NBA 2013 Playoffs

[Inuyasha]

yep, bulls are done in 5 if Deng/Hinrich don't come back.

[Inuyasha]

Lebron! This will be a great series.

[Rodster]

The Pacers are a good young team. I had the Heat losing the first game because of the extended time off but that changed when Lebron got the extra motivation he needed from the Pacers coach.

[dbdynsty25]

My man crush on Paul George keeps growing...

[Rodster]

My man crush on Paul George keeps growing...

db, whats your predication for this series?

[dbdynsty25]

My man crush on Paul George keeps growing...

db, whats your predication for this series?

Heat in 5 still. It's fascinating that the Pacers were able to play two great games with essentially only 5 quality NBA guys. Their bench is atrocious and I have no idea how they are doing it. Oh yeah I do...PAUL GEORGE! But reality is going to bite them in the ass soon...the Heat win the next 3 I think. The Heat have now lost 3 games w/ Lebron in the lineup SINCE FEBRUARY. 3! So yeah, they are still pretty good. Just have to make some adjustments on D.

[Rodster]

I'm glad you know Basketball better than anyone else here cause damn the Pacers look like they have the Heat's number this year.

[wco81]

Heard the Heat shot very poorly from 3-point range in game 2 and barely lost.

They have no answer for Hibbert but if they shoot with half decent proficiency, Indy would have a hard time.

It's too bad Granger isn't available for them.

[dbdynsty25]

I'm glad you know Basketball better than anyone else here cause damn the Pacers look like they have the Heat's number this year.

That's the Heat game I expected. An ass whooping. This is over in five.

[Brando70]

Agree, Pacers are just not that good of a team. When they play at their best, you get games 1 and 2. When the Heat play at their best, you get game 3.

There is going to a lot of Spurs upset talk after they dismantled the Grizzlies, but I see that series going the same way: perhaps an early Spurs win, followed by the Heat winning in 5 or 6.

[Rodster]

I'm sure the NBA is hoping/praying for a Spurs v Heat Finals. That will have a higher TV viewership just because of LeBron than a Spurs v Pacers Finals.

[dbdynsty25]

Tough for the Heat to play 5 on 8 I guess. Wow. That was a terribly officiated game. Embarrassing that Crawford is allowed to do playoff games.

[Pete1210]

Tough for the Heat to play 5 on 8 I guess. Wow. That was a terribly officiated game. Embarrassing that Crawford is allowed to do playoff games.

Bad calls went both ways. Like that 24 second violation in the 4th where the ball clearly hit the rim. Pacers just outplayed the Heat last night, especially Roy Hibbert down the stretch.

[Brando70]

Tough for the Heat to play 5 on 8 I guess. Wow. That was a terribly officiated game. Embarrassing that Crawford is allowed to do playoff games.

Bad calls went both ways. Like that 24 second violation in the 4th where the ball clearly hit the rim. Pacers just outplayed the Heat last night, especially Roy Hibbert down the stretch.

The 24 second call was horrible, but LeBron's elbow call at the end of the third and the moving screen call to foul out were really ticky-tack calls. They may have technically been fouls, but if refs called those consistently throughout the game, NBA games would take five hours and feature 100 free throws.

Kudos to the Pacers for playing a tough game, but the Heat definitely got jobbed more by having LeBron gone for the last minute given that Miami had the ball and were only down four.

[dbdynsty25]

Paul George has spoken.

[Inuyasha]

Lebron needs to do it all in game 7 for them to win. Bosh and Wade are M.I.A. all series.

[Rodster]

I was hoping db was right about the 5 game series but I felt this was going to be the outcome maybe 6 games at best. I can't figure the Heat out. They have 3 future HOF's and a gimpy undermanned Chicago team gave them fits and Indiana which no doubt is a really really good young team should not be even close in this series when Miami plays their kind of ball.

I think Miami will rise to the occasion and beat them hard on Monday but I don't know it seems like the Heat are so good at times that they need a fire lit under their ass to play to the level they are supposed to play at. Tough to figure out that team.

[Pete1210]

Looking forward to game 7. I think the Pacers will win it.

Either way, after watching the semis, Spurs will take the finals.

[pk500]

Wade must be hurt. He hasn't looked good the entire playoffs, and I don't think age has caught up with him that much.

Bosh is just being Bosh. I've never bought into his status as a superstar. Great players don't take long stretches of games off. Bosh almost looks like he doesn't care at times. There's no way in hell that guy could carry a playoff team as the star player. He is soft as the Michelin Man.

[dbdynsty25]

Wade must be hurt. He hasn't looked good the entire playoffs, and I don't think age has caught up with him that much.

He's had a knee issue for weeks now. So yes, he's hurt. And getting old.

[Rodster]

Money just bet 6.9m on the Heat to win tonight. He seems to be pretty tight with Lebron, so he should be courtside. Lebron and the Heat better NOT lose.

[Inuyasha]

Didnt really care which team won, but wasn't hard to root against Hibbert after the past few days.

Guess this wasn't Paul George's breakout moment, lol, fouled out w 7 points.

Spurs/Pop beat Lebron already once in the Finals. It'll be interesting to see how Pop gameplans vs this Heat team.

[dbdynsty25]

As expected. Just took a bit longer because of Wade and Bosh's injuries. Still think they handle the Spurs though the twin towers are definitely going to cause problems.

[Rodster]

I see the Finals going 6 or 7 and the Heat winning. I say that because I think it's been awhile this season that the Heat have lost 2 in a row. Maybe db can confirm that.

The other reason is that there isn't as much hate between the Spurs and Heat as there was with Chicago and Indiana. Those teams really hate the Heat and they just can't wait to throw it down with the Heat in the playoffs.

[Pete1210]

Last time the Heat lost 2 in a row was in January.

Not sure whether feelings of Heat hate have anything to do with how motivated the Spurs will be to win another championship.