I don't understand why there has not been a rise in random violence in Miami in the last couple hours.
Ira Winderman's recap is in:
It was a good run while it lasted -- both the five-game winning streak the Miami Heat entered with and the aggressive start that had them up by 17 points at one stage Wednesday night.
Then the Toronto Raptors decided enough was enough.
Oh. They just decided enough was enough and that was it.
Ira's "view" is in:
-- Whether or not Heat are considered a good team, they are proving to be a competitive team.
Oh. Is that the new measuring stick, competitive?
-- It used to be the Heat needed shooting when Justise Winslow was in the lineup. Now he is the shooting.
Good.
-- Hassan Whiteside came out as engaged as he's been in any game this season.
Nice Ira we lost the goddamned game.
...
-- Easy to decipher Heat defensive intention if you focus on Erik Spoelstra: Holds up two fingers on one hand, three on other if zone; otherwise holds up five fingers on a single hand.
What does it mean when he holds up this many?
-- It later became a game of zones, with the Raptors turning to the alignment in the third quarter.
Did that have anything to do with turning the game, Ira? No, no, that is okay, don't analyze.
...
-- Dwyane Wade said that after the loss after Thanksgiving in Toronto, Spoelstra it was a good time to take stock before this post-Christmas matchup.
-- "Coach was very candid with us," Wade said, "that we had a lot of work to do and that we weren't as good as Toronto, that we had a lot of work to do before the next time we played them, to see where we're at the next time we played them, and it was a month away from that game, and to see from this next one how much better we can get."
-- Wade went in encouraged, "Guys are starting to play for each other, and that's all you can ask for from this young group."
How did D-Wade come out of the game feeling?
-- Without or without the trade of DeMar DeRozan for Kawhi Leonard, Wade said he was surprised the Raptors weren't part of Wednesday's featured NBA fare.
...
Enough. Ira, did you watch the fucking game? Miami blew a 17 point third period lead. They blew a six point lead with 2:27 left in the game. "It was a good run while it lasted": Hey! Don't get too upset about this, Ira!
Where's the analysis? What the FUCK went wrong? How about starting with the D? Tonto was on pace for 88 total points at half time. They scored 64 in the fucking second half. How about giving up 100+ for the first time in six games...which resulted in the first loss in six games? How did that happen, Ira?
Ira doesn’t tell us but he has a warm-and-fuzzy from D-Wade on Toronto not appearing on TV on Christmas. So, I'll tell you what happened even though I didn’t watch the game either (I was
analyzing it.). However many fingers Tonto's coach held up his switching to a zone in the
3Q, while Miami stayed in their zone, did effect the outcome. A zone defense collapses on the inside game. So, YoungWhiteside had 16, 11, and 3 at the half, on pace for a 32 point, 22 rebound, 6 block game. Which would have extracted sperm from my penis. Instead Hassan's final numbers were 16, 12, and 3. James Johnson: In his "coming out party" James had 12 points and 4 boards at the half. James finished with 12 points and 6 boards. The effect of Tonto's zone in the 3Q was to cause Miami's inside game to go MIA, see?
Since both teams were playing zone in the second half what does that do to the offenses of both teams c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. Right! It means offense has to come from the outside. Where does the "Heat" SUCK? Outside shooting. Treys. So, what do you think happened in the third quarter? Exclusive of free throws (which, preview, was the difference in the game) this was the scoring:
-Tonto two point shot
-Miami three point shot
-Richardson pushed the lead back to 17 with a two point shot at 8:16 3Q. After that, the deluge.
-"Fred" "VanFleet", remember the name, 3-pointer.
-Miami two-pointer.
-"Fred" "VanFleet" 3-pointer.
-Kawhi Leonard 3-pointer
-D-Wade 10 foot floater.
(Miami is trading twos for threes. Which is not a good trade.)
-Tonto layup
-Miami three-pointer.
-Tonto layup
-Tonto two-pointer
(Justise missed a three at 4:07. Miami was getting into a three-point shooting contest. Which is not a contest they can win.)
-Tonto 3-pointer off the Winslow missed three
-Miami two-pointer
-"FVF" three. And just like that the game is tied. Miami's 17 point lead POOF! gone in 6 minutes.
-Tonto two-point shot.
-Miami three-pointer
-D-Wade misses a three
-Tonto three off the D-Wade miss
End 3. Toronto 81 YOUR Miami Heat 79. Outscored 37-21. Erik the Great should have done this here
after FVF's second three of the quarter or after Kawhi's first. Miami was "playing at pace" agin, runnin' and gunnin' and not havin' no funnin'.
That is how the lead was lost BUT. This is a very weird box score. "Heat" actually runned and gunned good over the course of the whole game. They shot 51.8%. Which is fucking unbelievable. Tonto shot 46.8%, which is not Miami defense. Miami D is holding the other guys to like 41%. Miami also shot 41.4% from range, Tonto 43.3%. Tonto shot better but the difference was three points--enough to win the game!--BUT. But the real cause of this loss was free throws. Miami tried 12 and made 6. Which is JUST pathetic. But even if they had made all twelve, Tonto got to the line 23 times. 23 to 12. And Tonto made 19 of them, 82.6%. Kawhi Leonard his own self got to the line almost as many times, 11, as the entire "Heat" team! And of course, since Kawhi is Kawhi and he has no weaknesses in his game, he made 10 of his. The lead was lost in Tonto's 37 point 3Q explosion when Miami stayed zone instead of matching up man-to-man, trying to play at pace and shoot from range and they shot themselves in their own feets. The game was lost in the barrage of fouls called on Miami throughout and proximately by a final Tonto three, what else, with 22.7" left.
This was a crushingly dispiriting loss, a “same old ‘Heat’” loss, a civic unrest loss. Miami could have, hell, should have kept their “nice little run” going with a sixth straight win. Instead of 17-16 they’re 16-17.
You’re welcome, Ira.
Ira Winderman's recap is in:
It was a good run while it lasted -- both the five-game winning streak the Miami Heat entered with and the aggressive start that had them up by 17 points at one stage Wednesday night.
Then the Toronto Raptors decided enough was enough.
Oh. They just decided enough was enough and that was it.
Ira's "view" is in:
-- Whether or not Heat are considered a good team, they are proving to be a competitive team.
Oh. Is that the new measuring stick, competitive?
-- It used to be the Heat needed shooting when Justise Winslow was in the lineup. Now he is the shooting.
Good.
-- Hassan Whiteside came out as engaged as he's been in any game this season.
Nice Ira we lost the goddamned game.
...
-- Easy to decipher Heat defensive intention if you focus on Erik Spoelstra: Holds up two fingers on one hand, three on other if zone; otherwise holds up five fingers on a single hand.
What does it mean when he holds up this many?
-- It later became a game of zones, with the Raptors turning to the alignment in the third quarter.
Did that have anything to do with turning the game, Ira? No, no, that is okay, don't analyze.
...
-- Dwyane Wade said that after the loss after Thanksgiving in Toronto, Spoelstra it was a good time to take stock before this post-Christmas matchup.
-- "Coach was very candid with us," Wade said, "that we had a lot of work to do and that we weren't as good as Toronto, that we had a lot of work to do before the next time we played them, to see where we're at the next time we played them, and it was a month away from that game, and to see from this next one how much better we can get."
-- Wade went in encouraged, "Guys are starting to play for each other, and that's all you can ask for from this young group."
How did D-Wade come out of the game feeling?
-- Without or without the trade of DeMar DeRozan for Kawhi Leonard, Wade said he was surprised the Raptors weren't part of Wednesday's featured NBA fare.
...
Enough. Ira, did you watch the fucking game? Miami blew a 17 point third period lead. They blew a six point lead with 2:27 left in the game. "It was a good run while it lasted": Hey! Don't get too upset about this, Ira!
Where's the analysis? What the FUCK went wrong? How about starting with the D? Tonto was on pace for 88 total points at half time. They scored 64 in the fucking second half. How about giving up 100+ for the first time in six games...which resulted in the first loss in six games? How did that happen, Ira?
Ira doesn’t tell us but he has a warm-and-fuzzy from D-Wade on Toronto not appearing on TV on Christmas. So, I'll tell you what happened even though I didn’t watch the game either (I was
analyzing it.). However many fingers Tonto's coach held up his switching to a zone in the
3Q, while Miami stayed in their zone, did effect the outcome. A zone defense collapses on the inside game. So, YoungWhiteside had 16, 11, and 3 at the half, on pace for a 32 point, 22 rebound, 6 block game. Which would have extracted sperm from my penis. Instead Hassan's final numbers were 16, 12, and 3. James Johnson: In his "coming out party" James had 12 points and 4 boards at the half. James finished with 12 points and 6 boards. The effect of Tonto's zone in the 3Q was to cause Miami's inside game to go MIA, see?
Since both teams were playing zone in the second half what does that do to the offenses of both teams c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. Right! It means offense has to come from the outside. Where does the "Heat" SUCK? Outside shooting. Treys. So, what do you think happened in the third quarter? Exclusive of free throws (which, preview, was the difference in the game) this was the scoring:
-Tonto two point shot
-Miami three point shot
-Richardson pushed the lead back to 17 with a two point shot at 8:16 3Q. After that, the deluge.
-"Fred" "VanFleet", remember the name, 3-pointer.
-Miami two-pointer.
-"Fred" "VanFleet" 3-pointer.
-Kawhi Leonard 3-pointer
-D-Wade 10 foot floater.
(Miami is trading twos for threes. Which is not a good trade.)
-Tonto layup
-Miami three-pointer.
-Tonto layup
-Tonto two-pointer
(Justise missed a three at 4:07. Miami was getting into a three-point shooting contest. Which is not a contest they can win.)
-Tonto 3-pointer off the Winslow missed three
-Miami two-pointer
-"FVF" three. And just like that the game is tied. Miami's 17 point lead POOF! gone in 6 minutes.
-Tonto two-point shot.
-Miami three-pointer
-D-Wade misses a three
-Tonto three off the D-Wade miss
End 3. Toronto 81 YOUR Miami Heat 79. Outscored 37-21. Erik the Great should have done this here
after FVF's second three of the quarter or after Kawhi's first. Miami was "playing at pace" agin, runnin' and gunnin' and not havin' no funnin'.
That is how the lead was lost BUT. This is a very weird box score. "Heat" actually runned and gunned good over the course of the whole game. They shot 51.8%. Which is fucking unbelievable. Tonto shot 46.8%, which is not Miami defense. Miami D is holding the other guys to like 41%. Miami also shot 41.4% from range, Tonto 43.3%. Tonto shot better but the difference was three points--enough to win the game!--BUT. But the real cause of this loss was free throws. Miami tried 12 and made 6. Which is JUST pathetic. But even if they had made all twelve, Tonto got to the line 23 times. 23 to 12. And Tonto made 19 of them, 82.6%. Kawhi Leonard his own self got to the line almost as many times, 11, as the entire "Heat" team! And of course, since Kawhi is Kawhi and he has no weaknesses in his game, he made 10 of his. The lead was lost in Tonto's 37 point 3Q explosion when Miami stayed zone instead of matching up man-to-man, trying to play at pace and shoot from range and they shot themselves in their own feets. The game was lost in the barrage of fouls called on Miami throughout and proximately by a final Tonto three, what else, with 22.7" left.
This was a crushingly dispiriting loss, a “same old ‘Heat’” loss, a civic unrest loss. Miami could have, hell, should have kept their “nice little run” going with a sixth straight win. Instead of 17-16 they’re 16-17.
You’re welcome, Ira.
