Problem wasn't offense. Problem was STUPID decision (notice how i didn't put a plural) on defense. I was happy to see that Salmons didn't make a ridiculous decision on Offense to ruin our chances in this one, unfortunately he just did it on the defensive side. Even if a screen were to come, a guy would have had a chance to rotate and pick wade up...but by doing what he did he gave Wade the chance to blow by him with gale force speed, which he did. Im still happy to see development, and for once i feel like the team actually learned something. Hawes is THE go to guy in the clutch as for now...i dont care what anyone says...2/3 game decision shots in one game is good enough for me to give him that lable because its better than anyone else this season. I think a few of those close games could have been one if we actually considered giving the ball to Spencer instead of automatically thinking...JOHN "fail" SALMONS, BOBBY JACKSON, KEVIN MARTIN (he's good, but i can't call him clutch) A couple other things i want to talk about... Flagrant foul on Hawes....wow, thats all i have to say. He was clearly going for the ball and the refs knew that, until they figured out it was Wade going for the hoop then they decided to forget about RULES and just go with what makes money. Secondly, Salmons. For a little bit i thought he learned his lesson and he was making good decisions and not hogging the ball towards the end of the game...then he made "the look". Im convinced that even if he doesn't hog the ball and he plays great offense (which he did tonight, i give him credit) he is still a loser, and i mean that in the literal sense. When it comes to losing games, the dumb deciscions ALWAYS seem to come from Salmons, be it a stupid out of bounds baseline dribble, a ridiculous turnover, or looking away, twice, while guarding Dwayne Wade with 15 seconds left in the game. I like him, but he needs to be traded, he's playing better than he ever has, he is old, and he is not part of our future. We need value out of him.
