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Goddamn that is a cakewalk schedule.
...that would be 29 wins in a row before facing the Spurs at home.
Here's the Heat's schedule for the next 7 games.
Wed, Mar 20 at Cleveland
Fri, Mar 22 vs Detroit
Sun, Mar 24 vs Charlotte
Mon, Mar 25 at Orlando
Wed, Mar 27 at Chicago
Fri, Mar 29 at New Orleans
Sun, Mar 31 at San Antonio
So do you think they can get to SA with the streak intact?
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Goddamn that is a cakewalk schedule.
Chicago might stop them, but the rest are pretty damn winnable. Damn the East is weak...
They do have 5 of the 7 on the road. If they lose somewhere in the next 6, the obvious pick would be the Bulls, but I wouldn't be surprised if they lose to someone like Detroit or New Orleans.
By that time the standings are probably defined an Pop would sit the starters...and the bench will stop the streak!
Has a lot to do with 5 of those 7 games being against their own conference. I share the OP's sentiment. I want to see how the Heat do against real compe ion. They play against a bunch of wack compe ion that it inflates their record a bit. It's sad that of all the teams in the East, a Celtic team over the hill is their only compe ion.
It'd be awesome if someone from our conference put them in their place.
If Miami comes in to SA with the streak intact, Stern and the league would blow a gasket if Pop doesn't play everyone. I think most Spurs fans would be upset too.
The longer the streak goes, the less pressure on whoever faces them in the finals. If the Spurs aren't going to have HCA, then let Miami do whatever they want in the regular season. I'd actually be in favor of Pop's not showing his cards against them in this final matchup.
That'd be akin to what third world countries do in their own basketball leagues. But I get where you're coming from. Pop is one clever dude, partner.
Yeah...I was actually thinking the same thing, sort of like what happened to the Spurs last year. Still, it would be nice to be the footnote on ending the second longest streak in NBA history.
Much rather be the team that turns that streak into a curse, which it suddenly becomes if the Heat don't win the le. Just ask the 2012 Spurs.
If they end the streak and then lose in the finals, it won't really matter. If they don't end the streak and then lose in the finals, it won't really matter. If they can treat that regular season game as a scouting opportunity and can find some weaknesses that might give them a chance, while simultaneously giving Miami a false sense of security, then that's the way I'd play it.
I'd like to see Orlando beat them because they should've several games ago. A few questionable plays here and there and that was it. But I agree with O.V in the sense that we shouldn't give them much of an inclination to what we have planned for them.
Heat is preceded by Nuggs and Clips, followed next night @Grizz
A nasty stretch.
They're losing to the Cavs, book it.
Odds are, they'll lose a game before then. Media will hype this so much, it'll be all they think about and then they lose to the hornets. If the streak is still intact, Pop's hatred for winning streaks could cause him to rest the stars for the March 31st game just to keep the Heat streaking into the playoffs similar to what the spurs did last year.
It would be cool to end it all in good ol' San Antone.
It's funny because the only back-to-back games are against Charlotte and Orlando, when our back-to-back games almost always includes a good team lol
Hosting the Nuggets Wed, Clippers Fri, then the Heat Sunday, all early evening games, is a great rhythm against quality compe ion, and possibly an emotional lift with Mr. Parker's return. If Coach Popovich feels like we're likely to face the Heat in the Finals, though, it wouldn't surprise me if he rests starters or, excuse me - they have some knee effusion that night.
Miami has defeated OKC, Memphis, the Lakers, the Clippers and the Rockets during their streak..
They don't play the Nuggets again this season, so the Spurs are the only remaining "tough" team in the West that hasn't tested them..it should be a good game, the Spurs should fare better than the rest of the West against them, tbh..
ehh i think miami's motivation to keep the streak alive will drop. they already own the second longest winning streak by themselves but it will take 10 more wins in a row to catch up to the longest winning streak ever. if that streak was 25 or 26, the heat might continue playing hard but i think they will dial back a little to prepare for the playoffs.
another factor is Spurs maintaining HCA over Heat in Finals. Heat are now 2L behind Spurs. Heat are 30-3 at home.
Thunder, Clippers, Lakers and Memphis all gave it a shot but all failed.
I can't fight the feeling that Pop throws this game with "rest".
At Chicago
At New Orleans
They will lose one of these games.
Parker will also be back by that game. Probably play 20 minutes off the bench.
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