NBA 2013?14 Season

Gaige · Mar 16, 2014

Miami's track record is demolishing teams in the playoffs that they lost three games to in the regular season though.

Djay · Mar 16, 2014

Szlia_sl said:
I did. My assumption was that even if they don't count for the ranking they are not played as friendlies and the winner still scores psychological points. If Miami is to face Brookyln in the play-off, they will not consider them as the team they lost to three times in the season, they will consider them as the team they lost to five times.

Your assumption is wrong.

Ambiturner · Mar 16, 2014

Preseason games are just glorified practices where winning and losing are irrelevant. It's unlikely players get any kind of psychological edge from them

Muurloen · Mar 16, 2014

Flop of the year to LBJ. Game Changers of the Week goes to the ref working Rockets vs. Heat.

ham · Mar 16, 2014

crown the Heat

Man0warr · Mar 16, 2014

Gaige_sl said:
Miami's track record is demolishing teams in the playoffs that they lost to in the regular season though.

Not in 2011! Mavs crushed the Heat in the regular season.

Ambiturner · Mar 17, 2014

Gaige_sl said:
Miami's track record is demolishing teams in the playoffs that they lost to in the regular season though.

In the last 2 years the Heat have only played 2 teams that beat them in the regular season series, and both went to 7 games. Not sure how that's "demolishing" them.

Now if you go back 3 years then that's the year Lebron would forever be defined as the guy who couldn't beat Dirk.

Slaythe · Mar 17, 2014

Can't wait until the Wolves are awesome and I can contribute to conversations like this. /cry

Gaige · Mar 17, 2014

Ambiturner_sl said:
In the last 2 years the Heat have only played 2 teams that beat them in the regular season series, and both went to 7 games. Not sure how that's "demolishing" them.

Now if you go back 3 years then that's the year Lebron would forever be defined as the guy who couldn't beat Dirk.

These three teams beat the Heat three times in a season during the Big Three era:

2012-13 Knicks 3-1
2011-12 Celtics 3-1
2010-11 Celtics 3-1
2010-11 Bulls 3-0

The bottom three teams were eliminated by the Heat in the playoffs.

2011 Bulls Miami beat 4-1 to reach the NBA Finals. 2011 Celtics Miami beat 4-1 to reach the Conference Finals. The 2012 Celtics did take 7 games. So one of the three went to 7 games, the other two were ass whippings.

As for being known for losing to Dirk you're probably right. That grossly outweighs his two rings.

Ambiturner · Mar 18, 2014

Slaythe_sl said:
Can't wait until the Wolves are awesome and I can contribute to conversations like this. /cry

Should be any day now

Ambiturner · Mar 18, 2014

Double post so I'll take this opportunity to ask about Blake Griffin. I haven't been able to watch him play all that much this year, but is he really at the point where he's just below Durant/Lebron?

Alex · Mar 18, 2014

Griffin's level of play this season has been extraordinary. He's been playing at MVP level this season for sure. When CP3 went down earlier, Griffin just took over and kept them winning and hasn't turned off. He makes a shitload of "effort" plays.

OU Ariakas · Mar 18, 2014

Spurs on a 10 win streak 3/4 of the way through the season. Maybe playing their best basketball of the season. This seems to be their MO every year! How many years do they have left until this stops happening? Would the retirement of Big Fundamental hurt them that much?

LiquidDeath · Mar 18, 2014

I don't think it is any coincidence that they start winning again once Kawhi Leonard returned from injury.

Slaythe · Mar 18, 2014

The Clippers are a really deep team so they can survive a stretch without CP3. Blake is having a really great year, but he's still not as good as Kevin Love and neither of them are on the LeBron/Durant level.

Djay · Mar 18, 2014

OUAriakas_sl said:
Spurs on a 10 win streak 3/4 of the way through the season. Maybe playing their best basketball of the season. This seems to be their MO every year! How many years do they have left until this stops happening? Would the retirement of Big Fundamental hurt them that much?

Losing Duncan would be a huge hit. He might not be the best Spur now, but he's the most important. The same way Miami can't do what they want to without Bosh. Splitter isn't going to fill that role and Pop said last year he'd leave when Duncan retires, so...yeah, it's gonna hurt when he retires. I want one more trip to the Finals for them since I'm going to have the playoff tickets package this year, but damn the West is loaded. Can't wait for the playoffs.

Gilgamel · Mar 18, 2014

Duncan is still one of the six or seven best players in the league when they are trying to win and he's not playing 17 minutes because Pop wants to talk to him on the sidelines about a book he just read. He would be a huge loss.

Ambiturner · Mar 21, 2014

BYNUM'S OUT INDEFINITELY WITH KNEE ISSUES. THE NBA HAS BEEN TURNED ON ITS HEAD

Daezuel · Mar 21, 2014

Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City Thunder leaves with apparent knee injury - ESPN

ruh roh.

Foggy · Mar 21, 2014

Fuuuuuuck. Hopefully a sprain. He won't be in a groove for the playoffs though even if it is minor.

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