Who Can Beat the Heat?

[mc34]

I think the Heat played absurdly well against us and the Bulls. Some of the shots Wade and James made in both those series were just ridiculous. It's easy to look back and say we both lost in 5 games but when you dig deeper and remember some of those shots that Wade and James made along with the partial collapse of leads us and the Bulls have I think that has part to do with it.

The Heat were/are peaking and playing incredibly hot at the right moments so far. They weren't like this all season and you can't just necessarily pencil them in to steam role the next few seasons.

Yeah, no question. There was a pretty good article on ESPN by a Heat writer talking about how Lebron and Wade have been pushing the limits of hero ball all playoffs, but have been making a ton of shots. Regression to the mean is bound to happen sometime - hopefully starting with the game 2 collapse.

[PortCelt]

Keys to beating the Heat ...

1. Turnovers. Live ball t/o's are deadly with Wade and LBJ in transition.
2. Rebounding. They're a small team with and their centers are not mobile.
3. Points in the paint. Have to muscle them.
4. Spacing. Never can have too many perimeter options. Check out that last possession where Dirk won the game. Miami is so good at rotating and trapping the ball, but with extra shooters on the floor they'll stay true to the ball handler.

[barefacedmonk]

Who Can Beat the Heat?

I can....just give me a baseball bat and get out of my way.

[chambers]

Wait till Deron walks from New Jersey and goes to the Lakers or NYC.

Hell he might even join Dwight in Orlando if he wants.

Imagine Deron with Bynum, Gasol and Kobe.
Very scary thought.