BonK wrote:
WORD.

Today no-brainer that much. This is certain defeat.

How I wish today were another surprise as it was the Wizzard and win these damn Heats.

The thing that they have hardly played in last days and have their stars rested and not have anyone in the hospital.

So this suffering will:

Heats = 103 Wolves 89

Lebron = 32 points 6 Reb. & 5 Asist.

COACH + 3 = NO OTHERS

Bonus =

Admuson play Today and score 8 points + 6 Rebouds.

Continuaremos . . .

1. Heat 110 Wolves 95

2. 30+8+6= 44

3. Norris Cole's haircut and Mike Miller's physique

1. Wolves 98
Hated 110

2. Leb - 25 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists

3. Lebron is a balding grinch,
Bosh looks like a huge gnome,
Iwonder if "Pretty Face" Wade,
also had Lebron mom....

We do it again in the first qtr! 27-21 lead.

Rebounding difference = 18 to 3!

Good game plan by Adelman. Crash the boards. Get all of them on both ends! Get back on D. Pound the paint on O.

We shoot 80+% from the line, we are undefeated. It is going to be another one of those nights where we can't give away points at the line if we want a chance to win this.

Shved might as well beat the crap out of D-Fake, since they are going to call the foul whether his arms are straight up or not. This officiating in the third is a crock.

Several observations thus far:

1. Love is putting in a ton of effort. I'm a fan of this Love. He hasn't shot real well but his effort is there and his involvement is different. He's not hoisting up shots he has taken rhythm shots in the offense.

2. Pek and Love should each have 4 more foul shots. the refs are in such awe of the cHeat they just ignore them half the time on d and assume it's good d.

3. Wade should have SIX less free throw attempts. It doesn't matter who he plays against, the refs just stuf their mouths with his ball sack. It is not even close to an evenly called game. Never is against those fucks.

4. Shved is terrified of Wade.

5. Lebron is pissed that Bosh sucks. I think he wants to trade Bosh for Derrick Williams.

Tod Murphy wrote:
What sucks about this is they gave Shved #4 and he had to sit down when he had become the playmaker in the third. Then we can't get anything going after that. Frustrating stretch here in the third.

The good news is that Pekovic and Love destroyed the cHeat on the boards, meaning the cHeat may have some vulnerabilities come playoff time. The bad news is that a) the result was about what we all expected and b) Love was horrible again in the second half.

Small victories: Ray Allen getting punked by Barea and Boshina getting owned by Pek. Those are enough by themselves.

Was the final score about what the game looked like? Or was it never really close/competitive and we came back at the end or anything?

Saw the highlights on sportscenter. Looks like we were down by about 20 with 7 minutes left in the 4th. Outrebounded the Heat by 39 and still get blown out

College Wolf wrote:
Wolves played very well in the first. Second qtr was a little frustrating as they struggled on offense and got outscored 31-22. But with the previous lead we still were at 49-49 until Chalmers hit a 3 pointer at the buzzer. They definitely had the momentum going into the half.

3rd qtr was interesting. We came out battling and didn't let them take off. The key was Shved took over the playmaking and kept them in it. He had 4 assists in a row and we were up 61-59.

That was huge because you could see the tide wanted to turn in their favor, especially as the refs started calling the game in their favor. Love had gotten the calls in the first half to get 3 on Bosh and Haslem. There probably was a lot of halftime, "How can you call fouls on us?!" whining by the Heat. There were times in that 3rd quarter when Love was getting fouled and they wouldn't call it. Love struggled again in the 2nd half, but some of that was that he couldn't get anything going thru the no calls. Meanwhile, he picked up 3 quick ones on the other end!

So...Shved was leading us, but he had to guard Wade. Which was too much for him, and pretty hard to figure out for him. Remember the Boston game? The D got so physical on him and took him out of the game. When he tries to play the same way, he gets called for a foul. But that doesn't bother me as much as when he picks a position, stands with his arms in the air and then Wade goes up, makes some stupid flailing motion like he got fouled (when he didn't) and the refs let him get away with it by calling fouls. And that is what happened, Shved ended up with 4 fouls and had to go to the bench with 7 minutes to go in the 3rd and the Wolves leading 63-62.

Then it was time for the old second half drought where the offense turns it over, misses close ones, and really struggles to keep a nice flow going. In the next 4 minutes we get one AK 3 pointer and end up down by 9.

That was a huge turning point when Shved went out. We kept it in the 11-13 striking range for awhile after that. But then they started hitting threes, many from the corners. Adelman was not happy about that. He ended up putting all those guys on the bench and sent in the Steamer-Lou-Derrick crew. Their energy (especially Lou's) led a charge back, but it was just too far to come.

The three things that bother me the most right now:

1. Having that good ball movement and flow on offense is not consistent throughout the game. Shved can lead that at times and I have confidence in him, even though he goes through stretches where he doesn't quite have it figured out what play he should make. I still like him with the ball better than JJ. Barea is playing well, but he goes into that hero mode and others stop touching the ball at times. If he is not pulling off being the hero, we hit those droughts. Rubio should help this issue, not only when he is on the court, but diminishing the minutes that we need to have Luke and JJ at the point.

2. Love is good for a half but can't make it through playing well a full game. I'm sure the flu and the hand have contributed to it. I know he will get there, but who would have thought it would take this long?

3. Second half defense -- when we hit those droughts, we have to be able to shut down the guy that gets on a role on the other end. Baby the other night. Wade last night, and then everyone during that 3 point barrage in the 4th. We missed Malcolm last night and possibly Howard to add another guy into the mix. Maybe Adelman should have brought in Steamer or Lou to get overly physical and try to knock Baby out of the rythym he was in. Maybe even the same thing with a guard like Wade that is getting to the hoop. You'll get your free throws, but you are going to think twice about coming in here. That is why I posted last night that Shved might as well hit him hard, since they are going to give him the foul either way.

What Tod Murphy said... Barea hero mode. Shved cheap fouls. Wade "fair catch halo rule." Love hustling cancelled out whining. Pek beast mode. Refs swallow whistles in 3rd quarter every game. Wolves can't handle handchecking. LeBron is really good.

There is your game summary.

Awesome Tod, THANK YOU for the epic game recap... that was money. Really helps give an idea about what happened.

Big Howl to you.