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Love the passion!
it is all good, no excuses as both teams getting stars back. Early game of the year vs one of three possible ECF opponents to come out to face the Spurs in the finals this year.
Spurs I believe will be out to make a strong statement, and surely won't play "bored" against this team.
Love the passion!
Manu isn't yet close to 100% but he was still effective tonight. I hope he's closer to normal by Wednesday.
The key to beating the Heat will be to control Wade (ala Bowen) and if Walker, Shaq and others get their points so be it - Spurs will win.
This is the one guard in the league Bowen can't shut down. Wade will just keep attacking and is almost impossible to stop.
Obviously i want them to win this one, but this i highly doubt is a finals preview. I can not see anyone opposing the pistons in the east they look mighty hungry to reclaim their throne.
shaq, lets hope rasho slides his feet under shaqs feet
Shaq will not be in game shape. He just sat out 3 weeks and will probably only play a limited amount of minutes. The Spurs win by 13. The Heat are way overrated.
i wanna see duncan posterize zo and shaq and outplay them both
Spurs can extend Heat's WC L streak to 3.
Jayson Williams, bad passes, and Antoine Walker airballing 50 foot threes.
I thought this was changing no that they are playing with Shaq?
Where are the peeps that told us this?!?!
Even if Wade gets his, the key is stopping the rest of the team from getting theirs. Shaq should be a little rusty after not playing almost the whole season.
The real key, IMO, is Parker. This is the game where his jump shooting improvement will have to shine through. With Alonzo/Shaq in the center, it's going to be harder for him to cruise in and get those layups like he's been doing all season. Alonzo is leading the league in shot blocks.
Of course, the rest of the team will have to step up as well. Namely, Manu, Finley, Horry, and Nazr.
I can't wait for this game!!
http://www.nba.com/games/20050213/SASMIA/boxscore.html
The Heat beat the Spurs @MIA last season by shutting down the paint (Spurs 34 pts), while Heat scored 48 pts in the paint (but Shaq only 16 total pts).
What really killed the Spurs was shooting 39% to Heat's 52%, mainly heavily covered Tim going 5-14, and left-open Rasho 2-10.
Shaq cannot get through Detroit.
He has never beat Detroit in a series and this year will be no different.
SA vs Det. There is no reason to talk about anyone else
I think that Tony Parker will be an important factor. Not because of his scoring though. I think he will be able to get by Payton and Williams, but will have to give up the ball to the big men once he is in the lane.
Duncan, Nazr, and Rasho will have be ready for the ball once Parker drives in. Once this is established, the Heat will then he hesitant to leave the big guys underneath and will then give an opportunity for Parker to score.
Parker's dribble penetration will be very critical to this game. If he does a good job at it, it will also leave the outside shooters open.
"Shaq cannot get through Detroit.
He has never beat Detroit in a series and this year will be no different.
SA vs Det. There is no reason to talk about anyone else"
Shaq is not the issue, Dwyane Wade before he got hurt was shredding the Pistons at will last year and although Pistons have some very good on the ball defenders, ala, Billups,Prince and Hamilton, none are in the class of Bowen.
That is the advantage the Spurs have vs. Miami has versus Miami/Detroit and why the Pistons for all their recent gumption and good play, have a much tougher road to the finals than the Spurs will have (unless Amare makes a wonderous recovery and then the deeper than last year Suns could be a handful).
Shaq will not be in the game as stated in game preview.
Like Iverson, he doesn't have to be stopped, just contained.
Without Wade dominating, the rest of the Heat aren't a cohesive enough unit to beat good teams at this point.
Of course, we'll see if they pull together more after Shaq gets back and find his rhythm.
Hype.. = shaq...
Shaq is gonna blow his Ab's or toe... he's done.
I hate to say it but I miss the rivalry with the Lakers now that Shaq-Fu is in Miami
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Bowen is a uva defender, the absolute best at the 1-2-3 positions.
I am very interested to the see the Bowen / Wade matchup. It will say one of 2 things.
1) Bowen is God, Wade is still amazing
2) Bowen is Human, Wade is still amazing
What I seen last year in the ECF from Wade was....uncanny. Gino beat the Pistons single-handedly last year, but didnt dominate even remotely close to the level DWade did.
Its a regular season game, so I am not betting the farm. If the game gets too out-of-hand one way or the other, no conclusions will be made. But if its a close game, conclusions can be drawn seeing as the teams were playing their hardest the whole way (like a playoff game). Blowouts prove nothing except that any team will quit when down 25+ points with 10 mins left.
Parker will most definitely be a huge factor in this game!
I'm sure Bowen will do a good job on Wade...
And Shaq's just Shaq..
So to sum up, Of course the spurs are gonna kick heat ass
As someone else has basically said, I'm much more worried about the Pistons than the Heat.
Having said that these games are better to watch than games against teams like Atlanta...
Well said.
I don't think the spurs match up well against Miami but they still should win this game. Shaq is out of shape for not playing in awhile.
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