Give Me The Rock
this is fantasy basketball
My wife is on the phone, so I might as well. Actually, I think it’s the egg and then the chicken. She knew there was a game and thusly arranged to be occupied telephonetically. As much as she knows I want the Heat to win, I’m sure she’s hoping for the Mavs to win the next two to end the season. Of course, she probably doesn’t realize that the NBA Draft is only 2 weeks away.
Not sure what PMad’s plans are… but I’ll be here for as long as the Heat keep this one competitive…
Player Introductions
I’d be a little pissed to be a Heat bench player being introduced to Phil Collins. Ouch.
First Quarter
Oops had to turn off the sprinkler… Did I miss anything?
Are there crickets in the arena or something?
Okay, Miami is doing what every one says they need to do. Let’s see if they can keep that up. Push the pace, repost Shaq, drive to the hoop. Keep it up.
5:06 – You can tell Wade is thinking about his free throws. As in, thinking too much.
3:48 – I want to make a comment about that Devin Harris foul on Shaq, but I guess it was not that bad…
3:38 – There’s a good point. Miami is playing perfect basketball and they’re only up by 5.
2:37 – Stupid foul by Shaq. Miami is getting too excited when they score and letting Dallas break it back up court for “easier” looks. That’s pretty shrewd by the Mavs. Focused all the time, even when they’re getting outplayed they exploit it. Miami is playing like they know they need to win. And it does look a little like the Mavs know they can lose one and everything will be okay. But if they hang in there until the 4th (and they will if Miami continues to think they’re doing okay on defense), they can negate even a perfect performance by the Heat.
1:46 – Where’s the Hasselhoff heads? Was that a joke? Come on, man. That was good.
1:13 – How come no one had a body on Josh Howard for that rebound?
0:50 – Nice head fake by Wade.
0:30 – The Mavs need to have only 1 white guy on the floor at once.
End of First – No run there. No shot there. Nice defense. Need more of that.
Agh. Just when I’d gotten Tom Petty out of my head.
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Second Quarter
11:11 – Posey and Devin Harris are the offensive foul-drawers. Just in case you missed that.
10:12 – Now the Heat are playing defense.
9:18 – Worst. Call. Ever. The refs just gave that to Dirk. They’re trying to keep the Mavs in it.
Good job by Payton to take the technical instead of Shaq. Not that I approve, but better him than Shaq.
7:58 – Re: Dirk: “He’s heating up”
6:33 – Heat still need to get back on D faster.
6:10 – See 6:33
5:53 – J-Will! Take the shot! Yeah, you’re a point guard, you’re a distributor, but come on!
Citibank – I hate you. Not only do you not provide online access to my wife’s IRA, but your commercials are the WORST EVER. I’m too busy typing to hit the mute button, damn you!
4:35 – Dallas is shooting just under 40%, Miami 53%. Miami leads by 3. Not a good sign.
3:46 – Also, I’m biased, but aren’t the announcers supposed to be objective in a nationally televised game? They seem pretty heavily in favor of Miami.
So, unless the Heat can somehow go for the jugular, the Mavs are going to win this one. They can’t let Dallas hang around like this and win it. They’ve got Dirk and Terry who have already proven that they can hit big shots in the end of games. And Dirk will get his shot against anyone on the Heat when it comes down to it. If the Heat win this and it’s within 9 points, I will be suitably amazed.
All right, PMad checks in to let us know about his “family” problems. Seems to be going around like that flu. Good thing I’m updating my timestamp during commercials so my post will get back on top of his. Totally going to screw with people’s blog readers, though.
2:20 – That was the most obvious lane violation by Alonzo Mourning ever. So obvious.
1:43 – Um, Stitch, you missed a dunk and you fouled him. Stop complaining.
Half Time Analysis: PMad is right. The Heat are actually better when Shaq is out and not clogging the lane. That opens it up for Wade to drive and give the Dallas defense something they aren’t/can’t prepare for. But still, the Mavs are only down by 9 after shooting 35% to the Heat’s 51%. It will be interesting to see how the teams come out after half. Conventional wisdom says that Miami will relax since they dominated the first half.
I’m a little worried about Wade with 3 fouls… basically he can only get one more before he has to sit for the 3rd quarter (assuming he picks up the 4th foul in the 3rd quarter).
A: Good analysis by Wilbon.
B: Why are we doing a feature on Mourning? I understand he had a kidney disease, but he also refused to play for a team that traded for him. I used to love him, but not reporting for duty is a punk move.
Ads: I just realized that in the cell phone ad with Ben Wallace, the fans are chanting “We Want Ben” and they’re in Miami. Am I right? I’m pretty sure that’s the Heat logo on the court.
Also, how much do we bet that Jay-Z wrote that commercial himself. That is pretty tight. I could just watch that one over and over.
Okay, just saw the T-Mobile ad again, and that is definitely the Heat’s court. You know Pat Riley would be like, “He’s not coming. Let’s get this started.”
3rd Quarter
10:15 – Shaq needs to make that pass to Haslem. Not Walker over 3 Mavs.
9:13 – You can see why Haslem is working on his jump shot with David Thorpe this summer.
8:56 – That’s a good call – Offensive foul on Shaq. Honestly, I can’t wait for him to retire. I like him for his entertainment value more than for his game.
Wow didn’t realize it was 10 o’clock already… you’d think they could start the games a little sooner. Especially with the game in Miami. It’s 11 pm there already. Come on.
8:00 – Wade is limping. This game – series? – might be over.
7:36 – Haslem aggravates the shoulder. How are the Mavs not more roughed up?
Here’s a query: are the players actually holding the trophy in those commercial spots? The one Walker had looked like it could have been superimposed. Like he could have been holding a Trapper Keeper.
6:17 – Udonis is a thug. Look at that snarl. Yikes.
5:27 – Um, that was pretty Jordanesque by Wade there. Except for the free throw.
3:10 – Miami is down to 47.2% from the field – Dallas is at 47.1. And now they’re up by 6. I don’t think the Heat can pull it out. And even if they do, I think they’re overmatched in the series. They’re a good team, but they don’t have people who can guard the players Dallas has.
2:24 – How can you call that foul on Wade? That’s the time you have to let them play. Howard pushed him, and Wade pulled him down. If anything, that’s a foul on both of them. Not sure you can make that call in the NBA Finals.
1:23 – Miami has been letting defensive rebounds fall too far this whole game. I was going to make a comment early, but forgot about it.
4th Quarter
Maybe I should switch and a Mavs fan so I can get totally hyped right now. No. That would be a punk move the likes of which Alonzo Mourning can only imagine.
Whispering children and singing girls are scary. But that movie still looks lame.
That Wade commercial para la NBA es muy bueno. Sorry about that. Must have been channeling some Miamiland flava.
10:56 – That was a stupid foul by Wade. Can you even blame that on a lack of experience on his part? He’s got to know that’s his 5th foul and he’s the only one keeping the Heat in this game. As if being injured isn’t bad enough.
9:27 – Let’s see if Dallas knows how to go for the jugular.
Yup.
8:34 – Dallas can just ISO Dirk the rest of the game. He’s feeling it and they’re not going to be able to stop him now.
Is “The NIN9″ something that JJ Abrahms came up with? It looks like something he would have a hand in…
6:47 – Haslem loses it out of bounds… could things get worse for the Heat now? Probably not.
Internet’s going kind of slow right now… so the updates might not come as frequently. Not that anyone cares. Unless you do care… to leave a comment. That was a nice segue right?
You’ll notice that, to this point, I haven’t mentioned Tokyo Drift. There’s a reason for that.
Okay, Josh Howard looked like he was really holding the trophy. Well, he practically is.
4:19 – Wade with 37 points – and 5 fouls. If he stays in, they have a chance. If he fouls out, it’s all over.
So, maybe Wade is the next Clyde Drexler? He’s good, but he’s doomed to lose to players who are better (Dirk, and in the future Lebron)?
3:18 – Dirk’s moving screen = Let Miami win so we can show more commercials
2:49 – Now the difference might be: Dirk can hit free throws, Shaq (and even Wade) can’t (really).
2:19 – When Shaq goes to the floor, you know it’s the Finals.
1:47 – Do you think Shaq breaks Shaunie in bed? I mean, like, if he rolls over on her, y’know…
Makes 2 free throws… Wowsers.
1:03 – You see Haslem arc those? He knows his trigonometry.
This is a game. This is a Finals game. How happy is ABC/David Stern right now? Really, I don’t even care if the Heat win at this point. Just for them to make it a game like this is enough.
42.8 – Posey’s been terrific defensively? What? Shutting down Dirk (29) or Howard (21)?
Oh, please… no overtime…
That might be the biggest shot of Gary Payton’s career.
Are we going to see a shot from Dirk? You think?
Good foul by Haslem. You gotta foul there. Of course, if Dirk somehow misses a free throw, you have to get the rebound. No matter what.
The Heat have no timeouts right?
Oh Jeezuz.
1.4 seconds left.
Wade hits the first… I don’t know what to type. This is a great game.
Misses the second and Dallas rebounds.
Please no overtime. Please no.
Too bad not enough time to pass back to the inbounder. Is there? Why is Dirk inbounding?
YES!!!!!!!!
The totally should have lobbed that to Dirk instead of having him throw it. Anyone else out there could have thrown it. Why not have the tallest guy on your team go for it? No sense. I don’t understand that play. I mean, the play I understand, by why to Howard? Why?
Oh well, now “Miami is back in it.” Wives and girlfriends everywhere will continue to be abandoned for at least 2 more games.
Out.
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