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  1. bukie
    I'd think maybe the closest recent example would be the 2006 Heat, and even then Wade had a past prime Shaq, Mourning and GP who were at least serviceable.
  2. bukie
    Nowitzki finishes with a true shooting percentage of .939, a new playoff record. Previous record was .825 in 2001 by Vince Carter (he got 50 points on 29 shots with 9 threes).
  3. bukie
    It has to be at least a little concerning for Dallas that Dirk was darn near perfect, Westbrook was terrible, and the only won by 9 at home.
  4. bukie
    Dirk has 46 points on 15 shots.
  5. bukie
    It's even more amusing that both lottery picks that got traded this year were top 3.
  6. bukie
    Looking at rings as an individual achievement in a team sport is pointless and short-sighted, no matter what the team sport is (even baseball, which is as individual as a team sport can be). Well, I happen to think the same about looking at stats. This is not baseball where its 1 player against the pitcher. It's a team sport. I judge it the contribution the player makes to getting his team to win. I admit the flaws of looking at wins. But looking at the stats isn't perfect either. Look, its one thing if LeBron is playing on a crappy team. He teamed up with 2 all-stars. What's the excuse now? Oh yeah. Spoelstra and the bench. There will always be excuses until he wins, because of his gaudy stats. LeBron supporters will always have an excuse for him because they can't fathom how he's not one of the greatest of all time because the stats say so. But who says the stats are right? Hey, everyone is entitled to their opinion. And this is mine. He might well win multiple championships. I'm not saying he won't. But until then, he's not one of the all-time greats. One player does not have the ability to make a team win. Even three players may not have the ability (though Miami is trying it anyway). Treating rings as some kind of individual measure of winning is the kind of argument that makes people think Robert Horry was a better player than Charles Barkley.
  7. bukie
    Looking at rings as an individual achievement in a team sport is pointless and short-sighted, no matter what the team sport is (even baseball, which is as individual as a team sport can be).
  8. bukie
    The thing nobody mentions, though, is that nobody has a better than average track record on game winning shots. It's part of the nature of the shot. Even if LeBron was more easily recognizable as the best player the previous couple years, he's still the best player this year, with Howard a shade below and Wade a shade below that (and a close cluster of players from 4-11 that also includes Rose, rabid Bulls fans).
  9. bukie
    None of the 2 worst teams in the NBA have won the draft lottery since 2004 (Orlando), and only once since than have one of the 4 worst teams won it (2009 Clippers). 2005 - Bucks (6th worst) 2006 - Raptors (5th worst) 2007 - Blazers (6th worst) 2008 - Bulls (9th worst) 2009 - Clippers (3rd worst) 2010 - Wizards (5th worst) Since the draft lottery began in 1985, only four teams that actually had the worst record won the lottery (1988 Clippers, 1990 Nets, 2003 Cavs, 2004 Magic).
  10. bukie
    Believe it or not, the draft lottery is tonight. Here are the teams' lottery chances: 1. Minnesota: 25% 2. Cleveland: 19.9% 3. Toronto: 15.6% 4. Washington: 11.9% 5. Sacramento: 7.6% 6. Utah (from NJ): 7.5% 7. Detroit: 4.3% 8. Cleveland (from LAC): 2.8% 9. Charlotte: 1.7% 10. Milwaukee: 1.1% 11. Golden State: 0.8% 12. Utah: 0.7% 13. Phoenix: 0.6% 14. Houston: 0.5%
  11. bukie
    James Posey was the Heat who clotheslined Kirk. Wasn't a clothesline, it was a premeditated free-safety hit in the open floor. It was the dirtiest play I've ever witnessed live in the NBA, and considering I watched Rajon Rondo a few years later that is saying something. Yeah, it was Deng he clotheslined.
  12. bukie
    As to why game 1 was huge, teams that lose game 1 at home have won the series 47% of the time (and that includes twice last round!)
  13. bukie
    Since the first round went to a 7 game series nine years ago, the team with home court advantage has won 76% of the time. After winning game 1, the team with home court advantage has won the series 87% of the time.
  14. bukie
    Oh man, I hope Spoelstra tries the small lineup again. The Heat have played 4 different lineups in 4 games against the Bulls and have been outrebounded in all of them. Anthony generally starts because he does one thing extremely well: help defense. On the flip side, he's a lousy post defender, rebounder, and offensive player. Their best hope at this point by keeping the same lineup is that James and Wade will try to create more FT opportunities and get the Bulls bigs in foul trouble (particularly Gibson, who is a bit prone to it).
  15. bukie
    They are just 4th in the NL in SLG. They get a huge amount of singles, though. Far too much of their OBP/SLG is single-based. Not enough walking, not enough XBH.
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  17. bukie
    How funny is it that Cavs fans this week are almost universally rooting for Boozer?
  18. bukie
    LeBron and Wade combined for 33 points last night, which was the second lowest combined total they've had all year. On November 22, they combined for 28 points against Indiana in a 16 point home loss (Wade scored 3 on 1 for 13 shooting from the floor and 1 for 5 shooting from the line).
  19. bukie
    The NBA had a contingency plan set up in case the Hawks sent it to game 7. If they had, the Heat/Bulls series would have started Wed-Fri-Sun, but since the Bulls closed out Atlanta in 6, it's now just Sun-Wed-Sun. This also allows the Western finals to catch up.
  20. bukie
    Thibs adjusts to the Heat's defense in the 4th by calling a play the Bulls hadn't run at all in the postseason prior, and ran just 3 times in the regular season: http://nbaplaybook.com/2011/05/16/a-late-game-twist-from-chicago/
  21. bukie
    Is it? Is it of "note?" Boozer and Gibson will guard Bosh, just as they did during the 3 regular season matchups and I suspect, like in the 3 reg season matchups, Thibs will employ his standard defense and challenge the non-basketball mega gods to beat them. Not that I'm some basketball sage. I just, you know, watch the games and pay attention. Apparently you have some weird issue with me, but hey, you were right.
  22. bukie
    Wonder how many besides tonight have been post-Jordan. That was the first time post-Jordan. Bulls also improved to 17-5 all time in the playoffs against the Heat.
  23. bukie
    The Heat have allowed a playoff opponent to get 19+ offensive boards eight times in their playoff history. Five of those have been the Bulls.
  24. bukie
    Stats of the night: Miami only had 10 transition points, and 8 of them were in the first quarter. They also ran 14 isolation offensive sets, 8 of which were in the third quarter, all of which combined resulted in 2 points.
  25. bukie
    Also of note, the Bulls defensive strategy was interesting, basically letting Boozer (or Gibson) deal with Bosh 1 on 1, and keeping everyone else focused on stopping both Wade and James, under the assumption that even if Bosh went off (which he did), Bosh alone wouldn't win them the game.
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