Who has the advantage with this lineup
Ibaka - Bosh
Durant - Bron
Harden - Battier
Westbrook - Wade
Fisher - Chalmers
Finish The Mission!!! Official 2012 NBA Finals Thread. Heat Vs Thunder
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Who has the advantage with this lineup
Ibaka - Bosh
Durant - Bron
Harden - Battier
Westbrook - Wade
Fisher - Chalmers
smh... shyt just ins't right lol James is going to get in Suagar Shane's ass.. Everything else is about even.
If Chris comes to play he's going to keep Ibaka honest.
This is going to be one hell of a Finals
Fisher? Fixed
HacksawJimThuggin
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man my brain says one thing and my heart says another... I been telling Loose all post season I didn't wanna see the Thunder in the Finals, I don't like how we match up with them
Spoelstra can't have any mental lapses this series, the Heat can't afford his baffling coaching decisions
the best chance the Heat have is to go small... put Battier at the 4 like vs. Indy so you have:
Chalmers
Wade
Bron
Battier
Bosh
that lineup goes a long way to negate Perk and forces Ibaka to guard Bosh honestly so that he can't just sit in the paint and guard the basket... Perk and Joel/Turiaf will probably be on the court together a lot, that's really the only time either team can afford to have those guys out there
put Wade on Westbrook in the 4th, Westbrook would run right around Chalmers slow ass all series... Wade is gonna have to actually get back in transition though, they gave up way too many easy buckets to Boston because Wade got lazy
I think they'll throw multiple guys at Durant; Bron, Battier, and maybe even Bosh... Bosh is more agile than people think, I think he could give some decent minutes on Durant and use his length (obviously for only a few possessions at a time, Durant would roast him over a prolonged period) and let Lebron get some rest by checking Ibaka like he did Bass in this series... Norris Cole could give some good minutes on D too, Westbrook won't be able to completely run by him like he'd do Chalmers
Basically, the Heat are gonna have to play much better (especially Wade and perimeter shooters) in this series than they did against Boston... I think Wade is going to be the most important player in this series, he's gonna have to go for 25 a night and do a good job on Westbrook/Harden while giving maximum effort every game... Battier's gonna have to cover Durant for stretches, and that scares the shyt out of me
Spoelstra can't have any mental lapses this series, the Heat can't afford his baffling coaching decisions
the best chance the Heat have is to go small... put Battier at the 4 like vs. Indy so you have:
Chalmers
Wade
Bron
Battier
Bosh
that lineup goes a long way to negate Perk and forces Ibaka to guard Bosh honestly so that he can't just sit in the paint and guard the basket... Perk and Joel/Turiaf will probably be on the court together a lot, that's really the only time either team can afford to have those guys out there
put Wade on Westbrook in the 4th, Westbrook would run right around Chalmers slow ass all series... Wade is gonna have to actually get back in transition though, they gave up way too many easy buckets to Boston because Wade got lazy
I think they'll throw multiple guys at Durant; Bron, Battier, and maybe even Bosh... Bosh is more agile than people think, I think he could give some decent minutes on Durant and use his length (obviously for only a few possessions at a time, Durant would roast him over a prolonged period) and let Lebron get some rest by checking Ibaka like he did Bass in this series... Norris Cole could give some good minutes on D too, Westbrook won't be able to completely run by him like he'd do Chalmers
Basically, the Heat are gonna have to play much better (especially Wade and perimeter shooters) in this series than they did against Boston... I think Wade is going to be the most important player in this series, he's gonna have to go for 25 a night and do a good job on Westbrook/Harden while giving maximum effort every game... Battier's gonna have to cover Durant for stretches, and that scares the shyt out of me
Brief Keef
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Brief Keef
Superstar
we ain't old nikka
best part about it is we get to run cuz thunder like to run they have nobody that really get busy in the post we got bosh they gotta respect that 
ReggieFlare
Superstar
Exactly...
The Heat should not have too many problems scoring against them, but the Thunder haven't faced defense like the Heat yet. Yall are really hyping up OKC's bench too
Westbrook is streaky and has a tendency to make horrible plays. Harden can be stopped. Durant is the only one I legitimately fear on their offense
Heat in 6, mark my words
How did my prediction of the Celtics blowing a 3-2 series lead turn out?
That's not much of a prediction tbh, the Celtics were lucky to win game 5. Anyone could see it was mostly hype that people thought the Celts could take the series not actual reality.
DeVanteSwing
Flop Champion
who will be lil wayne's fav team next season??
GreatestLaker
#FirePelinka
They were calling me stupid for even suggesting that the Celtics would lose.
OKC in 6!
@ this joke, professional sports players aren't hard workers by any sense of the word,
what?Isaiah Bradley
Banned
I'm recently read about the Seattle getting 
in the middle of the night. So I'm going with the Heats in 5
in the middle of the night. So I'm going with the Heats in 5- Status