why is anyone surprised? this has been a problem all year...up 15 on a team without wade and they QUIT...just like the QUIT last night when they got up big in the third...has nothing to do with injuries..it has to do with desire. they got up big and quit playing.....fools gold....
yea know, if they were healthy i'd agree, but at some point, we have seven freaking guys, 3 of whom are brand new to the NBA/team.
it has everything to do with injury when they start front rimming shots in the end of the second and the end of the fourth, which is what we have been doing, because we have zero depth.
it has everything to do with injuries when you have to run out a defensive unit that is anchored by eddie house and has 4 guys who either never see the floor (gabe) have been in the d-league until recently (walker) and 2 guys who have had 3 practices to learn the scheme (marbury and moore) because your 3 starters have played the entire 1st quarter and the start of the second.
Teams run 9-10 man rotations for a reason. when eddie house is desperately trying to tell gabe pruitt and bill walker who to cover on successive plays as the defensive captain while the rock in the paint is moore, im not really surprised when miami goes on a 12-2 run to get thier grove back and that carries over when starters start coming back in.
We are in essence playing with 6 people tonight, since doc won't play JR.