Yeh, I didn't see the first injury, didn't watch the game tonight. Only the 2nd one on the highlights after the game. Granger has been a punk this whole series against Lebron. Serves him right he injured himself not once, but twice against him. If the ankle was already dinged up from an earlier sprain it doesn't take much at all to make it worse.
Was this when they had all of them playing? Also, the regular season doesn't matter.
That loss sparked the worst slump San Antonio had all season. Since January 30th, they've lost 7 games out of 52 played, including the 18-0 run they're currently on. In the same time frame, the Heat have lost 18 games. The Spurs are red-hot right now, and discounting them as old or over the hill is a mistake that way too many people are making. They are playing inspired team basketball and crushing their competition. Miami has a tendency to just look lost for long stretches.regular season does matter when a person's making it out like the Heat has zero chance to beat either team. Bosh was playing against the Spurs, but they won by 22 points. So they'd probably had won that game even without him. Obviously having Bosh will always be better, but even if he doesn't return mho they could still beat the Spurs or the Thunder, that's assuming they make it past my Celtics.
I'm not saying that Miami can't beat the Spurs in a 7 game series; they can. But if you watch both teams play over the past month, there's no question who's been better; the team that hasn't lost.
The Spurs also swept both of their playoff series, winning by an average of nearly 14 points, with 6 of 8 victories by double digits. Miami has dropped 3 games in the playoffs so far, including a blowout loss to Indiana. Miami also has no word on a timeline of return for Bosh, who is a fairly critical piece of their team, while the Spurs are at full strength. The Spurs are simply playing better basketball right now than Miami is, and unless things change before the Finals, Miami does not look like a favorite over either the Spurs or the Thunder.Does that change the way you look at the 18 game streak? It should.
The Spurs are simply playing better basketball right now than Miami is, and unless things change before the Finals, Miami does not look like a favorite over either the Spurs or the Thunder.
Miami Heat's Udonis Haslem suspended one game, Dexter Pittman suspended three games
http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/201...one-game-dexter-pittman-suspended-three-games
LOL, what retards.
Pittman should be suspended for 5+ games, as far as I'm concerned.
IMO its worse than Artest's elbow as he looked at him and charged with his elbow.
I wouldn't say it's worse. Both were definitely bad hits as both could have done major damage.
But since Pittman is new, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt of just being a rookie/noob. With Artest, he needs to be banned from the NBA period. He's nothing but trash.
Lebron must be averaging 45+ minutes a game. Ridiculous.
That wore him down last year, the big minutes coupled with chasing down and locking down the key wing guy on the opposing team. Bosh coming back would be huge for the Heat, if for no other reason, to provide minutes so Lebron can come off the floor.
It has been nearly two weeks since Bosh went down, and his injury is typically a 2-3 week type of thing.
Philly is the only team in the East that's still pretty healthy. I expect Boston to put them away in game 7 at home, but I just don't see them being able to compete with Miami. Rondo and Bass are the only two guys in that first 6-7 player rotation that aren't dinged up. That team is just held together with ace wrap, ibuprofen, trainers tape, and willpower at this point.
Miami is playing faster, stronger, more explosive ball. I would not be suprised to see that series end in 5 games.