LeBron, Kobe and MJ

[Kendrick]

Stop it Kendrick. These guys guarded well all season. It is up to the COACH to figure out why they can't stop Boston. The players are waiting on that. Seriously. I can understand if Miami sucked as a defensive team all year. I understand Boston aint the best matchup for them. But you have time to make adjustments and you are playing the same team every other night. I see nothing done differently by the Heat. They keep running the same defense out there on Boston. And Boston aint at full strength either. They are banged up more than the Heat. Either Coach Spo aint making the adjustments or they aint listening to him. He has ENOUGH defenders to do better than they are. Ain't like Boston is blowing them out or running by them every play. They have been lucky that Avery Bradly aint playing and that Ray Allen is not a 100% and neither is Paul Pierce. Boston is playing on sheer guts and pride plus good coaching.

JR, stuff that happens in the regular season isn't a predictor of postseason outcomes. I wish people would realize that. Just because Miami or anyone else does something well over 66 or 82 games, doesn't mean that will translate in the playoffs.

 

[Get Ready]

If Chalmers can guard, how come Rondo is averaging 20 and 10 in this series? If Battier can guard, how come Paul Pierce and everyone else all season lights him up? Wade doesn't have to guard anyone of note who can take him off the bounce in this series. Haslem, nor any Miami big, can effectively guard good bigs. We've went over this. That's why late in these games LeBron has taken KG at times.

Does LeBron share blame for the Heat being down 3-2? Sure. As the league MVP he's held to a different standard than everyone else. But not to mention other factors in what has contributed to the deficit the team faces isn't fair either. You talk about Boston's stars stepping up in the second half when they're needed most as a black eye on LeBron. But what about Wade, who never gets called out for his inconsistent play, getting off to slow starts almost every game in the Boston series?

LeBron has averaged something like 17-18 points in the first half to Wade's 6 or 7. LeBron has been keeping the team in these games when Flash, just like last year in the ECF, and through the first three games of the Indiana series, struggled to find points. You talk about LeBron hiding in the corner in the fourth quarter (which is not true). But what about Wade hiding in the first half?

But like I said last night, all this talk and discussion about LeBron and the Heat is great for the league. It's been really enjoyable to say the least.

Stop it Kendrick....rondo scored 44 points in one game when the Celtics lost. Other than that, he scored 20 points in one other game. The 44 points scewed his average in a game he lost. Last night he scored 7. Does that mean Chalmers did an excellent job for The Heat last night?

Look...my whole point is a superstar can only ask that his supporting cast help keep the team in the game until the end. Once it gets to the end I expect a superstar to step to the ball and shoot it or make the play....wait...he doesnt even have to make the play...TRY to make the FN play. And if you lose the game, you lose the game. Big deal.

If PaulPierce had missed that 3 pointer last night after missing all of the other shots he missed, no one would have thought less of him. But at the end of the game he WANTED the ball eventhough Garnett carried them through the game.

Im watching that game.....watching LeBron run to the corner just makes me sick. He has been doing the same thing for years and the media has been proctecting him for the most part.

One more thing...What do you have to say about somebody thats the first one to the press conference with those ugly ass glasses and plad shirts when he wins, but refuses to go to the press conferencen when he loses? What does that tell you about him?

 

[Get Ready]

They should have had GusJohnson doing the playbyplay last night

I just wanted to hear him say

Pierce steps to the 3 point line, he shoots...BAAAAAAAAANG (game over)

 

[jag4life]

The main problem is that Spoelstra is out of his league. LeBron's talent can't be denied, but he's not superman. He needs his role players to step up and needs a coach that knows what he's doing. Jordan had Phil Jackson, Kobe had Phil Jackson, LeBron has had Mike Brown and Spoelstra.

That ain't Spoelstra's fault that there are no role players.... and Bron and Wade won't listen.