Whose ready to face the Heat on Sunday?

Heat gonna go in raw tbh

Other than Diaw, I have no idea who's gonna defend lebron.

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Originally Posted by wildchild

I feel confident about the impact of Spurs offense on the game. Miami has been inconsistent all season and the Wade's absence isn't their only problem. They look weak and our backcourt (Tony, Manu, Patty, Marco) is a great offensive threat for them.

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Manu is a great offensive threat for the Heat, I agree, but Tony, Patty, and Marco play for the Spurs. I think Manu should at least partially make up for Wade's absence. Lebron + Manu > Tony + Patty + Marco (albeit slightly). If one of Patty or Marco goes off we might have enough to overcome the Lebron + Manu duo.

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Originally Posted by jARS mEsH sEt

Manu is a great offensive threat for the Heat, I agree, but Tony, Patty, and Marco play for the Spurs. I think Manu should at least partially make up for Wade's absence. Lebron + Manu > Tony + Patty + Marco (albeit slightly). If one of Patty or Marco goes off we might have enough to overcome the Lebron + Manu duo.

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:oops

Obviously Skull-1's Manu/Miami jersey avatar is a bad influence on me.

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Not this guy.

I know we are all still tainted with the finals, but a regular season game is a regular season game. Last season, we lost to the Heat by a matter of 1 or 2 points I believe while resting Parker, Duncan, and Ginobili. Expect the same this year with so many players out.

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Originally Posted by sexinthatsx

I know we are all still tainted with the finals, but a regular season game is a regular season game. Last season, we lost to the Heat by a matter of 1 or 2 points I believe while resting Parker, Duncan, and Ginobili. Expect the same this year with so many players out.

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I say we play Bonner for the full 48 minutes. He catches fire and we might just win!!!!

Spurs will lose.

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Originally Posted by angelbelow

I say we play Bonner for the full 48 minutes. He catches fire and we might just win!!!!

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Bosh would then score a career-high and break Melo's season high 62 points, and Bonner will be on at least 20 highlight reels of him getting dunked on by every single Heat player.

While we can say these games are regular season and thus don't mean as much, it must have become obvious by now that when other teams are playing against us, they want to see how they match up against one of the two finalists last year…so they are always more up for the game (s) than we are. I think the same will be true for Miami.

They really don't care if they lose to a few loser teams, but they don't want to lose to us.

Even without Wade, I expect the Heat to win by 20.

Tim hates midday games, and I just don't see us stopping LBJ, Bosh and Allen.

But I'm gonna watch and hope that I am wrong. It would really be nice to win.

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Originally Posted by angelbelow

I say we play Bonner for the full 48 minutes. He catches fire and we might just win!!!!

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ST Church of Bonner!!! lol

last year at the restgate game we played em pretty close with the bench. prob a similar game this time around as well.

Just heard on the radio that Wade is probable for tomorrow. It might be a bloodbath...the Heat will not underestimate us like they did last time we played them short-handed. TD, TP and Manu have to turn back the clock and carry the team to a close win tomorrow, coupled with timely shots from Marco, Patty, and Diaw. Oh well, no lose situation. If we miraculously win, it'll be the best win of the season, including the Warriors win last month and if not, then hope we play them at full strength the next time we face them.

So Diaw, Manu and Marco to defend on Lebron?
When Lebron is jealous of Melo and Durant high scoring games, Wade is out and the game is on national TV....

He is desperate to have a big game and this will be the perfect shot for him

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Originally Posted by eric365

So Diaw, Manu and Marco to defend on Lebron?
When Lebron is jealous of Melo and Durant high scoring games, Wade is out and the game is on national TV....

He is desperate to have a big game and this will be the perfect shot for him

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Again, Wade is probable for tomorrow.

The Heat are going to send a message that we're not taking what's theirs no matter who is out. We lose by 20-30 easily considering no defensive players.

Bowen with ESPN Game Preview:
He refers to Tiago SPLATTER, LOL! And almost calls Marco, Andre Bargnani, lol. He also said he's looking for Bonner and Ayres to step up, HAHAHA!!! Damn, Bruce is a comedian now!

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=103...espnapi_public

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Originally Posted by SpurPadre

Bowen with ESPN Game Preview:
He refers to Tiago SPLATTER, LOL! And almost calls Marco, Andre Bargnani, lol. He also said he's looking for Bonner and Ayres to step up, HAHAHA!!! Damn, Bruce is a comedian now!

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=103...espnapi_public

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Only place Ayres is stepping up to is the line at McDonald's when he's ordering a happy meal.

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Originally Posted by angelbelow

I say we play Bonner for the full 48 minutes. He catches fire and we might just win!!!!

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If Bonner is playing the whole game then I want to see him wear a different mask every quarter.

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/ima...asks/mask8.jpghttps://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...WcZdb-_Vl2t3Xghttps://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...Dm0uOLZVYskFCghttp://www.1604.tv/media/feedgator/i...8_21_spurs.jpg

Absolutely. Neutralize or frustrate Bosh & the Spurs will have a much better shot at a W. He's been a real big time player against the Spurs. It would be nice if Patty didn't disappear in this one. He has an amazing impact on games.

Spurs generally don't play well on Sunday afternoon on national TV.

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Originally Posted by eric365

So Diaw, Manu and Marco to defend on Lebron?
When Lebron is jealous of Melo and Durant high scoring games, Wade is out and the game is on national TV....

He is desperate to have a big game and this will be the perfect shot for him

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Agree. James is going to put on a show. Spurs are shorthanded and no one to defend James.

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Originally Posted by sexinthatsx

I know we are all still tainted with the finals, but a regular season game is a regular season game. Last season, we lost to the Heat by a matter of 1 or 2 points I believe while resting Parker, Duncan, and Ginobili. Expect the same this year with so many players out.

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Didn't Neal go off in that game?

Get ready for a lot more talk of last year's Finals.