Am I reading correctly that people here actually believe that the game was rigged ?
One guy even said that Doc should've walked the team off? What the heck?
Do people understand that after two technical fouls you're ejected? The ref had no choice but to throw him and Pierce should have been weary of this. Perhaps the ref should have consulted the other refs first BUT the reason we lost this game was because of the following reasons, NOT the reffing.
*Poor execution the entire first half. The Heat NEVER get off to good starts and that's exactly what we let them do.
*terrible 3 point defense against Jones. He shot 5-7 and we continued to let him roam the 3 point line at will.
*Rondo in early foul trouble meant that he never got a flow going.
*The Heat shooting the lights out from the field and the 3 point line.
*KG not taking multiple easy opportunities close to the rim (one great example when he passed to JO who took and hit a very difficult fade away jump shot.)
*Mike Bibby actually doing his job on defense and Rondo not attacking him enough after he showed resistance the first few times.
*Rondo and KG playing like garbage for the most part. (KG gets a pass because of his defense being normal- on offense he was horrid though).
* The Heat managed to get inside Pierce's head and beat us at our own game and hold our runs back into the game with excellent help defense. How many times were our guys stripped or turned the ball over from a Heat's challenging hand or steal attempt..leading to a fast break score aka the Heat's bread and butter.
If you think the Heat getting 10 more free throws than us is some kind of evidence that they were calling more fouls against us then I suggest you check how many more free throws the Heat get against most other teams. They are an isolation 1v1 team with two of the best interior driving/attacking players in the world as their back court.
This loss sucked, but it also showed one of Miami's best shooting performances of the year- they were pumped and ready for this game at home. We played horribly except for Ray, and we still lost by under 10 points and could have won the game if Pierce kept his cool and a few bounces went our way. I am very confident after this game because I think this was pretty much the best the Heat have to offer and we were far from our best and still only lost by 9 points.
Now we just need to steal this game and go back home with a home crowd and an appearance from Shaqzilla.
Topic: Calm down, game 1 wasn't fixed and the problems & the positives from this loss. (Read 2255 times)