92-95
LA vs Memphis L 96-98
LA vs Houston L 99-109
that should be enough now to bulls who are not that good
Raptors 118, Bulls 113
Warriors 101, Bulls 90
Bobcats 83, Bulls 82
So really whos gonna win? Nobody knows.You cant judge until the time comes.Get off the nuts of any team.Anybody can win this year.Hard work will get it for anybody.I still see the Heat winning it all.They usually beat themselves if you watch.They can’t be stopped.Now with a chip on their shoulders ,they will take out everybody in their way.So talk bad now but later you will feel the heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once again lebron gets the ball to close out a game and blows it (although the refs won the bulls that game with that deng foul after he missed the free throw). Eric Spolstra has coached Wade for two seasons and wade is has been the face of the franchis for over 6 years. Why doen’t the 2006 finals MVP (whuch is the only individual award that should mean anything) get the ball at the end. I blame Wade now for not maning up to his friend and say “you joined my team, I am Michael Jackson you are Tido”. This is out of hand, the whole world knows Lebron isn’t clutch. He is the best ball player in the league but he is not a closer Wade is. Wade scored just about all of the heats points in the fourth why do you stop giving him the ball?
MIAMI HEAT NEED FORMER LAKER PAT RILEY!!!!
dont panic man dis is a season and i know you learn your mistake so common bring it to the play offs and the heat is so hot to anybody in comes in play offs time!!!! dis is not the end of the world i know you can do it in play offs!!!! lets go miami heat!!!!!!!
Queen James is a cry baby.
This game was just down right sad.. They worked their butts off and they still lost. I am still a RIDE OR DIE HEAT FAN, but this game was just horrible.. How do you miss a lay up Lebron? C’mon WADE.. OPEN JUMPER! You guys drill those LIKE CRAZY before the game and in practice.. When I read at the bottom of the NBA channel that they were ‘CRYING’ in the locker room, that just was pitiful to me. It’s a game, it’s not the championship. You guys are HOW OLD?? 26, 27, 28 MAYBE 30 +??? Why are you guys crying? Bring that anger and sadness to the court on Tuesday verse the Trail Blazers.. They are a good team now with Brandon Roy back.. LaMarcus was doing good by himself, but their duo.. Hopefully on Tuesday we’ll see the Heat that went 21-1 back in December.. Then they face the Lakers on Thursday in MIAMI!! They GOTTA win that game.. THAT’S A STATEMENT GAME!! I have no idea what player might of been crying, but I doubt it was any of the bench.. I can put my money that it was some of the starting 5.. (sigh)… Now they slipped to the 3rd seed.. That’s not good.. They NEED TO GET THINGS TOGETHER.. Is it the coach?? Maybe.. :/
That’s just pathetic. One loss and you got professional basketball players crying in the locker room? Imagine what it’s gonna be like for the heat in the playoffs once they get knocked out in the first or second round. Lebron doesn’t deserve a championship and I hope he never gets one so I can see him cry when he announces his retirement. GO BULLS!!!!!!
@ da bulls, don’t worry all the water will just go straight into the ocean, i mean they are near the beach
I seen a team cry when they lose a championship, but one game? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? The Heat shouldn’t expect the NBA to feel bad for them, when they got Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, and Lebron James on the same team and still can’t be the best team in the NBA. Before the season, they were talking about trying to go through the whole season without losing a single game. Good luck with that. XD GO BULLS!
Man lebron is to blame!!!!!!!!!
He has a proven game winner and finals MVP on his team that hit game winning shots in his rookie and the only ones lebron hits are when he takes five steps to get it off (against Detroit in playoffs) stop going to get the ball for the final shot when YOU CANT SHOOT!!!!
D. Rose is shooting at the same percentage as you lebron and he only been in the league for 3 years!!!
oh but wait look at his stats you say………..yer he gonna have good stats if he is the only one that touches the ball! its always in his hand and if his teammates hit shots when/if he finally passes the ball he gonna get assists.
and rebounds really, the heat dont have a good big man. bosh is weak and wade usually leads the rebound count so i mean for a 6’8 lebron cant be that hard to grab what he does.
and points well like i said when ya hog it the whole game, cramping a legit scorers game like wades your going to get ya points arent ya!
in the end lebron needs to give it to wade in the 4th and let him do what he has always done for miami WIN THEM THE GAME!
lebron cant win games we saw that in cleveland and we are seeing it now in miami, maybe now all the reporters and media will realise that yer he is an extremely talented player
BUT HE AINT KING OF CRAP.
lebron cant win games ??? all i have to say is how many games did lbj win last year ? dont say crap like it wasnt him it
All you Miami haters need to be quiet. I’d like to see you you go out there and play and at least make one basket. Your not in there shoes. If you played these games and had the same result, I’m pretty sure you’d be “crying”. You just got beat on public TV. I love the game genuially. I just can’t stand it when I lose. All my fellow B-ball lovers know what I mean. So if your not a real basketballlover. SHUT YOUR MOUTH. And like I said Spoelstra can’t coach them right. He’s too inexperienced. However Lebron, Wade and Bosh need to learn to close games out. Thats what seperates them from the Kobe Bryants and the Paul Pierces’ and others. Dwyane Wade has lost his killer instinct. Bron’ never had one, neither did Bosh. Bosh is WAY too small. He needs to bulk up to at least KG’s size. Every player in Miami needs to work on their jumpshot, and PERFECT IT. Slashing will only take you so far. Plus they need a PG(preferablly)(steve Nash) and a C(Kevin Love). The Ball rotation sucks to. They need to tear down their playbook and start over. Because right now Miami is just a team that bullies sub .500 teams but can’t deal with real contenders. I’ve been a heat fan for a while now and have never seen such disrespect and dishonor of a team. In this league, only the strong survive and the heat are about to die unless they make some serious moves. If the heat are holding back for the playoffs, they need to stop. Your playoff mentality is how well you come in from the regular season. So the chess has started heat. Make your move…
I saw the other games the other day on the recap and I did notice that Lebron has failed multiple times in the clutch. The thing is he has been clutch in the past but there are some bad decisions being made lately(its not all lebron). There is a lack of discipline on the floor, Speolstra needs to implement an organized system the team leans on. Oh, and Wade needs the ball in crunch time, he did it in 2006, he needs to do it now. I think this whole crying thing is the surfacing of many things that could come in the future(it may get much worse). Wade and James are good buddies, he wants to share the clutch with Lebron(the results speak for itself however). Obviously Wade is frustrated with the poor decisions being made on the court and it’s starting to show. I am doubting Speolstra once again, he is a good coach, young, has alot to learn but he is only “good”. I also don’t think he can handle all of the talent, he tries to but he lacks in giving them direction in what he thinks may forge them into a tighter bond. I’m sure he wants to but I don’t think he has the leadership ability to take a game at a time yet oversee the future of the team. Darth Riley needs to do what he did in 2006, fire the coach and take over. I don’t agree with Darth Riley’s coaching methods(or ways he handles people) but this is his Galactic Empire he created and he needs to run it. Him playing Mr. GM is not going to do it, he needs to be on the sidelines.
WELL MY TEAM iS THE HEAT. UNFORNATELY THEY LOST THE LAST 4 GAMES BUT ITS ALL GOOD SO WHAT IF SOME PLAYERS WERE CRYING THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR TEAM AND THEIR RECENT LOSSES. THEY STARTED THE SEASON 9-8 THEN WENT ON A RAMPAGE OF 21-1. THEY STILL HAVE A GOOD RECORD NOBODY SAID ANYTHING WHEN THE LAKERS LOST LIKE 4 IN A ROW. PEOPLE ARE JUST MAD TO SEE BOSH,WADE,JAMES ON THE SAME TEAM. SO THEY LOST 4 GAMES N A ROW SO WHAT. THEY ARE GONA GET IT TOGETHER AND START DOMINATING AGAIN RT. PEOPLE SUPRISED THAT HEAT PLAYERS ARE CRYING WHO WOULDNT CRY IF THEY LOST THE LAST 4 GAMES TO TOP SEEDED TEAMS. AND ARENT FNISHING THE GAMES IN THE 4th QUARTER. I CAN TELL YOU THE HEAT WiLL GET IT TOGETHER AND START DOMINaTING AGAIN AND THEY WILl BE IN THE FINALS VS ThE lakeRS and YEA CELTICS IS THE BETTER TEAM CUZ THEY BEEN PLAYIN TOGTHER FOR A LONGER TIME> BUT THEY NOT GETTIN PAST THE HEAT IN THE PLAYOFFS. WATCH WADE AND LEBRON ARE ABOUT TO GO EXTRA HAM NOW> PLUS THE HEAT CHEMISTRY AiNT FULLY THERE YET> QUOTING WADE HE SAID IN A RECCENT INTERVIEW THEIR CHEMISTRY IS 65%. SO cOME PLayoFF TIME ITS GONA BE aT 100% AND THEY ARE GONA SILENCE ALL THE HATERS AND DOUBTERS RMFT
Bosh: “Looks like he tripped on his own”
LOL at this statement (see the recap on the match). Hey you soft and cry-baby Bosh, stop whinging and crying! Miami needs to you to TOUGHEN OUT, not to CRY LIKE A BABY. You faked a foul from Boozer in the previous matchup, and then Durant stated that you’re a fake-tough guy, and let’s also remember that Asik hustled for the ball and you said it was dangerous. Go play netball if you can’t stop crying like that. Heat can barely beat NBA top teams. Even New York can beat them now, with the surprising defensive performance lately from them. Let alone Boston, Chicago or even Orlando
Looks like “The Big Three” are more like the Three Stooges. When you get these big egos together, you also get alot of crybabies…and Spoelstra needs to STFU! How bad does it make your team look to say that they’re crying, This is not the Oprah show, this is NBA basketball!!! Hey LBJ , D-Wade & CB, if you don’t have the balls to tough it out…may I suggest you join a knitting class or something and let the REAL teams with CLASS (Celtics, San Anton, Lakers) go ahead to the Finals…
C’mon guys, It’s still the regular season. Remember Cleveland has the best record in the past 2 years. They beat a lot of good teams in the season during that years but came up short in the playoffs. It’s a good thing for the Heat right now that they are losing close games so that they can build some mental toughness when playoff time comes. Again, it’s just the regular season. There are a lot of great teams with a great record during the season but fell short in the playoffs. The playoffs is what matters most. And the heat knows that. Those heartbreaking defeats they suffered the past few weeks, it’ll make them even more ready and deadly come playoff time. Heat for the ring!!!
I must admit that the pick and roll plays of the heat sucks. I mean whenever the PF or C gives a screen for Wade or Lebron, they don’t slash to the basket. Instead they just dribble around in the three point area and isolates. If I were Lebron or Wade, I’d go hard to the hoop, get some fouls or go hard to the hoop, attract some help defense and kick out to the shooters outside. That’s what the elite teams do to them. Against Orlando, Spurs. Bulls. Their PG’s drive to the hoop, attract some help defense from the Heat, then kick it out to shooters outside. That’s what the Heat should do.
And the common denominator between the Cavs failed playoff experience and the current Heat losses at the end of the game is … wait for it … LEBRON.
I’m a Cleveland fan and I can tell you that he has more talent than anyone in the game but he tends to lack the killer instinct or the ability to close out games.
Good luck, Heat fans. You’ll need it.
i like what d-wade mentioned that when the heat lose the worlds happy.. you guys have to remember that what doesn’t kill them can only make them stronger. So guys be careful that when playoffs come they are more dangerous specially on the road when you have d-wade and lebron trying to prove themselves.
as i thought they lost again. i didnt see the game but was it another 2nd half choke?
uggh. its hard to say “WE’LL SEE IN THE PLAYOFFS” if they cant even win in a regular season game. the MIAMI heat has more experience than the Bulls and they just cant beat them? c’mon HEAT! ill still stick with this team no matter what but they need to step it up. and whats this crying? wth you would cry if you lose.
again HEAT COACHING STAFF! Give the ball to Wade in clutch time and in the whole game try not make so many ISO. your not the Cavs! now there level is like the 06 Cavs. its ISO, drive, shoot or kick out pass, extra pass cut, shoot.-_- PICK AND POP, sucky post up plays!. C’MON. HEAT is my Team but there way of basketball irritates my eyes and i just go watch another game and hope when i switch back they have the lead.
Christina Bosh was the one crying.
Maybe it’s cause people were diving for loose balls.
KOBE WILL MAKE THE HEAT CRY IN THE FINALS,, LOL
Like I always said Miami will be sucks and loser if wade is around… trade him to other team like getting steve nash or rondo… Lebron and Bosh played their role very well but well always claims he is the leader but he doesn’t have a heart in the team… Wade your good but your so selfish player and sucks… Miami will not be a champ… Unless they remove wade and have a good point guard… Lebron go to other team if i were you… Lebron from the beginning your my idol please you know your self your team is not a contender… Like you always said, FUN is important too in a team…
Wyle I Agree With U On LeBitch James It’s Just A Damn Shame Some1 Dat Big Can’t Post Up 2 Save His LIFE “DAMN SHAME” But Kobe Cud Win For the Rest Of His Life & He Will NEVER, EVER, EVER be The Greatest Of All time Matafact He The Most OVERATED PLAYER IN HISTORY PERIOD!!!
I feel bad for the Heat. The players are so talented but they can’t get the job done. They need to know how to handle 48 mins of basketball and be able to finish strong. Collapsing before the end of the 4th quarter will not earn them a ring.
THERES NO PROBLEM WITH THE BIG 3. OBVIOUSLY SPOE CANT HANDLE THE TEAM WELL AT CRUNCH TIME. HEAT BALL MOVEMENTS REALLY SUCKS! I HOPE PAT REILY WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I UNDERSTAND HE LIKES SPOE VERY MUCH BUT COME ON! DONT COMPROMISE THIS TEAM TO THE HAND OF COACH LIKE SPOE. I KNOW HES JUST STARTING HIS CAREER AS A HEAD COACH BUT HES DONE. ITS TIME FOR PAT RILEY TO INTERFER AND DO SOMETHING BEFORE THE HEAT FANS TOTALLY EMBARRASSED.. lETS GO HEAT!
well aren’t the FAKERS being salty for losing to the heats… Win or Lose it doesn’t matter, playoffs is when it matters the most.. Bulls at least you have something to celebrate. Don’t really care about it, tomorrow will be a new day and the HEATS WILL RISE AGAIN….
AMEN..
james and wade are losers they can’t even beat the buzzer for the win,, still kobe is the best and he did many buzzer beaters that made his team win the game. the lakers beat the spurs 99-83,, and miami was beaten by the spurs 125-95 this season.. the miami heat can’t beat the celtics, they are beaten 3 times by the celtics this season, and it is a sign that when the celtics and heat will meet in the playoffs the heat will lose,,,
this thursday, the lakers will beat the heat…d-wade, lbj, and bosh the “gays 3″ not a big 3, will cry again haha!!
heat sucks
im from europe and im a big lbj fan but how does the heat play they play like babies (last games) i still think the heat can make it but the heat coach sucks he have no idear how to handle these great players !!!heat still learnig i was surprised that they make this big run but i also know that they get killed when they start to lose
to all the kobe fans kobe is a good player of course but a player a top player have at least 47% from field alll good players have that ALL but kobe not why? shot to much
i think 82 points is crazy how often u have to shot hey kobe basketball is a team sport good that u stat learning this the last 4 years but befor i hate they way u play sorry if somebody take 30 shots a game for me its not special to score 30 !!!!for me all the players get to much hiped sorry or all misstakes in my post
tim i also think bosh was crying but bosh is for me a good heart player he show feelings that could be good at playoffs and still in the playoffs heat can beat everybody only bulls and celtics have better TEAM
I’m a KOBE fan but i don’t hate James or Wade..they are great players but neither of them doesn’t have that killer look in the eyes when the game’s on the line..as a fan,you want your top guy to be someone you can trust..that’s not the case with D-Wade and especialy LBJ..us KOBE fans doesn’t have that problem x ) GO LAKERS..
*neither of them have…….. x )
I’m still a Miami Heat fan whatever happen.Go lebron.go d-Wade,go Bosh ,go go go Miami………..just keep on playing to find your championship ring..
Me too.. I’ll continue supporting the HEAT til the end and til my last breath..
and i never doubted the bulls they have a great team and a good management!!!
i love east cost basketball for more then 15 years .also the lakers have no big opponent in the west last 8 years maybe this year but at playoff time they play good basketball phil is a great coach i think with phil they heat would be champs this year allread
spurs play bad basketball yesterday lakers play best game all season spurs play best aganst heat first q was 1of the best i ever seen live they hit 3s like threethrows great rotation with the ball in and outside play great to watch
thank u nba for league pass now i can see so much basketball and nba getting better and better would love to see nba more in europe
To Spoelstra:
If you wanna win close games, let Wade have the ball….plz!!
Let leborn takes the final shot = Heat RIP
and now to all fans why nba a or any american sports team have no fanclub i mean supporters
u know in europe the teams have crazy fans when teams go to play there they fear eaven when the team is bad check out panatinaikos vs olypiakos on youtube crazy nba fans like they walking throw memorial park
eaven my football club or soccer like u say have more support every away game then million stars like kobe and lbj or all other stars cant beleave
pls change that old refs why u not got young ones nobody want to see a 50-60 year old man wanna run with james and kobe down the floor when u older then 50 ur reaction is not good he can sit sideline watch replays but ref like that cm nba got nothing else or u really want whistle games like how u want sometimes i feel like ref can take to easy controll of game but ok maybe im wrong but in football we got that in every league
No offense to James..James is a great player…but when the season started…they always say it was Wade’s team…but what happened….it’s all on Le Bron’s hands…Wade won a title…won games with a shot….and that’s how they should end games…on Wade’s hands….Wade must be aggressive and get his old self back and not rely on James….It’s your team..your Heat…your house…go back to the old HEAT motto….not “YES WE DID”…or ” BIG 3″…bu should be “15 STRONG”…all players should contribute to win a title…with Wade leading the way…..
My money is on Wade and Bosh being the criers. Wade was pretty depressed during the post game interview and Bosh isn’t exactly a real man.
lol this is one of the best match-up i ever seen..so many good moves for each team..maybe just accept it..lebron is a jinx and maybe its a karma for those who count already that they will be champion for these year and even for 6 years..heat wake up..
accept it rose will be the season MVP
but the NBA final will be LAKERS-CELTICS again and again hahaha lol
Dont say too much bad things about the HEAT.. remember Lakers lost in a blowout to Heat in Staples last xmas.. lets just wait until they meet again this march 10.. then u can say anything u want to the Heat.. I am not a Heat fan, Im Boston fan i believe the Heat will develop and will improve at the end of the season.. they are a new team and they are just learning.. lets just shut up ang wait for the playoffs and see,,, Go BOSTON! and Maybe HEAT but No to Lakers! not this TIME!
AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA @ LAKERS SUCKS your a dumb a**. Here is another moron talking about Christmas day game. News flash idiot, nobody cares about the Christmas day game. Laker fans know the Lakers have never shown up for a Christmas day game so that game means nothing. That only excites people like yourself who just hate a great team. If you believe the heat will turn it around come playoff time, shows how much you know about basketball. All teams would like to playing their best ball 23 games away from the playoffs. Not like a bunch of elementary kids like the heat. I hope your team the Celtics can make it to the finals again so the Lakers can smash their sorry a**es!
Yes, 0-6 against Celtics and bulls, but don’t forget that these games were very very close games.
You know what. when u are so close, everything can happen.
I don’t say that the heat is a good team right now, but I don’t think that they are out for the CHAMPIONSHIP.
Don’t forget that the bulls and the celtics have obvious WEAKNESSES
Celtics: bad team in rebounds, short rotation, and most of all they are old and can be injuried at any time.
Bulls: bad shooting team and no ball movement (relying too much on D Rose).
So, it is not so obvious that the Heat will not at least get to the FINAL.
im not a fan of this 2 teams but my prediction is its mavs vs. bulls in finals!!
i think the heat needs to play some post offense like lebron in the right bosh in the left and let mike bibby facilitate the game so wade can slash anytime he wants and if not let lebron play his post game and let the opponent double team him so he can pass to 3 pointer or bosh for perimeter jump shot..
Coach Spo i think it is time to understand that the system works only for certain situations you always advocate to trust the system well. . . . WAKE UP your opponents have seen your system and they know how to beat it. Coaching is situational and I don’t think you can coach in crunch time situations.
Coach Riley I’ll bet . . . if you don’t start coaching the heat they might not even pass the first round.
Enough blaming players. The coach is just as easily responsible for all these losses.
If this happened when LBJ was still in cleveland, there would be no issues. but since he made himself as a villain the NBA fans are eyeing on him now.. watching his every move and every mistake… anyway, Celtics will get their banner 18…
Here’s 2 facts:
1st – The ball late in the game should be on Wade hands, not LeBrick. LeBron has had problems closing games since forever, why is the ball in his hands late in the game? He’s not a closer, period. Wade, instead, already showed he can close games, he aint an AMAZING closer but is a good one (the best miami has right now).
2nd-The heat is in more need of a big man and a point guard. The problem in the point guard position is, wade and lebron share (too much) the ball handling between them, any pg that goes there wont be able to guide the offense. So, what they need of a PG is one that plays D (to handle Rondo, Rose, Nelson) and with the ability to knock 3′s if let alone.
Relatively to Bosh, is overrated. He’s a good PF but not an All-Star.
Still, iam happy that miami is losing a bunch of games, to see if they lose some of their “cockiness”. Oh, and I dont see LeBrick dancing in the games now.
LET’S GO HEAT,EVERYBODY THINKS ITS OVER FOR THE HEAT…….THE WAR IS JUST STARTING,WE GO TAKE THAT LIKE IT OR NOT,WE GO LEFT STANDING ON TOP AT THE END,DAT!!!!!
these things are just problems for them to figure it out… basketball is life… life is basketball… these are just trials… Im A Chicago Bulls Fan and D-Rose’ Fan… But It is not the end for the heat… the thing is… if they keep on their seed right now… they will be facing the boston celtics too early in the second round if they got pass through the first round of the playoffs… more chance of bulls in eastern conference and less chance for the heat… come on now…
It used to be Wade who “closes” during crunch time. However, I see that LeBron James has taken over Wade’ role and his batting average is very poor. I think the role should be given back to Wade since this is his team and nobody does it better than him!.
I also believe in Karma, so James had it coming! You reap what you sow!
Spurs is a solid team with players having no big egos! They are blue-collar workers who stick to the game plan and stay humble even if they win big. Win or lose, I will be a Spurs fan forever!
HEAT 2010-2011 CHAMPIONS!!! YEEEEEOOOOOUUUUUSSSSCCCCCHHHHH DAMMIT
The heat arent a solid team..like one of the posters before me said, they explode in the firat quarter and die out the rest of the game. Why are they letting lbj take the last shots. Everyone knows hes a choke..ok i understand they let hil do ot once or twice..but hes gettin the last shots over nd over and the outcome is the same. Go.back to the drawing board heat. Lakers 3Peat, kobe and the lakers get it done
I love all the Lebron Haters! Boys this is the regular season, let me remind you that. Most teams dont play defense until the 4th quarter, Regular Season basketball! Come playoff time whoever the heat face they will be beaten down in 6 or less, Yes thats you Celtics, Magic and Bulls. Can you imagine Wade and Lebron playing tough defense for 4 quarters!
You guys all crack on them when they lose 4 straight and starting jumping all over Kobe’s bleep cause they beat up on th spurs one night. REGULAR SEASON!. Lebron seems like hes costing right now, just wait till he starts takign games over. Remember dertroit game 5! when all you guys had saliva running down your mouths?
For starters, they should show more humility! Nobody likes a bunch of arrogant guys on a team. Confidence, yes….arrogance, NO! People don’t want to hate the Heat, but they talk so much trash like they feel that they are unstoppable. Role player or not, I wouldn’t want to be running up and down the court as a bail our person, while 3 guys score 80% of the points!!
I’m a huge Heat fan and my only concern is that Miami isn’t playing good when it comes to games determined by few points ( five or less ). And besides Miami and Boston, I think Chicago is a dangerous playoff team and from my point of view ( always objective ) they have a greater team chemistry than Heat.
guess karma’s a bitch then lebron
1) Why are some of the players crying after a regular season game? All of the numbers bout not defeating the top 4 teams in the league, won’t matter if the Heat go on a run in the playoffs and end up winning the championship.
2) Spoelstra needs to channel his inner D’Antoni. Miami are best when the tempo of the game is up. They should be pushing the ball up the court even after made FGs by the opponents. You’ve got two athletic wing players and another masquerading as a big man (Bosh). Use them at their best.
3) Lebron needs to adapt his game. In half court sets, Lebron needs to get his butt in the post and not at the top of the key. With his size and strength, he should be a nightmare for any small forward down there. Leave Wade to roam the top of the key and be the facilitator. Also, Wade should be the one with the ball in his hands come crunch time. He’s a better decision maker and is better at the FT line.
Miami, even with all it’s talents are a flawed team. They lack size, they’re not deep/balanced and they lack a decent PG. But I do not believe they are being put in the best position to be successful. Eventually it all comes back to Spoelstra.
Dwayne, Lebron hold your head high..Not everyone wants to see you fail..Remember the darkest hour is just before the dawn,,Keep your head up..all these critics are not God..Especially to the ones who have played the game..Be kind to your brother..I know that you will overcome…Do not give up the battle is not for the swift but the ones that endure..YOU WILL SUCCEED..I BELIEVE IN YOU
LBJ on winning multiple championships: “Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7, not 8.”
Hahaha I really dont see it coming. Maybe after Celtics big 3 retire and so does Kobe.
Why are all these people talking about the Heat have the rest of the season to figure it out and nobody came together when they built big three teams. Newsflash… You have a little over 20 games left… You haven’t figured it out yet? And need I remind all of you of the 2007-08 Celtics that only contained 2 players from the previous year (Pierce and Perkins), yet still rattled off a league best 66 – 16 record that year in route to a Championship? I hope not. You all know that NBA commercial from earlier this year where all the players had big bobbleheads? Well when you watch Miami play in the final seconds there are so few basketballs available between LeChoke and Wade that their heads ACTUALLY grow to that size. And Bosh needs to get into the act with ugly three point attempts with 6 seconds left on the clock? I’ll tell you what, if Miami can’t win now against any elite teams why would that change when those elite teams turn the dial up another level higher. You’d have to be a fool to believe the Heat are just cruising and intend to “get better” in the playoffs.
I’m sick and tired of hearing 3 peat my team made that phrase famous in the 90s and we are back to make sure no one has that claim to fame find another slogan as for everyone who doubted the bulls serves wade and james right dissed the bulls to team up together and cant even beat us hahahahhahahaha could have been with us wade yo decision the bulls are the only team that has a reason to stop the lakers and Kobe and Phil jackson the championship road goes thru Chicago /retired sloan got miami crying arguing in the locker room its the bulls year open your eyes WERE BACK
Yes Miami has lost 4 games in a row and I admit they have to improve themselves which they will. These losses will be good for Miami esp. when they blowout there competition in the playoffs. Big deal some of the top teams beat them in the season series that don’t mean much in a 7 game playoff series. Lebron James and Miami Heat will adjust and once there on a roll you can’t stop them. Lebron James & Miami Heat All Day Everyday!!!
Lebron is NOT clutch. I don’t know what Spoelstra is thinking late in games allowing him to have the ball. Wade is far better at getting his own shot off, rather than just pummeling to the rim and puking up a pathetic left handed hook-shot. What are you doing Lebron? Trying to get a whistle on the final shot attempt? That’s your plan? Somebody needs to teach this child how to finish off teams. Or better yet, give the ball to someone else.
STEP DOWN SPO! JUST COME DOWN HERE IN THE PHILS AND COACH THE PBA.. YOUR SYSTEM MIGHT WORK HERE. YOU CANT GET THE JOB DONE IN MIAMI OBVIOUSLY. JUST GO BACK TO YOUR OLD JOB. YOU DONT HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF A GREAT COACH.. ITS TOO EMBARASSING FOR THE HEAT FANS. YOU CANT EVEN DESIGN A GOODPLAY DURING CRUCH TIME THINKING YOU HAVE ALL THE ARSENALS.. I DONT WANT THIS KIND OF SCENARIO TO COME ON PLAYOFF TIMES.. ITS UNACCEPTABLE.. THEY SACRIFICE ARROYO SO ITS YOUR TURN NOW.. BE MAN ENOUGH TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT YOU CANT HANDLE THIS TEAM RIGHT…
I notice that Lebron NEWER (since he;s in Miami) took the last second long shoot at the end of the quarters (1st,2nd,3rd) he take that shoot after the buzzer..he doesn’t want to minimize his FG pct!!! Just pay a-tencione on that..he only cares about winning that MVP award,that’s a fact..he should desire that ring more..self proclaimed KING wants to share his throne..real king newer do that…#3 is a king of that team..
ONE THING IS CERTAIN… LEBRON CHOKES!!! IF THE HEAT WANTS TO WIN, DON’T GIVE THE !$@$ BALL TO LEBRON!!!
I have watched that game twice since yesterday and came away with a few more conclusions….Bosh was cooking until the 4th qtr when the Heat just went away from him….The Heat have success when they play thru LBJ, not to him…he is better… distributing/posting/slashing and finding options….they lost control of the tempo once they went away from Bosh….Bibby was on the floor when they were leading and handling….the guard screening works when they stick to it….they let off the defense in the 4th as well…their D feeds their O more than any other team in the NBA…they played D when they were scoring but stopped playing D when CHI was coming back….Heat need to trust their shooters and find more looks for them, people crack on the Magic for living and dying with the 3 but if the Heat played like that they could at least have a chance down the stretch…the play where Dwade threw it away with 20 secs left everyone was on the opposite side behind him, thus making the open man hard to find…no off-ball action by MIA when LBJ is operating off ball screens, that has to change….they had 1 timeout going into the last 2 mins…burned them up during the CHI comeback…Derrick Rose won the MVP last night, point blank period
For one the heat are a good team but wade hasnt been the same since that danc on stage with bosh and bron 2 the finals will be the spurs vs bulls or spurs vs knicks 3 why is everyone sleeping on the knicks if they play miami during playoffs melo will drop 30 to 40 and stodemire will eat bosh alive and if heat play magic howard will eat the whole team alive omg i bring shivers and arenas will break bibbys and chalmers ankles.
Whats funny is that everyone is saying wait till the playoffs and we’ll see how heat will play? Lol well, plays equals pressure, pressure is lbj kryponite chhhhh…chhhhooke
Before the season, the Heat were talking about the chances of getting a perfect season with no losses…….. good luck with that. Go BULLS
D ROSE needs to stop giving so many turnovers otherwise Chicago will have a second round exit in play-offs. Last year also , Chicago turned the ball over so many times that it was ridiculous.
That is the only chink in D ROSE armor . He gives away too many turn overs. Needs to control the ball better and not with loose hand dribbles
It’s unfortunate when people feel the Heat are about their Big-3, and the rest of the team is along for the ride. I don’t necessarily agree with that, being that basketball is a team sport, and not everyones skill is in shooting the ball. But, Wade and LeBron definitely control most of the statistics. On the scoring end, Bosh is the only other player in double figures. (Chalmers is next, averaging 6 points a game.) I would like to see more players involved in Miami, but maybe that’s not how the team was built. Look at the Celtics, they have a Big-3, though their style of play is much more a team-balanced affair. Crying in the locker room does show commitment, and frustration. I think the Heat will go deep into the playoffs, and when best-of-7 series begin, I think they will be as competitive as the elite teams in the league.
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What happens in the locker room stays in the locker room. Spoelstra made a huge mistake telling the media that a couple of his players were crying. That’s gonna go over well throughout the league and to all the NBA fans.
Sure, the playoffs is where everything matters, but the Heat need to turn things around and regain the momentum before then. Breaking down into tears is not the way to turn things around. Heck, I don’t know if the Heat even know how to turn things around. I seriously thought they would finally do so on Sunday, but they just couldn’t do it, and that boggles my mind.
Perhaps they don’t value winning as much as their opponets. Good job on taking 2nd place Bulls.
Stoping hating on the lakers. It’s no question that they are one of the best in the league if not the best. And for Kobe, he’s the closest thing to MJ weather you want to admit it or not especially if the lakers win another championship. Mad respect for the lakers and I’m not even a laker fan
Whoever in their right mind things LB is clutch is crazy!! I mean sure KB, MJ, Larry Bird didn’t make them all. But this is crazy!! I mean KB made so many last year in the regular season! He was something like 6 out of 8 in game winning/tying shots. Now he isn’t always that good but seeing LB miss wide open shots and does anyone remember how he passed the ball in the All-Star to Bosh passing up a 3 point shot. Very interesting!! I hope that the Lakers come out to play on Thursday and kick Miami’s butts! GOOD LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!!! Miami wants to know why people don’t like them???!!! Well, if you brag before the season starts that you will walk over everyone in the league and win 6-8 championships maybe that’s why!! IDIOTS!! They can talk the talk but not walk the walk.
The Heat have an extremely talented team and are insanely athletic. The only thing I would like to see is for people to stop acting as though “we be killn blahblahblah and just wait for the playoffs! etc…” The majority of their schedule has been weak and can you really be surprised that now they have a stretch of games against teams over the .500 mark coincides with a “rough patch”? Stop lying to yourself, the Heat aren’t a complete enough team and I doubt they will be able to win a series of games against any true contenders.
i knew this was goin 2 happen to the heat. i am a big lebron fan and i did not want this guy to go to the heat even though they had dwade and chris bosh. this dude shud hav jus gone to chicago. that team wud hav been beta 4 lebron and he wud definitely get a champ. he wud hav had d-rose a playa who was developin to b a superstar playa and now 100% his, a good role playa in noah and boozer, deng probz wud hav been trade. but insted james chose a team which he thought wud make champ easy for him. soz lebron but there’s no easy way out in life. wat an idiot the team that he is with now hav no chemistry what so ever. it hurts to watch the heat. they have talent but when u hav guys who where jus chucked in to one, it will take a pretty long time to develop chemistry and its also a lot of pressure to win a champ. lik i said im a big lebron fan but i knew from the beginning that he was not gona win nothin with this team. shudn’t hav stayed in clev but chicago was defos a beta choice for him than miami ‘#no doubt
I’ve been watching professional basketball for 35 years. Here’s my synopsis on Miami.
LeBron needs to develop some post-up moves, where he could shoot over smaller defenders, spin around bigger ones, and pass the ball when double teamed. Wade needs to develop a reliable long range jump shot. Bosh needs to improve his post defense and rebounding.
Miami needs better point guards, and Lebron & Wade need to give them the ball. Chalmers (not good enough) and Bibby (old) are not the solution. They also need help at the center position, where Ilgauskas (old, slow, non-physical), Dampier (old, slow) and Anthony (small) are not the solution. Haslem is a nice backup power forward (he’s a keeper), but the rest of the Miami supporting cast are stand still shooters. They don’t come off picks, put the ball on the floor, post-up or defend. Some of them need to be replaced with more versatile players.
Spoelstra seems to be a nice guy, but I don’t think he can take them to the promised land. They need a coach who will command LeBron’s respect, and have the guts to bench LeBron if needed, regardless of the consequences.
If most of this gets fixed then they’ll win multiple championships. The core is there.
Hey george, I think Dwayne Wade and lebron would be enough. The one thing they can’t seem to do is to WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING BESIDES HAVING A COUPLE OF ALL STARS ON THEIR TEAM IF THEY WANT TO WIN! If Lebron just gives up in the playoffs like he did with the cavs, the Heat will get knocked out in the first or second round.
Miami needs a true leader not just a pretender..They are really disorganize especially during crunch time..Your turn-my turn should be applied..
For the Bull, well they need a Michael Jordan and a Scottie Pippen type of players to win championship..D-Rose is untested in the playoffs and their defense isn’t yet superb..So we should stop imagining Bulls winning the title this year…
derrick rose never had a test in the playoffs? do you not remember when he led the bulls as a rookie to challenge the defending champions in 7 games, which included 7 overtimes and possibly the best playoff series ever? untested? know your facts
miami heat WAS dwade’s team….TODAY the miami IS the MIAMI CAVALIERS… IMO james cavs last year is better than this year heat… james haves a complete team in cavs…every position filed with good role players..now in miami all he have is wade,bosh, injured haslem and inconsistent and invisible players…
crying after u lose is normal esp when you gave all your best and came short.. but not in the regular season and you are steady 3rd place in the east…
Kobe, MJ wannabe…. it just happend that Kevin Garnet was injured 2years ago, and Perkins was out last year.. And if you guys remember Kobe struggled on both game 7.. Y? because he thinks that he can lift lakers by himself and wanted to prove a point… It was Gasol, Artest, and fisher knocking shots.. not KOBE… Kobe doesnt have to say it, but it shows in him that he is JORDAN wannabe.. body language, the way he speak etc..
There is nothing wrong to cry! i saw Nash before Cried after loosing last year….Media just wanna create somthing to talk about… because that’s how they get PAID!
I dont like what Eric Spoestra did.. You dont tell the world that your Boys are crying!! what the heck is wrong with you??
whatever happens in the locker room, should stay in the locker room!! I wish the MIAMI HEAT the best of Luck!!
Well, now that Perkins is no longer with the team now what??? And what exactly is your point if Kobe wants to be the best player ever to play? What’s wrong with immitating him? MJ was someone ALL OF US were trying to be like. And Kobe struggled so his team picked him up….so? That means Lakers have the better team. There is nothing wrong with crying….IF THE GAME ACTUALLY MEANT SOMETHING. Nash and the Suns were eliminated in the WCF and he played his heart out. That’s a reason to cry. Not because your team is on a 3-game losing streak in the regular season. The only thing I agree with is that Spo shouldn’t have even came out with this statement. Just gives the media something else to slander them with. But the rest of your comment is just dumb.
Kobe is a secondrate or even a thirdrate trying hard copy cat of MJ. No matter what he does, he’s still the bad shadow on god MJ…Always ended up second or third best..
man all yall pressed its just games kobe is kobe and lebron is lebron is yal them no so just watch the games and shut up yall aint them and will never be them so yall act like thats yall man or something gay fagits
True Kobe’s pretty bad. Lemme grab you a jersey so you can drop 82 on the Raptors and show him up. Then you should scoop up 6 rings real quick to solidify your point.
What Me Worry! Make no mistake, moi, and my fellow Crymammy Heat players will win the Title this year. The first of seven straight Titles.
the only reason we keep losing is cause we have no one that scores other then the big three each lose the bench had 10 points at most that aint gunna help LB DW CB win
KOBE has only one MVP,,,,,you can listen the sound MVP when KOBE play away,,,,,you know only KOBE achieve that
KOBE play another level up to any people, let the team better, handle the game, play D, attack speaking, attack psychology, he done many thing that can’t stat. ,MVP:most valuable player,,,this is the value
Dont forget the knicks, expect to see them in the finals
yOU GUYS ARE ALL WRONG i DONT KNOW IF THE bULLS WIN THE cHAMPIONSHIP BUT THEY MAKE IT THERE. THEY ARE THE DEEPEST MOST TALENTED TEAM I THE LEAUGE, wHO ELSE HAS 5 SOLID BIGS, LAKERS HAVE 4 BUT 3 START, HEAT HAVE NONE. mAGIC HAVE 1 MAYBE 2, SPURS HAVE 2 THAT START,CELTICS HAVE 2. BULLS HAVE NOAH, BIG SEXY KURT “I CANT BELIEVE HES STILL PLAYIN” THOMAS, oMER ASIK(ROOKIE HAVING HIS BEST GAMES AGAINST THE TOP TEAMS) cARLOS bOOZER AND tAJ GIBSON, OHH DID I FORGET DROSE FOR MVP
The Heat will rebound in the playoffs! Guaranteed!
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I don’t understand this MVP race thing i respect derrick rose and that he should get the award even tho i’m a kobe fan, because mvp is defined as when you are not on the team your team will be horrible and they will need you to finish games. Lebron on the other hand is putting up good numbers but is he really MVP clank clank is all i hear man cannot hit a game winning shot, and if he is injured Miami will still win games and make it to the playoffs so how is he really MVP. Kobe should be up there because the lakers need him to win games, he has proven he is a clutch performer and the best player in the last 2 minutes of the game, and also if he is missing the lakers will be very poor, when they vote for MVP let’s be realistic on who should get it and stop riding the bandwaggon
You guys forget Amari carried NY from 13th to 6th place in the East on bad knees.
Improved everyone around him to the point where 2 or 3 other Knicks were considered for the All-Star game.
Rolled a 10 game 30 point per streak. ( yeah win streak in NY).
And cured the depression of 8 million Knick fans.
If Kobe ( the best player in the game ) or lebum (3rd best behind DWade ) win MVP over DRose or Amari then someone put the fix on it.
OKAY…. DWYANE AND LEBRON JUST RIPS IT UP they just need a SOLID bench who needs to freagen score some points and bosh needs to step up his game and stop being a baby about not getting the ball
OKAY…. DWYANE AND LEBRON JUST RIPS IT UP they just need a SOLID bench who needs to score some more points and bosh need to step up his game or he gonna get traded in no time
Im so glad Mr Wade diddnt invite Stoudamire to that lil retreat down south.
If he did they could have won at leaste the next 5 chips without lebum and save the heat a hundred million.
i’m a huge Lakers fan but i must say a lot of the talk of the up and downs of some of the power houses is kinda foolish. you watch the lakers every year they have a slump and all the writers talk about how it could be to late for the Lakers they might be to old but then every year they surge to the top at the end of the season. Just like they did this year they had a slump and people started talking like the lakers couldn’t contend. I bring this up to show how dumb it may be to jump on the heat after what you may call a slump. I agree they haven’t beat any of the power houses but they have been on the losing side of some very close games that could have changed by LBJ or Dwade hitting just 1 or 2 more shots. i dont say this to try and prove that the heat are gonna win or anything i just say lets save our breath saying how they cant contend or cant finish because if they stop this slump and finish the season 18-2 or 16-4 then we start saying how they are a power house going into the post season. so lets stop acting like a 8 game stretch shows who a team is.
WHAT EVER!!! I got Amari, Chauncy and Carmelo smashing miami in game 5 1st round. Expect more tears.
The setting : 2008 Olympics Gold Medal Game
It’s close, down to the last few minutes in a close and probably most exciting Gold Medal game ever played in the Olympics. When team USA needs a bucket, who does Coach K give the ball to? Yeah, #24 KB Mamba and the guy kills it. Wade was also vicious in the closing minutes as well. Obviously Coach K, who will end his career as one of the best Coaches in our time, knows his players and their abilities to go big or go home. After coaching the NBA’s elites for a whole summer, does he ever trust LeChoke to win it for them? Answer: NO.
Let’s just face the facts people, the one time they played together, under a coach who led them to Gold Medals, Kobe > Wade > LeChoke.
Video Proof for those who just ‘happen’ to forget on whose shoulders did we use to bring the gold back home.
One word: BOSTON. When their Big 3 formed, they clicked nicely and won a championship in that same year. The Heat will never get there and are struggling now for 2 reasons. 1.Lebron James, and 2.Eric Spolstra. I know people like to give Coach Spolstra sympathy because of the pressure he is under, but let’s face it, the man isn’t a stong enough coach to handle all of the egos. When Boston got their Big 3 in 2008, Doc Rivers held a meeting and rose about all the egos, all the talent, and layed down the law before the season even started. He told them straight up, numbers will go down, we are going to be a defensive minded team, Boston is STILL Paul Pierce’s team and HE is the first option and go-to guy, no ifs, ands, or buts. Spolstra has yet to do that, which is why Lebron has unfortunately taken over the Heat team. Everyone knows LeBron is a GREAT player, but he isn’t even a good leader. He’s not level headed, he’s not committed, and most of all, as recent games have shown, he’s not a real game closer. But guess who is, DWAYNE WADE. It should be his team, he should be the first option, the guy who get’s most the shots, and the go-to guy at the end of games. You may think LeBron is a better player, and that’s cool, but Wade is definately a better candidate for a leader of a team. I mean let’s face it, LeBron led the Cavs to two seasons having the number one record in the NBA, but couldn’t lead them to a championship. Wade already has led the Heat to a ring once before. Spolstra needs to grow a pair and tell LeBron, and Bosh, and the rest of the team straight up, this is Wade’s team, he’s our guy. Without the right guy leading the team on the court, and a strong coach, the Heat will never worth much as far as champions go
very well spoken
I feel enlightened now
I’m amazed at how everyone’s overreacting to such a natural thing like crying.
I wish you all could see the reactions over here in Israel. Nobody thinks it’s a big deal, or any deal for that matters.
I think it’s because everyone here served in the military, while only a handful of Americans do.
Anyone who has been in some tight and emotional spots in his life, when he knows his friends and comrades expect him to perform, knows it’s natural to break down and cry from time to time. Then your mates pick you up and you keep running.
No one thinks you’re less a man for it. I’ve seen guys cry for 1 minute, then picking up a heavier guy and his gear on their shoulders and go on running.
It’s not about how much you cry, spit, curse, scream or fall down on the road. It’s only about whether you made it through.
If there were two lebrons and one played for this seasons heat and one played for last season’s cavs, and those two teams played, the cavs would win. LBJ should not have left. But that was hard to see from his vantage point. If the Heat win a championship I say, “Big deal the dream team won a championship.” If the Heat lose in the playoffs i say, “Wow, how did the dream team mess up.” It is a lose-lose situation.
It doesn’t matter if the Lakers or Heat will win tonight because in the end, all it matters is who wins the finals. And lakers got more chance in getting into the finals than the Heat. Lakers have beaten the top in western conference. Heat are 0-6 to the 2 top teams in the eastern conference. This just shows which team is more likely to get into the finals.
And the Kobe-Lebron arguement, if u really watch the miami and lakers game, youd think that kobe is better than lebron. He has more moves, more skilled, and he works really hard. Lebron is just athlethic and talented. “Hardwork beats talent when talent doesnt work hard”. And ask this question, if you create a team, who would you pick first from one of them?
Kobe-Lebron should not even be on the table as i think dwade is better than lebron. Lebron is ruining the miami heat right now by getting too many possesions and acting as the pg. If miami lets bibby do its own thing to be a pg, and lebron, dwade, and bosh will be on the side, that would be a better team. Thats why i think dwade is better than lebron. Lebron is just loved my the media.
Pat Riley Need To Start Coaching again because Erik Spolestra dont know what he doing . wade is the clutch player for the team , have mike bibby play his game and let him get use to the court and work on our big man since haslem is gone haslem been out for 4 months and still leads our team in reobunding…. thats sad we need to get this together pat riley will know what to do
The race for the ring this year, will be decided in the Western Conference between LA Lakers and San Antonio Spurs. Dallas can’t stop the Offense of San Antonio and just can’t handle with so much and good Defense. For me the Spurs are the big surprise in this year. Last years haven’t been too good. Got a lot of critics: too old mainly.
Now, it’s different. They just play extreme good defense, which only the Lakers can handle. With a fresh, rebounding Bynum, scoring Gasol and Fisher, some important bensh points and of course a healthy and “doing everything” Kobe Bryant. Surely, these will be great Western Finals. looking forward for this one.
But! against who will the Western winner play?
That’s a tough one to beat. Celtics, Chicago or Miami. No other one in my opinion. Although the Knicks might play the small violin getting noisy with the MelloMan playing in Medison Square Garden. For me, the Celtics are too big and deep. Got the oldies. Garnett, Pierce, Allen and an incredible “triple double” machine called Rajon Rondo. By the way, didn’t Shaq say, he wants to win another title?
Celtics really can destroy you. If they start playing, Miami Knicks are goin down and I’m sorry to say also the Chicago Bulls. They are good. no doubt about it. Especially with their leader Rose. But one leader is not enough to win the olayoffs. and in my opinion too young, too much ball loving. Just double him, and he is getting into a lot of trouble. and remind you, the playoffs can get really long and tougn. so, who should they go to? Noah. Deng. Sure, sure. we know them all. But that won’t do against so tough playing Celtics.
allright, so good for now. talk to you later. Luk
A ball game is won by the best team and not by the team that has (theoreticaly) the best roster.Unfortunately the Heat players are incapable of finding roles on the court i.e be a team.
There are two ways to change this,change the rules of the game and add 2 more balls so the big 3 will be happy,or the big 3 should loose some of that ego and play the game as it is supposed to be played.
My personal opinion is that is not the fault of the coach,the problem is the terrible mixture of primadona attitute,this players cannot be coached.
Bulls,Lakers,Boston fans should not underestimate Heat tho because even tho they are not the best team around,they still have players that can make big plays and have a winners persona.
come on guys lets just face the facts the bulls are way better than every other team in the east other than the celtics who we could still beat. stop crying miami just face the facts youre not as good as you thought you would be. big deal you got three beast players but youre not a complete team like the bulls,boston,and orlando youre big three cant even play together. and dont blame the losing on Eric Spoelstra cause he isnt that bad of a coach
Isn’t there going to be a battle on 03/11/11 in LA? lol, Anyway, yes the Heat roster has just been put together past summer, and definitely don’t have team chemistry yet. It’s also evident on how few the plays that they run. I mean if you really don’t have that much options of what plays to run then they’ll be easy to figure out how to defend them. Besides, the BIG CRY BABIES of Miami put this pressure on them from the start of the season. Isn’t there a saying talk the talk ., walk the walk, and the HEAT aren’t backing up what they started boasting about.
Micheal Jordan before, Derrick Rose now. Its all about the Bulls. Derrick Rose……………….A definite MVP candidate
I thought this article was about Derrick Rose
Why did the link from ‘Jordan on Rose’ get me here? This whole crying topic is so overrated and boring…
With so much expectations on the Heat to perform well this season, it is not surprising a bit of emotion comes out when you start to slump, especially against crucial playoff contending teams like the Bulls and San Antonio. Miami is straight up getting worked, and their depth is showing their true colors. Miami has nothing beyond the big 3..NOTHING. They have aging vets who have not proved a thing in the NBA other than starting on teams in the EAST. At least Cleveland had some depth and some REAL role players to surround James. Bosh would have made a great addition there, or even Boozer for that matter had James stayed there. Although the Bulls would probably be more terrifying if James stayed in Cleveland due to Wade probably joining Rose along with either Bosh or Boozer. At least the Cavs would be more competitive now for a title than the Heat are or even will be in a year or two. A Cavs team with James would have been easily a championship contender with Mo Williams or even the newly acquired Baron Davis, Moon, West, Big Z, Varejao, Bosh/Boozer, etc. Now, you have a Heat team that has a washed up Bibby (do not see him standing a chance against Rose, Rondo, Nelson, Fisher, or especially Parker if they made the finals against each other), Chalmers who really needs to prove himself against the NBA elite much like Bibby needs to, Dampier who no wonder Dallas let go since he couldn’t stop Bynum, Duncan, or any other West big man, and a washed up Mike Miller who cant stay healthy. The only real guy they have is the man that one the 3 point contest (Jones) who can be useful in certain situations. Sure Jordan won it by himself, but he did have key role players such as Pippen, Grant, Kerr, Kukoc, Rodman, Longley, Armstrong, etc. Those guys may not be allstars, but they are certainly what the Heat do not have. As much as I think James is a talented player, he lacks the offcourt IQ to be successful by making terrible decisions to leave good teams. I honestly do not know why they joined Wade who already won a ring, Bosh in Cleveland with a few additions/trades (possibly bring in Hedo and Arenas like the Magic got) and James, it would have been game over for everyone else.
It’s funny how everyone is so quick to forget the 21-1 run miami executed because of this 5 loss glitch (yes I call it a glitch)…The only top teams that Miami are yet to beat are chicago, boston, Spurs and Dallas. All the games except for 1 or 2 were very close, down to the last possession. Besides, it’s regular season and it doesn’t mean anything, just ask boston about last season and lakers 2 seasons ago.
Like I said, everyone should relax with their drama and go find something else to pick on
I thought u Faker Fans said they were goin to win…Wat happen? please tell me cause I jus saw a season sweep
AND FOR THE RECORD.. MARCH 10, 2011, AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA, MIAMI, FLORIDA.. HEAT WIN : 94 LAKERS LOSE!!! :88
Why doesn’t everyone just listen to Charles Barkley on the heat it is SOOO TRUE!!!!!!!!!! They brought this one themselves saying we are going to walk over the whole league and win 5, 6,7, championships. Heat players, coaches and fans just shut up, we are sick of you guys complaining all the time that everyone is against you. You brought this on yourselves i.ei..Lebrick, Eric S, Wade, Bosh. Heat won because the actually gave the ball to Wade who can actually make shots down the stretch. Very disappointed in Artest come on man you can’t make that lay up which would have tied the game (not to mentioned 2 obvious bad calls)!!
I like the smell of freshly brewed butthurt Faker fans in the morning. They always have an excuse when Kobrick Cryant chokes. Remember when he choked HORRBILY against the Cavs? He shot 8-24 & had 7 TOs against the worst defense in the league. Remember the Finals last year, game 7? 6-24 in the BIGGEST GAME. Now last night, 8-21 against a team you Faker fans say “suck” and “have nothing on the Lakers”, not to mention the immense pressure on this game. Let’s hear your excuses. Did you cry last night when you “GOAT” choked? Wade locked him DOWN. Did you see Kobrick get his pocket picked & LeBron dunk on the Lakers? I did. What, this game didn’t matter either? Really? You guys are so pathetic.
94-88. Remember that.
So, where are the Lakers fans now that Miami beat the Lakers in a tightly contested match?
Did you see D-Wade snatch the ball out of Kobe’s hands when Kobe tried to dribble for his another hoggaballs drive or jumpshot?
Did you Kobe’s desperation 3 on the next position?
Now its clear to say that Kobe’s ballhogginess made him team fall even to the lowly Cavs…!!hahahahhaha!
Why is crying in the NBA so bad. It shows they care about their team and the game and winning. Spoelstra shouldn’t have said it at a press conference but he wanted to show all the critisizing press that his team actually cares more then everyone thinks. And crying isn’t bad true men cry. Especially for a team who has been critisized every game of the season and being put down for about 70 games. They have so much pressure on their shoulders and are going through a 5 game losing streak give them a break.
LeBron James Sucks! Remember how he played in the Boston series last year! He sucked! Her couldn’t close, he couldn’t win by himself like Kobe, so he went to the Heat! He has no talent, if i was 6’8, 250 pounds, and could jump high i’ll be as good as him! Kobe is the best in the playoffs and LeBron sucks when it counts then quits when he losses.
Ok, in Lebron’s last game with the cavs he dropped a triple double with a sprained elbow. So how is that sucking or quitting? He was a coward by going to the HEat but if you saw the movie More than a game you’ll know Lebron is all about friends and being close with friends.