Miami Heat and stern win streak

[Bankshot]

The Wizards just handed them the game, plain and simple.

Talking about the Heat now is a mote point, lets pick it up after their game against the Lakers, then we should know where that team stands.

(im thinking they stay competative but end up loosing by 10-15 to LAL)

  So, let me get this straight, many people here are going to be rooting for the *Lakers* in a game? Egads!

Yes!  I hate to say this, but I hate Lebron more than I hate Kobe.  I want both teams to lose, but only one team can win when they play each other and I want Miami's winning streak to come to an end!

[nba is the worst]

Give me a break…

Blatche fouls Bosh shooting a three.

Nick Young fumbles the inbound.

Hinrich misses a free throw.

Wizards suck and they blew this game. Don’t even start the Stern conspiracy on a crap game like this.

All true - but the (obvious) hack on the arm should have been called, giving Heinrich a chance to win the game for his team.

That has nothing to do with "conspiracy"!

[KGs Knee]

The Wizards just handed them the game, plain and simple.

Talking about the Heat now is a mote point, lets pick it up after their game against the Lakers, then we should know where that team stands.

(im thinking they stay competative but end up loosing by 10-15 to LAL)

  So, let me get this straight, many people here are going to be rooting for the *Lakers* in a game? Egads!

Regular season, yeah, rooting for LA to beat Miami (helps C's anyways).  If they played in the Finals, I would obviously rather see Miami win.  Couldn't watch, but never want LA to win a title.

[Fafnir]

Give me a break…

Blatche fouls Bosh shooting a three.

Nick Young fumbles the inbound.

Hinrich misses a free throw.

Wizards suck and they blew this game. Don’t even start the Stern conspiracy on a crap game like this.

All true - but the (obvious) hack on the arm should have been called, giving Heinrich a chance to win the game for his team.

That has nothing to do with "conspiracy"!

Yes, but calls are missed it happens. The Wizards could have easily taken it out of the officials hands, but failed to do so.

[greenpride32]

Give me a break…

Blatche fouls Bosh shooting a three.

Nick Young fumbles the inbound.

Hinrich misses a free throw.

Wizards suck and they blew this game. Don’t even start the Stern conspiracy on a crap game like this.

Okay the Wiz are so bad they they had the lead on MIA that late in the game. By your logic MIA should have won 147-32.  All of what you said happend in 32 seconds. 

[MBunge]

I don't know if there was an official announcement, but it's clear to me that NBA refs have decided or were told to start calling the game differently this season.  There's definitely more contact being allowed on drives to the basket in general, to the point where absolutely blatant fouls are going uncalled.  It's nice to not have so many "automatic fouls" anytime a guy takes it to the rim, but I've already seen more than a few games this season where a team has really been hurt by not getting obvious fouls called when they drive to the basket.

Mike

[mgent]

The Wizards just handed them the game, plain and simple.

Talking about the Heat now is a mote point, lets pick it up after their game against the Lakers, then we should know where that team stands.

(im thinking they stay competative but end up loosing by 10-15 to LAL)

  So, let me get this straight, many people here are going to be rooting for the *Lakers* in a game? Egads!

I'll just be rooting for an injury.

[pearljammer10]

Give me a break…

Blatche fouls Bosh shooting a three.

Nick Young fumbles the inbound.

Hinrich misses a free throw.

Wizards suck and they blew this game. Don’t even start the Stern conspiracy on a crap game like this.

All true - but the (obvious) hack on the arm should have been called, giving Heinrich a chance to win the game for his team.

That has nothing to do with "conspiracy"!

Maybe its just me, but after watching the reply about 10 times yesterday, there was nowhere that Lebron came close to touching Hinrichs arm. He just kind of fell down out of control into Bosh while James was jumping away from him.

[paul]

Give me a break…

Blatche fouls Bosh shooting a three.

Nick Young fumbles the inbound.

Hinrich misses a free throw.

Wizards suck and they blew this game. Don’t even start the Stern conspiracy on a crap game like this.

+1

I hate Miami...and I hate Stern more...but this loss is on the Wizards and nobody else...they choked when it mattered the most.

+ 2... Nothing is worse than this crap conspiracy bull.

Nothing is worse than . . . conspiracy denial.  Billions of dollars are at stake and you think the NBA doesn't manipulate things?  You are living in a . . .  dreamworld pal.

[Edited.]  Please do not use profanity, masked or otherwise.

[Celtics4ever]

No one really touched Wade either but he got the call.

[nba is the worst]

Hinrich is clearly and obviously hit on his upper arm at the shot release - I don't understand how anyone could fail to see it.

And Wade gets a tiny bump on the other end.

It will be interesting indeed in the playoffs regarding how much help the Heat are awarded...

[greenpride32]

Hinrich is clearly and obviously hit on his upper arm at the shot release - I don't understand how anyone could fail to see it.

And Wade gets a tiny bump on the other end.

It will be interesting indeed in the playoffs regarding how much help the Heat are awarded...

This the one reason I hope we don't meet up with MIA in the playoffs.  LJB and CLE got some very questionable calls in the series last year.  We still beat them quite handily because CLE really wasn't that good even with their extra "players" on the court.  I'm sure Wade/LJB will continue to get all the favorable calls as well this year. 

I think a lot of people underestimate the impacts of a bad call; they think a call is going to get missed here or there, no big deal just one call.  But it's more than just one play; it puts key players on the bench with foul trouble, puts your team in the penalty faster, kills momentum, incites players coaches to blow up over a bad call and possibly get T-ed up.

[Snakehead]

So is there still a grand conspiracy now that they lost to Dallas again?  If there was one they would have definitely beaten Dallas because that last loss to them was the catalyst for their winning streak that turned everything around...

I don't need excuses.  I just look forward to beating them in the playoffs.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

So is there still a grand conspiracy now that they lost to Dallas again?  If there was one they would have definitely beaten Dallas because that last loss to them was the catalyst for their winning streak that turned everything around...

I don't need excuses.  I just look forward to beating them in the playoffs.

I'm not saying the refs and Stern are in collusion but did you see the end of that game? They had like 3 +1 at the end... I don't remember the one on Boshina but the last one on LeBronda, laughable!

[Andrew]

I think its laughable you aren't giving credit where credit is due because most of you are blinded by homerism. The Miami Heat won 12 games in a row because they played better than their opponents, just like the Celtics. They won against the Wizards because the Wizards are young and inexperienced and made stupid fouls down the stretch. The Dallas game wasn't rigged, it was a game of runs and the Mavs had the last run. No biggie...but I think if the Heat and Celtics played today, entirely different game....any team could win