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This has been a pretty good series, much better than I thought.
But if DWade's still hobbling, Heat are gonna go down quick.
Anybody know what's wrong with DWade's back? He looked pretty hurt yesterday.
yea be happy now becuase come next game we will not play like we did game 4.
Miami has this.. so start to look for places to fish, hey i heard there is a place called key west that should be a good spot.
This has been a pretty good series, much better than I thought.
But if DWade's still hobbling, Heat are gonna go down quick.
Anybody know what's wrong with DWade's back? He looked pretty hurt yesterday.
D-Wade's a liar, that's why I call them the "Miami Cheat". He always says he's hurt in every series he plays in so that when he plays people will say "D-wade's a warrior he's palying hurt, or "D-wade lead his team to victory even though he's hurt" or the most popular of them all" the only reason the Heat lost was because D-wade was injured"
He might be truly injured but because of his acting I can never believe him. Well Marvin Williams is out for the next game so that will definetely affect us. We need his athleticism and defense. We'll just have to play through it. If we can establish our fastbreak tempo early this game will be over. You guys do remember game 1, right?
game 3 i saw wade come of screens and as soon as he did the ref put up his arm slightly, showing that he was gonna call it anyways. an arm touch ensues, and mike is charged with the foul. the ref had had his hand going up since d wade got the ball. all he had to do was blow the whistle and hope theres no replay. no d wade gets no preferential treatment at all. sorry hawks, youre ed by the refs
Good luck to the Hawks in Game 5. They should be able to take this one, provided they don't sleepwalk into the game.
That was a major beatdown, I was pretty sure the Heat were done after that.
Today will probably be another beatdown.
Coincidentally, the Hawks have the extreme athleticism to give the Cavaliers some trouble next round. So hurry up and finish this baby up.
Yo! Check out this from the Miami herald I just read from Hawksquawk: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/co...y/1021191.html
Depressing, yes.
This wasn't why the Heat asked its fans to wear black, but it was certainly fitting Monday night.
An awakening, yes.
More than even the Game 1 disaster, this was a cruel reminder of just how difficult it is to win any playoff game, especially for a relatively young team.
Bleak? Hardly.
As bad is it looked to watch Dwyane Wade drag his worn body up and down the court and fail at his personal rescue attempt in the fourth quarter, this loss is not indicative of what's to come.
As emotionally draining as it was to experience a riveting 19-2 run to end the second quarter and follow that with a lifeless second half, it's nowhere near enough reason to declare the tide incapable of turning back in the Heat's favor.
The Hawks have home-court advantage in what is now a best-of-3 series. It is a position of strength, yes. But they are still the Hawks.
And even in a game that they never trailed and held a lead as big as 21 points in the first half, these Hawks showed why they're simply not capable of maintaining any of this momentum.
Call them emotionally unstable. Call them strategically challenged. Call them a coach's nightmare.
Whatever you call them, just remember that they're the Hawks, and the Heat will still recover from this, win the series and move on to a much-anticipated series against the Cavaliers.
Why the optimism after a dreadful performance in which the Heat scored more than 17 points in only one of four quarters?
Just rewind the tape and check the evidence.
That was Wade shooting four airballs in the first half. That doesn't happen unless he's hurt. And chances are he will find a way to work around a tight back or some sore muscles for the remainder of this series, now that he knows what is facing him.
But more importantly, remember how the Hawks took over the game and then nearly blew it in a matter of 11 minutes.
As the Heat was handling and shooting the ball as if it was covered in butter, the Hawks had 24 points in the first quarter and 22 in the second -- an average half.
The combination translated to a 44-23 lead with 3:47 left in the half.
Then the Heat amped up the pressure, and the real Hawks showed up.
Udonis Haslem took a charge and Maurice Evans nearly exploded.
Then Solomon Jones, who hasn't played significant minutes all series long, fouled James Jones shooting a three for a four-point play.
Then Mike Bibby blatantly pushed Mario Chalmers for an offensive foul on the ensuing inbounds.
And to finish off the comedy of blunders, Bibby fouled Jones again while he was shooting a three. Fouling a three-point shooter is one of basketball's criminal acts as it is, but to do it when Jones had a four-point play just 11 seconds earlier makes you question not just the basketball IQ, but just the regular-old IQ of the team in general.
The Heat's close to the second quarter was so predictable, it was as if it was simply baiting the Hawks the entire time.
The only part that was surprising is that Miami couldn't finish off the comeback, which had as much to do with more poor shooting than anything Atlanta did.
Yes, the Hawks outrebounded the Heat. And, yes, Zaza Pachulia had 12 points and 18 rebounds in 34 minutes off the bench.
But Smith was at his unpredictable offensive worst. Joe Johnson was still stymied by the Heat defense in a 5-of-12 effort. And Flip Murray continued to take more shots than anyone should be comfortable with him taking.
So if the key to winning Game 5 is basically ''shut down Zaza Pachulia,'' consider it possibly the easiest game plan in playoff history. And consider it done.
A pessimist might look at the Heat's two-point production from a limited bench and consider that a problem. But it's practically a guarantee that Wade going 9 of 26 and the bench going 0 of 7 from the floor in the same game will never happen again. Not in this playoff series, anyway.
Remember how Wade and the bench responded after the Game 1 debacle?
Monday was sad and unexpected and painful to watch (whether you were a Heat fan or not). But it's no precursor.
The Heat will recover.
Wade-LeBron is still very much on.
My Response: Who the does Miami's homers think they are?! I seriously hope we destroy these guys now. Hawks, don't let me down!!
Yo the Miami Herald!!
Let's go Hawks!!
is there any miami heat fans in this board?
This series has been kinda boring. I hope the Hawks win however. And it's really frustrating to watch a guy who's top 5 in athleticism in the league in Josh Smith just chuck up 22 footer after 22 footer.
Damn, did you just see that collision?
Wade is down
Atlanta fans are idiots as well. Booing because D-Wade collided with Josh Smith and hit his head on the floor? What idiots...Damn, did you just see that collision?
Wade is down
Yeah then booing when the Heat on a fastbreak called a timeout for the team to get to Wade on the floor. You stay classy Atlanta fans.
Great box out by Bavetta
Things getting very testy in this game right now. The refs were full of on that flagrant foul call on D-Wade. He clearly was going for the block on Evans, yet Wade gets called for a flagrant. The refs must be scared as because the Commish is there. How Dwight Howard doesnt get a flagrant or ejected last night for his elbow yet Wade gets a flagrant called on him for an attempted block is stupid as ...
Yeah that flagrant on Wade was bogus. Evans momentum is what caused him to fall hard like that. I think the officials overreacted to what happen earlier. I think that flagrant foul will not hold up if the Heat appeal it.
if that's a flagrant, how was rondo's foul not a flagrant. at least wade was going for the ball, rondo got all mouth..
Wow, that was a lot of swearing, who else heard that?
Ouch
Yeah that the refs for you
If the Hawks lose Horford they are toast vs Miami
Cheryl Miller and her stupid questions
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