Comments on: What did we learn about the Heat? Lakers?

By: passerby23

passerby23 — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:36:40 +0000

I do agree with you that the “sky is falling/trade Chris Bosh now/the Big Three will never be able to play together” hyperbole was way overblown by a slow start. I also agree that they are a definite title threat. Their defense is stout and their offense is improving.

But, while you are upset with the Heat haters for their doomsday-turned-champion hypocrisy, you are doing the very same thing by making much more out of one game than necessary (what were people saying about Cleveland when they beat LA last Christmas?). There WERE lacks and holes which got them off to a slow start, so some of the criticism is not ill-founded. They’ve improved.

They’ve still lost to Dallas and Boston twice, which means there are still good teams to deal with. Plus, the playoffs are a different game where you can specifically gameplan to beat a team over an extended series as opposed to one game. Boston is the worst matchup for them when things slow down and Miami has to deal with that rugged frontline.

On top of that, there is the issue with the Lakers. They haven’t beaten a lot of good teams and they’ve laid an egg for than a couple of times this year. I think that has to be considered before giving Miami too much praise.

I guess what I’m saying is the Heat are for real, but we’re not even halfway through the season. Winning 21 regular season games so far doesn’t prove all the haters wrong. Winning a championship does.

By: chicogator

chicogator — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:34:28 +0000

What we really learned is that ALL the Heat Haters from the beginning of this year’s loss to the Celtics and their subsequent woes couldn’t stop talking about EVERY LITTLE THING AND EACH SPECIFIC GAME as if it was all-reveling and the PROGNOSTICATION OF DOOM

SUDDENLY…….. it’s just one game, you can’t take anything bout June from just one game……. yada yada yada……..WTF!!!!!

Really, you Bunch of Hypocrites…. what more can I say; what goes around comes around.

I know what I learned from this game,

MIAMI is FOR REAL and their so-called lacks and holes and failings (from all the pundits professionals and prognosticators) are revealed to be a lot less worrisome with a TEAM gameplan and a circle the wagons mentality

BTW Thanks to ALL the HATERS w/o you The Heat wouldn’t have had anywhere near as much m-o-t-i-v-a-t-i-o-n

I believe Miami is truly starting to revel in wearing the “Black Hat”

By: hnirobert3

hnirobert3 — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:47:00 +0000

We learned that Kobe isn’t MJ and will never be MJ. Pau Gasol, while he had a pretty bad game as well, is a much better and more important player to the Lakers now, and last year in the finals, than Kobe is. Hopefully all the nonsense of Kobe being MJ will be laid to rest.

By: trueballs

trueballs — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:04:18 +0000

Why do I have the feeling that LeBron and Kobe will never face off in the Finals? I think the Cavs could have beaten the Lakers last year in the finals, but we’ll never know. Actually, the more I think of Mo Williams and Jamison the more I take that back. But I think the Lakers struggle much more against a superstar than the Celtics. Kobe was not a superstar in the finals…just a star. It’s all about matchups!!

By: lebronsinsecurity

lebronsinsecurity — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:27:20 +0000

We learned that someone watches ESPN way too much.. Miami & LA are two of the top six or so teams in the game right now, but to read into a loss like that is forgetting the past, as in the last two years.. The Cavs dismantled the Lakers last year on Xmas and everyone overreacted.. It’s really just 1 of 82 games, nothing less, nothing more, just like last year.. Don’t get me wrong, the Heat were impressive, especially their team defense, but did the win really mean anything in the long run?? No..

By: ocgunslinger

ocgunslinger — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:58:32 +0000

We learned the Heat are and have learned how to play team defense. We also learned that the Lakers (who are not at full strength but no excuse) are in the regular season don’t have the same team that they bring into the second season. The Lakers are going to need to bring that desire back into their game or they won’t be in the playoffs beyond the first round.

By: steelyres211

steelyres211 — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:15:09 +0000

What we learned is that the Lakers might not be as good as they think they are. Both teams can spout the whole “it’s just another game” nonsense all they want, but everyone (players included) know that some games mean more than others. This was one of those games. The biggest team in the news for the last several months rolls into town and the Lakers either can’t bring their A game, or they just got old since the Finals. The Lakers need to learn that the older you get, the less likely you are to be able to flip the switch and start balling come playoff time.