Heat (1-1) at Celtics (1-1) ECF Game #3 5/21/22

[Phantom255x]

Unfortunately now it's the dreaded 3rd quarter, but I'm keeping the faith. I think they play a tough 3rd, and then the 4th they'll still have a shot to win it

[liam]

Think PP deserves more run in the second half. He helped our offence get going with three assists and a three of his own.

PP always plays hard and the right way.

[gouki88]

Time lord would have changed this game

Lol forget that soft dude. Can never count on him. PJ Tucker who is 37 is playing with a sore knee.

There are different levels of soreness. Also a younger player has more to lose.

They said it was a pain tolerance issue stop with the excuses. He is soft and not dependable.

Please do tell us about your educated understanding of recovering from a meniscus repair with popliteal artery entrapment syndrome.

[LilRip]

Has Tatum ever, just once in his life, driven into the defense and then pulled up short for a 10-foot jumper instead of ALWAYS leaning in and A) running over the defender or B) getting stripped for a turnover or C) getting so out of control and off balance that he throws up some ridiculous, contorted layup attempt or some ridiculous, contorted pass attempt and always D) ends up waving his arms over his head in anger at the officials while the other team takes the ball the other way in transition, leaving his teammates short-handed.

He did this a lot in his 2nd year and people were losing their collective minds because he was “playing too much like Kobe”.

It’s the turnovers and Bam who are winning this game for the Heat. Having 47 points in a half isn’t bad for this series. Giving up 62 is too much.

[RockinRyA]

Time lord would have changed this game

Lol forget that soft dude. Can never count on him. PJ Tucker who is 37 is playing with a sore knee.

There are different levels of soreness. Also a younger player has more to lose.

They said it was a pain tolerance issue stop with the excuses. He is soft and not dependable.

**** there different levels of pain. Even a same injury could feel the same. Shut up

[liam]

Time lord would have changed this game

Lol forget that soft dude. Can never count on him. PJ Tucker who is 37 is playing with a sore knee.

There are different levels of soreness. Also a younger player has more to lose.

They said it was a pain tolerance issue stop with the excuses. He is soft and not dependable.

Please do tell us about your educated understanding of recovering from a meniscus repair with popliteal artery entrapment syndrome.

Oh, is that TIMELORD's Dr.?

[gouki88]

Has Tatum ever, just once in his life, driven into the defense and then pulled up short for a 10-foot jumper instead of ALWAYS leaning in and A) running over the defender or B) getting stripped for a turnover or C) getting so out of control and off balance that he throws up some ridiculous, contorted layup attempt or some ridiculous, contorted pass attempt and always D) ends up waving his arms over his head in anger at the officials while the other team takes the ball the other way in transition, leaving his teammates short-handed.

He did this a lot in his 2nd year and people were losing their collective minds because he was “playing too much like Kobe”.

It’s the turnovers and Bam who are winning this game for the Heat. Having 47 points in a half isn’t bad for this series. Giving up 62 is too much.

It was "bad shot selection" then, now it's what lots of people want. Very funny stuff

[Phantom255x]

11 TOs to 3 for MIA.

Yeah take care of the ball and keep getting to the rim.

It shows in the FG stats. Miami took 16 more shot attempts. And they're up 15, so even if they hit like 30-40% of those, that's the difference. Plus some of those turnovers directly lead to easy MIA points

[RPGenerate]

I concur on playing PP more. He looked pretty decent this half, which is more than I can say for everyone else.

[blink]

cripes, Theis at -19 in just 8 minutes.  knew it was bad with him on the floor but that's just horrid

I don’t think Theis was the issue.  He was playing good def.   he was just playing with the low energy starters at the beginning of the game. 

[gouki88]

I concur on playing PP more. He looked pretty decent this half, which is more than I can say for everyone else.

If it's between PP and Theis... I know which white guy I want in there.

[Atzar]

Think PP deserves more run in the second half. He helped our offence get going with three assists and a three of his own.

Honestly I've been pleased with his play in this whole series so far.  We need to keep him off of Butler defensively but IMHO that's something for Udoka to fix more than Pritchard.

[hpantazo]

We got killed in the first half because we kept screwing up every switch on Adebayo when the Heat ran the offense through him. The Heat stopped going to him during our run, but we have to solve that at halftime.

[liam]

cripes, Theis at -19 in just 8 minutes.  knew it was bad with him on the floor but that's just horrid

I don’t think Theis was the issue.  He was playing good def.   he was just playing with the low energy starters at the beginning of the game.

He was an issue but there were many.

[gouki88]

Think PP deserves more run in the second half. He helped our offence get going with three assists and a three of his own.

Honestly I've been pleased with his play in this whole series so far.  We need to keep him off of Butler defensively but IMHO that's something for Udoka to fix more than Pritchard.

Agreed (Pritchard is my avatar on here for a reason). I don't think his defence is that bad, especially if he's focusing on tracking guys like Strus and Robinson.