Nets vs Heat series thread.
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No, Carter tried to dribble through double teams TWICE when the game was slipping away and 1 turnover resulted in a layup and the other resulted in 2 made free throws. Jefferson wasn't himself and he was partly to blame but Vince was the reason the Nets lost at the end. Those turnovers gave momentum to the Heat and they could never catch them after that point. He had a great game, but those 2 turnovers were a turning point in the game.
I was at game 3 and saw 4 as well...both were very winnable, but Nets couldn't close out
Reasons Nets lost:
Game 3
Kristic couldn't hit any open jumpers (there was a stretch where he mised at least 7 wide open jumpers in a row)
Carter's series of turnovers (plus Kidd's one) late in the 4th
Richard Jefferson's disappearance (after scoring 17 in the first half)
Vaughn's stupid fouls (at least 3 touch fouls within 2 minutes) that put Miami over the limit early in the quarter
Game 4
Vince Carter was completly outplayed by Wade
Richard Jefferson disappeared once again
Nobody on Nets can consistently shoot when open
Really though, the Nets could easily have won both those games but as long as their defense concentrates on Wade/Shaw...players like Walker and Posey will get open threes. Conversely, on the other end, when Haet double Carter or Jefferson, the Nets always have at least one player who couldn't make a shot if his life depended on it (like Collins or Vaughn or John Thomas...even Lamont Murray to a lesser extent). Thus, Carter and Jeffesron are made ineffective while nobody else picks up the slack whereas Miami can win with both Shaq and Wade scoring below their season averages.
Reasons Nets lost:
Game 3
Kristic couldn't hit any open jumpers (there was a stretch where he mised at least 7 wide open jumpers in a row)
Carter's series of turnovers (plus Kidd's one) late in the 4th
Richard Jefferson's disappearance (after scoring 17 in the first half)
Vaughn's stupid fouls (at least 3 touch fouls within 2 minutes) that put Miami over the limit early in the quarter
Game 4
Vince Carter was completly outplayed by Wade
Richard Jefferson disappeared once again
Nobody on Nets can consistently shoot when open
Really though, the Nets could easily have won both those games but as long as their defense concentrates on Wade/Shaw...players like Walker and Posey will get open threes. Conversely, on the other end, when Haet double Carter or Jefferson, the Nets always have at least one player who couldn't make a shot if his life depended on it (like Collins or Vaughn or John Thomas...even Lamont Murray to a lesser extent). Thus, Carter and Jeffesron are made ineffective while nobody else picks up the slack whereas Miami can win with both Shaq and Wade scoring below their season averages.
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wade is an awesome player. he is exciting and its hard not to be a fan!I haven't watched this series at all, but this passage from ESPN caught my eye:
Did anyone see this? Is it me, or is Wade going to be suspended for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals? Bonzi was suspended a game earlier in the year for tossing a ball into the tunnel, and according to the league, it was an AUTOMATIC suspension for the ball going into the stands.
I'm not saying Wade SHOULD be suspended, but if the NBA are going to be idiots about their rules...
Did anyone see this? Is it me, or is Wade going to be suspended for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals? Bonzi was suspended a game earlier in the year for tossing a ball into the tunnel, and according to the league, it was an AUTOMATIC suspension for the ball going into the stands.
I'm not saying Wade SHOULD be suspended, but if the NBA are going to be idiots about their rules...
I dislike breaking out the term "hater", but that's all you guys are doing here. Wade and LeBron are everything that's going to be RIGHT about the league for a long time now (maybe throw in Dwight Howard too). Young classy superstars perhaps initiating a whole new Michael/Magic/Bird/Mailmanj/Hakeem etc. golden age for the league. MILES above where the preening gangstas of the last decade have been maturitywise.
