Miami @ Indiana PLAY OF THE WEEK

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Indiana ML

300 EUR @2

Pacers have the power to stop Miami, especially now without Bosh. They are the better "team" imo and playing at home. MIA had the chance to step up at home in game 2 without Bosh, but nothing has happed.

Keys in game 3:

-Bosh out
Chris play/act like a bitch, but he is the key in MIA success. Without him it's not the same team. Less boards, ball sharing, etc... He's not the best defending player but in the other end makes difference. He can not be replaced by Ronny Turiaf.
-triples
MIA 1/22, IND 7/32
Both teams stuggled beyond the arc, IND will step up at home hopefully. MIA will not be able to do it because of Indi's perimeter/swarming d-fence.
-rebounding
game 1 45-38 MIA
game 2 50-40 IND
Pacers will own the boards at home. NO 2nd chance points allowed for heat in this one.
-bench
This is where the heat can win the game. Battier, Chalmers, Miller have to step up. If they won't ... IND by double digits.
-D
Playing D against the heat is much more easier when Bosh is out obviously. "Only" LBJ & Wade can make though shots and home team knows this. Of coure if they playin out of their mind nothing to do with them.
IND playing solid D all the time, so it should not be a problem.

Sorry for my english guyz, but I wanted to share my oppinion about this important game.

Thoughts are always welcome.

fuxy008 · Answer

Indiana ML

300 EUR @2

Pacers have the power to stop Miami, especially now without Bosh. They are the better "team" imo and playing at home. MIA had the chance to step up at home in game 2 without Bosh, but nothing has happed.

Keys in game 3:

-Bosh out
Chris play/act like a bitch, but he is the key in MIA success. Without him it's not the same team. Less boards, ball sharing, etc... He's not the best defending player but in the other end makes difference. He can not be replaced by Ronny Turiaf.
-triples
MIA 1/22, IND 7/32
Both teams stuggled beyond the arc, IND will step up at home hopefully. MIA will not be able to do it because of Indi's perimeter/swarming d-fence.
-rebounding
game 1 45-38 MIA
game 2 50-40 IND
Pacers will own the boards at home. NO 2nd chance points allowed for heat in this one.
-bench
This is where the heat can win the game. Battier, Chalmers, Miller have to step up. If they won't ... IND by double digits.
-D
Playing D against the heat is much more easier when Bosh is out obviously. "Only" LBJ & Wade can make though shots and home team knows this. Of coure if they playin out of their mind nothing to do with them.
IND playing solid D all the time, so it should not be a problem.

Sorry for my english guyz, but I wanted to share my oppinion about this important game.

Thoughts are always welcome.

stevenp · Answer

i completley agree with you.  i wrote: miami without bosh exposes their lousy supporting cast.  outside of wade and james, the rest of miami scored 23 in game two.  outside of wade, bosh and james, the rest of miami scored 21 points in game one.  in fact in 15 minutes, bosh scored 13 points in game one.  who&#x27;s going to score for miami?  obviously wade has created the controversy.  indiana barely celebrated.  they just jumped up and down the instant they won.  every team does that!  indiana is a much better TEAM than miami.  but they don&#x27;t have the experience.  good luck big money guys!

stevenp · Answer

the counter argument, and it&#x27;s legitimate, is that wade and james are superstars with huge amount of experience.  that indiana is inexperienced and will wilt (not chamberlin) on the big stage.  either case is a possibility.  but the heat offense is muted without bosh receiving those open looks on the pick and rolls because indiana has to pay so much attention to wade and james.  joel anthony and turiaf cannot shoot like bosh.  i get excited when i spot a home dog who&#x27;s undervalued.  in this case,  the line is right.  one has to pick the right team.  i see both sides of the issue.  we&#x27;ll see.  i prefer indiana because of bosh out and miami&#x27;s weak supporting cast.

stevenp · Answer

we also have another thing on our side: the public loves the heat in t his game.

pj702 · Answer

&#xD;&#xA;indiana is a deeper team, but if you look at the boxscores and shooting percentages they are pretty equal. so it not like indiana is clearly the better team. and if bosh was here clearly miami is the better team. but with him gone i think it pretty equal. i have a feeling miami wins 1 in indiana and this series goes back to miami tied 2-2. if lebron would of just made 2 ft near the end last game with 50 whatever seconds were left miami probably wins, unless indiana hits a huge shot in last minute to win game, idiot misses both that was huge.

fuxy008 · Answer

yeah line is moving to MIA favour

fuxy008 · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by pj702]  &#xD;&#xA;indiana is a deeper team, but if you look at the boxscores and shooting percentages they are pretty equal. so it not like indiana is clearly the better team. and if bosh was here clearly miami is the better team. but with him gone i think it pretty equal. i have a feeling miami wins 1 in indiana and this series goes back to miami tied 2-2. if lebron would of just made 2 ft near the end last game with 50 whatever seconds were left miami probably wins, unless indiana hits a huge shot in last minute to win game, idiot misses both that was huge.  [/Quote]Agree. I hardly believe IND can win both home games, most likely they will spit the next 2 games. I&#x27;ve got MIA to win east so this one is an automatic play for me.If MIA wins 3rd game I will back IND again in 4th no question about it.

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