Miller May Start for the Heat!

[eric365]

starting Miller is a good move IMO. But replacing Wade....

It would add the spacing Lebron need and Wade would play better against our backup bigs that cant protect the rim

[HarlemHeat37]

I called this in the "adjustments" thread, tbh..

The Heat are going to be content with Duncan, Splitter and Leonard beating them, rather than Parker and the shooters, tbh..

Duncan has been horrible against Haslem and has dominated against Bosh/Birdman, but I think the Heat are going to be content with Duncan trying to score against any of their bigs, even if he succeeds, which is the intelligent move IMO..

Luckily, Wade will continue to play big minutes, which only hurts Miami, tbh..

Knowing Pop and his affinity for small ball, he'll probably be content with matching Miami's small ball lineup, which will probably hurt the Spurs, tbh..

[ohmwrecker]

Reeks of desperation tbh.

[T Park]

LeBron at Center is a good move for them. He is strong in the post. Might cause the Spurs some problems.

Lmfao love how this assclown ignores that it pretty much gives the spurs a bigger advantage downlow and on the rebounds.

[T Park]

I called this in the "adjustments" thread, tbh..

The Heat are going to be content with Duncan, Splitter and Leonard beating them, rather than Parker and the shooters, tbh..

Duncan has been horrible against Haslem and has dominated against Bosh/Birdman, but I think the Heat are going to be content with Duncan trying to score against any of their bigs, even if he succeeds, which is the intelligent move IMO..

Luckily, Wade will continue to play big minutes, which only hurts Miami, tbh..

Knowing Pop and his affinity for small ball, he'll probably be content with matching Miami's small ball lineup, which will probably hurt the Spurs, tbh..

Why would it hurt them all of a sudden when it hasn't yet?

[DBMethos]

Bosh on Timmy

[Spurs9]

Yes the heat ARE desperate.

[james evans]

Not surprised with the way he's shooting. He's killing the Spurs this series.

he only hit when we leave him and double lebron and lebron kicks to him for an open 3. if u stay with him, he's worthless, cuz he's not gonna try to create on his own for 20 minutes. just dont leave him EVER. ray allen too

[HarlemHeat37]

Why would it hurt them all of a sudden when it hasn't yet?

The Spurs have outplayed the Heat by a large margin with Splitter/Duncan on the floor, and when Miami isn't playing their Lebron + shooters lineup..

When both teams play with conventional lineups, the Spurs have a massive advantage..

I'll clarify that it may not "hurt" the Spurs, but they have a bigger advantage in a conventional matchup IMO..

[HarlemHeat37]

Splitter needs to earn his money tonight, btw..

[T Park]

The Spurs have outplayed the Heat by a large margin with Splitter/Duncan on the floor, and when Miami isn't playing their Lebron + shooters lineup..

When both teams play with conventional lineups, the Spurs have a massive advantage..

I'll clarify that it may not "hurt" the Spurs, but they have a bigger advantage in a conventional matchup IMO..

The spurs have run then off the floor with the small lineup. Leonard at the four has been huge.

[spursince#99]

I called this in the "adjustments" thread, tbh..

The Heat are going to be content with Duncan, Splitter and Leonard beating them, rather than Parker and the shooters, tbh..

Duncan has been horrible against Haslem and has dominated against Bosh/Birdman, but I think the Heat are going to be content with Duncan trying to score against any of their bigs, even if he succeeds, which is the intelligent move IMO..

Luckily, Wade will continue to play big minutes, which only hurts Miami, tbh..

Knowing Pop and his affinity for small ball, he'll probably be content with matching Miami's small ball lineup, which will probably hurt the Spurs, tbh..

Get The Outta Here

[Brazil]

This move has Spurs fans trembling now. Miami makes love to adversity. They will respond like the championship dynasty that they are and even this series up.

Spurs fans are trembling due to Parker injury not because of this move

[tesseractive]

This move has Spurs fans trembling now. Miami makes love to adversity. They will respond like the championship dynasty that they are and even this series up.

It's pretty obvious that Spurs fans aren't trembling, but I'll be fascinated to see how the Heat handles this particular flavor of adversity. LeBron might find a way to come out and drop 40 tonight while shutting down the Spurs -- anyone who thinks that's impossible hasn't been paying attention to the Heat.

But I also doubt that you're half as confident as you'd like us to think. The Spurs aren't the Bulls or even the Pacers, and they won't just roll over even if Miami decides to turn it on all the way.

[siraulo23]

I think yeah spurs should play their usual lineup, we've see what happened when that lineup gets disrupted in the gsw series, doesn't matter if we have to play small earlier but start th game with spurs usual starters

[TD 21]

Wouldn't shock me if Splitter guards Wade either, because it's clear they're more concerned with Miller than they are Wade right now. Plus, this game has all the makings of James going off. By giving Wade such an obvious mismatch (and not only that, he/they will inevitably take it as blatant disrespect, even more so than them begging him to shoot jumpers), even if it is for something like 5 minutes at the start of each half and even if he does some early damage, hopefully they become consumed with milking that and going to him.

at the media trying to further tee this up for the expected James explosion by claiming he'll be "playing center", when in reality, he'll be guarding Splitter. Gives them one more storyline to obsess over and glorify should he dominate.

[therealtruth]

4 down, every possession. Duncan can have his way with them in the post...