The 2012 NBA FINALS Thread Miami Heat vs Oklahoma City Thunder

mike06

congrats to Lebron and the Heat

woah316

woah316 wrote: »

mark my words... The heat will win this series.

I think it could be over in 5 to 6 games...

This all depends on the sense of urgency lebron plays with...

Seriously, I don't think wade and lebron would be able to sleep for the rest of their lives if they lost to westbrook / durrant in the finals...


This entire prediction is based off a hunch... It's not about basketball and x's and o's... (besides the fact that i know kevin durrant can be turned into a jump shooter)...


Miami keys to win: Stop kevin durant at all costs.. Make him uncomfortable and make him take long hard jumpers... Trap westbrook and play some single coverage on him.. Make him make turnovers, get frustrated and meltdown...

I really can't see the thunder beating the heat... But like I said, it all depends on how hard they play... If they play every fuckin game like their last, the series is over in 5 or 6 for miami... period.

This is why tommy (and anyone else who pops shit hates me) part 1

woah316

woah316 wrote: »

I must say.. I'm suprised at you Tommy, doubting lebron...

Like I said after game 6: Lebron is unstoppable when he wants to be... You dont have faith in him, that he actually wants to be, this finals?

Somethings different about him now... He knows he NEEDS that ring this year, or it's over...

The Oklahoma city thunder are not beating the heat, lmao...


You can give lebron the ball at the top of the key... spread out 4 3 point shooters... and 1 of 3 things is going to happen:

He's going to get fouled
He's going to go score
He's going to kick it out for a 40% 3 point shot


Kevin durant can't do this... Lebron is an excellent passer...

I'm telling you guys.. You're just counting the heat out to fast...


THe thunder beat a broken down Dallas team... A lakers team that actually SHOULD have won the dam series with a guy in pau gasol that is bipolar... And they beat a spurs team thats old and ran out of gas...


I don't really look at those as impressive...


To me, if you say the heat will lose this series... You're saying, they won't take every game like it's a game 7....

I'm going to give them a little credit, and say they will... And if they do, the thunder dont stand a chance.

There are ways to stop KD and Westbrook... Lebron can't be stopped and wade is right behind him...

Bosh is determined and a warrior... It all comes down to coaching..

If I'm spo, start the game off by making wade / james penetrate EVERY POSSESSION for the first 30 fuckin possessions or so... Go ahead and get ibaka fouled out of there..

Anyway, I'm done... KD is 6'10 and can't dribble / pass as good as lebron.. I've seen him be forced into a jump shooter, and it can be done again...

If the heat play like they did in game 6 and game 7 vs boston, it's impossible for them to lose this series... And I think they won't be taking games off anymore.

This is why tommy (and anyone else who pops shit hates me) part 2

(damn i really am a genius)

woah316

woah316 wrote: »

Oh shit... I just realized, it's a

2-3-2 format... lmao...


Seriously.. the series is not leaving miami....


Let me give you a psychological break down...

Miami is not stupid... they KNOW the thunder have the craziest home court in the NBA...

Miami knows it CANNOT let the series get back to OKC for a game 6 / 7... then, its basically over for miami...


For this reason, miami will come out, the first 1 or 2 (should be both if that had any sense), and play like MAD...


They will take the first 1 or 2 games in okc.... and close it out in miami....


This series is over in 5 games, and I would not be shocked at a sweep. 2-3-2 format plays in miami's favor, psychologically.... as they know they dont have a chance in a game 6 or 7 in OKC.... So they won't be bullshitting or half playing for parts of the first 2 games, like they normally would be...


This series reminds me of the eastern conference finals from last year vs the bulls... where the bulls lost 5 in games... All the games might be close (i dont even see that.. I see comfortable 6 point wins by the heat, maybe 1 or 2 close games).

Mark my words on this post. I will pull it up when it happens.

This is why tommy (and anyone else who pops shit hates me) part 3


PS I also famously called the dallas series in 6 games last year when 99% of espn and this board had it the other way and said I was nuts.

Sincerely Woah,

The Roundball God

infamous114

704Hustla

okc was disappointing to say the least..all that shit against the spurs and lakers and you lose to the heat in 5..smh congrats to the heat and lol @ white boys still hatin on lebron

The Lonious Monk

John_Blazini wrote: »

wow lol

Yoooo, saw that out of the corner of my eyes and thought I was mistaken. lol @ it actually happening.

Anyway, I don't understand why people say this Finals was boring or a snoozefest. Yeah it only went 5 games and yeah OKC didn't bring their "A" game. But literally every game but the last one went down to the wire. Every game was pretty exciting and competitive.

down2earth

plocc wrote: »

With all due respect. Down2earth u tripping. neither team wouldve made it this far without said players. Westbrook just needs to mature. I think the pain of this series will motivate the Thunder to get better.

Take Wade away from the Heat and they are still pretty much the same team. Wade is pretty overrated imo, ever since he won that first ring people act like he's such a godlike SG. But the majority of his offense involves running around and throwing up crazy shots, aka some shit he can't replicate on a consistent basis. One of the ONLY reasons that Wade gets talked about so much is that besides him and Kobe there are really no other even halfway decent SGs in the league. Ginobli was injured so i didn't really count him because he wasn't himself, but even then I don't put him as a premier SG (partly because he plays like Wade but with a way better jumpshot).

As far as Westbrook goes, yea they might not have gone places without him scoring. On the other hand, if they had someone else facilitated the offense and fed Durant the ball they might have done better or been the same. Durant gets his most of the time, but imagine OKC with a guard who passed first and was less worried about "playing his game". You can't tell me that after this (last year too probably) that people aren't starting to notice Westbrook's unwillingness to pass and/or get Durant the rock is losing games for them. He's not the only reason they lost the finals, but he's a significant part.

704Hustla

down2earth wrote: »

plocc wrote: »

With all due respect. Down2earth u tripping. neither team wouldve made it this far without said players. Westbrook just needs to mature. I think the pain of this series will motivate the Thunder to get better.

Take Wade away from the Heat and they are still pretty much the same team. Wade is pretty overrated imo, ever since he won that first ring people act like he's such a godlike SG. But the majority of his offense involves running around and throwing up crazy shots, aka some shit he can't replicate on a consistent basis. One of the ONLY reasons that Wade gets talked about so much is that besides him and Kobe there are really no other even halfway decent SGs in the league. Ginobli was injured so i didn't really count him because he wasn't himself, but even then I don't put him as a premier SG (partly because he plays like Wade but with a way better jumpshot).

As far as Westbrook goes, yea they might not have gone places without him scoring. On the other hand, if they had someone else facilitated the offense and fed Durant the ball they might have done better or been the same. Durant gets his most of the time, but imagine OKC with a guard who passed first and was less worried about "playing his game". You can't tell me that after this (last year too probably) that people aren't starting to notice Westbrook's unwillingness to pass and/or get Durant the rock is losing games for them. He's not the only reason they lost the finals, but he's a significant part.

i put money that their gonna split after next year or two..next big nba headline