Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 214. (Read 914452 times)

The Heat are a dangerous team in my opinion because they have a lot of specialists who are good at what they do. When everything is going right, they can beat anyone. However, they lack the all around game I think teams need to be able to win a championship. So I wouldn’t call them a bad team, but I think they have a lot of flaws that will get exposed over a 7 game series.

Heat always ends up playing amazing against Celtics, they always end up shooting great at three as well and suddenly every player they have turns into great players later on as well. I think we should consider Heat as a sneaky great team in the end.

No team that ends up with 2 finals in the last 5 seasons could be considered a bad team, they may end up not being great at regular season, but when the playoff time comes they turn it around and become a great team. Every player they have end up being greater at playoffs than they are at regular season. This is why I have a feeling that they could end up winning at the end of the season, that is a possibility and I believe that we could see them end up being greater in the end.

The Los Angeles Lakers lost their grip in the 2nd half of the game it was really unexpected but it surely happens in different games aswell, and it can not be helped as the Los Angeles Lakers stopped their momentum when they needed the win the most as the Denver Nuggets now have 2 leads for this game if they can not bounce back next game this will be the same as the last play-offs where the Los Angeles Lakers drop and never make it into the Semi-Finals.


Well, the Miami Heat advance this time, and the Boston Celtics are doing great at the start of the game but until the Miami Heat have leveled the playing field for sure they have already known how they can manage to get into the defense of the Boston Celtics, as both teams have limited players to begin with, although Jimmy Butler in not playing this game it was the efforts of Bam Adebayo, Caleb Martin and Tyler Herro that have made it possible winning this game with a 10 points advantage


It was an incredible performance for the Miami Heat they got 53.5% shooting beyond the arc while the Boston Celtics only got 37.5% Shooting Percentage it was really the 3-point shooting that the Miami Heat managed to win against the Boston Celtics.

So because Miami Heat won a game at Celtics Spoelstra suddenly is the best coach in the NBA ?? Big Joke, it's a series I hope you remember and it's a best of 7 series, and If you think the Heat are capable of getting this upset, I'll take you on a sidebet of 1 mBTC that the series doesn't go as far as a game 7 and the Heat doesn't win it.



The 76ers really get carried away easily in close games at the final minutes of the game, they really need to start pay more attention until the there is no time left on the clock, it's a 48 minutes game and playoffs for crying out loud, they should stop getting sloppy after playing hard ball for 47 minutes and throwing it all away in the last minute. They were able to avoid a major disaster in the play-in game vs Heat, it was the exact same play Lowry throwing a careless inbound pass to Maxey with a huge miscommunication between Maxey and Embiid, they were able to get away with that simply because the time had elapsed before the ball went out, that should have been warning enough for them, not them getting caught up by the exact scenario that cost them an important win on the road.

I'll probably back the Lakers here, but 9 consecutive defeats to Denver makes them look so owned by this Nuggets roster, we'll see what Ham, James, and AD can come up with as a counter punch, because another sweep or 4-1 loss could mark the end of Ham and the Lakers journey together.

All of you are just talking about Miami's impressive 3 points percentage, but none of you mentioned how great Tyler Herro was as a point guard in that game against the Celtics. My man Tyler Herro made 14 assists. And that was his career-high in assists! I couldn't believe he could make 14 assists because he only averages 3 assists per game this season. Players really step up their game when it comes to playoffs. I wouldn't be surprised if the Celtics get upset again, just like last season.

A couple big games tonight on TNT. Both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers are fighting to stay in the series and get their first win to avoid going down 0-3, which will likely mark the end for either team. I like the Sixers’ odds better than the Lakers, but I’m sure LeBron doesn’t want to get swept by the Nuggets again.

Nah, man, it is not on LeBron; it is a total team that should be accountable for what happened in the last game. LeBron actually did make two 3-pointers when Denver was closing, so I don't see any reason why I would blame him for the missed shot in the last second. You know shit happens; like what I've said, he did sink two 3-pointers, so he is hot, and he is wide open, so why not take it? I think if you are hot, you will still take it because you just made a couple a while ago. What the Lakers need to do is regroup and get their sh*t together. They can win this series; they just need to be consistent on both ends of the floor. They showed us what they are capable of; it was just the mentality that sometimes shuts up when needed, like when Darvin Ham stopped coaching.

Though the series is still far from it's end, but giving Heat a chance to lead the series might risk the chance of Boston to move forward, with the way Heat played more on trsuting one another and rotate the ball quicker, Boston unable to answer back especially those raining three point shots, which Miami is known to have that deadly playing style, it's just amazing that they made this win without Jimmy they really shared the ball well and they are not ducking to anyone.

They wanted to win that's why they show determination on both their offense and defense, they put the game on their control and Boston don't have any answer, seems that they out of gas especially in the last quarter, they don't have any solution with the rally that Heat runs against them.

Because of that win, the Miami heat fans are now more confident that despite not having Jimmy in the line up, the current roster will be able to beat the powerhouse Boston Celtics. I wonder what would be the changes of the Celtics if they still lose to the Heat, and I just hope they'll not trade players, instead they'll change a coach that are more experience in the post season than the regular season. They don't need to be at the top, they just need to be in the playoffs and advance in the Finals again, and only a coach like Spo could do that.

Coach Spo is the best man, I never expected such a thing to happen but I think since they have been rivals for years now against the Celtics in the Eastern Conference, Coach Spo already knew how to counter some of their movements and we witnessed how he executed a perfect plan to beat them. next game in the Miami Heat court will be filled with excited cheering fans for the Heat and they have the court advantage, with this hype, they could get another win in their next game and the Celtics will be in serious trouble because of all the teams in the East, Heat in the last one they want to be their opponent in a do or die situations.

The Heat will in the series if they continue to shot well outside, 53% shooting percentage beyond the arc, that's hard to maintain. The problem with the Heat is if they struggle outside, no one would be able to score inside except Adebayo, if they have Butler, he can attack the paint, and could kick out to the outside shooter if someone is open. Well, let's just see what's gonna happen, a coach that are good in making adjustment, that's the team that will win.

I think if Herro continues to perform in the upcoming games as well as he did in the second game of this series, he can almost fully compensate for Butler's absence from the court.
Who knows, maybe the Heat could have even won the title last year if Herro hadn't been injured at the time and performed as well as he is performing now.

I agree completely. Your point about their offense and Adebayo is very right. Their offense was great throughout the game, especially the second half. Their 3 points percentage was great. How they were ahead of Celtics the whole game was very impressive. And without Butler. You gotta respect the Heat. They've done it last year very very impressively and they've done it this year again. I mean, considering how Celtics are the favorites for the series and even the title. Erik Spoelstra may be the best coach by far. For years, he has made the miami heat a feared playoff team with rookies drafted or not drafted from the lower ranks, mediocre task men, star-like players(except butler).

Nasty 3-point shooting. 23/43. That's above 50 percent and absolutely high for any team. If you are a Miami fan and missed the game, you would think this is all done by Duncan Robinson, but it's not him, he only made 2 of 7. It's Tyler Herro who made 6 of them, Jacquez Jr. with 3, and Caleb Martin 5 of 6. Wow! That undrafted player is really something else, he proved his worth last playoffs and he is doing it again this year. Stepping up his game whenever it is needed especially when one of their stars is not around.
This is big for the Miami Heat, it will be a confidence builder as they go back to their homecourt, and they will probably play at a high level there.
Damn, I was wrong taking that +12.5 I should've trusted them more, especially their bench. This is the reason why they hate being called undermanned whenever their stars are not playing, they were never undermanned.

Good coaching is already there but their hot hands on 3’s makes them do the impossible to beat the Celtics which the coach can’t control during the game. I think the players eagerness and determination to win despite the odds is what makes them unleash the beast for their 3 points shooting.

I feel goosebumps watching the match because I see Warriors back then during the day when everyone is shooting 3 without any sweat. Everyone step up on today’s games as shown on the score distribution among the players of Miami. Celtics is trying to recover until the end but it’s very hard to come back when the opponent team is in the zone.

Literally anyone 3s from Miami is successful as if it was magnetized by the ring. 

I won't be surprised if by the next season the Lakers management will choose another coach if ever Ham fails to make the team beat the Nuggets which is unlikely.

And if the Nuggets continue to win against the Lakers for this playoffs, how many times did they've been beaten every playoffs?

It's going to be written on their books of history then. We'd see if the homecourt advantage will do a thing.

Who knows? Maybe the Miami Heat will draft Bronny in the next draft combine, and they get Lebron as well. A happy reunion indeed.

Kidding aside, I don't think that Pat Riley will like reuniting with Lebron again especially now that they are performing well like in Game 2 where they just won against the top team in Celtics with the help of 3-pt shooting - a thing where the Celtics is good at. Kind of ironic that you're the best team in three-point shooting, but you lost because of that.

Coach Spo has been known for being one of the best coaches in NBA history, and many call him a "TACTICIAN" and it fits well from him. No Butler in that game Vs. 4 all-star players and a bunch of good role players and they still won. The adjustments that Coach Spo did was just amazing. Now what the Heat need is to defend their home court in the next 2 games. The Celtics has one of the best records on the road with 27-14 during the regular season. As for the Lakers-Nuggets, I'll bet on the Nuggets in Game 3. I'll stand in my prediction that they will sweep the Lakers yet again.

53% to be exact, and so that's hard to beat even if you are the Boston Celtics and playing at home. It will be interesting how the Celtics are going to adjust in game 3. The Heat steal one game from them in their homecourt, so they might be thinking of getting one back at a hostile environment.

So this is a big test for them, but as we've seen before, not the first time that the Miami Heat did this kind of upset. Although I would like to see Jimmy Butler in this kind of situation, unfortunately, he is injured.

I remember that time, Jovic also have a great game in that particular meeting and they did it again. I thought that was only in the playoffs since Celtics may not be serious anymore since they already earned the top spot, but at their home court in game 2? This is quite surprising because the Celtics have won 90% or more of their games at home. I like coach Spo encouragement to his players, making them believe on themselves and allow them to too a shot when they see an opening, it's not a one person game, it's a team and I like Herro here being a facitator aside from his scoring.


They should win game 3 as that's their home and the Celtics might not be able to to adjust yet. Now, it will be another battle of the minds, the Celtics has to be mentally touch and forget about what happen in game 2, it's just one game anymore and the series is far from over.

They did it once before the playoffs, and now they proved it again. People should not doubting the Heat anymore, they are consistent in the playoffs dispite Butler's injury issue and been inconsistent sometimes. This game proved that when the Heat are moving the ball well, good things will happen.

So let's look forward in game 3, as long as the Heat take the lead in the series, they'll be in a comfortable situation and if this could reach game 7, it's more fun to watch. Herro was the Hero but everyone do their takes, it's a total team effort.