Avery pulls his true center, moves Dirk to "center" hoping to get Riley to bench Shaq and get the Diesel off the court. Riley says small ball, and the Heat attack the rim at will with no fear of Dirk blocking shots.
End result:
22-7 run by Miami over the last 7 minutes, and the win.
Small ball gets you beat in the western conference finals, and it does in the NBA Finals too.
Hope you Pop lovers are paying attention.
Last edited by Aggie Hoopsfan; 06-13-2006 at 11:36 PM.
So the guy that beat the Spurs with small ball, and won games 1 and 2 with it, lost?
Uh ok.
ya i wish pop would have played rasho to dominate the middle with that power hook of his and his 350lb frame....no wait ....nevermind
Actually if you bothered watching the games, Riley tried to go small and matchup with the Mavs in the first two games. Tonight, at the end, he didn't.So the guy that beat the Spurs with small ball, and won games 1 and 2 with it, lost?
Uh ok.
just curious, what Spurs center, would've attacked the rim, like Shaq?Avery pulls his true center, moves Dirk to "center" hoping to get Riley to bench Shaq and get the Diesel off the court. Riley says small ball, and the Heat attack the rim at will with no fear of Dirk blocking shots.
Please do not say Mohammed or Rasho dead horse beater.
Who said anything about a Spurs center attacking the rim? Shaq didn't even attack the rim, it was the swingmen for the Heat.
Again, it's about the fact that with no other big in there besides Tim, Dallas was free to attack the rim at will against us (points in the paint).
Avery had no center, no shot blocking in there, and Miami teed off from the paint. What'd Wade have in the fourth? 16? And all but about 3 of that came from the paint.
No bigs = no rebounding and no shot blocking.
Wade can beat the 96' Bulls shooting clutch like that!
The reason why Iis because the Heat went on their huge 4th quarter run with Dirk and Dampier in there. The Mavs just played soft D with Harris going underneath the screens guarding Wade plus the Heat played inspired and knocked down some shots. Also Dallas didn't go to Dirk for scoring enough in the last 5 minutes except for only a 2 or 3 shots.
Solid, Dampier got lifted with about 4 minutes to play if I remember right. After that, the flood gates were wide open.
Wade made 2 layups in the fourth quarter.Avery had no center, no shot blocking in there, and Miami teed off from the paint. What'd Wade have in the fourth? 16? And all but about 3 of that came from the paint.
Wade had 15 points, 4 points came in the paint. he hit jumpers from 23ft, 15ft, 17ft, and 20ft for 9 points and 2 free throws
Notice how they came back with the following lineup:
+Shaq
+Haslem
+Posey
+Wade
+Payton/Williams
Hmm, but hey...god bless small ball. Right?
Well, you are sadly mistaken.
He had no center vs the spurs.Avery had no center, no shot blocking in there, and Miami teed off from the paint. What'd Wade have in the fourth? 16? And all but about 3 of that came from the paint.
No bigs = no rebounding and no shot blocking
Once again, spamming the forum?
INTERESTING STAT: Josh Howard scored 20+ and the MAVS LOSE!
Owned.
That has to be stupidest thing ever posted.
Since when did DeSagana Diop play small forward? I could have sworn it was him holding down Duncan at the end of game 7, but I don't know, you're the one with the carney glasses on.He had no center vs the spurs.
Once again, spamming the forum?
Harris and then Terry were caught underneath on screens guarding Wade and the Mavs got sloppy with a moving screen (Dirk) and lazy pass (Terry).
Dallas didn't take out Dampier until the Heat took the lead with a minute remaining in the game. Hubie misread it because Damps was in there on the trip where Haslem stole it, was fouled and hit the FTs to put the Heat up by 1.
According to the play by play on ESPN, Dampier played the entire 4th until he was lifted for Harris with 1:02 to play. The Mavs had already surrendered their 11 point lead, and the game was tied.
This whole thread is a misnomer.
Damn, well I stand corrected on the big man thing then, my bad. I was packing for a trip for work tomorrow and was in and out of the family room.
No problem. Travel safely AHF.
had wade not got that 5 foul
heat would have won by more
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