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2012 NBA Playoffs |OT2| OKC VS LA: Black on Black Crime

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Did you watch the games? I know Cloving has just been hating on the Pacers from the jump in this thread, but they "had trouble" winning 4-1 because SVG was coaching his ass off, Orlando can hit their 3s and Big Baby is a strong bodied dude who was hitting his jump shots.

Spoelstra's coaching doesn't compare to SVG, the Heat don't have guys who can hit a contested jump shot, and the only player on that entire team with a strong body is Lebron and he's a game away from pulling the same act we see every year.

Hating? No. Just calling a spade a spade.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
Hating on the Pacers?

Christ

Its so fucking obvious who hasn't had to endure watching the Pacers play this season.
 

twinturbo2

butthurt Heat fan
On one hand, I'm happy that there's a two day layoff before game 4. The Heat really need to rest and regroup.

OTOH, the sports radio shows will be unlistenable with all the "are the Heat in trouble?" talk.

I'm so embarrassed now.
 

reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
On one hand, I'm happy that there's a two day layoff before game 4. The Heat really need to rest and regroup.

OTOH, the sports radio shows will be unlistenable with all the "are the Heat in trouble?" talk.

I'm so embarrassed now.

The worst part about a two-day layoff is that Lebron will have a ton of time to let the pressure build. His mind must be going haywire right now.
 

PBY

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The worst part about a two-day layoff is that Lebron will have a ton of time to let the pressure build. His mind must be going haywire right now.

Heres the thing- I think that you're totally wrong- the pressure stuff is all perception- not in his head. I'll bet anything that he comes out and is his normal self the next game, double double and 30+ points and we win.
 

Lkr

Member
its not fair that Timmy and KG are playing like it is 2003 in these playoffs. the prospect of them squaring off in the finals is kind of appealing to me at this point in all honesty, compared to any other likely scenario(although it would be interesting to see the Thunder defeat every Western Conference champion since 1999 lol)
 

reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
Heres the thing- I think that you're totally wrong- the pressure stuff is all perception- not in his head. I'll bet anything that he comes out and is his normal self the next game, double double and 30+ points and we win.

Let Cavs fans guide you to the promised land. They know what I am talking about.
 

twinturbo2

butthurt Heat fan
Heres the thing- I think that you're totally wrong- the pressure stuff is all perception- not in his head. I'll bet anything that he comes out and is his normal self the next game, double double and 30+ points and we win.
I really hope you're right. I also hope D-Wade gets back to his old self.
 

Omega

Banned
Hating on the Pacers?

Christ

Its so fucking obvious who hasn't had to endure watching the Pacers play this season.

Yeah they look bad a lot, but in the two games Bosh has been injured, the Heat went from "runaway Eastern champs" and "omg Miami has 3 byes to the Finals"

To looking worse than the Knicks and struggling to get to 75 in the last two games.

Pacers showed they don't need to look amazing to win. However, the Heat do. Either that or the refs have to bail them out like they did in Game 1.
 
Jeez, I wondered why there werent any playoff threads in community. Didnt realize they were all in this tab.

Celtics fan, but also a fan of any team playing against Miami. Great game tonight by the Pacers. Lebron did much more with lesser talent in Cleveland. What's his excuse now?
 

PBY

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I really hope you're right. I also hope D-Wade gets back to his old self.

see- to me D Wade is faaaaaar more worrying to me than Lebron, because hes been TERRIBLE all series, just no ones noticed/called him out on it, cuz it took a horrendous game like this for people to realize. W wade, theres a pattern, w/ Lebron, this is his first really bad game of the playoffs.
 

alr1ght

bish gets all the credit :)
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Jeez, I wondered why there werent any playoff threads in community. Didnt realize they were all in this tab.

Celtics fan, but also a fan of any team playing against Miami. Great game tonight by the Pacers. Lebron did much more with lesser talent in Cleveland. What's his excuse now?

The funny thing is, the Cavs were more talented and better built around Lebron than the team he is playing with right now.
 

Vanillalite

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Y'all don't hate. GT players just mean a lot in the playoffs like Bosh! :p

PS: you know in the pic I posted on the last page I look super 80s fly!!
 

qcf x2

Member
Hating on the Pacers?

Christ

Its so fucking obvious who hasn't had to endure watching the Pacers play this season.

I'd say I watched 60% of the games. The ones I missed were when I was at work, and I followed those on espn/nba. The good, the bad and the ugly. Pre-Collison benching and the successful post-Collison benching. So, yeah.
 
I gotta admit, I'm not really feeling pissed or melted-down esque, just annoyed as hell.

I guess going through last year has hardened me for anything this year. last year really couldn't get worse, especially since I had to deal with a fuck ton of annoying people being right in dallas
 

PBY

Banned
I gotta admit, I'm not really feeling pissed or melted-down esque, just annoyed as hell.

I guess going through last year has hardened me for anything this year. last year really couldn't get worse, especially since I had to deal with a fuck ton of annoying people being right in dallas

Well... we always can take solace that as bad as it gets- it'll never be as shitty as being a Knicks fan. But- like I said above- Wade worries me. Lebron, eh, not so much.
 

reilo

learning some important life lessons from magical Negroes
Remember Wade talking about Pacers celebrating like they were Dallas after Game 2? Neither does he.
 
I'm asking this in earnest; does Lebron seem as pissed off as he should be? I feel like Wade is suffering and LeBron is kind of just going through the motions. Bosh or no Bosh, a game like tonight just shouldn't happen. Maybe I'm just interpreting his body language wrong or something.
 
I gotta admit, I'm not really feeling pissed or melted-down esque, just annoyed as hell.

I guess going through last year has hardened me for anything this year. last year really couldn't get worse, especially since I had to deal with a fuck ton of annoying people being right in dallas

haha sucks to root for your shitty team derpderpq
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
Yeah they look bad a lot, but in the two games Bosh has been injured, the Heat went from "runaway Eastern champs" and "omg Miami has 3 byes to the Finals"

To looking worse than the Knicks and struggling to get to 75 in the last two games.

Pacers showed they don't need to look amazing to win. However, the Heat do. Either that or the refs have to bail them out like they did in Game 1.

Heat only know how to style and bullshit. They'll figure it out because they hate getting embarrassed more than they love winning.

Pacers aren't good because they play hard nosed Piston basketball or something like that. They're good because they turn the game into a shitfest at such a high frequency that they're the only team that's "comfortable" in it.

There was no bailout either. Pacers foul a LOT and they put themselves in the bonus - refs can't do that singlehandedly.
 

PBY

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I'm asking this in earnest; does Lebron seem as pissed off as he should be? I feel like Wade is suffering and LeBron is kind of just going through the motions. Bosh or no Bosh, a game like tonight just shouldn't happen. Maybe I'm just interpreting his body language wrong or something.

Ugh... reading body language is just so dumb- you're imprinting the result onto what you're watching.
 

alr1ght

bish gets all the credit :)
I'm asking this in earnest; does Lebron seem as pissed off as he should be? I feel like Wade is suffering and LeBron is kind of just going through the motions. Bosh or no Bosh, a game like tonight just shouldn't happen. Maybe I'm just interpreting his body language wrong or something.

Have you ever watched him play?
 
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