Heat blow huge 4th quarter lead, Dallas completes epic comeback to tie series
by David Dwork on Jun 3, 2011 12:10 AM EDT
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This is the NBA Finals, so obviously you'd expect the Mavericks to come out with a fire lit under their butts after losing Game 1 on Tuesday. That's why an early 10-2 run didn't surprise me at all, though I was a little surprised when Dirk Nowitzki went to the bench just 5 minutes into the game and I had to wonder if it had anything to do with his injured left middle finger.
Miami responded to the Mavs early run by going on an 8-1 run of their own, erasing the early Dallas 6-point lead and going back in front. Dirk came back in late in the quarter as the teams were going back and fourth with the scoring. Point were coming a bit easier in this game as even Mike Bibby surprised us all by hitting his first two 3-pointers. Game 1 saw Dallas and Miami score 17 and 16 points respectively after the 1st quarter but in this game they put up 28 points apiece and went into the 2nd with the game tied.
The Heat went cold for the next few minutes, scoring just 6 points in the first 5+ minutes of the 2nd quarter, which allowed the Mavericks to go up by 6. Dwyane Wade ended that by scoring 3 straight field goals in just over a minute, but every time they got close Dallas extended their lead right back. It didn't help that Miami's first free throws of the game came with 5:24 left in the 2nd quarter, and on top of that they started 0-for-3 from the line.
A Shawn Marion layup with exactly 3 minutes left gave the Mavs a 9-point lead which led to a timeout and some cranked up Heat defense. Dallas was in the penalty and Miami took advantage, getting to the line more frequently and scoring their next 6 points from the charity stripe. A D-Wade triple in the final minute capped the 9-0 run and the Heat came back to tie the game at 51 heading into the break, holding the Mavs without a point in those final 3 minutes.
Three quick Dallas turnovers at the beginning of the 2nd half led to 6 fast break points for the Heat, giving them their largest lead of the game at 5. At the halfway point of the quarter the Mavs had battled back and gotten to within two points of Miami, but once again the Heat did a good job of distancing themselves from their opponent. Mike Bibby hit a couple of 3's, giving him four on the night, and the Heat went on a nice little 7-0 run to extend their lead to 10.
Dallas woke up at the end of the quarter as Dirk and Jason Terry scored 4 points each as the Mavs forced two turnovers and closed on a 10-4 run to trim the Heat lead down to 4 heading into the final 12 minutes. Shawn Marion cut it down to 2 with a quick bucket in the 4th, and that's when Miami started a huge run. Dwyane Wade scored 9 points that included a few sick highlights as the Heat went on a 13-0 run to go up by 15 points with just over 7 minutes left in the game.
As we have seen throughout this years playoffs, you can never count out the Dallas Mavericks. Just when you think the game is over, they come right back and stun you with an amazing run. They did that in this one, going on a ridiculous 17-2 run to tie the game with 56 seconds left. It was a string of horrible offensive possessions for Miami, continuously chucking up bad three pointers and running poor plays. Dirk was absolutely clutch for Dallas, scoring their final 9 points including a layup in the final seconds to win the game.
The Heat's defense on the final play was just as bad as it was in the final minutes of the game. They had a foul to give, but instead left Chris Bosh alone on Nowitzki, didn't foul him and were late to help on the back end, giving him the easiest layup you'll ever see in an NBA Finals game with the game tied and under 10 seconds left. Talk about a choke job...all I can say is this better inspire Miami to play amazing on the road because a game like this could potentially be a back breaker.
GAME NOTES
- Chris Bosh had a forgettable game, going 4-of-16 from the field, finishing with 12 points and 8 boards.
- Dwyane Wade had a breakout game, which will hopefully carry over to the rest of the series. He scored 36 points with 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.
- Mike Bibby also had a wake-up game, hitting four 3-pointers to go with 4 steals. On the flip side, he had just 1 rebound and no assists.
- Lebron was decent, finishing with 20 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and a block, but turned the ball over 5 times and overall needs to have a better game at this stage of the season.
- As a team Miami's free throw shooting was pretty crappy. They hit just 16-of-24.
- It's not good that the Heat took way more 3-pointers (30) then free throws (24).
- Mario Chalmers big triple in the final minute was his only one out of 6 tries.
- Noticeably hurting was Mike Miller, who missed all 3 of his shots while grabbing 4 boards in just 14 minutes.
- Dirk Nowitzki came away with 24 points on 10-of-22 shooting, but as I said he scored the Mavs final 9 points in the 4th quarter. Guess we should stop worrying about his hurt finger...
Now we have 3 days to stew on this one before Game 3 in Dallas on Sunday night. This will either act as a huge wake-up call for Miami and they will come back with a vengeance, or it will be a demoralizing occurrence that proves all the haters and doubters right. Those of us who have watched this team all season know that they will probably turn this into a positive learning experience, but we still have to sit on this collapse and wait to see what happens.
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One game, one loss---effin forget about it Heat; game 3, Let's go Heat, get the W
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Miami demoralizes teams. Dallas played great team defense in the first half, and Wade & James hit bad shot after bad shot………That was the first 40 minutes, Miami’s poor half-court offense caught up to them in the last 5 minutes. Dirk played like crap for most of the game, then he stepped up big time!
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Haters/media will hyperventilate. But if tonight proved anything, it’s that Miami dictates what happens in this series.
They just continue playing AVERAGE basketball and they’re up 2-0. They revert back to November hero ball, Dallas overcomes a 15-point deficit.
Abberation. Still Miami’s series. They’ll take two in Dallas and close it out in six.
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by The Licensed Pessimist on Jun 3, 2011 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions
this is a real tough one to swallow
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I still have confidence
we’ll win atleast two in dallas. But another meltdown like that will not help us. I hope they learned something from tonights loss.
A silly, stupid, deservedly loss!
I was angry and furious before the game was over.The Heat stuck to their game plan for 3 and 1/2 qtrs and then simply threw away every thing in the last 6 mins of the 4th qtr. In a previous post ( pasted below) I reminded the Heat to stick to the game plan of Game 1.That is to pay close attention to the Mavs 2nd (Terry) and 3rd scoring options (Kidd).The Heat did this successfully for 3 and 1/2 qtrs then just let their guard down on Terry and Kidd in the 4th qtr.When the Mavs made 15-0 run to tie the game in the 4th qtr, Terry (8 pts) and Kidd (2 pts) contributed 10 of those 15 pts. Let us look at the break down.
1. Dirk 18 pts in 3 and 1/2 qtr, 7 pts in 3 mins of the 4th qtr.
2.Terry 8 pts in 3 and 1/2 qtrs, 8 pts in 3 mins of the 4th qtr.
3. Kidd 4 pts in 3 and 1/2 qtrs, 2 pts in 3 mins of the 4th qtr.
Dirk without the he got help from Terry and Kidd, the Heat would have won. Honestly, this mental breakdown that allowed the Mavs score 15 pts in 3 minutess in a vital away game for the Mavs makes me doubt if the Heat can win the championship.Champions can not make such silly,stupid errors. If they have to put themself in a position to win the championship they have to prove it.They have to win at least 2 games in Dallas and the last 2 games in Miami. An achievable feat which only a true champion can, but I have my doubts seeing the mental lapse in the last 6 mins of Game 4 which I did not expect from a veteran team like the Heat
The positive point in this game was that D-Wade stepped up his game.I did not see a casual approach to the game as I saw in Game 1(though the Heat won that game), no wonder he put in 36 points in this game.He approached this game with more seriousness and effort and it showed in the points he put in, unfortunately they did not defend Terry and Kidd well in the last 6 minutes and they paid for it.
Lesson learnt, I hope they did.
Heat take nothing for granted.
The Heat should take nothing for granted.They made their share of mistakes as much as the Mavs did.The Heat should not expect the Mavs will be soft again on the boards or give the Heat open looks for those easy jumpers.Everything will be contested by the Mavs.So the Heat should not let down their energy level.D-Wade should be less casual going to the rim.Let those drives to the rims actually count.
Again play the Mavs against the traditional wisdom.Traditionally, you hold the MVP down and let the role players beat you, instead the Heat should do what they did on Tuesday, i.e, hold the role players down ( the Dallas 2nd and 3rd scoring options down) and let Dirk try to beat the Heat alone.Dirk alone can not beat the Heat.
by Who donnit? on Jun 2, 2011 7:01 AM PDT replyactions
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I agree,
the Heat played good overall D even when doubling Dirk, but do not leave those good shooters wide open. Dirk will get his, but don’t freak out if makes shots—I have flashbacks of the Magic game earlier in the season, double/triple teams on Howard and wide open shots going down. The Mavs will chuck a lot of 3’s and have guys who can hit them—get a hand in there face.
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by mjtig on Jun 2, 2011 7:12 AM PDT via mobile upreplyactions
Well no sweep lol
yeah this one sucked. We let it slip away and you have to give it to the Mavs, they didn’t give up when they were down (severely).
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MVPism
It’s why the Bulls couldn’t do anything in the 4th quarter. “Just give it to D. Rose and let him do some MVP magic.” They drank the MVP Kool-Aid. It happens whenever people believe their own headlines. And it happened to us.
LeBron should not have been hucking up 3 after 3 in the fourth, hoping for another miracle, like the ones he had gotten so much press for lately — “the new closer,” etc. Frankly, he’s not that good of a 3-point shooter. He just isn’t. He’s been lucky lately. And those particular 3-pointers in the fourth quarter tonight were well-guarded.
This was Wade’s game. He should have been allowed to close it.
This is what happens when you believe your own hype.
"Just give it to D. Rose and let him do some MVP magic."
fans dont run teams, and i refuse to believe good coaches buy into mvp talk. The bulls relied on rose heavily because they had to, the bulls dont have another shot creator on the team, the ball has to begin and end with rose. If the bulls role players (korver especially) had hit a few more shots things wouldve been different. That series always went down to the wire, and in those waning moments no one on the bulls team could do anything alleviate the pressure from rose.
ITs not the same issue for miami
I dont care what the D.N.A. Says, the Guy wearing number 12 Cannot be Kirk Hinrich, he is definetly Kurt. Kirk can actually play basketball!
Rose did not even consider passing on many of those last-minute possessions
Anyone knows that half the danger of a dribble penetration is the pass to the open man. I believe Rose’s mindset (and unfortunately, LeBron’s last night) was that he had to be the hero and hit an improbable shot. It’s selfish play. It’s hero ball.
James lost it.
The Heat built the lead with James on the bench (where he belongs when the game is on the line instead of hoisting up 3’s). What the heck was he doing holding the ball while the clock ran down, he was 6-8 feet behind the 3 point arc with a few seconds remaining and just standing there wanting to be the hero. I place the blame for this loss squarely on James. He absolutely is responsible for the loss.
James was the not culprit.The Team failed to keep Terry and Kidd in check.They did it in Game and 3 and 1/2 qtrs of Game 2.When it mattered they concentrated on Dirk and Barea, letting Teryy and Kidd who are Mavs 2 nd and 3 rd scorers to score 10 of the fifteen points that let the Mavs into the game.
D.Wade is right, the Heat did not need to score another point to win the game.They let the Mavs into the game through poor defense.
agreed
One player alone is not responsible for a 15 point collapse. That pretty much takes a whole team to accomplish.
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You are both correct
It takes the entire team to blow a 15 point lead. The only problem with this analysis is that James thinks that he is the whole team, nobody else means anything. And he has to take full responsibility because he held or dribbled around outside the 3 point arc for the full 24 seconds. If he is going to hold the ball full time, he is the problem. He reverts to a high school mentality at crunch time, some times it works out, but most of the time it will fail, he is a loser and that is quite clear. The Heat need a serious team meeting with Spo and Riley in attendance before this thing gets out of control. Wade and Bosh can play with anyone. James is a loner and always needs to be the center of attention.
At end of the season, work out a deal for Howard and get rid of James, he belongs in Disney World on center stage.
Howard is not the answer.
Howard is worse.With him the offense has to go through him otherwise he is irrelevant on the offense.He will be bored standing in the paint watching others take jumpers.Again James is not the problem, the problem was in defense.The Mavs made stops and the Heat did not. What will you say of Bosh who went 4 for 16? He took more shots than James.So if you blame James then Bosh should not have been on the floor.
Oh I see, you did suggest a trade-- I would have been surprised if you did not
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by mjtig on Jun 3, 2011 1:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well you finally showed up again--always after a loss...
what no trade Bron right now as you have suggested before. I’m sure you are surprised the Heat have gotten this far and I would rather he not shoot those 3s—was not the only person hoisting up 3s btw, but when he did knock them down before, you did not show up complaining.
Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi: "How dare that asshole bring up Karloff? You think it takes talent to do Frankenstein? It's all makeup and grunting."
"The women... The women prefer the traditional monsters."
--from the movie Ed Wood
GET TO THE RIM HEAT! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jun 3, 2011 1:49 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You noticed
You are correct, always after a loss, I don’t like losing especially when its for all the wrong reasons.
You watch things pretty closely, so the next time James starts to miss, notice where he is shooting from. If he shoots from the 3 point line he isn’t too bad, but he usually shoots as though he is making a commercial or has to prove that what we all saw in a commercial that he filmed is what he normally does which is no where close. He starts to miss badly when he takes a step back behind the 3 point line and goes completely off the charts when he takes 2 or more steps back.
Also, the baseline corner 3 is a gift, it should not even be counted as a 3. That is the easiest shot in the NBA, an absolute gift.
Enjoy the next game and watch where he shoots from.
If you do not like loosing, there is a fundamental problem there. It also means that you do not like to learn..
As for your complaint regarding James you do not know his game at all. James shoots deep 3s better than anyone I can remember.That he misses them does not mean he should stop shooting them. I doubt if you ever played competitive basketball.
Defense was an issue
I saw a lot of standing around. They were baffled. Spo didn’t adjust and tell them what to do. They just stood there. I saw LeBron just standing there though… but Carlisle ran a play where players wouldn’t get to his players, like that 3 by Dirk.
Bosh on Dirk? lol
The defense and Heat were all over the place.
They changed their game plan in the 4th. Instead of “stay focused, run the offense, win, defense”, they thought “let LeBron coast and get his until the game is over” and the defense stopped.
Complaceny has haunted the Heat and it did again. How does a team get complacent?
1. Ego
2. Ego
3. Ego
Dallas is tied with Miami for most wins on the road. I am not upset that the heat lost, just the way they lost.
The heat totally went away from everything the last 6 mins of the game. And as Magic said last night, they took their foot of the pedal, they totally let up!
The good thing is like the Celtics and Bulls series, once the heat have figured out how to beat you, they know its just a matter of execution and effort. They know they had the Mavs beat last night and poor effort and execution caused them a game.
I think the heat win 2 in Dallas!
We should be use to Bosh having games like this.
We should be use to Bosh having games like this. He goes through stretches where he is playing well offensively and then he has a few games where he just cant get a shot to fall.
Five minute long choke job
Not going to blame anyone on the last play, it was five minutes of sucking that lost that game. Mavericks are a streaky team, and Heat have to step it up. Dallas hasn’t warmed up yet they are 1-1. Ask the Lakers.
This one hurts-
It’s brought on a bad bout of basketball depression but only game 2 so let’s hope they get it together. Kind of makes sense that they really don’t have killer instinct yet given Wade and Haslem are the only leftovers from 06 I think.
It will be a miracle if the Heat pick a game in Mavs.To do that they have to be hungrier than the Mavs and teh Mavs have to be stupid enough to make the mistake the Heat made yesterday.Bosh should stop complaining about not getting shots.Next to D.Wade he took more shots than any Heat and went 4 for 18, what a shame!
Ugh, they shouldn't be worrying about not getting shots
How about ‘band of brothers’ which is this years theme.
Seems like someone on the heat team is always in a bad shooting spell.
Miller couldn’t find the bucket during the regular season and first two series of the playoffs. When he started hitting shots in the Bulls series, Wade’s jumper was off.
Bibby’s shot was absent the entire playoffs and then when he hit some shots, Bosh couldn’t buy a shot last night!
When someone gets hot, someone goes cold!
On to game 3!
Give the Mavs Credit....
they have been doing this throughout the playoffs, for christ sakes they swept the CHAMPS! its going to be tuff taking 2 in dallas. If miami wins one they come back to Miami 3-2 and series over mavs will win in 6…..
Inconsistency in defense cost the Heat game 2.Do they have the discipline and consistency to stick to a game plan for game 3? They freaked out in the last 6 minutes chasing Dirk and left Terry and Kidd who were not open all night to score 10 of the 15 points to close the 15-0 deficit Heat had on the Mavs.Very, very, very annoying and irritating.
Give credit to the Mavs
Man I am pissed off that we blew a 15 point lead in the 4th. We should have been taking the ball to the basket with Wade and James instead of shooting 3 after contested 3. We really gave this game to them. I’m still confident in the Heat though. We can still get home court back by simply winning 1 game in Dallas. I think we can take 2 though and still close this out in 6. Damn, I hate having to wait till Sunday for the next game…come on boys!!!!
by ModernWarfareCamper on Jun 3, 2011 11:28 AM EDT reply actions
What Spo Said
Seeing the result, I can imagine what the final huddle or two were like. Spo must have said, “Look guys, here is the plan, try to play good defense and when we get the ball back, stand aside because LeBron is going to bring the ball up and then dribble around the center court line or just inside it until there are about 4 seconds left on the clock and he will then take one of his heroic shots that he knows his fans and the tv audience wants to see. This will probably work because we have a big lead and we know we can depend on LeBron to save us”.
I hope this game will serve as a wake-up call for them.
And what’s wrong with that antics of James and Wade? They’re just pumped up. Fucking media overreacting. And Terry is pissed about that? Somebody gotta tell him what he’s doing when he hit a big three.
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What's the saying?
Haters gonna hate. I for one hated Dirk’s cocky slow walk after the lay up, but you won’t hear mention of that.
As for the series, well you know we are done right? I mean the chances of us winning this series are about the same as us beating the Bulls after that game 1 blow out..
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What's our chances of winning this series? 80%? lol
I really hope that the Heat learned a lesson in here. And that is: “NBA Finals is not just another walk in the park.” they can’t be complacent with this Mavs team. It sucks that the series is tied at 1-1 when we’re really close to having a 2-0 lead.
And Bosh, if you aren’t going to score much, please give a much better effort on D. Dirk schooled you man! Don’t be a softy. Awareness people, awareness. You have 1 foul to give there.
"Limitations, like fear, are often just an illusion."
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
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I agree with you.
Terry is a jackass. He was lucky the Heat were careless to let him take those shots in the 4th qtr after allowing him only 8 points in 3 qtrs, they let him make 8 points in 3 minutes of the 4th qtr. Thanks to the Heat freaking all over Dirk and forgetting that Dirk plays off Terry and Kidd who are Mavs 2nd and 3rd scoring options.
The guy who had the trophy tattoed on his arm was pissed?
what a hypocrite!
Lol, so true
Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi: "How dare that asshole bring up Karloff? You think it takes talent to do Frankenstein? It's all makeup and grunting."
"The women... The women prefer the traditional monsters."
--from the movie Ed Wood
GET TO THE RIM HEAT! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jun 4, 2011 1:57 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The Heat put the noose on their own necks with their less attention to details in the last 6 minutes of Game 2. I am less hopeful of the series. Everything is now in Mavs favor.
1. The 2-3-2 format favors the visiting team if they snatch one of the first 2 games. They have more room to make errors in the next 3 games.They can afford to loose two in Dallas and still be in good shape where as the Heat MUST win 2 to put themself in better shape, winning 1 game in Dallas may not be enough but just raises hopes and makes the 2 games in Miami MUST wins for the Heat.
2.The Mavs have veterans and coaching staff with the experience less likely to make mental errors.
3.They have more home games than the Heat. They have very fanatic crowd that will provide the energy.It is true that the Heat are performers at away games but remember also that they are tied with the Mavs at most wins by any team on the road during the regular season.The Mavs have an above average winning home records, making it more daunting for the Heat in Dallas.The officiating was clearly in Mavs favor last nite, you wonder what will happen in Dallas.
4.The Mavs have found ways to get the Heat into early shooting penalties like no other team have done to the Heat.
5.They have more shooters than the Heat and very good and catch shoot 3 point shooters at that.They can easily build up leads with 3 points or erase deficits.
6.They closed the boards disparity last night and have more big men than the Heat going into the next games.
7 Apart from Peja, you can count on more consistent performance from Dirk,Terry, Kidd and Marion; Barea can give you a plus.On the Heat the person most likely to give you some consistency is Lebron.Others will surprise you from night to night, even though they are capable of doing more.
8.Sometimes, the Heat coaching crew blow timeouts calling them late, yesterday though, was brilliant on the part of the coaching crew.
9.They have a deeper bench than the Heat, yet we have not seen them use this to their advantage so far. In one of these games we might just see that difference.
I am a Heat’s fan but my expectations are low, safer to be, so I won’t be disappointed if they loose. If they win, it will be a bonus for me and my joy shall know no limits. I am already looking forward to what addtions or changes they might make next season. They do need some changes and to deny so will be another championship run thrown away. Irrespective of whether they win the championship or not, they need a starting PG in the mould of Chris Paul or Ronjo to complement the offense and a center to post up for them. If they do any of these or lucky to get both, I am a strong advocate that Chris Bosh should come off the bench as the 6th man like Terry,Odom, Ginobili do for the Mavs, Lakers and the San Antonio, Spurs respectively. Chris Bosh is the least consistent of the big 3 in offense, no offense to CB. Chris Bosh coming off the bench as the 6th man will not make him a lesser player, it will only shore up Heat’s offense and rebounding games when subs come on board. It will give the Heat the opportunity to run plays through him which he was used to in Toronto. Additionally, he will be in the familiar position of having plays run for him. It can be arranged in a way that he gets meaningfull minutes too.
If my hopelessness for the series is confirmed it should be a lesson for everyone. I hope I am wrong, so that everyone will be the happy for it.
The Mavs made their adjustments
after game one and was still 15pts down with 6 min to go. their game 2 adjustments didnt work.
They won because Miami collapsed and not because of anything they did.
If Carlise comes back with the same game 2 plan and Miami makes adjustments on the boards, I dont see why the heat cant win at least 2 games in Dallas.
One to game 3…..
Lets go heat!
this one hurt because we gave it away.
but guys, it’s the finals, the mavs are a great team and we gave them some room. they reminded us how they got here, and now we have to bounce back accordingly.
Haterz gonna hate. LIKE A BOSH. HEAT = 2011 CHAMPS
The REAL Bandwagon is those HATING on the Heat.
It's the way it happenned -
I feel sick to my stomach.
Poor defense and poor free throwing did the Heat in.If they had made their free throws, it would have been a different ball game.
11 offensive rebounds by the Mavs did not help also
Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi: "How dare that asshole bring up Karloff? You think it takes talent to do Frankenstein? It's all makeup and grunting."
"The women... The women prefer the traditional monsters."
--from the movie Ed Wood
GET TO THE RIM HEAT! ATTACK THE PAINT!
by mjtig on Jun 3, 2011 1:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Calm down people...
They won because they spring an offensive trap on us, running a staggered double screen — a play they hadn’t run all season. It won’t work a second time. Considering we outplayed them for most of the game, they should be more worried than us.
I doubt they defend home-court.
You mad?
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I wouldn't worry. Bad loss though.
It took the Mavs to go on a 22-5 run by taking advantage of the Heat’s cockyness and not making baskets and playing hero ball, to win by 2 points.
Bosh needs to stop playing bad. He is embarrassing himself out there. I would let him slide because in the Boston series he had Garnett on him. Now it’s Chandler but he can still take it to him and move around, SOMETHING. All I remember was the failed lob and him looking like a dinosaur.
Heat needed this. LeBron got super cocky, tried to play hero ball and pad his stats up, you know it. Watching this team all year they always had a span of “here have some” for theirs stats, mostly Wade and LeBron. It didn’t work this time.
Where’d the rebounding go? Haslem was horrible in rebounding. Miller was doing fine rebounding but of course he’s always freakin’ injured.
They put themselves in this position, they have to pay for it. This is what they get for being overly happy though with 7 freakin’ minutes left.
Also Spo made NO adjustments lol. Carlisle out coached him. Carlisle ran a certain play OVER and OVER and OVER again. Heat not making their shots made it worse.
Heat needed a wake up call and a “uhm… a team can still come back and defeat you IN THE FREAKIN’ FINALS”.
I hope they win 2 in Dallas, and win in game 6. My young heart can’t take a game 7.
Also, 14 3 attempts by LeBron and Wade? 7 in the 4th when they were fighting back? Someone tell them they are the two best drivers in the damn game.
A lot to worry about.
Allowing the opponent 118-3 run to erase a 15-0 deficit in the last 6 mins of a crucious home play off game is not championship mindset at all.
Listen to Dirk, “Game 3 is our biggest game”. They need it to consilidate. That is what the Heat should have done with Game 2 rather they changed a strategy that gave them 15-0 deficit with under 6 minutes to go by playing less defense on Terry and Kidd, then loaded up on Dirk.
What will they do differently ? Terry plays great in Dallas, defense or no defense.
If the Heat win 2 in Dallas, then they will be truly champions.
They dominated, but relaxed.
They became complacent. They were due for a complacent game, but I didn’t know it’d be like this.
The Heat dominated but they relaxed. The defense was bad.
I’m sure if LeBron is on Terry, he won’t do damage.
But the Heat relaxed and thought the game was over. They won’t allow something like that too happen again. If they do, they don’t deserve to win.
They can win 2 in Dallas.
I’m a bit worried about the offense though. The bench plays bad on the road. Then there’s Bosh….
LeBron and Wade are going to have to give it their all.
The defense has to be really key here. Dallas ran plays and Heat were so use to the other team not running set plays (Bulls), they just froze.
They need to run some damn plays. I don’t understand how defensive minded coaches are always so bad at defense, besides some other coaches. Thibs, Spo and Mike Brown are basically the same when it comes to offense.
This loss really hurt.
Being up 15 in the 4th, hard pill to swallow. But i still have fait we will get some wins in Dallas and hopefully still stick it too Marc Cuban.
If only Bibby were in that last few minutes of the game.
He would have made a shot when James and Wade can’t. They knew he’s hot. (I know i’m biased)
"Limitations, like fear, are often just an illusion."
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
----- His Airness (Michael Jordan)
What situation?
"Limitations, like fear, are often just an illusion."
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
----- His Airness (Michael Jordan)
Come on. I know Mike Bibby's game. and when he's like that you can bet he can make shots.
"Limitations, like fear, are often just an illusion."
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
----- His Airness (Michael Jordan)
So do I.
And I rather have two of the top 3 players in the league having the ball.
It just makes better sense.
Hollywood as Hell
Somebody gotta do something if they can't hit anything and forcing shot after shot I think. And in the last game, Haslem is that man.
He gotta make those midrange shots.
"Limitations, like fear, are often just an illusion."
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
----- His Airness (Michael Jordan)
Hey bbbY10
The only thing that REALLY REALLY REALLY bothers me about Game 2 is that the Heat wasted a really nice, and unexpected, performance on the part of Bibby.
Still thinking of Sacramento times…
Cheers
Yeah. I said that in the game thread.
"Limitations, like fear, are often just an illusion."
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
----- His Airness (Michael Jordan)
Don't you mean you won't give the ball to Bibby in any situation?
you obviously dislike him.
that was the type of a game that could turn around a series...
Dallas has a ton of momentum after that game and a lot of people are underestimating them. They are a great team capable of beating us. The fact that we lost home court worries me a bit. I think it might take us 7 games to win now.
In Pat we Trust
"Sorry if everyone thought we were going to go 82-0" - Dwyane Wade
"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." - Yogi Berra
I agree.
And the pressure is onto us now.
"Limitations, like fear, are often just an illusion."
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
----- His Airness (Michael Jordan)
and this loss really hurt...
as soon as the game ended, I shut the tv and just sat in the dark for like 30 minutes. I was shocked and didn’t know what to do. Then I woke up the next morning hoping it was a dream. But we can take care of business tomorrow and win home court back.
In Pat we Trust
"Sorry if everyone thought we were going to go 82-0" - Dwyane Wade
"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." - Yogi Berra
Dirk will get his 20s any day.The Heat should not have freaked out and loaded on Dirk while forgetting Terry and Kidd, who are Mavs 2nd and 3rd scoring options.That was the mistake they did in 3 mins of the 4th qtr.Between Terry and Kidd they scored 10 points of the 15 points deficit in 3 mins! Terry alone scored 8 pts in 3mins. When the Heat defended him well, he had only 8 points for all of 3 and 1/2 qtrs! The Heat panicked with Dirk.They did not do so in Game 1 and the first 3 and 1/2 qtrs of Game 2 and were in good shape.
Teams that load up on Dirk, got hurt by both Terry and Kidd. Go and look at the game summaries of Mavs and the other teams and compare with Mavs and Heat in Game 1 and the 3 and 1/2 qtrs of Game 2.The last 6 minutes of Game 2, the Heat played the Mavs like all the other teams that lost to the Mavs did. The Heat knew this going into Game 2.Dampiere said same to the Heat coaching crew. Some folks including me , commented on it here before Game 1 and Game 2. Dirk alone can not hurt you without the boost from Terry and Kidd. Why the caoching crew deviated from this strategy in the 6 mins of Game 2 after it worked for the Heat in Game 1 and the first 3 and 1/2 qtrs of Game 2 is what I do not understand.Either it was due to inexperience or foolishness. That is what is most upsetting about the whole thing.It had worked so well, so why go away from it? I really do not have sympathy for the Heat, if Mavs win the championship.The Mavs have shown more resilience, maturity, consistency and the will to be champions and deserve it !
"We'll see what this team is made of"
For Sure. They’ve dealt with adversity and distractions, hatred and venom all season, why stop now? And enough with the whole “celebration” thing. Just watch Terry and Stevenson at home. What is that? Oh yeah, celebrating. Showboating. All that stuff that nobody gives a damn about unless the Heat do it. Title or not, I’ve seen enough to remind me why they’re my team and have been for many years. If it’s the Heat against the world then so be it. The world can go to hell.
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