Finish The Mission!!! Official 2012 NBA Finals Thread. Heat Vs Thunder

[Captain Crunch]

This is the first time in American professional sports (baseball, basketball, football, hockey) where both teams playing for the championship don't have an S in their names.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Celtics big three won their championship. 3-year plan.

Heat are supposed to be a dynasty right? It needs to start now...

 

[Pop123]

yo, if bosh is really serious with this 3-point game then OKC may have a serious problem. As a Heat fan OKC scares the sh!t outta me but if Bosh is gonna incorporate this into his repertoire i'm feelin a little better about things.

 

[YBE]

Yes. Durant will have a tough time going off. Plus it will be his first time in the finals. Lebron's 3rd. Lebron wont be as nervous.

IDK. Last year was Bron's second time in the finals & he played worse than he did in 2007.....I see KD getting jittered a little but, not like that.

 

[twan83]

Spurs were nothing Special to me. A team that scored a lot of points and played little to no defense. A poor man's 04 to 07 Suns.

They aren't in Miami's class.

You smoking we played good defense not the best but good enough we just got beat because OKC was BETTER.

 

[SHO-NUFF]

Yes. Durant will have a tough time going off. Plus it will be his first time in the finals. Lebron's 3rd. Lebron wont be as nervous.

 

[Malta]

I'm leaning towards the Heat, I felt they could beat the Thunder all season if they faced off, wasn't sure the Heat could beat the Spurs because of how much they give up the 3.


My reasoning is the Heat are a better defensive team than the Thunder have played against to this point, and even the teams the Heat has played in the playoffs were better defensively than what the Thunder played. The best defensive team they played were the Mavs, they've gotten their offense easy by comparison, what happens if they can't score as easily as they have in the previous rounds?


If 2011 Finals LeBron shows up though it's done in 4 with the Thunder winning huge.

 

[Da_Eggman]

i thought this from the beginning the west ain't have any elite defense teams

 

[tremonthustler1]

I'm leaning towards the Heat, I felt they could beat the Thunder all season if they faced off, wasn't sure the Heat could beat the Spurs because of how much they give up the 3.


My reasoning is the Heat are a better defensive team than the Thunder have played against to this point, and even the teams the Heat has played in the playoffs were better defensively than what the Thunder played. The best defensive team they played were the Mavs, they've gotten their offense easy by comparison, what happens if they can't score as easily as they have in the previous rounds?


If 2011 Finals LeBron shows up though it's done in 4 with the Thunder winning huge.

OKC's bench will show up every night. Miami's gonna need production off their bench if Bosh starts

 

[GreatestLaker]

You smoking we played good defense not the best but good enough we just got beat because OKC was BETTER.

So? Spurs still aren't in OKC's and Miami's class. That's my fukking point.

 

[Loose]

I'm leaning towards the Heat, I felt they could beat the Thunder all season if they faced off, wasn't sure the Heat could beat the Spurs because of how much they give up the 3.


My reasoning is the Heat are a better defensive team than the Thunder have played against to this point, and even the teams the Heat has played in the playoffs were better defensively than what the Thunder played. The best defensive team they played were the Mavs, they've gotten their offense easy by comparison, what happens if they can't score as easily as they have in the previous rounds?


If 2011 Finals LeBron shows up though it's done in 4 with the Thunder winning huge.

If we can score high with the spurs, grind out with the lakers, play both sides with the mavs we can handle the heat who struggle in the half court. Dwade struggling as it is right now with knee issues helps us even more. in a 7 game series its a wrap.

 

[GreatestLaker]

None of those guys are as good as Lebron on defense. Especially Artest.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Spurs were nothing Special to me. A team that scored a lot of points and played little to no defense. A poor man's 04 to 07 Suns.

They aren't in Miami's class.

 

[Rich Spirit]

KD will get his first ring eventually, unfortunately it won't be this year.


Miami in 5

 

[Loose]

None of those guys are as good as Lebron on defense. Especially Artest.

marion is a much better 1 on 1 defender than lebron foh.