NBA Playoffs 2013-2014 - Page 148

On May 29 2014 21:48 Jibba wrote:

That's also been a pretty successful shot for the Heat in the past.

I think they got the possession they wanted and it was a very strong look. Just doesn't always go in.

On May 30 2014 07:34 MassHysteria wrote:
Except he is actually right.

He took certain thoughts I was having unconsciously about them and wrote them in an entertaining manner. Him establishing that he is a 40-year-long Pacer fan is the reason I even read it though.

On May 30 2014 08:01 XaI)CyRiC wrote:
I think it's actually pretty likely that the Heat anticipated that Lebron would be able to get past PG and draw Hibbert over to help, and determined that the best play under that situation would be to kick it to an open Bosh at a spot that he's very comfortable in and has had great success at all season. It's arguably a sound strategic choice to favor an open corner 3 over a defended 2 pt drive when considering Lebron's foul situation and them being on the road.

Part of me thinks that Lebron would have likely been able to score at the basket over Hibbert and PG since he had gotten so far past PG since he was pretty much right at the basket and has been so good at converting those kinds of drives for so long. However, it's hard to argue an open corner 3 is not preferable to a challenged drive against two of the best defenders in the league when down 2 and on the road.

On May 30 2014 08:04 cLutZ wrote:


What really amazed me is, imagine that your are Lebron, and its 40-something mins into the game and you have played like 12 mins, how do you not just do those drives like on that last possession every time down the court?

On May 30 2014 08:09 XaI)CyRiC wrote:


No idea. Maybe an insistence and devotion to "making the right play"? Trying to show everyone that Lance's antics weren't going to change how he plays the game? The ticky tack fouls all game making him gun shy and wanting to make sure he didn't miss what little was left of the game when they were so close? All random guesses, but possible?

On May 29 2014 17:43 googolplex wrote:
Now I am convinced NBA is rigged

On May 30 2014 08:01 jmbthirteen wrote:

Except every Pacers fan disagrees with him. Whitlock isn't even a Pacers fan. He just likes to bitch about them and then say, "hey I'm from Indiana, I'm a fan!" He's a pretty terrible writer. He just loves to complain.

He's complaining about PG, the guy is averaging 22ppg, 7.6 rpg, 3.9apg, 2spg, 44% shooting, 40% from three. All while playing fantastic defense, always guarding the best perimeter offensive player on the other team. Remember how people we praising Jeff Teague? When the Pacers switch PG on to him Teague didn't do a thing. Bradely Beal did nothing against PG. LeBron is the only one doing anything against him and thats freaking LeBron. The only guys having better post seasons than PG and Durant, Westbrook and LeBron. And none of them have the defensive responsibility that PG does.

He talks about Vogel like he is in the locker room regularly. Yet I don't know if he's been in it once this season. No one who covers the team regularly said they don't listen to Vogel. The players say otherwise as well. Firing Vogel would be a terrible decision. One of the youngest coaches in the league, has taken the team to the playoffs every year, developed PG, Hibbert and Lance from fringe players to all stars. And now back to back ECF's. You don't fire that guy.

And he complains about the team living a lie, never gonna beat Miami, yet at the start of the article he mentions his love for Reggie and those Pacers. Those Pacers that lived a fucking lie because they could never beat Jordan? These Pacers have done just as well, if not better than those teams with a much less experienced roster.

Whitlock is so off base here. Mark Jackson would never work in Indiana. His little success in GS was with a completely different roster than what Indiana has.

On May 30 2014 12:12 RowdierBob wrote:
So for those who really think the Nba is rigged, how does it work?

Like does silver hand out a script before the game to refs detailing how he wants the result skewed? It all sounds a bit silly.

Corrupt refs? Definitely, but as far as a grand conspiracy by the Nba to rig it's games? Sounds a bit silly to me.