the effort/energy not being there is a bit absurd considering this is the finals even in the bubble, i sorta felt the 2nd half of gm 2 was sloppy n they took mia for granted n it carried over
pretty disappointing. if they don't come out and smash them in game 4, they might have lost it. i'd feel differently if they had their horses, but i had them penciled in for a win when they got one or both back. letting them walk over you without either is...not good.
We took our foot off the gas the second half of Game 2 and gave them momentum. Gave them more this game by coming out half asleep and flat. Now their shooters have all the confidence in the world and Butler probably has another spectacular game in him. We need a dominating win next game.
Pathetic effort, need to fix that. We should never lose a game where miami is missing two of it's too players. Looked too complacent from the start.
Defense was not there... Butler shredded us and they made their shots when it counted. Next game, let him get his and shut down the others. We led, just couldn't finish it.
some of you need to stop crowning these guys already. let's not do what the clippers fans were doing all season long this series is far from over with butler playing out of his mind and bam coming back for game 4 most likely
I actually expected the loss today and also said Jimmy Buckets would need a 40 point game for them to win. Props to Jimmy B, he played 45 minutes and had a spectacular world beating game. But he also needed both Lebron AND AD to have their worst games in the playoffs in addition to his 40 point triple double performance in order to win. I don't see all of those things happening again. Lakers need to stomp them in game 4 and close this out in 5.
One series, against a healthy squad... and they lost by 2. Let's compare their lineups, as well. Andrew Bynum is not AD. And to be honest... neither was Gasol.
People expecting a sweep were just being unrealistic - this HEAT team is damn good and they're led by a legit superstar in Butler. Both AD & LeBron playing bad won't happen again. Also - Bam coming back will be good for us - because now we won't have to see as much of Olynyk who is absolutely crushing us out there and spreading the floor more for Butler to go to work.
Both LeBron and AD are head and shoulders above Butler. This was the typical lackluster, zero killer instinct performance.
40pts triple double on a 70%FG is not something you see everyday. Was there a game like that before in the Finals (Wilt maybe)? We better get our ish together, stop with the 3's and start playing D. Game 4 is a must win (just like this was a must win for Miami).
