HAWKS WON 9 OF 11 GMS HEADING INTO THAT SERIES. THEY WERE LITERALLY PLAYING THEIR BEST BALL OF THE SEASON HEADING INTO THAT SERIES.
Clint Capela literally got hurt in the Play-In Game against CLE right before the MIA series. Joel broke his face in the last game of the TOR series. I'm not saying Miami wouldn't have still beat them, I'm saying both those teams had to go against the Heat with a different gameplan from what they've done all year.
YOURE MISSING HIS POINT. 1 SEED & ECF MEANS THIS TEAM HAS MET EXPECTATIONS IF NOT SURPASSED THEM. ANYTHING ELSE GOING FORWARD IS ICING ON THE CAKE.
THEY ALL HAD THE SAME RECORD AND SAME EXPECTATIONS. NOW THE SIXERS ARE A TIER BELOW THEM ALL OF A SUDDEN SINCE THEY GOT WASHED BY THE HEAT?
Yes, because "All of a sudden" Embiid missed the start of the series and wasn't the same guy for the rest of the series. And Philly is not good without him.
AFTER GM 4 EVERYONE SAID EMBIID BEING BACK WAS THE DIFFERENCE. THEN THEY LOSE 2 IN A ROW AND EMBIID "WASNT THE SAME."
Whose beating their chest? Y’all spent two seasons calling the Heat bubble frauds, dismissing the Lakers championship against them, and saying we not a real 1st seed. Y’all was calling us a tough playoff out but not a contender, saying Jimmy’s contract was aging awful, and cracking jokes about how we unraveling due to a sideline argument with Spo/Jimmy. We could get SWEPT and y’all still would be full of shyt because y’all were all dead ass wrong about the Heat being a bubble team. We erased Trae Young (Same Trae Young that beat down and dismissed a healthy Joel Embiid, Simmons, and 76ers in 7) to the point where he looked straight up pedestrian. And now are undrafted backcourt outplayed the 2x MVP and Jimmy has been, arguably, the best player this entire playoffs. Where am I wrong?
