Charlotte did what they were supposed to do in gm3 and that's play desperate and fight back to try and get a win. They're tough at home and Miami are still yet to prove they can play on the road vs playoff teams.
Heat knows if they are to advance they must play better on the road. Frank was a surprise for them and never game planned for him. They are aware of him now and should do a better job containing him. Heat should do a much better job this time and perhaps w/ the help of refs should get the job done and finish this series back on their home floor.
I'd be interested to know what the ratings has been for this series. I'm certain it's low.
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Quote Originally Posted by RodWoman:
can't match up with miami?
Charlotte did what they were supposed to do in gm3 and that's play desperate and fight back to try and get a win. They're tough at home and Miami are still yet to prove they can play on the road vs playoff teams.
Heat knows if they are to advance they must play better on the road. Frank was a surprise for them and never game planned for him. They are aware of him now and should do a better job containing him. Heat should do a much better job this time and perhaps w/ the help of refs should get the job done and finish this series back on their home floor.
I'd be interested to know what the ratings has been for this series. I'm certain it's low.
In 4 regular
season games between this two teams MIA committed 18 PF per game &
CHA committed 18 PF per game. In the playoffs that gets bumped up to
23,8 PF per game for MIA & only 19,3 for CHA. So MIA is getting
called on almost 6 more PF than in regular season and CHA only 1,3 PF
while both teams play tighter on defense. Hmmm
Let's take a look
at FTA per game. In 4 regular season games MIA shot 21,8 FTA per game
& CHA shot 20,5 FTA. In playoffs MIA shot 23,5 FTA ( a 1,7 bump ) as
for CHA they have 30,5 FTA a 10 FTA bump over the regular season mark. I
might add they take the most FTA in the PO.
Either my read is totally wrong about Miami or the league actually wants this series to go the distance.
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Just some stats to put things in perspective.
In 4 regular
season games between this two teams MIA committed 18 PF per game &
CHA committed 18 PF per game. In the playoffs that gets bumped up to
23,8 PF per game for MIA & only 19,3 for CHA. So MIA is getting
called on almost 6 more PF than in regular season and CHA only 1,3 PF
while both teams play tighter on defense. Hmmm
Let's take a look
at FTA per game. In 4 regular season games MIA shot 21,8 FTA per game
& CHA shot 20,5 FTA. In playoffs MIA shot 23,5 FTA ( a 1,7 bump ) as
for CHA they have 30,5 FTA a 10 FTA bump over the regular season mark. I
might add they take the most FTA in the PO.
Either my read is totally wrong about Miami or the league actually wants this series to go the distance.
In 4 regular
season games between this two teams MIA committed 18 PF per game &
CHA committed 18 PF per game. In the playoffs that gets bumped up to
23,8 PF per game for MIA & only 19,3 for CHA. So MIA is getting
called on almost 6 more PF than in regular season and CHA only 1,3 PF
while both teams play tighter on defense. Hmmm
Let's take a look
at FTA per game. In 4 regular season games MIA shot 21,8 FTA per game
& CHA shot 20,5 FTA. In playoffs MIA shot 23,5 FTA ( a 1,7 bump ) as
for CHA they have 30,5 FTA a 10 FTA bump over the regular season mark. I
might add they take the most FTA in the PO.
Either my read is totally wrong about Miami or the league actually wants this series to go the distance.
Or just maybe both teams played the best they could and the results are because of this.
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Quote Originally Posted by 3BallBomber:
Just some stats to put things in perspective.
In 4 regular
season games between this two teams MIA committed 18 PF per game &
CHA committed 18 PF per game. In the playoffs that gets bumped up to
23,8 PF per game for MIA & only 19,3 for CHA. So MIA is getting
called on almost 6 more PF than in regular season and CHA only 1,3 PF
while both teams play tighter on defense. Hmmm
Let's take a look
at FTA per game. In 4 regular season games MIA shot 21,8 FTA per game
& CHA shot 20,5 FTA. In playoffs MIA shot 23,5 FTA ( a 1,7 bump ) as
for CHA they have 30,5 FTA a 10 FTA bump over the regular season mark. I
might add they take the most FTA in the PO.
Either my read is totally wrong about Miami or the league actually wants this series to go the distance.
Or just maybe both teams played the best they could and the results are because of this.
3Ball - What if the league is helping the team of the great Michael Jordan. He practically saved basketball. Also, what if they'd also like Charlotte winning because he would draw more interest from the Asian market. I think that this could be looked at from both sides.
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3Ball - What if the league is helping the team of the great Michael Jordan. He practically saved basketball. Also, what if they'd also like Charlotte winning because he would draw more interest from the Asian market. I think that this could be looked at from both sides.
Jeremy Lin has drawn 24 fouls in the series -- as many as LeBron James and James Harden in the playoffs.
#Heat
has been whistled for 24 fouls or more in 3 of the 4 games in series.
That happened 7 times in regular season including 2 OT games
Worth point out that Lin is 4th in drives right now, but Harden and Lebron are 10th and 12th respectively. His FTr is higher (~.7 versus .4 regular season), but that can be partially be explained by 23% of his touches resulting in drives in the post season, versus 14% in the regular season.
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Quote Originally Posted by 3BallBomber:
Jeremy Lin has drawn 24 fouls in the series -- as many as LeBron James and James Harden in the playoffs.
#Heat
has been whistled for 24 fouls or more in 3 of the 4 games in series.
That happened 7 times in regular season including 2 OT games
Worth point out that Lin is 4th in drives right now, but Harden and Lebron are 10th and 12th respectively. His FTr is higher (~.7 versus .4 regular season), but that can be partially be explained by 23% of his touches resulting in drives in the post season, versus 14% in the regular season.
I don't think the League wants anything to do with Charlotte and North Carolina right now. The league is already threatening to pull the All Star game out of Charlotte for next year because NC passed that Bathroom Bill.
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I don't think the League wants anything to do with Charlotte and North Carolina right now. The league is already threatening to pull the All Star game out of Charlotte for next year because NC passed that Bathroom Bill.
Dirty Danny Crawford made Jeremy Lin look like a goddamn all-star. You couldn't breath through one nostril on his drives. Anybody near him was auto-foul. Dragic, Deng, Wade & Winslow all got clearly hacked.....refs swallowed their whistles. The bias was blatant. You gotta be a dumb mother f*cker to think that game was straight up.
WAKE UP!
I guess Silver wants to extend this damn series. Tables turn for game 5 back @ AAA. Hornets will look pedestrian again while it's Miami's turn to get the calls and blow out the Hornets. I cannot see Charlotte advancing, just way too much money to be made in a potential Heat/Cavs ECF. Surely they can't allow a Cavs/Pacers or Raptors ECF - that would be a compltely disaster for the league.
So for all the reasons above if indeed Miami are to take this series this game is a must win.
Gm4, spite of all the BS calls, Heat only lost by 5pts in the end. Miami are clearly the better team here. W/ Batum possibly out There's no reason why Miami shouldn't win this game and ultimately the series.
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Dirty Danny Crawford made Jeremy Lin look like a goddamn all-star. You couldn't breath through one nostril on his drives. Anybody near him was auto-foul. Dragic, Deng, Wade & Winslow all got clearly hacked.....refs swallowed their whistles. The bias was blatant. You gotta be a dumb mother f*cker to think that game was straight up.
WAKE UP!
I guess Silver wants to extend this damn series. Tables turn for game 5 back @ AAA. Hornets will look pedestrian again while it's Miami's turn to get the calls and blow out the Hornets. I cannot see Charlotte advancing, just way too much money to be made in a potential Heat/Cavs ECF. Surely they can't allow a Cavs/Pacers or Raptors ECF - that would be a compltely disaster for the league.
So for all the reasons above if indeed Miami are to take this series this game is a must win.
Gm4, spite of all the BS calls, Heat only lost by 5pts in the end. Miami are clearly the better team here. W/ Batum possibly out There's no reason why Miami shouldn't win this game and ultimately the series.
& noticed you've been following me in the PO's for some time now. You must have been a rich man the past 3 seasons. Let's hope my instincts are in tact this year
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Quote Originally Posted by LONKJON:
sweet pakalolo
good luck
i was just reading through my 2014 playoff threads:
& noticed you've been following me in the PO's for some time now. You must have been a rich man the past 3 seasons. Let's hope my instincts are in tact this year
Play:MIA -5.5 LARGEDirty Danny Crawford made Jeremy Lin look like a goddamn all-star. You couldn't breath through one nostril on his drives. Anybody near him was auto-foul. Dragic, Deng, Wade & Winslow all got clearly hacked.....refs swallowed their whistles. The bias was blatant. You gotta be a dumb mother f*cker to think that game was straight up.WAKE UP!I guess Silver wants to extend this damn series. Tables turn for game 5 back @ AAA. Hornets will look pedestrian again while it's Miami's turn to get the calls and blow out the Hornets. I cannot see Charlotte advancing, just way too much money to be made in a potential Heat/Cavs ECF. Surely they can't allow a Cavs/Pacers or Raptors ECF - that would be a compltely disaster for the league. So for all the reasons above if indeed Miami are to take this series this game is a must win. Gm4, spite of all the BS calls, Heat only lost by 5pts in the end. Miami are clearly the better team here. W/ Batum possibly out There's no reason why Miami shouldn't win this game and ultimately the series.
Cavs vs raptors. League would want that. Raptors have a whole country behind them. Pretty big market.
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Quote Originally Posted by 3BallBomber:
Play:MIA -5.5 LARGEDirty Danny Crawford made Jeremy Lin look like a goddamn all-star. You couldn't breath through one nostril on his drives. Anybody near him was auto-foul. Dragic, Deng, Wade & Winslow all got clearly hacked.....refs swallowed their whistles. The bias was blatant. You gotta be a dumb mother f*cker to think that game was straight up.WAKE UP!I guess Silver wants to extend this damn series. Tables turn for game 5 back @ AAA. Hornets will look pedestrian again while it's Miami's turn to get the calls and blow out the Hornets. I cannot see Charlotte advancing, just way too much money to be made in a potential Heat/Cavs ECF. Surely they can't allow a Cavs/Pacers or Raptors ECF - that would be a compltely disaster for the league. So for all the reasons above if indeed Miami are to take this series this game is a must win. Gm4, spite of all the BS calls, Heat only lost by 5pts in the end. Miami are clearly the better team here. W/ Batum possibly out There's no reason why Miami shouldn't win this game and ultimately the series.
Cavs vs raptors. League would want that. Raptors have a whole country behind them. Pretty big market.