June 6th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in A Hard Fought Victory Well Deserving Of Celebration Defense. The calling card of the Miami Heat. From the regular season to the playoffs, they excelled because of it. However, in Game two, they stumbled because of it. Game three? They prevailed because of it. What let them down at home on Thursday, proved to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘2011 NBA Finals’
Bosh’s Game Winner Helps Heat Close Out Mavs 88-86
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Heat Falter Late; Allow Mavs To Steal Game Two 95-93
The Finals just got more interesting “That’s about as tough a fourth quarter as you can have,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “When it started to slide, it just kept on going.” Up 88-73 with a little more than seven minutes remaining in the final period, it looked like the Heat were on cruise control, [...]
Show Me Something Heatles!
Wade Knows He Has To Do More In Game Two I’m not content. Still waiting for the “Where Amazing Happens”. Game one thoughts? Let’s move on to Game two. Interested to see how Heat start Game 2. I believe it would be in their best interest to try to knockout the Mavs Thursday. Game one [...]
South Beach Firepower: Heat Too Hot For Mavs To Handle; Capture Game One 92-84
LeBron Played A Game-High 45 Minutes The Mavs hadn’t faced an aggressive defense this Playoffs like the one they faced in Game one Tuesday. “You hold a team to 38 percent shooting and 92 points, for us, that’s usually a victory,” Mavs forward Shawn Marion said. It was that type of game. Many consider the [...]
Get Ready For The NBA Finals!
With the NBA Finals stating tonight in Miami, I have compiled a series of videos to get you pumped up for the Heat and Mavericks. Enjoy. For the rest and my Finals prediction visit Heat Gab
Combined Playoff Losses Of NBA Conference Champions
Above is the table of the combined playoff losses of NBA conference champs since the NBA’s playoff expansion in 1984. A closer look at the table according to Russ Loede: Of the Finals match-ups that had less losses than Miami-Dallas, the Eastern Conference team won the championship in all but one series (1999, New York-San [...]
Forecasting Your 2011 NBA Playoffs
Kobe Has Eyes Fixed On Three-Peat Could Nuggets-Thunder winner stand in way of Lakers, NBA Finals? Eastern Conference First Round: 1 Chicago Bulls over 8 Indiana Pacers in 5 5 Atlanta Hawks over 4 Orlando Magic in 6 3 Boston Celtics over 6 New York Knicks in 6 2 Miami Heat over 7 Philadelphia 76ers [...]