NBA Playoffs

Great game all around by the Heat...other than the first half turnovers.

When Durant and LeBron switch over to guard each other I can't wait to hear the crowd erupt. I think the Heat have a CHANCE. I would do all I could to make Westbrook have the ball. Either he will shoot to a win, or shoot them out of it. They have their hands full on defense...But I think they were out matched this game. In other words I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT!

OKC in 6.

Just a thought, if the Heat lost in game 6 and LeBron did not have that amazing game, we would not hear about him from now on...it would be Durant all the way till he retired.

 

Ah shit. Celtics/Spurs lost. I proverbially eat my words. Lets go OKC

 

I'm pumped for game 1 of the finals tomorrow:

 

OKC and Heat that's who I've wanted to be in the finals all year!
Heat will win it though...

 

Gonna be an interesting series no doubt. Both pretty young teams, even though Heat have more experience I think OKC might be able to pull it off.

 

Well, he is still pretty good. But, no way near as good as he was when he was younger. But, I was referring to now, not the past

 

Expected OKC to win before the game, but then changed my mind when Heats were up by like 14, crazy how they came back and won though.

 

Miami was looking good in the beginning, and OKC never ceases to amaze me with their comebacks haha

 

Yeah, it seems the Miami Heat just burned off after halftime. Congratulations to OKC, looking forward to game two.

 

Wade didn't have any 4th quarter antics and had an all-around mediocre game. Bosh was a nice addition off the bench and James had a solid game, he wasn't too bad in the closing moments either, but they still lost regardless.

Durantula + Westbrook played magnificent. Westbrook's pull up jumpers are so deadly and generally spot-on. Looking forward to tomorrow's game! I'm expecting OKC to jump to a 2-0 lead.

 

The Durantula is gonna get a ring before LBJ. Makes me laugh. I love the Thunder so I really hope they win. I they beat SA they should make quick work of the Heat.

 

Series tied at 1-1, game was good and before anyone starts bitching about the Durant foul at the end, Durant should have gotten an offensive foul at the 4:00 mark and should have been fouled out.

 

This^^^^
It was also a pretty subtle foul. There is so much contact under the basket anyway. I mean battier flops a lot, so I don't blame the refs for not calling the offensive.

I'm not a big westbrook fan. IMO he's a ballhog. He needs to focus on distribution rather than shooting. Kevin Durant is on his goddamn team, KD should be the undisputed #1 scoring option.

 

I love all the bandwagon Thunder fans.

Sorry, but LBJ isn't going to let Durant (or anyone else) stop him this year. Case and point - Game 6 of the Eastern finals

The heat spilt in OKC, which was huge and now OKC has to play 3 straight games in Miami, the Thunder will be lucky if they even get back to their home court.

Heat win in 5.

 

+1 okc was considered the favorite because their supporting cast but so far they have not shown up while the heat got contributions from battier

 

I'm a celts/knicks fan, yet i'm rooting for the heat to win this. Fuck OKC, fuck Clay Bennett, fuck schultz. The thunder should be wearing green jerseys and playing in seattle.

 

got a feeling this is going to be 1 of the best finals i've ever witnessed cant wait for game 3!! also i think battier might be the 1 extra player the heat were needing from last years team going to be a tough series!!

 

Very true, Battier has been huge for Miami.

Although, for the first two games the Thunder starters came out looking sluggish and the Heat have dominated the first quarter.

The Thunder have to come out ready to play, and stop relying on a late rally.

 

I'm from Texas, and have been following KD since his days at UT Austin ^_^ I'm a huge DWade fan, but I'm leaning more towards OKC for this match-up

And is the finals format at 2-3-2? I thought they changed it to 2-2-1-1-1, but I'm not entirely too sure on that.

As for the game last night, Lebron DID foul Durant no doubt about it, although I think he should've made the shot since he had enough hangtime to get a decent shot off, and Westbrook had butterfingers for the offensive rebound...bad luck on OKC's part.

Interested to see how Game 3 will go, now that OKC lost home court advantage hopefully they'll be able to pull an upset off in Miami. They did a good job in San Antonio in Game 5, so hopefully KD will stay out of foul trouble and Harden/WB can put up nice numbers.

 

Durant was clearly fouled on the leg, if not before that. When a shooter gets hit on the leg when raising for a shot he loses his momentum and the shot will be off because at that point he basically has to use his upper body to generate the power for the shot. When you generate shot power through the upper body it greatly decreases shot accuracy, and that combined with his fadeaway i'm not surprised he was short. KD is the most clutch player in the league. He took one of his signature fade aways pretty much right beside the basket over Lebron who didn't even have his hands up to contest (too busy fouling the leg because he was too slow to react). Yes I have a slight man crush on KD but KD 'don't miss those wide open shots by that much. He just doesn't lol.

I want OKC to win but I think Miami is going to take it in 7.