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It's quite easy to see that we have been taking a beating on the blocks with our small ball. Small works in the playoffs, but not in an 82 game season. We caused all types of matchup problems because we could exploit whomever tried to man Bron at the 4. Battier, Bosh, and Bron going to hold up for 82 games playing the 4 or 5?With the rash of injuries early and the slow starts offensively, our defense has been getting gashed early in games at the rim.Nothing in Kenyon Martin's history shows that he would be a good fit for the Miami Heat, especially coming in mid-season. The Miami Heat have enough, they just got beat by an opponent who played out of their minds. The Heat are proven and are built to win Championships. This game will be all but forgotten when the playoffs come.
With that said, Wade needs to really step it up. As a guard who has the ball in his hands, he has to do a better job at getting to his spots and finding open teammates. In a game when you are behind the Heat can not afford a lackadaisical approach to the game. The last 2 games everyone BUT LeBron have been terrible. I hope these past 2 games have humbled the Heat and inspired them to play with passion and a sense of urgency all the time.
Its a LONG season, and the Heat have a long way to go to prove they are worthy of defending their Championship.
P.S.
Do you guys think the chemestry fell off becasue Battier fell out of the rotation due to injury. He was having a great season up until that point.
hahaha can't use a hurricane as an excuse now
The Heat definitely don't have an excuse for tonight's awful performance, but I still feel that this victory shows more about the Knicks weaknesses than the Heats. Sure the Knicks are great when they are making shots, but they are a very average team if they are not shooting well. Offensively the Heat are fine, they just need to figure out how to stop these perimeter oriented teams. It just comes down to effort, IMO
The Knicks have shot the ball really well and Miami just ran into a hot team at a time in the season when they were struggling to find a defensive identity. Time will tell where these 2 teams will end up around playoff time.
Nevertheless, the Knicks played their ***** off tonight and deserved to win.
The Heat definitely don't have an excuse for tonight's awful performance, but I still feel that this victory shows more about the Knicks weaknesses than the Heats. Sure the Knicks are great when they are making shots, but they are a very average team if they are not shooting well.
It's quite easy to see that we have been taking a beating on the blocks with our small ball. Small works in the playoffs, but not in an 82 game season. We caused all types of matchup problems because we could exploit whomever tried to man Bron at the 4. Battier, Bosh, and Bron going to hold up for 82 games playing the 4 or 5?With the rash of injuries early and the slow starts offensively, our defense has been getting gashed early in games at the rim.
It isn't a knee jerk action, we've been getting blasted on the boards all season, which is why we currently sit 2nd to last in the NBA. Kenyon Martin at the least could get boards, problem would be could he jive within the locker room. Most have been questioning the full season small ball approach and Riley said he'd take a wait and see approach as far as signing another big. The lack of size is not one that the Heat will solve overnight.
I can agree with that. Every loss has had that as a glaring issue. Our rotations aren't crisp until the 3rd and 4th quarters, lots of lazy closeouts. Personally, I would like to see Wade either sit out a while or a reduction in his minutes. At the very least, he could reveal what's going on, which is out of the ordinary for him.But the blaring problem after this game is the Heat's inability to defend the perimeter.
Considering the Knicks have shown the capabilities of winning a game when they have not shot the ball well with their defensive efforts and grit, you could not be any more wrong.
But the blaring problem after this game is the Heat's inability to defend the perimeter. Felton had free reign to do whatever he wanted and the Knicks found open shooters all night. If the Heat go back to their old ways of preventing penetration and hustling out to shooters the Knicks lose this game. Its that simple. Chalmers and Wade were absolutely terrible guarding Felton and out of desperation Spolestra had to put LeBron on him. When LeBron left the game in the 4th quarter it was a wrap.
After these last 3 games, we've come to see just how important Battier is. He allows James to be a help defender while not having to worry about guarding the best perimeter players throughout the game.
Considering the Knicks have shown the capabilities of winning a game when they have not shot the ball well with their defensive efforts and grit, you could not be any more wrong.
They have yet to prove this fact for a full season. 17 games is not an adequate sample size to make any statements about a team's grit and defensive ability. All we can measure is this team's POTENTIAL. My statements are based on what this team has shown me in the past. They are a perimeter oriented team with an average defense. The Knicks win games by playing unselfish basketball, penetrating, and finding open shooters. Outside of Chandler and Brewer, the Knicks have shown they are average at best on defense.
Over these same 17 games the Heat have been one of the worst defensive teams in the league. But is that really an accurate statement... Don't let a couple of games fool you. Its an 82 game season and time will tell who the Knicks and Heat really are defensively.
But whats a NBA season with some good ol' Miami Heat drama.
Again, you can't be anymore wrong. An average defense? Really? Look at our PA and PF this season and last season when Woodson became the coach. Even their assist to turnover ratio is ridiculous this season. Knicks force the most turnovers and commit the least in the league. How are they a bad defensive team? Shooting can always be argued that it's a momentary thing, but defense is all about effort. Knicks have shown last season and this season that they're a defensive minded team.
If this game and other games don't show you that, then IDK what's a good defense in your book. I'm guessing the reason why you think the Knicks are a bad defensive team is because the Heat score 98? IDK, dude. You gotta explain this to me with FACTS rather than what you see. Because obviously you're seeing something the whole world isn't.
I'm not even saying all this as a Knicks fan. You can look at all the posts i've made in this thread. I'm not one of those "Crazy, delusional" Knicks fans. I call it like I see it.
We need loses like this