John Hollinger thinks the Heat's win was a fluke

[Ghazi]

CRUCIFY him Phillip. send that Manu loving ass to the TREE OF WOE

[DAF86]

you arent a hollinger hater, but you are a mav hater, and a stupid ing idiot who thinks manu > dirk



this is dumb because the mavs are known as being a great 3pt shooting team, and miami is known to struggle from there. this is pretty much an anomaly, not only that they shot as well as they did (lol fadeaway sideways 3s and pullup 3s with hands in your face), but took so many. shooting 3s is not their style of play, and going by their history, this game was more them being fortunate than actually being a team that is expected to outshoot the mavs from 3



this doesnt even make sense. but as for the bench, all season Dallas has been known for having perhaps the best bench in the league, while Miami has been known for having one of the worst. again, this is more of an anomaly than anything.



are you re ed? first off, no one is shutting down the big 3. second, shutting the big 3 down isnt the goal. keeping them in check is, and the mavs did a pretty solid job of that. bron was the only one who had a really good game, and even then, he was forced to do things he usually is not very proficient at.



with 12 ftas? big difference. and exactly how often does dirk shoots that poorly?



no youre an idiot

lol manu > dirk

dumb

Are you really this re ed or just playing the troll character? I was mocking Hollinger's article. All of those points can be seen from both sides and get something good out of it. If you look at the three point thing Mavs fans can say "well, they won't repeat that", Heat fans will say "yes, we can compete in that area", same thing happens with the bench play an all the other things Hollinger mentioned. I wasn't making an analysis, just noting how re ed this article was.

BTW, I said Mavs will win in 5 or 6.

P/S: lol at the Pokemon fan.

[DPG21920]

Now this was a fluke.

[HornetLoveJones]

Now this was a fluke.

I thought that way about the way Game 4 of the OKC series ended... this was no fluke. This was a determined superstar not letting his team lose unlike 2 other guys who chucked 3 balls like they're Reggie Miller or Ray Allen out there.

[ogait]

Now this was a fluke.

The whole game was a fluke.

Mavs dominated the first half, should be leading by 10 or more and ended up the half tied thanks to turnovers and putting the Heat on the line.

Then on the second the Heat dominated almost completely, and the Mavs made that comeback out of nowhere.

I'd like to see someone rationalizing this game.

[DPG21920]

everyone called the Mavs chokers after game 1. Now the Heat are chokers. This was a great win, but a fluke win. It's a win and all that matters. The series is likely over bc of it.

[ogait]

I thought that way about the way Game 4 of the OKC series ended... this was no fluke. This was a determined superstar not letting his team lose unlike 2 other guys who chucked 3 balls like they're Reggie Miller or Ray Allen out there.

Funny thing is those are the shots Lebron has been making the entire playoffs, I didn't see no one criticizing him when he was making them. On the other hand everyone was pronouncing Dirk as the biggest chocker of all time before that comeback.

Like it or not luck plays a big factor in basketball.

[DPG21920]

Against the best defense in the NBA, the mavs erased a 15 point lead with 6 minutes to go. This was also against a team that has 2 of the best offensive players in the game that make a living off of carrying teams when they need a score. People are probably not fully grasping what type of win this was.

[Findog]

Against the best defense in the NBA, the mavs erased a 15 point lead with 6 minutes to go. This was also against a team that has 2 of the best offensive players in the game that make a living off of carrying teams when they need a score. People are probably not fully grasping what type of win this was.

A potential series-altering win.

[Phillip]

Are you really this re ed or just playing the troll character? I was mocking Hollinger's article. All of those points can be seen from both sides and get something good out of it. If you look at the three point thing Mavs fans can say "well, they won't repeat that", Heat fans will say "yes, we can compete in that area", same thing happens with the bench play an all the other things Hollinger mentioned. I wasn't making an analysis, just noting how re ed this article was.

BTW, I said Mavs will win in 5 or 6.

P/S: lol at the Pokemon fan.

doesnt matter

you say manu > dirk

anything and everything else you say is worthless

[lefty]

Hollinger

[Phillip]

A potential series-altering win.

+1

could be very similar to Game 3 of the 06 Finals, when the Mavs unexpectedly blew that game, thinking they had just put a stranglehold on the series.

[Bill_Brasky]

Tbh rememba det time miami closed out chicago on the road by erasing a 10 point lead in the last 2 minutes? Yeah, this series is nowhere close to over.

[DMC]

There's no such as a fluke win. You have to do two things right, defend and score. You don't get lucky on both for 22-2 run. That's just solid basketball by one team, lapses by the other. Runs happen, the Heat just let one go on too long and at the wrong time in the game clock.

[Phillip]

the only fluke win is if someone hurls like a full court shot as the buzzer goes off to win the game, or hits some ridiculously bizzare shot like that

[DPG21920]

I meant fluke win as in the improbability of the comeback. First time since Jordan in 1992 that a team has comeback from 15 down in the 4th to win in the finals.

[Brazil]

I meant fluke win as in the improbability of the comeback. First time since Jordan in 1992 that a team has comeback from 15 down in the 4th to win in the finals.

dpg wrong about mavs brazil right about mavs

if the mavs don't choke and play their bb they win this

mavs know how to close games miami knows about closing games: lebron iso Offense trying to be MJ when that happens thats a fluke not the contrary

[Brazil]

^ I tried ducks style, not sure it's a success

[GuerillaBlack]

Against the best defense in the NBA, the mavs erased a 15 point lead with 6 minutes to go. This was also against a team that has 2 of the best offensive players in the game that make a living off of carrying teams when they need a score. People are probably not fully grasping what type of win this was.

That's true and all, but we saw what those two superstars were doing. LeBron got the ball and dribbled for 20 seconds, and either shot up a dumb, contested shot thinking it would go in, or pass it to a teammate with little time to get the shot up (Haslem). Heat just stopped playing their offense and got too y in their shots (like Oklahoma City did). The Heat will win game 3, IMO, but it'll be close.

[Findog]

It's clear that Miami's athleticism and defensive intensity is giving the Mavs problems. But it is also clear that while the Mavs may have been tentative at times, they aren't anymore. The Heat were punking us with all the dunks and showboating, but we've had stretches where defensively in half court sets we've forced them into taking the shots we want them to take and walling off the paint, and on offense when we patiently run our sets with good ball movement, we can get decent looks even with how good their rotations are. There was a stretch in the second quarter where we scored on 10 straight possessions...against the #1 defense in the league.

We've shown we can compete and hang with these guys. It doesn't mean we'll win the series, but I don't think we're overmatched.

[Ace]

When the Mavs were down by 15, they looked defeated and overmatched. Good news imo LeBron lost the game for Miami with bad shot after bad shot, which is easily something that could be corrected. Bad news is, now Dallas has confidence and is going home...

[Red Hawk #21]

To me, the Mavs shouldn't have been down 15 in the first place. They had so many lazy and unnecessary turnovers which lead to fastbreak points for the Heat. And when the Heat weren't making 3's they were making tough shots. Next game, the Mavs need to focus on rebounding, taking care of the ball and hitting their open looks.

[spurs777]

So true, Kidd and Dirk was aweful in the third and beginning of 4rth with their terrible passing and ballhandling