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

[iamduval]

 

[alpo]

i want the Heat to win. It would be nice for LeBron to get this monkey off his back. but OKC is full of firepower.

-if you're Spo do you start off the series with Chalmers on Westbrook and watch him go ape shyt or do you put Wade on him from jump?

-i dont think LeBron will be able to get to the block like he did against Indy and Boston. i expect to see him start a lot of his possessions with the ball on the perimeter. and that may make it hard for him to score on KD and those long ass arms.

-Wade has to get going early. if he starts slow, that does nothing but give Thabo the confidence to think he can shut him down. Wade got to go straight at this dude from jump. and he's gonna have to work even harder on the defensive end when Harden checks in. Wade has got to come with it this series. no half stepping.

-Bosh's quickness should be enough for Ibaka. Bosh is their X-factor to me. if he can take advantage of that matchup they can win this thing.


all this said. i have OKC in 6. The Heat's bench will be the reason why they fall behind most of this series.

 

[wtfyomom]

If its called fairly OKC in 6, if its called 50/50 OKC in 7, if its called like I think it will be called Heat in 6.
Its good for the NBA if the Heat win cause they are so polarizing. Stern saw those game 6 numbers in the ECF, he knows there are double the amount of People that care if the Heat win then there are that care if the Thunder win. If Thunder win, only the people that like them will care. they wont have haters outside Miami, If Miami wins everyone will care, haters and lovers. So I expect them to get a boost from the refs.

 

[alpo]

Magic was a 20-year old rookie when the lakers beat the experienced Dr. J. led sixers in '80.

Proves your point wrong.

and? everybody else is not rookies

 

[TheNig]

this is so funny... i did this last yr with some of you Heat nuggets. only difference is i didnt care if they won or not. i actually want them to win. i'm just not so sure.


come correct or dont quote me turd.

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

His argument is basura, I'm not getting the angle here. Dude saying teams have to lose before they can win... OKC has already lost in the playoffs. Did last year and the year before NOT happen?

There's a difference between losing and failing. Last year OKC lost to a favored Dallas team. The year before that a favored Laker team. Both years they ended their seasons with pats on their backs, having shown some improvement from the previous year. Losing as an upstart isn't the same. It's not as disappointing. They don't know the heartbreak Miami went through last year. Those are the losses that make you tougher.

 

[PortCityProphet]

[ame=http://youtu.be/s7I_hw65Lco]2012 Finals Promo - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ReggieFlare]

There's a difference between losing and failing. Last year OKC lost to a favored Dallas team. The year before that a favored Laker team. Both years they ended their seasons with pats on their backs, having shown some improvement from the previous year. Losing as an upstart isn't the same. It's not as disappointing. They don't know the heartbreak Miami went through last year. Those are the losses that make you tougher.

Not to mention the backlash that they received from it. Thunder don't know that pain yet

 

[PortCityProphet]

i will say Bron looked super serious after they won last night. like he was on to the next one.

 

[AVXL]

i will say Bron looked super serious after they won last night. like he was on to the next one.

He didnt really celebrate like he did last yr when they bea BOS & CHI in the East. This will be a career defining Finals for Bron & i think he'll rise to the occassion

Heats in 7

 

[Loose]

sef gon stick his 7'2 wingspan up wades slashing ass.

 

[Smalley Biggs]

If its called fairly OKC in 6, if its called 50/50 OKC in 7, if its called like I think it will be called Heat in 6.
Its good for the NBA if the Heat win cause they are so polarizing. Stern saw those game 6 numbers in the ECF, he knows there are double the amount of People that care if the Heat win then there are that care if the Thunder win. If Thunder win, only the people that like them will care. they wont have haters outside Miami, If Miami wins everyone will care, haters and lovers. So I expect them to get a boost from the refs.

That's just incorrect. Way more people want the Thunder to win. And more than just Thunder fans will care.

If the NBA is rigged for ratings. Please explain to me how the Spurs won 4 titles? Please explain to me how the NYK (Biggest media market in the world) went 1-8 in the last 2 years in the playoffs? Why did the Heat lose last year?

 

[PortCityProphet]

sef gon stick his 7'2 wingspan up wades slashing ass.

 

[WestS1de]

Heat in 6.
LBJ> Durant
Wade> Westbrook
Bosh> Perkins+Ibaka
Harden>Battier

 

[bangbreh]

off the top anyone know okc's worst loss at home in the playoffs ?