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Post by elvissurfs on Apr 25, 2024 9:19:32 GMT -5
Petey ... we're losing because we're intimidated by the hacking and grabbing they are getting away with and our refusal to do the same to them. They are more energetic as well and in your face defense while we have been slow to close on the perimeter. Coaching has something to do with this as well. well. We have tough guys in the bench. Svy, Queta and Brissete. None of them will ever be played. Give this roster to Spoelstra and he would cruise with the trophyYep...end of the third quarter with Pritchard and Hauser on the court, Tatum goes ISO and bricks it...then coach takes Pritchard and Hauser out of the game, leaving us with no shooters on the floor for the entire fourth quarter...brilliant... And why the heck we ever signed Holiday long term, I do not understand...
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Post by elvissurfs on Apr 25, 2024 9:22:10 GMT -5
And just like that Miami has homecourt advantage! Yep...same crap, another year...
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Post by elvissurfs on Apr 25, 2024 9:32:02 GMT -5
For those into politics and the preservation of democracy this came down tonight:
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump ‘s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their roles in an attempt to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won Arizona in 2020. They include the former state party chair, a 2022 U.S. Senate candidate and two sitting state lawmakers, who are charged with nine counts each of conspiracy, fraud and forgery.
The identities of seven other defendants, including Giuliani and Meadows, were not immediately released because they had not yet been served with the documents. They were readily identifiable based on descriptions of the defendants, however.
etc, etc, etc ...
This comes on the eve of a SCOTUS ruling regarding immunity for past & present POTUS's. Maybe SCOTUS will smell what's cooking and add this to the recipe historian scholars have provided them in making a decision that ignores their interest in leaning in too far for those that put them in their robes.
Yeah, same old crap there too...SCOTUS will eff us over again...nothing sticks, cuz Republicans stacked the courts...bought and paid for...
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Post by kyceltic on Apr 25, 2024 9:49:13 GMT -5
Miami has won 4 of the last 5 playoff games on the Celtics homecourt!
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Post by petey62 on Apr 25, 2024 9:53:22 GMT -5
What gets me is that everyone has an excuse.
WE ARE THE FAVORITES TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP!!
As the clear favorites, we cannot allow a tough-minded MIA team, while short-handed, to get a win in Boston.
When things get tough, we easily lose our poise and composure. You saw that a lot from Tatum last night.
I don't understand why we are so disconnected and out-of-sync as a team so often, both on the offensive and defensive end.
We literally got nothing from our backcourt until late in the 4th quarter. Don't know why these guys aren't more engaged and productive in quarters 1 through 3.
And we have a coach who makes no adjustments because he's delusional by thoughts that the plan is working.
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Post by kyceltic on Apr 25, 2024 10:11:53 GMT -5
Tyler Herro had a better all around game than Jaylen Brown, Bam had a better all around game than Tatum, they were on from 3, it's not hard to see why we lost. Al had 3 shots in 23 minutes, Hauser had 5 in 15 minutes, and 1 of those was a left handed throw at the basket to beat the shot clock. Pritchard had 0 shots in 20 minutes. The best 3 shooters on the team have to get more than 8 shots in 58 minutes. Brown and Tatum had 43 between them. We played right into Miami's hands!!
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Post by hedleylamarr on Apr 25, 2024 10:25:26 GMT -5
Now this one I like - unfortunately he plays for the opposition:
“I think the focus was just to score more points and they score less,” said Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. “That’s kind of what it was. We just wanted it more. … It just came down to toughness and will to win.” – via Yahoo! Sports Jaime Jaquez, Miami Heat
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Post by kyceltic on Apr 25, 2024 10:34:36 GMT -5
Now this one I like - unfortunately he plays for the opposition: “I think the focus was just to score more points and they score less,” said Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. “That’s kind of what it was. We just wanted it more. … It just came down to toughness and will to win.” – via Yahoo! Sports Jaime Jaquez, Miami Heat Our problem is, we can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk!
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Post by dfries13 on Apr 25, 2024 10:36:27 GMT -5
Joe Mazzulla gives bizarre assessment of Celtics Game 2 defense vs. HeatBy Brian Robb | brobb@masslive.com
The Heat made history in Game 2 on Wednesday night, erupting for a postseason franchise record 23 3-point makes in a 111-101 upset win over the Celtics to even the series at 1-1. The bombardment came from a diverse cast for the undermanned Heat with six different players knocking down multiple 3s as the team shot a scorching-hot 53.5 percent from 3-point range. The move to fire away from deep should not come as a surprising choice. Without Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier, Miami lacks reliable creators and attackers at the rim outside of Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro. The team was going to need to roll the dice from beyond the arc to give themselves a chance. Their hot start put added pressure on a Celtics offense that struggled to keep pace and got little help all night beyond their two All-Stars. Yet the assessment of Miami’s stellar shooting after the game led to a bizarre evaluation by Mazzulla of his team’s role defensively in the outburst. “Defensively, obviously they made a conscious effort with free reign to shoot more,” Mazzulla said. “I thought most of those were moderately to heavily contested, so we’re going to have to make the adjustment on some of those.”That assessment stood in contrast to a couple of Celtics players after the defeat as Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday acknowledged the Celtics were willing to let most Heat shooters fire away.Holiday was more candid about Boston’s tactics right out of the gate. Miami’s hot shooting night should have had a familiar feel for the Celtics as Game 2 proved to be the fourth time in the last two postseasons that the Heat shot 50 percent or better from 3-point range. A video review of Miami’s made 3s indicates that Mazzulla’s assertions are dubious. There were maybe 10 total contests of those 23 3-point field goals by the Heat and that’s having a generous threshold for what this author considers to be a contested shot. Boston moderately or heavily contested perhaps a handful of those makes. The rest? The Celtics were inviting wide-open looks. A few came on defensive breakdowns via rotations (another area Boston had to clean up) but the Celtics gameplan here was clear and failed.Mazzulla’s late-game tactics were also questionable. The team threw an extra body at the Herro/Adebayo pick-and-roll and left wide-open hot shooters (Haywood Highsmith, Caleb Martin) with the game on the line with ugly results. Closing the game out with Kristaps Porzingis (-32) over Al Horford (+8) invites debate as well since Horford was the superior defender on this night.Ultimately, there is nothing here that the Celtics can’t clean up going into Game 3. Yet, Mazzulla’s gameplan opened the door for the Heat to fully lean into their high 3-point shooting volume. Miami’s drivers shouldn’t share the Celtics more than their ability to hit the 3-ball in this series. While Jaquez and Martin shot over their heads in Game 2, they did so on wide-open looks. Meanwhile, Boston did a horrific job respecting a host of 40 percent 3-point shooters (Herro, Highsmith, Jovic) and was punished accordingly. The pressure is on Mazzulla and the Celtics to respond on this front in Game 3 to retake command. “I think we’ve gotta be more creative,” Tatum said. “The playoffs are about making adjustments game to game, and they did that...They’re supposed to try to mess things a little up, and make it a little bit tougher. So it’s our job to react in real time, as well as make our adjustments going from game to game.”
He is a major reason why this team plays the way it does. He is mediocre at game planning and in-game adjustments. For him to say MIA's 3-point shots were "moderately or heavily contested" is absolutely insane, all while the players are admitting they purposely encouraged them to shoot by NOT closing out with hard contests. I don't understand why this guy is our coach. 1 He's cheap. 2 He listens to his Daddy Opie and his Grandpaw WYC.. 3 His wife is beyond ugly and he couldn't pick up a girl in a cheap Mexican Brothel with a shoebox full of 100 dollar bills.. 4 Some fools think Providence or Fairmount St are in New England. 5He lies to the press better than any politician in History.
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Post by puddin on Apr 25, 2024 10:59:21 GMT -5
Now this one I like - unfortunately he plays for the opposition: “I think the focus was just to score more points and they score less,” said Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. “That’s kind of what it was. We just wanted it more. … It just came down to toughness and will to win.” – via Yahoo! Sports Jaime Jaquez, Miami Heat Our problem is, we can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk! One out of two isn't God-awful!
My so called "Commanders" can't do either!
Pud
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Post by kyceltic on Apr 25, 2024 11:09:36 GMT -5
Our problem is, we can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk! One out of two isn't God-awful!
My so called "Commanders" can't do either!
Pud
I would say it's the worst name in history, but Cleveland has us beat with the Guardians! We're getting us a QB, baby!HTTR!!
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Post by hedleylamarr on Apr 25, 2024 11:16:39 GMT -5
On a different note, because I'm still furious at my team who looked like thgey had taken a double dose of Ex-lax........heard a rumor today. Would you do this?
Justin Hebert and #5 to New England for #3???
Wiggy was all over it this AM
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Post by kyceltic on Apr 25, 2024 11:19:12 GMT -5
On a different note, because I'm still furious at my team who looked like thgey had taken a double dose of Ex-lax........heard a rumor today. Would you do this? Justin Hebert and #5 to New England for #3??? Wiggy was all over it this AM Only if I didn't want Drake Maye!
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Post by puddin on Apr 25, 2024 13:42:18 GMT -5
One out of two isn't God-awful!
My so called "Commanders" can't do either!
Pud
I would say it's the worst name in history, but Cleveland has us beat with the Guardians! We're getting us a QB, baby!HTTR!!Last time you squealed with delight that the 'skins were finally getting a QB.....
.... we ended up with RG da Third Turd!
So STFU.....
Pud
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Post by kyceltic on Apr 25, 2024 13:47:44 GMT -5
I would say it's the worst name in history, but Cleveland has us beat with the Guardians! We're getting us a QB, baby!HTTR!!Last time you squealed with delight that the 'skins were finally getting a QB.....
.... we ended up with RG da Third Turd!
So STFU.....
Pud
We're getting a good one this time!
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Post by kyceltic on Apr 25, 2024 13:50:32 GMT -5
It's being reported, that Brown was seen at a Dicks sporting goods buying fishing gear!!
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Post by kyceltic on Apr 25, 2024 13:55:24 GMT -5
Last time you squealed with delight that the 'skins were finally getting a QB.....
.... we ended up with RG da Third Turd!
So STFU.....
Pud
We're getting a good one this time! Maybe even a little RG111 esque!!
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Post by hedleylamarr on Apr 25, 2024 18:43:12 GMT -5
I hate this, too:
Bobby Manning: Porzingis on the challenge #Heat present: “They make us think. They do this on one possession, then they do another thing on another possession, then they switch, then they don’t. So that can freeze you a little bit, because you start to think a little bit, then you rush.”
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Post by Admin on Apr 25, 2024 19:31:30 GMT -5
Patriots pick is in - it's Maye!
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Post by Cabutan on Apr 25, 2024 19:42:55 GMT -5
I hate this, too: Bobby Manning: Porzingis on the challenge #Heat present: “They make us think. They do this on one possession, then they do another thing on another possession, then they switch, then they don’t. So that can freeze you a little bit, because you start to think a little bit, then you rush.” its called coaching. Mazulla has zero game plan. Just throws players out there to do what they feel is right and Maz has no answer.
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Post by kyceltic on Apr 25, 2024 19:56:11 GMT -5
We're getting a good one this time! Maybe even a little RG111 esque!! We got our man, Pud!!
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Post by puddin on Apr 25, 2024 20:02:15 GMT -5
Patriots pick is in - it's Maye!Maye ain't sheeeeeeeeeet......
Even my woeful 'skins passed on this turkey!
Pud
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Post by elvissurfs on Apr 25, 2024 22:44:27 GMT -5
I hate this, too: Bobby Manning: Porzingis on the challenge #Heat present: “They make us think. They do this on one possession, then they do another thing on another possession, then they switch, then they don’t. So that can freeze you a little bit, because you start to think a little bit, then you rush.” Porzingus needs to pull his head out of his arse and play basketball...effing worthless so far....
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Post by elvissurfs on Apr 25, 2024 22:45:47 GMT -5
Patriots pick is in - it's Maye!Whatever...Pats suck so much they can get another high draft pick...whoop dee doo...
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Post by cole on Apr 25, 2024 23:33:38 GMT -5
Paying LeBron lots of money for first round exits.
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