Very much this. The Cavs can't defend the 3 pt shot, and the Heat missed almost every one in the 1st half it seemed like. The Heat weren't any more open in the 2nd half, the shots just went in.
You want an interesting series of nuggets? check my twitter handle: Alfredo Arteaga Alfredo Arteaga @UptownReport 39m based on a very similar game charting system that the Heat uses....the biggest shot of the night? Wade jump shot 3:44 left, 4th Quarter Alfredo Arteaga Alfredo Arteaga @UptownReport 37m From 8:37 to 3:02, Allen, RIO, Wade combined for the 13 points, that won the game.- cont. Alfredo Arteaga Alfredo Arteaga @UptownReport 34m Based on the Heat's expected Def. Eff., at 8 point lead, 3:02 left, lowest Def. Eff. pace of the year to close, meant -6 in final 3 min. Alfredo Arteaga Alfredo Arteaga @UptownReport 33m Lebron hits the first of 2 to go up 9 with 3:02. Put it out of reach. This is factoring in their game offensive efficiency. Alfredo Arteaga Alfredo Arteaga @UptownReport 32m the chief "roll player" in that 14 point spurt...was Lebron James with 5 full rebounds and a 100% rebound rate. Alfredo Arteaga Alfredo Arteaga @UptownReport 28m oddly enough in that 14-7 run from 8:37 to 3:02, that effectively ended the game, The Heat had 7 negative chart plays. -cont. Alfredo Arteaga Alfredo Arteaga @UptownReport 26m a LARGE number for a team that wins a 5 minute stretch 14-7. Alfredo Arteaga @UptownReport 13m Teams trailing by 27 in the second half, NBA History? 6 and 2,013
The comeback was impressive vs anyone but the Cavs without Kyrie and Verajao are just terrible. I mean literally they would be the worst team in the league if they played the full year without them imo. Speaking of terrible teams the Magic got trounced by the Knicks. See what i did there?
might as well be. Advanced stat database's usually don;t go farther than the 95-96 season. I guess we know that ESPN gets their stats from the same places the rest of us do.
I'm still in awe of that comeback. I mean coming back from 27 down in the second half is almost possible anyway, but with the streak on the line? Just wow. And we STILL have nine games to go to catch the Lakers. Man that is a pretty crazy streak.
Thing is I thought the Boston comeback was just as good if not better...down 14 with what 6-7 minutes left..... Cleveland just lacks the talent to close out a games given the amount of injuries they have right now.....
Except I didn't say one bragging remark the entire time we had the lead. So you can get that **** out of here.
jeez. why so defensive. It's not personal with you. it's personal with Gilbert and the legion of Cavs fans that took to twitter yesterday to wish death, dismemberment, rape, injury, etc..on Lebron before that game yesterday.
Because I'm the only cavs fan posting in here (aside from Phinomina I believe, but he hasn't posted in this thread for a couple days at least).
Yet they're practically begging him to come back. Hilarious that the righteous indignation of the majority of the Cleveland fans following LeBron's departure is now fully exposed for the whiny jealousy that it was. So much for their "principles".
Knicks win second straight, I'd like to hear your guys thoughts on if NY can break the Lakers 33 game winning streak?? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
Only 16 reg. season games left. Which means they would have to win multiple playoff games. So the answer is obviously no.
I pretty much assumed this thread was going to be what it is and didn't think it was worth subjecting myself to it. No idea why Heat fans hate Cavs fans so much. For a city that still feels the way it does about Saban you'd think they'd realize why the reaction is the way it is. But I guess we're an easy target, too. For the record, this was my tweet at halftime:
Is it that unbelievable? He did something ****ty to the team so they don't like him. But he's the best player in the world and it would be foolish to not want him on your team. And most of the stuff that gets press are the fans that only tune in for the games vs the Heat so they can say extreme things and get attention. Most of the city's basketball community could care less.
"I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland," James said. "And I won't stop until I get it." - 2010 "I love Cleveland, I love Ohio and I am not going anywhere" - 2008
Rather win with him than lose to him. If Tom Brady wants to come QB the Phins to a Super Bowl I won't complain either.
Different. We don't like Brady because he plays for a rival team and beats us most of the time. I thought Cleveland hated LeBron because he dissed their city and its residents on national tv, supposedly quit during the playoffs, failed to love Cleveland sufficiently enough, etc. Those things I thought were matters of principle to cleveland fans, who would rather build a team with players who want to be there.
I kinda mentioned it earlier - but the media plays up the hatred a lot more than it actually exists. I mean, this city doesn't like the guy (for waiting till the last day of FA, letting team fire coach, not giving anyone a courtesy call, doing it on nat'l TV), but if you watched the game last night LeBron was getting cheered as loud or louder than the Cavs for a good portion of the game. The kid who ran on the court? Was a LeBron James fanboy who has "TeamHeat" next to "Cleveland sports fan for life" in his Twitter bio: http://www.lebronjames.com/2012/04/28/teamlebron-james-blair/ The casual fans who watch 3-4 games a year are normally the ones making headlines with stupid quotes. The basketball community around here doesn't like the guy, but doesn't really care much anymore, either. I definitely find Dwight Howard to be 100xs more annoying than LeBron. And it'd be pretty hard to only play with guys who want to play here. The city practically threw a parade when the Indians signed Nick Swisher because he's the biggest FA name to come here since...? I don't know - Kerry Wood in 2008? I can't come up with another big name.
Nothing to do with the opponent. Had to do with the SPEED it happened. The offensive firepower they displayed while holding the Cavs to 0-15 for a stretch is what was impressive.
Not sure what you are *****ing about. I post meme pictures on this board all the time. You somehow assume I am targeting you. I wasn't even looking at your posts (or any posts for that matter) when I posted this picture.
I hate to say this but Miami is the most complete team I have ever seen in my 20 years of watching the NBA. There I said it. Yuk, I feel so dirty. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
Anyway...hard to find a more hostile and nasty "group" than the legions of Cavs fans on twitter. it may not be ALL OF YOU....but it is the very VOCAL and LOUD among you that make your name. Let's not pretend this is exclusive to this Lebron thing BTW..... Cleveland Brown fans cheered wildly when Marino blew out his Achilles (The reason I HATE Cleveland fans and wish them the worst)