Celtics@Heat: Veteran's Day Special

[DeadlyDynasty]

Another reason you can't trust this Heat team in the clutch: Big 3 are 8-14 on FT's so far...this isn't an anomaly either...thaey are all unreliable at the FT line.

[Darrin]

I'd say three championships nothing to scoff at. Grouping AI and T-Mac with Kobe and Shaq is just... wrong.

This is the source of the fervor of the Detroit Pistons fans. A Full House beats a pair. That sort of thing. They were indicative of these guys being so good, you only needed two of them, they'll about each other, go to the media, blow off help from each other--they were good enough to beat teams. They were not an all-time great team.

The Heat may win 50 games this year and lose in the second round, but they could've won 65 and made the NBA Finals. The same is true of those Lakers teams. They underachieved in a bad league.

[Nick, the Nazi]

[DeadlyDynasty]

Lebron has guarded Pierce in almost every game they have played the last few years, including the 1st game this season..

They have Lebron guarding Rondo, because Rondo burned them for 18 assists or whatever in the 1st game..stupid strategy either way..

Such a poor, reactionary coaching decision...the Cavs did the same thing in the playoffs last year...after Game 4 they took LeBron off Pierce and put him on Rondo. We all know how that worked out. Pat Riley needs to takeover ASAP

[mavsfan1000]

Heat.

[HarlemHeat37]

Such a poor, reactionary coaching decision...the Cavs did the same thing in the playoffs last year...after Game 4 they took LeBron off Pierce and put him on Rondo. We all know how that worked out. Pat Riley needs to takeover ASAP

Rondo has 9 assists too, so it's not even working..

Trying to stop a player from getting assists is just stupid IMO..especially Rondo, arguably the quickest player in the NBA, a guy that centers his game around passing and building chemistry with his teammates..

The Spurs did it with Steve Nash in the playoffs, making him shoot, but that was against a Suns team that didn't really have a star perimeter scorer..the Celtics have Paul Pierce..

Miami isn't going to stop Rondo from penetrating anyways, they don't have any big men inside, so it's pointless either way..

[Darrin]

Now it's a sense of en lement. They aren't doing what it takes to win games.

[Killakobe81]

Big toe surgery. Kobe's role in getting Shaq traded. It may have paid off, but don't tell me it didn't affect on-court chemistry. You weren't watching close enough. They got angry with each other, blew off each other on the court, decided not to pass to one-another.

Personally, they made me sick. I loved that it was that team the Pistons beat in 2004 for as much as I was cheering for the Portland Trailblazers and Sacramento Kings in the early 2000s as much as seeing Ben Wallace and my hometown team win one.

Hey, I dont agree whole heartedly but I see your point. I hated the 2002 team that won a le. 2000 was the most harmonious season for those 3 peat Lakers and i enjoyed all 82 plus the race for 16. I hated the 2001 regular season but the playoffs were pure joy. I hated the entire season in 2002, for all the reasons you stated.and to me that was the only truly fractured team. Yes Kobe and shaq's beef started the year before ...but injuries kind of forced both guys to rely on the team and each other the previous season. In 2002 even the Finals were more relief that they did not blow their le chance, more than elation that we had done a great job defending a le twice.


That is why I wanted shaq gone even BEFORE 2004. he wasthe leader and that team was beyond dysfunctional by then.

[TinTin]

lmfao at charles's question

[Darth_Pelican]

Don't worry Heat fans. Your team will still be ranked #1 in ESPN's Hollinger rankings after tonight's loss.

[HarlemHeat37]

Wtf did Reggie just call KG?..

[DeadlyDynasty]

lmfao at charles's question

what he ask?

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

LOL heat

[TinTin]

what he ask?

My bad I meant he got asked

"Did your ankle hurt when you jumped off the atlanta hawks bandwagon?"

[dbestpro]

Look at all those empty seats in Miami.

[ShoogarBear]

WTF was that move, Shaq?

[Fpoonsie]

Watching Shaq pathetically loaf around from team to team makes me girlishly giggle.

[Quit Hatin']

look at those sorry heat fans leaving the building.

[DeadlyDynasty]

ok, my first bad NBA bet of the year...pile on people...Heat suuuuuuuuuuuck

[Fpoonsie]

What a piece of ...

[sribb43]

@ that being a flagrant, today's NBA is so pussified

[Darrin]

Hey, I dont agree whole heartedly but I see your point. I hated the 2002 team that won a le. 2000 was the most harmonious season for those 3 peat Lakers and i enjoyed all 82 plus the race for 16. I hated the 2001 regular season but the playoffs were pure joy. I hated the entire season in 2002, for all the reasons you stated.and to me that was the only truly fractured team. Yes Kobe and shaq's beef started the year before ...but injuries kind of forced both guys to rely on the team and each other the previous season. In 2002 even the Finals were more relief that they did not blow their le chance, more than elation that we had done a great job defending a le twice.


That is why I wanted shaq gone even BEFORE 2004. he wasthe leader and that team was beyond dysfunctional by then.

Don't get me wrong--Kobe Bryant has written a tremendous second chapter. He's become unselfish, as good as he is at scoring, he has become dominant without scoring the basketball, and a great teammate. But there was a time in this league that I could not stand to watch him.

[Fpoonsie]

@ that being a flagrant, today's NBA is so pussified

Oh, mos def a "pussified" flagrant, but I just love the fact that the guy hardly even tries anymore.

[ShoogarBear]

"Where is Bosh?"

[Killakobe81]

Game is FAR from over we have seen many great comebacks in the NBA this season ...


Wade will catch fire beforre it's over they may still lose but Wade will dominate the 4th quarte ... book it.