Are the Pacers playing us on some paradoxical intervention shyt?

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Throwing each under the bus, rejecting their own trash talk, leaking photos/gossip about catfishing, infidelities with team mate(s)'s wives, getting extorted by groupies - lulling everyone into a false sense of security with all these anti-suggestions, (playing on their age/immaturity factor). All these hot/cold pressure stunts while the Heat and everybody else is bemused by their theatrics: sneaking in, jackin what they need and slipping out the backdoor while no one's even noticing.

These type of mind games would surpass those used by the Zen Master, if Indiana were to win

 

[#StarkSet]

Throwing each under the bus, rejecting their own trash talk, leaking photos/gossip about catfishing, infidelities with team mate(s)'s wives, getting extorted by groupies - lulling everyone into a false sense of security with all these anti-suggestions, (playing on their age/immaturity factor). All these hot/cold pressure stunts while the Heat and everybody else is bemused by their theatrics: sneaking in, jackin what they need and slipping out the backdoor while no one's even noticing.

These type of mind games would surpass those used by the Zen Master, if Indiana were to win

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Another executive wasn't a fan and another brought up the point that escapes Stephenson: There is a difference between gamesmanship and sportsmanship and until Stephenson figures out the difference, he will continue to interject himself into the story negatively.

They spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about another team's player.

"Whatever you get away with is fair game," Dwyane Wade said. "That's the way it goes.

"Everyone has their own tactics, their own antics. What we have to do and what we've always done is we have to focus on the task at hand. I would be lying if I said we weren't slightly distracted by what's going on in this series, but we have to focus on the game of basketball. We win more times than not when we do that."

Since Miami's loss to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 Finals, the Heat for the most part have avoided these pitfalls and concentrated on basketball.

Even Larry Bird bothered by Lance Stephenson's trolling

The worm is slowly creeping into their heads.

 

[Ain't That Something]

Even if they were somehow able to make it past the heat which I doubt they would get swept in the finals by OKC or the Spurs, no amount of buffoonery can help this team in the finals

 

[Dwight Howard]

im actually offended that Larry Bird, a guy who has been tackled to the ground by a bad boy piston, is denouncing Lance's tactics. this pc shyt is corny, Bird had way worse shyt done to him