SadimirPutin
Superstar
This series was a perfect example of regular season gameplay leading people to flawed and highly weird expectations of teams
The Heat beat teams on second nights of back to backs, teams with missing players, and a few good teams in between in the later half of the season
Deng and Joe Johnson played way above their level.....which again can happen in a regular season but come playoffs TEAMS IN A 7 GAME SERIES have time to focus on taking away your strengths and scouting your tendencies.
Miami shot the hell out of the ball in the first 2 games against the hornets and people thought they were going to be some high octane playoff offense.....I chuckled at that.
Their shooting came back down to earth for the rest of the playoffs.
Losing Whiteside didnt help of course but the Rockets lost JV so lets call that a wash
DeRozan and Lowry missed enough shots that this series was very winnable if other people besides wade could make some shots consistently..
The Heat beat teams on second nights of back to backs, teams with missing players, and a few good teams in between in the later half of the season
Deng and Joe Johnson played way above their level.....which again can happen in a regular season but come playoffs TEAMS IN A 7 GAME SERIES have time to focus on taking away your strengths and scouting your tendencies.
Miami shot the hell out of the ball in the first 2 games against the hornets and people thought they were going to be some high octane playoff offense.....I chuckled at that.
Their shooting came back down to earth for the rest of the playoffs.
Losing Whiteside didnt help of course but the Rockets lost JV so lets call that a wash
DeRozan and Lowry missed enough shots that this series was very winnable if other people besides wade could make some shots consistently..