Question - Has anyone ever seen a team hit the floor as much as Miami did Wednesday night? Now i now they've been accused of it on multiple occasions and rightfully so....but Wednesday night it almost appeared they've been trained how to take a bump and flop.....
The most obvious was obviously the best player in the league....James for his raw physical nature and athletic ability relies on this as a part of his game....that is too bad, it is flat out not needed. I cannot believe that at certain junctures last night that he simply didnt walk up to Wade or Cole and take the ball out of their hands....Whenever James wanted to get to the basket he could do so with ease as was evident by the overplay of George in OT....
But, between him and Wade running down the floor complaining about every foul on Miami, and if they thought they didnt get a call.....i gained a ton of respect for Indiana last night. I totally respect how they play the game, physical, in your face defense, and straight up. They didnt complain about the calls to the extent of Miami and just went out there and played a heck of game that as James said, came down to the best player on the planet making an incredible play.
Lastly - i thought the NBA was instilling a no-flop rule that players could be given technicals? If that would happen, i would predict that Miami losses by 7-10 points because thats how many times in my estimation miami hit the deck without real contact. I have definitely been pushed to the Indiana fan side as i cannot stand to watch miami continue to get crazy fouls and flop to the ground beggin to get more....i mean seriously the first 2 second half possessions that Indiana had were both called offensive fouls on the screener....that can be called every time birdman or bosh do the exact move that West and Hibbert had done, but the Pacers player didnt over-react by falling to the ground or throwing their arms in the air....But, west did get a lil animated when Cole arm barred his jewels!!!!
This series is gonna be a great series, and i think Miami will pull it out in 6 or 7. For TV sake, it should go 7 because if the rest of the games are like game 1, i will watch each one....
The most obvious was obviously the best player in the league....James for his raw physical nature and athletic ability relies on this as a part of his game....that is too bad, it is flat out not needed. I cannot believe that at certain junctures last night that he simply didnt walk up to Wade or Cole and take the ball out of their hands....Whenever James wanted to get to the basket he could do so with ease as was evident by the overplay of George in OT....
But, between him and Wade running down the floor complaining about every foul on Miami, and if they thought they didnt get a call.....i gained a ton of respect for Indiana last night. I totally respect how they play the game, physical, in your face defense, and straight up. They didnt complain about the calls to the extent of Miami and just went out there and played a heck of game that as James said, came down to the best player on the planet making an incredible play.
Lastly - i thought the NBA was instilling a no-flop rule that players could be given technicals? If that would happen, i would predict that Miami losses by 7-10 points because thats how many times in my estimation miami hit the deck without real contact. I have definitely been pushed to the Indiana fan side as i cannot stand to watch miami continue to get crazy fouls and flop to the ground beggin to get more....i mean seriously the first 2 second half possessions that Indiana had were both called offensive fouls on the screener....that can be called every time birdman or bosh do the exact move that West and Hibbert had done, but the Pacers player didnt over-react by falling to the ground or throwing their arms in the air....But, west did get a lil animated when Cole arm barred his jewels!!!!
This series is gonna be a great series, and i think Miami will pull it out in 6 or 7. For TV sake, it should go 7 because if the rest of the games are like game 1, i will watch each one....
