To me, this is the most interesting game of the playoffs thus far and probally will be of any game we get after this game.
Alot of good points brought up for both sides.
Of coarse teams look good when they win and don't look so good when they lose, there's no correlation to looking good and winning one game and what will happened in the next game, game 1 and 2 has nothing to do with what will happen in game 3.
There might be a solid reason Pacers have looked so good in the 1st 2 games.
Against the Bulls after losing game 1 the Heat went on an incredible 3 game run, winning by 37, 10, 21 points.
I went back a number of years and looked-up how teams perform after these great 3 game runs.
And the results are quite surprising, teams cannot maintain such play.
No team, none, not a one, could produce a winning ATS record in the 3 games to follow. The teams combined to win just 15.9% ATS. Including 0-3 ATS for the Heat.
The Heats 3 games following their incredible run.....................
Game 5 VS Bulls ..............Heat -14 won by 3.
Game 1 VS Pacers ................Heat -8 won by 1
Game 2 VS Pacers ...................Heat -7.5 lost SU.
Even more interesting is that almost every team lost SU as a big favorite just like the Heat did.
Maybe, just maybe Pacers are not playing as well as many think and it's the Heat who came-in on a unsustainable run becoming complacent and over-confident.
After these teams pick-up they're 3rd ATS loss they then combined to go 69% ATS in the 3 games to follow, will the Heat do the same ?....................................................
To me, this is the most interesting game of the playoffs thus far and probally will be of any game we get after this game.
Alot of good points brought up for both sides.
Of coarse teams look good when they win and don't look so good when they lose, there's no correlation to looking good and winning one game and what will happened in the next game, game 1 and 2 has nothing to do with what will happen in game 3.
There might be a solid reason Pacers have looked so good in the 1st 2 games.
Against the Bulls after losing game 1 the Heat went on an incredible 3 game run, winning by 37, 10, 21 points.
I went back a number of years and looked-up how teams perform after these great 3 game runs.
And the results are quite surprising, teams cannot maintain such play.
No team, none, not a one, could produce a winning ATS record in the 3 games to follow. The teams combined to win just 15.9% ATS. Including 0-3 ATS for the Heat.
The Heats 3 games following their incredible run.....................
Game 5 VS Bulls ..............Heat -14 won by 3.
Game 1 VS Pacers ................Heat -8 won by 1
Game 2 VS Pacers ...................Heat -7.5 lost SU.
Even more interesting is that almost every team lost SU as a big favorite just like the Heat did.
Maybe, just maybe Pacers are not playing as well as many think and it's the Heat who came-in on a unsustainable run becoming complacent and over-confident.
After these teams pick-up they're 3rd ATS loss they then combined to go 69% ATS in the 3 games to follow, will the Heat do the same ?....................................................
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