June 7th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in The ’06 Finals MVP Almost Wasn’t In South Beach Celtics coach and former Magic head man, Doc Rivers, recently chatted with Mike Lupica on ESPN New York and revealed his miss on trading up for Dwayne Wade. A close call, well, not exactly. Rivers, a Marquette alum himself, had this to say about the chances [...]
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Bosh’s Game Winner Helps Heat Close Out Mavs 88-86
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 [...]
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 [...]
Game 1 Breakdown: Inside Analysis On Sunday’s Semis
D-Wade, Heat Protected Their House In Game 1 As the calendar flips to May, the NBA Playoffs roll on into the second round, as only eight teams are left in the hunt. The first round saw two upsets: the #5 Hawks avenged last year’s sweep at the hands of the #4 Magic in the Eastern [...]
Game 1: Sizzling Heat Led By Wade Catch Fire; Burn Celtics 99-90
LeBron Played An Intense, Game-High 40 Minutes “Every game is going to go like this, we look forward to the challenge.” – Dwayne Wade After his best performance as a member of the Miami Heat, I wonder if James Jones has replaced Chris Bosh as the third wheel of the “Big 3″. With the showing [...]
Can Celtics Turn Things Around In Boston?
Rondo Needs To Elevate His Play After game 1 I said this series doesn’t start until someone wins a road game. So good news. The Heat-Celtics series still hasn’t begun. The other good news is, if the Celtics played the way they did last night, they will win this series. No. Seriously. That game was [...]