With that said the Heat were missing shots, missing offensive rebounds which translated into no second chance points. Defensive rebounding was poor, and overall you could just tell the Heat were not all there. I have to agree with florida727 that the regular season vs post season are two completely different animals, but to say the Cavs win over the Heat is the blueprint for other teams to beat them is for lack of a better word IGNORANT.

What I find comical is the Cavs and their fans think they are even close to being on the same level as the Heat. Their over-the-top celebration of this win is the equivalent to celebrating the time being right on a broken clock twice a day. The Cavs and their fans should savor this momentary thrill of victory which has eluded them 58 times this season. In the end they will be watching the playoffs at home like the rest of us for years to come.

But on to the playoffs: Can they win four against Boston or Chicago? I doubt it. Though the current health of the Celts much be encouraging, as young and strong as the big three are.

My big prediction: Philly is gonna take ‘em to six.

He’s played terribly this year vs the Celts, but do you remember the flight he put up last year in the playoffs to the team that would eventually make it to game 7 of the Finals? It was 1 on 5 and he won a game singlehandedly and almost won another 2 on his own before the Heat blew late leads because, again, 5 vs. 1 usually has 5 winning. His second best player was Beasley and his third best player was Jermaine “Zombie” O’Neal. I’d imagine he’d do better with LBJ and Bosh, like he did better when he still had a good Shaq on his team.

I’m not freaking out about this loss like everyone else is down here in SoFla. I’m disappointed they lost because if they win they’re in sole possession of 2nd place with an easy schedule the rest of the way.

“Good job pissing LeBron off, Cleveland. I’d move the under/over on the number of points he drops on the Cavs tonight up to 40, and probably take the over now.”

“This time the Heat come in hot and the Cavs cold. And we probably can expect about the same outcome (as December 2).”

Above are some fine quotes taken from recent articles on this site about how the Cavs were supposed to get murdered against the Heat. Yes, we want to rub this win in.

Spo said it best. They just didn’t care and they got what they deserved. I’ve seen this time and time again this year where they play half awake through the first half or first 3 quarters and turn it up at the end. They tied the game in the 4th but run out of gas. You just can’t win consistently doing that…

I still can’t believe LeBron and Bosh have identical contracts. Plus it seems that LITERALLY every play, on offense or defense, Dwayne Wade always looks at the ref and complains. Regardless of what happens. I mean yeah, show some emotion, but don’t go DAYS OF OUR LIVES drama on me.

LeBron not showing up in the introductions I thought was pathetic and hilarious. Tom from Tom & Jerry is a pussycat and LeBron James are both the same, except LeBron is not a cat.

LeBron should of just stayed with the Cavs, Dwayne should of signed with the Bulls, and Chris Bosh should’ve went back to Jurassic Park.

The stunt that La Bum played tonight by ducking the Cleveland fans during the player introductions was both gutless and a second backhand to the face of the fans that once worshiped him.

D-Wade though isn’t any better. D-Wade used the Chicago Bulls as part of his little charade while he was all time pulling together the “Three Prima Donna’s”. Grease-ball Pat Riley has had D-Wade wrapped around his crooked little finger for quite some time now, so it really shouldn’t have come as a big surprise the way he used the Bulls in the name of being “a native Chicagoan”, and all the BS about his two boys being in Chicago being a factor too.

I have no quarrel though with Bosh. Toronto’s a great city, but it’s also NBA obscurity too. Bosh is a crybaby and softy and WAY overrated though, so Miami paid too much for a pig in a poke; the last laugh will ultimately be on Riley, because now he’s salary cap strung for a long time to come.