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     An awesome steal and LeBron dunk to get us started last night, and the place is rocking

     Steal by Chalmers alley lay-in to Wade. Rewatchable

     LeBron drives on Ibaka. And-1. He’s not that good a defender

     Wade pull up on Ibaka. He’s not that good on defense.

     Bosh fake. Drive. Jam.

     Mike Miller for 3!

     Cole 3!

     Mike Miller for 3!

     James “the running Beard” Harden with a phony flop tilting his head back like he got elbowed

     Wade follow jam on a Norris Cole attempt. Haslem was ready on that too right behind him

     Westbrook misses the jam.

     Bosh blocks Perkins from behind

     Miller’s on fire. Fastbreak LeBron.

     Y'know other team, throwing your hands up doesn’t make it a foul, guys.

2^nd Half

     They try to press backcourt and fail miserably; Bosh is wide open for the dunk

     ‘Rio buries a 3.

     Nice hustle Chalmers bank off Wade miss

     Battier rainbow 3!

     Love Bosh driving.

     Flagrant on Derek Fisher.

     Gorgeous Wade alley, yeah he lost his explosiveness, he looked like he was about 13 feet in the air on that one

     Fisher on Wade, Harden on LeBron, yes please!

     We are pulling away

     By the way, I was totally ready to move on from the officiating coming into this one, then it was genuinely crazy.

     LeBron is turning the screws. Desperation time for the Thunder, Harden’s chucking up 3’s

     Bosh nails a 3, that’s when you know

     LeBron block! Harden charge!

     Mike Miller 3! Wade block!

     Too good.

     The trophy rests in South Florida tonight

And that was Game 4

     What an amazing game 4 last night. I’m not gonna lie, Russell Westbrook was pretty incredible for most of the game. But D. Wade was great late, Chalmers came through. And LeBron was the most amazing of all, as usual.

     Bosh hits his shot from the elbow to get us started off.

     LeBron's GOTTA go down low

     Bosh with the driving layup off the pick and roll woo!

     Norris Cole comes in with the hi-top fade, he has Durant covering him, he should be way too fast for him.

     LeBron’s gotta post up Harden every time he’s covering him down the floor

     Cole hits a three pointer!

     I call for us to go to LeBron and Bosh every time down.

     Cole drains another.

     Nobody can guard LeBron, he takes ‘em down low, beaauutiful scoop layup

     James Jones nails a three, wee

     Chalmers driving and-1! You know it pisses him off that Cole came in and hit a couple threes

     Wade buries a three

     Westbrook helps Harden double LBJ and Chalmie buries a three

     Later in the game, Bosh has a great hustle play and gets all fired up, Heat style.

     LeBron goes off the glass.

     Wade hits the pull up in Kevin Durant’s face, he’s not too small for that.

     Great block by Wade on Kendrick Perkins

     Great assist for ‘Bron straight off the rebound to Wade.

     Chalmers draws the foul on KD

     Bosh And1! Bosh Bosh Bosh Bosh Bosh Bosh Bosh

     Chalmers finally hits the open 3-pointer

     ‘Bron assists a Battier 3 which we have come to enjoy and know so well this Finals

     Durant not big enough to hit over Wade

     LEBRON a 3-pointa in Durant’s face

     AND a Bosh steal

     baa baa Harden misses fastbreak layup

     Chalmers is bustin’ out

     Down low to Bosh for the lay-in.

     LeBron returns from injury to drain a deep three

     Wade lays it in on Westbrook

     Chalmers with an incredibly clutch lay-in

     And then the big mistake by Westbrook fouling Chalmers and the HEAT WIN! LeBron had so many assists. Game 5 baby!

Game 3 NBA Finals

     Great start for the Heat.

     Sefalosha the stopper can stop D. Wade?

     Lay off Westbrook plz

     can Durant create his own shot vs LeBron?

     Nobody can guard Bosh, “they’ve been practicing against humans”

     Mmm fouling Mike Miller while we’re in the bonus, yeah, that’s good

     I like how we’re making Harden go East-West

     Mike Miller block!

     Wade block!

     Wade with an awesome reverse layup

     Battier is still on fire apparently

     gotta take Chalmers off Westbrook PLEASE

     LeBron totally shuts Durant in the 4^th quarter

     Bosh block on Durant the one time KD gets past Bron!

     LeBron was great. So clutch in the 4^th.

Game 2

     What a game. Instant Classic for los Heaters out there. We left it all out there on the floor at our viewing party, I’m practically hoarse.

     Bosh does our tipoff. I like that, I don’t think LeBron is really into doing the tip.

     Wade Slamma!

     Chalmers has a great hustle play to keep it from going out of bounds, he passes it up to Bosh for the fastbreak who puts it in and draws the foul on Durant

     Wade Slamma!

     Shane Battier lays down a legendary pick on Westbrook.

     LeBron with the smooth hook. LeBron faces up, takes Thabo down low.

     Let’s attack Harden please

     Oh my, LeBron just took the whole Thunder team on one play

     Shane Battier sure did come to play these finals!

     Chalmers buries an open three

     Ibaka bites on every fake

     Wade cooked everybody

     LeBron was great at drawing fouls on Durant all game

     Udonis packs Westbrook! Oh yes!

     Bosh is rebounding like a beast. He is a beast. Bosh Bosh Bosh Bosh. Collison can’t guard him.

     LeBron off the glass, clutch! Was Skip Bayless watching that?

     Wade is working it and great pass to Bosh for the dunk in crunch time!

     LeBron is Mr. Clutch. He hits huge free throws, and goes 12-12 for the game.

     Let’s’ be real, it would have been a travesty if Durant had shot free throws for that ticky tack foul with less than 10 seconds to go in the game. I don’t suppose we can start saying he chokes now? No, I wouldn’t do that, because I wouldn’t be nearly as mean to anybody as people are to LeBron

     LeBron was incredible. D.Wade played like a superstar. Chris Bosh was great, especially with the solid rebounding. Battier was enormous, he needs a statue. Spo’s adjustments were good too, Norris Cole was solid, and that James Jones basket saved us in the end. Free throw shooting was big-time. And because it’s worth saying twice, LeBron was incredible.

     Now let’s go to Miami! Let’s go Heat crowd!

Game 1 of the NBA Finals

    
     Many people were wondering before the game if Bosh would start, ‘Spo elects to keep him coming off the bench and retains Haslem and Shane Battier starting in the frontcourt. Battier was great. I feel like we could have used more Haslem late, with his grit and tough defense. I really did not like how they were pushing us around late in that game, and Haslem would not stand for that.

     Battier with an early 3 pointer. + Another + Another! Then ‘Rio with another!

     A couple great turnarounds from D. Wade.

     An awesome pick and roll with Bosh

     I would like to see LeBron drive over and over.

     Battier was on fire early, what a play as he drives the lane and puts in a funky hook.

     Still in the first half, LeBron  a steal and dunk in the open court!

     LeBron driving the lane. That’s what I like to see.

     Bosh for 3!

     Wade hits off balance.

2^nd Half

     LeBron rattles home a three.

     Battier drives and draws a foul

     Chalmers blocks Ibaka!

     LeBron a nasty dunk And-1!

     Great pass down low on one play to a cutting Chalmie

     LeBron down low bucket with a foul

     Bosh hits a jumper at the elbow.

     The real story of this game though was that we settled for way too many jumpshots once again. We were great early and pretty decent late once it really got down to it. It was like once we got down to crunch time we started running plays with multiple pick and rolls, driving to the rack, stuff that really works. We could have been doing that all game.

    Like I said I really didn’t like how they pushed us around. We were getting called for all these ticky tack fouls, including at least two where we literally did not touch the opposing player. We may as well have given them the hard foul. Also, it seemed our defensive rotations were a little experimental. We'll make the necessary adjustments.

     Well Heaters you know what we really need is to take one of these first two in OKC and then go down to Miami and hold down homecourt three straight in a row. We need to drive to the rack from start to finish, and we can’t let them rough us up. Those were the two stories of the game for us, driving, and grit. That’s it guys. We fix those two things, play our game, and we got this. Now I’m gonna be straight up burning and wearing my sunglasses for the next 48 hours straight. We just need one of these two. This is our time. Now let’s take it.

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Pre Notes Finals Matchup with Thunder

     I actually feel we match up pretty well in the Thunder. Everyone keeps saying how great they are in every way, I’m sure their defense is decent, but I just don’t buy that it’s as good as the Celtics defense was. I know Thabo Sefalosha is a stopper and everything, but honestly I’d rather have D-Wade go up against one bona fide stopper than face the double team. And in my opinion we have FOUR lockdown defenders. Bron, D-Wade, Shane Battier, and Udonis Haslem are all nasty tenacious on defense. I know I wouldn’t want to try to score on them. On top of that, the Thunder were DEAD LAST in the NBA in assists this year. So bring it on to the top defense of the Miami Heat.
     I know it would be a lot to ask, but if Chris Bosh wants to keep on hitting threes, that stretches the opposing defense awfully far. Plus, at any time he can slide over to his usual spot on the elbow give you that great pump fake and slash to the basket. I don't know who they really have to match up that well with Bosh. Our weakness defensively is against post presences, which OKC doesn’t really have much of. Jump shooting teams don’t scare me. Nobody hits their shots all the time, especially on a stage with the intensity of the NBA Finals. I’d rather have our superstars driving to the rack.
     But hey, we all know the most important single aspect of this series is LeBron James. You know our Heat will be watching footage of the Mavs celebrating on our home floor last year. LeBron’s gonna come out buckwild and roast ‘em, roast those oily haystacks in Oklahoma City, and exorcise the demons. OKC’s happy to be here. Heat in 6.

Eastern Conference Finals Boston Celtics-Miami Heat Game 7

Game 7 Notes

      The Heat go with the same starting lineup, starting Battier and Haslem in the frontcourt and bringing Chris Bosh off the bench. Bosh was huge in this one, shooting 8-10 field goals including three big time 3 pointers. When Bosh is hitting threes, what can you do about that?

      LeBron hits his first two free throws. Had a feeling after last game’s domination by LeBron his free throws would be a big factor in this one, and they were as he finished 12-17 from the line.

      KG airballs… Wade then cooks Ray Allen as he should.

      Battier 3. And another. Why was Battier on KG early?

      UD hits his classic baseline shot.

      Wade with his first of a few crazy And-1s.

      Bosh two big shots in a row. Bosh 3!

      LeBron blocks Rondo as Rajon falls into the stands.

      Alley-oop on the run LeBron to Wade to LeBron! I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a cool alley-oop at such a tense moment of a pivotal game.

     Wade silky pull-up on Allen. Supposedly Miami is actually one of two preferred destinations for Ray Allen this offseason.

     Chalmers with a great aggressive drive to the hoop. LeBron’s gotta drive. Another Chalmers. Gotta love how he runs in there at top speed reckless and finishes. When Chalmers gets going like that, and Battier hits some threes, the Heat are super tough. But we don’t have a team, just a big two, right?

      Bosh is hot with his jumper. Keep drivin’ LeBron. Great drive by LeBron with a hard foul and-1.

      Monster slam by LeBron.

      Strip by Wade. Hiyyyuge Lebron 3-pointer.

      Bosh intercepts a pass. A Wade floater. This was just another instant classic Miami Heat game. The Celtics actually led by 12 early, the Heat pull even but can’t get build a lead more than two points to get some separation for a while. With 20 lead changes, to call this game exciting would be an understatement.

      Lots of embracing the screen and kisses to Dwyane Wade from my comrades at the Positive Unity Heat Watch Party as he hits The Most Ridiculous And-1.

      The Heat finally pull away as the Big 3 score our last 31 points How fitting. It was difficult to take notes much during this one folks. It was just too darned exciting. At the Positive Unity Heat Watch Party we’ve hummed Rock and Roll pt.2 and screamed ‘til we were hoarse and danced all our energy away on celebratory jigs of Heat Baskets. What a night. These Celtics put up one hell of a fight, I have to give them props for that. Incredible. Well now that the Wily Green Dragon has been slayed, it’s time to take on the young bucks in white-and-blue from Oklahoma City. After much trial and tribulation, our beloved Miami Heat are intact and finally back on the big stage. I like that LeBron had almost nothing to do with that Eastern Conference Trophy Presentation. He’s not ready to celebrate yet.

Evisceration

    
     Amazing. Amazing performance as LeBron James ripped out the heart of the Celtics and the crowd last night. How about all those fair-weather Boston fans who left the game early? But we still haven’t earned anything yet, just the right to play one on our home court for a chance to go the Finals.

    Chalmers set it off with a 3 promptly followed by another from Battier

    The Heat get ALL the loose balls. No will to win, huh? (a.k.a. the "wiyill to wiyin")

     James drives, he jams, he’s hitting threes. Saying he’s great early is an understatement. He starts 12-13. He’s an assassin. The great part about this performance is his field goal percentage is ridiculous and it’s not like he was laying it in, he was hitting contested long range shots, arguably with a fate worse than death on the line

     Bosh hits one early, a slow start from Wade

     Just a great play for a Miami Heat fan when Bosh gets the rebound of a Haslem miss from the baseline, tells him to do it again and he hits

     Icewater flows through LeBron James’ veins

     Rondo throws it away a few times. Did anybody check Rondo barely pulling off that second knuckle push up? Way to go man

     I’m digging Haslem on KG. Wade hits a couple free throws !

     Rondo with the non-basketball plays, Man. Bring it on. Not trying to hate, Rondo’s got game and all, but he certainly gets no extra love for trying to punk us all series with the non-basketball play

     Wade gets one off the glass right after halftime.

     Oh man, LeBron fade in KG’s face off the glass

     LeBron a big 3 while Rondo talks at him

     We need Wade and Bosh into it, I say to myself at the time. But in retrospect they were great decoys. They may try to double LeBron in Game 7, but I would personally look forward to seeing a 4-3 with Bosh and Wade. If each of our Big 3 takes offense at not drawing a double team, we'll be fine

     A LeBron baseline fade shot immediately off the pass right over Rondo. He was like hurry up and give it to me so I can hit this shot right away.
     Rondo’s bag of little girl tricks is on full display; the replay shows him trying to tap LeBron’s leg as he drills it.

     KG is missing point blank, C’mon Heat.

     An incredible Wade reverse. O, Wade drives, great pass right over KG to Battier for a 3.

     LeBron jumper over KG. Wade puts in his own tip. LeBron burns Bass. It was good. Heat are up by 25 at one point.

     The Celtics got punked last night, and I loved it cause it was purely through the game of basketball. Not talking, not kicking, not smacking. Just schoolin’. On to game 7!

Never Say Die

   

     Not dead yet. Where are all the Heat fans right now, amidst all this talk about who we need to get as a coach? This season is not over. Last I checked the first team to notch four wins gets the series. I am officially calling out the crowd at that game last night, you guys could have been a LOT louder. There have been plenty of championship teams that have been down, down 3-2 and looked like total crap before they turned it all around. They got this.
     How does the ref make that call against Haslem with 15 seconds left in the game? You know what the great thing about a conspiracy is? Everybody says “Oh, suure, it’s a conspiracy” And “They still have to put the ball through the basket” Granted, it’s a little bit of Column A and a little bit of Column B, but no one’s suggesting David Stern puts a gun to the ref’s heads and says “these guys gotta win”, they just let them know, that if there’s a chance, to influence it, to tilt it a certain way. I’m sorry the calls are way too ridiculous.
     That said, speaking of way too ridiculous, how about the amount of defensive rotations botched by the Heat last night? There were so many that it would really seem to indicate a larger issue than just a couple of mistakes made by players. Like I said before, granted, it’s a little bit of A and B, but if we’re missing assignments left and right, don’t you kind of look at the guy in charge? No more questions for now though. This game coming up, this is it now. We’re going find out who really doesn’t want to go home.

Game 5 Notes

     Bosh active, not starting. Really could have used him drawing out Garnett in the 4^th Quarter. Spo’ says after the game “I wanted to be fair to Chris” or something like that, which is his way of saying “he was missing defensive assignments” but dang man. Forget fairness right now. On the other hand, better not to re-aggravate the injury and they could have won without him.

     Battier has a drive for a two pointer early, this may seem minor in the wake of everything else right now, but some plays like that in general are probably a good idea once in a while to get our shooters in rhythm. By the way, The Heat shot 26 three-pointers last night. What? On Thursday night, at least, they do have an opportunity to play much better.

     Rondo and Kevin Garnett were ice cold in the first half. KG eventually came around.

     Really enjoy having Udonis out there. It feels so much more like a team when he’s on the floor.


Some delightful Heat moments for any one questioning the Heat, who may otherwise forget (like the kid said, "Good job, good effort". Words to live by.):

     An Alley to Wade

     A wonderful block by Lebron on Paul Pierce, who falls into the stands

     Bosh puts up an And-1 down low right in KG’s face

     Just multiple great drives by Lebron in the first half. Perhaps if Bosh had been in late, the lane would have been cleared for more of that in the second half.
     I wouldn’t mind at all if Lebron just went off for fifty. You always hear the classic killer instinct thing, when you’re the best player in the world, you go to work, demand the ball, get a screen, and just cut their throats. Down in South Florida we say, get the ball, get the screen, straight up chew these guys' faces off

     Mike Miller draws a charge on Pierce. Ira Winderman had an interesting take the other day, proposing the league eliminate charges entirely. With this officiating chaos, all kinds of suggestions are being made, including expanding the no-charge circle under the rim to varying degrees.

     In the second half, Lebron puts one up down low that rims out, Pierce tries to tip it out but Lebron collects the ball and puts it in

     Chalmers drivin. Udonis fullcourt pass to Chalmers.

     Rondo, “one of the greatest ever” gets an entertaining backcourt violation

     Wade is penetrating and dishing pretty well. Battier did knock down a huge 3 that should have been an And-1 if the calls were being made the same both ways.

     Rondo gets a breakaway, but like a speeding bullet, unseen, from behind Norris Cole jacks him

     LBJ drives and lays it in right in KG’s face. Then hits a 3. Pierce airballs it, KG rebounds and does the same.

     An amazing drive by Wade and then a redonkulous block.

     Then we let it slip away. Real tough one. “Our mistakes can either define us or they can galvanize us”, didn’t Pat Riley say that in the 2006 Finals? Game 6, now. Boston Garden. Do or Die. Tell you what, I don’t like it, but now that we’re here, wouldn’t have it any other way. This Celtics team is bringing such a hell of a fight to us and you know, I’m glad, because if we make it out of this, the Heat will be a lot better for it. Hey, you gotta put it all out there. Win or lose, there’s no question either way we’re going to learn from the Cetlics what championship basketball is all about. They’re not perfect, it’s not always pretty, and I don’t like them, but that’s how it is. Come on, guys. I want the Heat juju to be through the roof the next couple of days. Chew their faces off. See you Thursday night

Game 4 Heat-Celtics Eastern Conference Finals 2012

     Before I get into all the doom and gloom of actually recounting the game, I want to remind Heat fans there are a lot of things to feel good about going into tomorrow’s game 5.

     At the top of the list is the showing we got from Udonis Haslem last night. He’s back. He’s finally getting decent minutes and doing something with them, notching a solid 12 points and 17 rebounds.
     Next is the fact that our defense on Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett really improved in the second half of that game. The Celtics scored 61 in the first half. They hardly put up half that the rest of the way, scoring 32 in the second half and overtime. That’s huge.
     We’ve taken their best shot and still had a great chance to win both games. Now we’ve got homecourt in a three game series. But it is absolutely imperative that the Heat take Game 5. On to our observations of Game the Fourth


     A start for Joel Anthony. With the incredibly flat beginnings we’ve had from the Heat lately, I think we’ve got to get Haslem back into the starting lineup. There is no question the effort will be there from him. I vote more Rony Turiaf as well.

     OK, let’s seriously start calling fouls on these obscene KG screens. 

Contact the NBA league office. Let the NBA know you're not stupid, Let your voice be heard,

     KG tipped in a bucket for us early which was pure delight.

     Despite the rest of his seemingly ubiquitously crapped on first half, Wade did have a couple beautiful spin moves to the basket early. I know he’s got to step it up, but we ought to at least acknowledge how tough his job is. We all expect more from him, but he was also millimeters away from being the hero with a 3 at the end of it all. I know how it is being a fan, how the emotions get involved, but after listening to the radio and watching the ESPN shows and hearing and seeing all the raging, I really feel blessed just to watch these guys play

     The fouls in this game are clearly totally about pecking order. They obviously tag fouls on the guys whose names aren’t as well known.

     an Alley to Lebron! James Jones is professional, hitting a shot soon after entering

     UD hits a couple shots, and we need Wade in rhythm early

     Let’s all not forget that Rondo tried to kick Shane Battier on the ground.

     Rondo probably did us a huge favor with his stupid remark at halftime about the Heat “crying in transition”. Surely Wade takes big-time offense to that. One hopes

     The Celtics go up big again before another amazing comeback by the Heat. Really superb defense in the second half. This time the Heat make it all the way back. It’s tied when Udonis re-enters.

     Some good Norris Cole moments here, he seems to do a much better job on Rondo. Cole made a great drive straight to the rim at one point too. I like when Chalmers and Cole do that.

     A clutch 3 near the end of Regulation from Lebron.

     I don’t want to get caught up in the officiating, but the foul calls on Lebron were totally ridiculous. His last three were mystifying, topped by an utterly absurd call as Pietrus seemingly grabs his man-place, and LBJ fouls out in overtime.


     After listening to the talking heads all trash the Heat players, I have to say: Listen, I know some of the performances from Heat supporting players have been underwhelming recently, but I’m getting really tired of hearing people questioning if guys like Battier and Miller “can really play”. An Olympian and an All-Star. It’s fair to expect exceptional from guys who make as much money as they do, but I think all this is bigger than the individual guys. I put it on coaching, more than anything honestly. Our role players need a pecking order. I think we would get more consistent production if everybody knew exactly what they’re getting into, what’s expected of them, etc. Here’s mine

Haslem
Chalmers
Battier/Miller
Norris Cole
Joel Anthony
Turiaf
James Jones

     Then even the least used players would feel something is expected of them every night, rather than just being an oft-maligned question mark. Hopefully, Chris Bosh returning will end this excuse factory from Spo’ about the instability of the rotation.

     We’ve got to push through the absurd officiating.  Right now, all four teams left in the playoffs are even. Six wins from hoisting a championship trophy. Even the sacred and holy Spurs have lost two in a row on the road. This is what the Eastern Conference Finals are all about. I expect to see the Heat’s best game of the year tomorrow night, now let’s enjoy watching Game 5 and LET'S GO HEAT!

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Game 3

After a Heat loss in Game 3, There are two Big-Time Adjustments we're looking to see from Spo' in Sunday's Game 4.
1) More opportunities for Wade. With Bosh out, the Heat simply need to maximize Wade's effectiveness. No other way to put it.
2)  Have Haslem on Garnett in clutch time. No fronting, just straight up defense. He'll make it tough on him.

2.5) No Joel Anthony. Or Early, if at all. The Stakes are simply too high at this point. Would we trust him in the fourth quarter on their best player in a championship game 7? No, so we may as well use whoever we do trust in that situation. I would like to see more lineups with Lebron Wade Miller Haslem and either Battier or Chalmers, even Turiaf perhaps.

Game 3 Moments
Is it just me or did Rondo let the ball bounce off his head to start Game 3?

Early Chalmers has a sweet dunk. Another great showing from him.

A blatant no call when Pietrus grabs Lebron, then a bad call against a Shane Battier screen. Clearly the NBA wants this series extended. I’m sure though basketball junkies are swooning over the OKC-San Antonio Match it’s probably not incredibly popular nationwide. Whereas Miami-Boston is much more talkable. I had actually thought the officiating hadn’t been that bad this series, but there were a LOT of pro-Celtic calls tonight. The Heat never get the calls

Lebron is starting off on FIRE

Sometimes it seems having joel Anthony out there totally disrupts the offensive flow. On one possession, the ball swings outside through 4 Heat players, Miller realizes Anthony won’t get open and/or he won’t be passing to him anyway, and the ball goes right back out the other way through the other four players in a row, back to Lebron on the other side.

An incorrect offensive goaltending call against the Heat. They’re going crazy calling fouls on Heat right now!

At one point in the first half, the Celtics have a really small lineup in, it’s a perfect time for the Heat to cram it down their throat. Appropriately Lebron posts up right after I asked. That mercifully ends eight minutes for us gone without a field goal. Yeah! Full court strike to Wade! Assist Chalmers

I like the drives by Shane Battier. Somebody’s gotta do it.


2nd Half

A Battier drive and a charge drawn by Turiaf bring Brandon Bass up to 5 fouls early in the third quarter.

Heat go down by 21, Lebron draws the And-1, c’mon, there’s plenty of time left Heat. Let’s go

Lebron drills another jumper

Lebron and Wade aren’t giving up baby

We need all these points missed on free throws, C’mon guys

James Jones draws a charge on Garnett. That was big-time

Heat start with small lineup in the fourth quarter of Chalmers Miller Battier Wade and Lebron to try and get something going here.

Keep on driving inside, hammering away, c’mon Heat

Wade hits a tough fade over Ray Allen

The Celtics are playing not to lose winding down the clock with 8 minutes to go, and another Heat steal. we need to out energize em, bring the defense. They’re not scoring any more tonight.

Miller hits some big time threes

Wade SLAMMA

We need to put in Haslem to guard Garnett, that’s gonna be tough for Lebron at this time.

Chalmers really making a name for himself here with a classic scoop and then an And-1

And an absolutely horrendous call that goes against Lebron after KG hooks him. The Celtics are so dirty

The lead is down to 8, 3 minutes to go. Bring the hammer down

Heat turn the ball over on a low post pass from Lebron to Haslem. Well Spo’ that’s what you get when you put Haslem back in with 1:39 to go after he’s been sitting for 10 minutes.