Comments on: Celtics-Heat Game 4: The bizarre development of the Boston offensive juggernaut

By: duane888

duane888 — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:09:13 +0000

“….. sending the Heat back to South Beach with their tails between their legs”.

Wow. What interesting words by the writer. I wonder what he’s gonna say when the C’s get their ass handed to them in game 5. Everybody plays better at home and 2 of the next 3 are in Miami !!

By: legeisyaj

legeisyaj — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 22:19:06 +0000

Hope they do it, but unfortunately there really is no way the Cs’s win 4 games.

By: ajpurp

ajpurp — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:32:14 +0000

The point isn’t not giving credit to the sixers, it’s the fact that Miami’s D is slightly better than the sixers AND Boston is scoring WAY more. It has nothing to do with not giving enough credit to Philly.

By: infectorman

infectorman — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:40:34 +0000

Speaking of defensive rotations:

Game 3, mid 3rd Quarter, Pierce has the ball on the right elbow, backing Wade in, turns to his right to drive the left side of the paint, beats Wade and rolls in a lefty layup off the glass. Lebron was playing zone D at the spot Pierce was headed for and after Pierce beat Wade he never once moved to provide weak-wide help to Wade; his feet were stuck in the mud.
Wade gets the ball after it drops thru the cylinder and bounces it down hard in disgust. Luckily it hit the iron on the way up and didn’t go MUCH higher, or he could’ve earned a T.
Where was Lebron?

By: simonwelds

simonwelds — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:25:31 +0000

It’s not baffling is actually quite obvious, when u jack up 20-25 3 pointers a game 10-15 of them will result in long rebounds creating easy fast break opportunities for rondo. When u only use iso or high pick and rolls on set pieces, a good defensive team can easily adjust and double team the outlet guy. If Miami mixed things up with an occasional 3-2 zone, and rotated the ball to high post instead of a weakside 3 pointer, the lanes will open up for wade just like in the pacer series.lebron needs to play more without the ball allowing him to make decision at high post where bosh played, move James jones to the 3 spot, cheat him in 15-18 ft out and there u have it. Boston has a better game plan but Miami talented enough to win this series, the question is can they make the simple adjustments?

By: mungman69

mungman69 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:13:37 +0000

When Bosh comes back. Hey, wait, Miami won’t need him.

By: dmb182

dmb182 — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:02:20 +0000

It’s not that bizarre. The sixers defense was pretty great, I don’t think they got enough credit for that. And the clerics offense was good enough to beat them still. So it’s not surprising to me at all that they can score on the heat.