Comments on: LeBron, Wade unfazed by Heat’s latest loss to Pacers

By: kswissibe

kswissibe — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:46:06 +0000

It amazes me how concered fans of other teams are about the Heat. Lebron nor Wade ever said that they did not care about losing games, I believe they said that they “were not worried”. They trust that they will be ready when the time is right. So sick of the over-hyped killer instict comment also if you put the best team on the floor and the ball goes in the hoop guess what? Right, you win. During the 80′s it was the Lakers, during the 90′s the Bulls and now it’s the Heat. Just enjoy the artistry of basketball and nix the comparisons, right now small ball is in so embrace the evolution of basketball which at its best is still just a simple GAME.

By: davidly

davidly — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:35:03 +0000

I call it thumbs downsesings –not least of which because of one guy clearing his cookies, hitting “refresh” and “voting” again (though, one can’t discount a partial confirmation of what I indicated above: Most fans prefer hero-ball to team play).

By: dko83

dko83 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 09:33:51 +0000

I get that the Heat can turn it on come playoff time Boston style but at least pretend to give a crap about the regular season. People that should be more bothered by this than me: the Pacers.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:54:54 +0000

They should be fazed.

By: southsidegroovin281

southsidegroovin281 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 02:32:27 +0000

All the ppl disagreeing and “thumbs downing” are the delusional Lebron fans and “heat fan”. They’re just as confused as Lebron whether to keep or get rid of his receding hairline.

By: mgscott

mgscott — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 23:35:09 +0000

Um yeah, because they start playing when the playoffs start. Nobody cares about the regular season.

By: nomorsacbball

nomorsacbball — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 23:18:31 +0000

funny. I don’t remember Jordan ever talking it easy in the regular season, or not caring about a loss to a playoff caliber team. It was his killer instinct that made him the greatest. He was NEVER ok with losing.Something LeBron doesn’t seem to have.

By: rando74

rando74 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 23:08:42 +0000

I wouldn’t care either if I finally got my ring, 50 million dollars and a free out in 2014 to go back to Cleveland amd make up with city like nothing ever happened.

By: tmdill18

tmdill18 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:51:33 +0000

I was at the Pacer game last night. Most of the Heat fans there probably couldn’t find Miami on the map. There is an element of these fair weather fans in every city. When Lebron goes to another city for his next contract, they will stuff his Heat jersey in the closet with his Cavs jersey.

By: lyndseymarieee

lyndseymarieee — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:25:55 +0000

The fact that they don’t care if they lose and that they don’t play with intensity every night says a lot about them. I realize that these games “don’t matter” but you’re an athlete and whether or not it matters in the grand scheme of things, it should matter to you. Aren’t athletes supposed to be competitive? I’d hate to be the fan of a team that didn’t go out and play their hardest each game.

By: ezzz2the

ezzz2the — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:53:33 +0000

The Knicks have regressed to 1/2 game behind the Heat. Heat fans are laughable. Im sure everything will be fine for the Heat once the playoffs start and the refs blow the whistle just for looking at LeBron shoot.

By: cantonbound13

cantonbound13 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:49:46 +0000

1 tainted title and they think they’re invincible. What a joke & classless organization!

By: kinggw

kinggw — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:23:02 +0000

Why should they be worried? The Heat beat this same Pacer team in the playoffs with no Bosh and Wade playing on one good knee.The reality that Heat haters and bloggers alike need to come to is that these so called “statement” games mean much more to Heat opponents than they do to the Heat.

People keep saying they cant continue to lose games like this because they just can’t turn on the switch when they get ready. Its the beginning of February, relax. I would understand the criticism if it was the end of March and they were getting blown out by 20 at home. Yes, they lost two games big to the Knicks. That was nearly two months ago and the Knicks have since regressed. The Pacers have won two home games against the Heat this year by 10 and 13 points respectively, you know what that means, nothing. Ask the Bulls, regular season success doesn’t translate to playoff victory.

The Heat have been to two consecutive Finals facing much more adversity than what is currently transpiring. I think they’ve earned the benefit of the doubt.

By: kinggw

kinggw — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:01:15 +0000

The Eastern Conference didnt lie down for the Heat last season. And if memory serves correctly the Heat beat a fully healthy Rose and the Bulls in the ECF when the Bulls had the home court advantage. The Heat have improved since then, the Bulls have regressed. The only team that can stop the Heat in the East is the Heat.

By: davidly

davidly — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:41:59 +0000

Considering how they came back on the road in the playoffs last season, I don’t suppose players of their immense talent level have too much to be worried about.

What’s troubling for me as a Pacers’ fan is that, while Indiana owns Miami in the regular season, a select cadre of players own the NBA, and West, George, Hill, Hibbert, and Stephenson–let alone Green, Hansbrough, Mahinmi, and Augustin–are not members of that select group.

What bothers me as a hoops’ fan is that the reason that this is the case is because the vast majority of fans want it that way, ie. they prefer to see LeBron vs. Kobe or Durant. Nary a few would like to see the likes of San Antonio or Indiana in the finals.

Thumbs up if you saw ‘Bron’s flop last night. Have any all-stars received flop warnings yet?

By: ksyeszir

ksyeszir — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:14:21 +0000

If they keep thinking that they can just compete when they want to then they have zero chance of repeating this year.. They’re in for a surprise once the playoffs start n they can’t flip that switch

By: tampajoey

tampajoey — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:14:05 +0000

The ego King would still be ringless if Derrick Rose wouldn’t have gotten hurt last year. Chicago is only 2 games back without Rose and now he’s on the verge of playing again. The Eastern Conference won’t be laying down for the Heat this season in the playoffs.

By: dko83

dko83 — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:11:15 +0000

Heat make it so easy to root against them.