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[fgrep15]

Go Miami, something I've said many times, Miami is garbage on the road, and to have been keeping in games against Indy on the road was impressive. I knew they would tkae this game, hopefully they can take one more at home, and extend this to 6 games. So much hope for the future, bring us a real center and watch out for Miami.

Wade is just amazing, their should be no questions about this guys future superstar ability anymore, he's averaging 22.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.0 assists,and shooting 48.0% in this series.

[Matt]

the most impressive stat of his rookie season has been his high FG%. It just shows that he can shoot + get to the hole and finish whenever he feel like it

[Amphatoast]

Well, everyone can now feel bad about the pacers possible 4-0 and 4-1 series win over Miami, because once again Miami beats the pacers, 100-88
Despite the Pacers receiving career highs for playoffs by Ron Artest and JO they still lost
I have a feeling homecourt has something to do with this. Lakers, Nets, Heat all came to game 3 and 4 down 2-0 and all 3 of the tied it up 2-2. Should be a intersesting game 5 as it may be the biggest game of all in all of those series

[Arcane]

bitchin heat teared it up today pacers r gettin frustrated like a 42 yr old virgin with flaguant fouls and stuff i hope game 5 brings an upset to the home court advantage situation.

[Matt]

Heat need to win on the road if they wanna play in the next round, that will be tough

[Arcane]

if heat keep up their intensity and frustrate the pacers they in with a good chance

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[air gordon]

also i have posted the link of "WADE OVER JO" on my video link thread.Grab it.
and yes like i said JO couldnt dominate.he is not that great player.He doesnt deserve to be top 3 on mvp voting.the guys is all about head fake+midrange fadeaway and blocks.Nothing fancy.

26pts in one half. that's pretty dominating to me...

because he's not fancy he's not deserving to be top 3 on mvp voting?
20/10 all year and lead his team to the league's best record.

[DipSetVC]

CrawfordMIP, like I've said before Jermaine doesn't necessarily have to click for the Pacers to win, his weaknesses remain hidden by the depth of that Pacer team, look what happened in Games 3 in 4, he got 29 and 37 respetively and they weren't even close at the end.

[air gordon]

im referring to the regular season in regards to JO being a mvp. artest is playing at another level in these playoffs, he's looking more and more like the team leader and mvp.

of course o'neal doesn't always have 'to click' for a pacers win, their team depth is one of their main strengths. it's not about covering o'neal's weaknesses. when the reserves are in, there isn't much of dropoff in the level of play. and harrington's game is quite similar to JO's but he gets to do it against backups

miami plays like a champion at home. they are winning these games themselves, the pacers aren't giving them away.

[bboyk10]

the reason why the pacers are not playing well right now is mainly because they cannot match heat's energy and will. They looked pretty lost in those last 2 games.. even though they could have won it if they played like they used to in the regular season.
Ron Artest.. man i have to respect this guy.. this guy really works hard on everything...defense, his will to score.. diving for loose balls, etc.
if at least one or two more players in the pacers team play like artest.. they could have swept this series or at least won a game on the road.
Like Rick Carslie and Reggie said at the post game interview, 'We're not playing like we're supposed to be playing.' Pacers better get their mind set right before playing the damn game or else they can lose this one too, cause right now the heat has the momentum and they won't lose that attitude easily..

[fgrep15]

im referring to the regular season in regards to JO being a mvp. artest is playing at another level in these playoffs, he's looking more and more like the team leader and mvp.

of course o'neal doesn't always have 'to click' for a pacers win, their team depth is one of their main strengths. it's not about covering o'neal's weaknesses. when the reserves are in, there isn't much of dropoff in the level of play. and harrington's game is quite similar to JO's but he gets to do it against backups

miami plays like a champion at home. they are winning these games themselves, the pacers aren't giving them away.

Don't say that garbage, that is the most false statement I ever hear, its just stupid, he gets to do it against backups. I hate when people say that, it's just Stupid, unless the guy is playing 10 minutes a game he's not just doing it against backups, stupidness is what I call that line.

[air gordon]

Don't say that garbage, that is the most false statement I ever hear, its just stupid, he gets to do it against backups. I hate when people say that, it's just Stupid, unless the guy is playing 10 minutes a game he's not just doing it against backups, stupidness is what I call that line.

you are stating the obvious here and being rather assumptious. i didn't say he's JUST doing it against backups. but pardon me anyway- i should have mentioned also he plays against starters. i didn't think it was necessary to say so considering he's averaging almost 25mpg in this series and 30mpg in the regular season.

i'll try and be very very very very very specific next time lol.

btw it's heard

[fgrep15]

Sorry it's just that your statement was:

and harrington's game is quite similar to JO's but he gets to do it against backups

I hear too much of that this guys gets to do it against backups that's only why he's doing better, unless that guy was getting Darko Milicic's minutes then not really, and starters also get to play against backups, and who's to say the backups isn't a better defender than the starter .
I just don't like that statement because a guy like Harrington plays about 8 minutes a game against backups on average, and O'neal plays the same amount against backups.

[Andrew]

Indiana avoided giving up three in a row with a 94-83 victory. (Boxscore)

[Arcane]

pacers = gay

[Macca]

Well, personally, I'm going for the Heat. A Heat vs. Minny final would be sweet, since both haven't been in that situation for a while.. if at all.

But firstly, the Pacers arent doing as well as they were, before Playoffs. Ron is leading the team more than Jermaine, same with Reggie. Jermaine needs to step it up if their team is going to beat the Heat.

The Heat, are on fire. And this si not biased, because I'm a Bulls fan, so throw that idea out the window. Alston coming off the bench for Wade is like Bryant coming off the bench for Jordan (Exageration.. ) Well anyway, the bench is packed. The lineup isn't half bad either. The 5, Odom, Grant, Jones, Wade and Butler, look like they were all made for each other. This offseason, if I was the GM of the Heat dynasty, I wouldn't change that. Haslem coming off the bench for them is genius, he's one rookie no one expected to rise.

Anyway, I think the Pacers in their pinstrips will challenge the Heat, but the Heat's passion, will burn Indiana.

That's my $4.50- my thoughts!

Macca

NOTE: Miami trail Pacers 3-2 (@ time of press)
A Miami comeback is in the making starring Skip and Wade!!

[Arcane]

i agree pacers arent playin like a no 1 seed miami r really holding their own considering most ppl would have thought it woulda been a 4-0 or 4-1 series the pacers havent burried the heat or the heats spirit and heart in this series i really hope it does go the full 7 games and heat do cause the upset. maybe starting wade and skip might be something to consider. Eddie Jones needs to play a lil better hes been a bit shy these playoffs in my opinion he needs to be more of a leader but i still believe miami can do it if not theres always next year

[Amphatoast]

Well, Miami's Cinderella run is over. They almost had this game too. Down 3, had the ball but missed the 3 to tie the game at the end.
I think Van Gundy made a coaching error in the end though. Wade wasn't in!!! I know he isn't that great of a 3 point shooter but the kid has been playing awsome ball leading Miami this far and close to beating the team with the best record in the NBA...with all that said, he just deserves the chance to play and possibly could of sent it to OT!

[cunnilinguist]

Yes- Wade should have been in on the last play! you don't leave your best player on the bench in the closing seconds of game... even if he's not included in the play.

lamar odom let the team down with his missed free throw

great playoff run by miami. i'm excited to see who they can add in the offseason!

ps- does pippen live in miami? he was at many of the miami's games when they played at home

[Amphatoast]

that had a great playoff run. what's funny about this is everyone I knew didn't hate on Miami like many hate on the other teams especially the Lakers and Spurs. Everyone got a little respect for a team that didn't look like they were going anywhere starting 0-7

[Arcane]

it was a great run by miami they proved everyone wrong by makin it to playoffs then givin it all in 2nd rnd against the no1 team i feel they got alot of respect from fans not just in miami and even got respect from JO today with them being able to hold him down offensively. as the sayin goes always next year

[Matt]

The Heat managed to stay competitive in the playoffs which is good to see....it seemed as though Pacers were gonna go 4-0 or 4-1 but instead they were made to work harder than that

[Andrew]

I guess I should have given the Heat more credit. I expected the Pacers to sweep or take the series 4-1.