Heat: Sometimes you just gotta tip your hat.

[Ace]

As a big Wade fan, it was awesome to see a classic Wade performance like that. He closed the game and gave the Heat a shot when it needed one. LeBron grew a pair and played as he guaranteed, which was also nice. Most importantly Bosh playing big is what a team with weak frontline needed.

With that being said, Spurs fans shouldn't worry too much because its doubtful Wade can do that again as much as I hate saying that, it's just the honest truth. Pop will obviously adjust and the series can still go either way. Game 5 should be a close and exciting one.

[Phillip]

The problem for the Spurs is going to be Splitter. He hasn't shown an ability to consistently make people pay for going small. It's not hard to gameplan for him defensively. Miller may not be some great defender, but Miami's defense is more based on quick help and rotations, as opposed to strong individual defenders. On the other hand, you can't have Splitter or Duncan out on the perimeter trying to guard Miller or Lebron.

As for Wade... he doesn't have to shoot his jumper quite as well as he did. All he needs to do is continue being aggressive. Instead of dribbling around and not attacking the paint for 20 seconds, then passing it out, he needs to keep driving into the paint and play with energy, even if his shot isn't falling. Good things will happen. See Bosh in game 7 against Indy. He didn't shoot a high percentage, but his aggression completely changed how that game went, put a lot more pressure on the Indy bigs, and that opened things up for everyone else.

I see adjustments coming by San Antonio, but I see a close game that Miami pulls away late for an 8-12 point win.

[Rogue]

if the Spurs got a hardcore defensive big in the paint I would take them over the Heat anyday. Heat usually strugge against teams who have elite bigs, especially those who play monster D like the 11' big daddy Tyson. I'd rather have someone like the 05' Nestrovic or David Anderson instead of Splitter if possible.

3-point shooting has never been a strength for either Bron or Wade, so the best defensive strategy on them might just be condensing the paint and preventing them from getting close to the rim, which worked out good for spurs in game 1 and 3 but you can't continue to use it when they start to use Miller as a regular, despite that dude spent most time sitting on the bench through the eastern playoffs. the Heat could've beaten Inddy in 5 had they got miller more involved imho, or they were just planning to use him as a secret weapon against the spurs?

[HeatChamps]

Sometimes you gotta grab your knob.

[ElNono]

While moral victories don't count for , I'm fairly happy this team of dirt bags took two games from the champs, and made it a 3 game series, tbh... when you consider people were wondering if the Heat were going to even lose a game in these playoffs, that's realistically pretty good right there.