Board 8 > Oklahoma City Thunder at Miami Heat -- Game 5

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ahahahahahahahahh good coach

ahahahahahhahaha

If you watched every Thunder game of the last 2-3 years you would understand why a lot of us don't like Brooks

At the very least, you have to admit the Thunder would be better off with a coach like Jackson or Sloan

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This is back to back near triple doubles for Lebron.

Im actually pissed he didn't get it last game. Can you imagine back to back triple doubles in the FINALS. No one could ever say anything to him ever.

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From: Dr_Football | #151

ahahahahahahahahh good coach

ahahahahahhahaha

If you watched every Thunder game of the last 2-3 years you would understand why a lot of us don't like Brooks

At the very least, you have to admit the Thunder would be better off with a coach like Jackson or Sloan

Anyone would.

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This is back to back near triple doubles for Lebron.

Im actually pissed he didn't get it last game. Can you imagine back to back triple doubles in the FINALS. No one could ever say anything to him ever.

I am too, actually. That's half the reason I hope he gets it tonight. I'm shocked he didn't get it last game, too.

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Spurs would be so much better with Sloan

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Expected a blowout (10-15) against the mentally unprepared Thunder, but damn I didn't expect it to be so bad.

At least the NBA got the series it wants!

This has been a strange postseason. Boston takes the Heat to 7 after a worthless team takes them to 7, then the Heat just wipe the Thunder off the court in one of the quickest series of the playoffs.

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Brooks has done a bad job this series. Football's overreacting, but so are you in anointing the Heat as a great team after Boston took them to 7

they're really stepped it up this series though

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Basically, I think any coach in the world (except Del Negro) could have gotten the Thunder to the Finals in 3.5 years

Unless we play a team just completely overmatched in talent, I see Brooks inability to make in game tactical changes severely hurting our chances

He made 1 super obvious change in the Spurs series, and thats pretty much the only adjustment he's made all playoffs

Same rotations, same lineups, same everything

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From: transience | #157

Brooks has done a bad job this series. Football's overreacting, but so are you in anointing the Heat as a great team after Boston took them to 7

they're really stepped it up this series though

Boston didn't take a healthy Heat team to seven. Please don't gloss over that.

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to be fair, benching Perkins is an even easier move and he didn't do that

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Bosh was not on the court for most of the Boston series. He is a part of the big three, he makes a difference.

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Man imagine if our third guy of our Big 3 was on the court for this series

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Mike Miller MVP

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Bosh isn't the reason they struggled. besides, Boston was even more banged up than Miami.

christ mike miller

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The Heat are NOT a great team. I repeat NOT a great team. The 86 Celtics were a great team. They got scoring like this every night. They shared the ball every night.

The Miami Heat are winning for the same reason I picked them: Lebron James has reached 91 Jordan, 05 Kobe, 72 Wilt status: He is far and away the greatest player on the planet and he knows it.

Mike Miller is really hot. He's playing NBA Jams right now.

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(And this is after the Thunder utterly dismantled the Spurs,too)

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Chris Bosh not being there hurt. I keep having to remind people that he's a Top 15 player. Everyone makes a big deal about Wade taking less shots and what not but Chris Bosh is a 24/10 player on most teams in this league. He's sacrificed more than everyone else.

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Dr_Football posted...

OKC 101-100

XD!

FUNNY FUNNY!

OKC are trash.

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Bosh is not a top 15 player, at least not on this team. he's kind of a glorified role player who shoots jumpers and plays tough D.

i like Bosh a lot, but let's be realistic.

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Let me add Im happy for Mike Miller, he deserves to be a champion

Also, be on the lookout sometime tonight as I count down my top 10-15 Championship and horrible postseason losses of the last 11 years!

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From: transience | #169

Bosh is not a top 15 player, at least not on this team. he's kind of a glorified role player who shoots jumpers and plays tough D.

i like Bosh a lot, but let's be realistic.

They needed his size and tough D.

Notice they are like a combined 11-2 with him fully healthy.

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transience posted...

Bosh is not a top 15 player, at least not on this team. he's kind of a glorified role player who shoots jumpers and plays tough D.

i like Bosh a lot, but let's be realistic.

I wish our role players put up 18-8 on .551 TS%.

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Key word: On THIS team.

Again, he's sacrificed so damn much to be apart of this. But remember what happened when Wade was out? Bosh went off. Remember what happened when he was gone? The Heat looked awful until Lebron went Lebron.

This guy is an ELITE pick and roll defender(Read: Best in the league), plays solid defense around the rim, runs the floor, is a phenomenal jump shooter and now a pretty good 3 point shooter.

Replace Bosh with Amare and the Heat aren't as good and the Knicks are much better.

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Replace Amar'e with a 2x4 with goggles and the Knicks are much better.

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Also, I don't know how he can be considered a pretty good three point shooter when he shot only 28% from behind the arc.

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yeah, pretty good was a bit egregious on my part.

He can hit it every so often which is pretty cool for a guy with his skillset.

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I feel like LeBron is going to miss the triple double. Still needs 3 rebounds. He can do it, but...

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congrats to LeBron and the Heat for getting it done. I wonder who'll be able to stop them next year?

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The Thunder with an actual coach and a healthy Eric Maynor

/Ihope

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you and the damn triple double

Bosh is 'sacrificing', yes, which means that no plays are run for him and he mostly just cleans up junk around the rim and hits jump shots. which he's great at, yes, but that's more of a role player's role. he's an afterthought in this offense.

which I think is too bad - I'd like to see him pick and roll more instead of just letting James and Wade do their thing. not that their thing is hurting them in the slightest this series.

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anyway, I'm hoping for a rematch next year and the year after. i'd love to see these two teams go at it again. hopefully OKC learns from this series because god damn.

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Dr_Football posted...

The Thunder with an actual coach and a healthy Eric Maynor

/Ihope

Football, if you don't shut the hell up, I'm going to go buy a ticket to wherever the f*** you live, and slap the s*** out of you.

I would give my left nut for a coach the caliber of Brooks right now. Do you want P. J. Carlesimo to come back?

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you and the damn triple double

What else is there to watch!

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transience posted...

you and the damn triple double

Bosh is 'sacrificing', yes, which means that no plays are run for him and he mostly just cleans up junk around the rim and hits jump shots. which he's great at, yes, but that's more of a role player's role. he's an afterthought in this offense.

which I think is too bad - I'd like to see him pick and roll more instead of just letting James and Wade do their thing. not that their thing is hurting them in the slightest this series.

Bosh really isn't getting that much less ran for him. His usage rate isn't actually that much below his career numbers. 24.2% this season and 23.5% the year before, his career is 24.7%. Then again, it is a huge drop from his last year in Toronto (28.7%).

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ALL ABOUT THE ONIONS.

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You can take Brooks

I want a coach who actually coaches

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Dr_Football posted...

You can take Brooks

I want a coach who actually coaches

Fine, you can have Lawrence Frank.

Have fun with a guy who says "You know who should take the most shots on my team? The guy who has more attempts than points."

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triple double lol

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lebron missing intentionally for the triple double obv

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Mike Miller obv had the onions for this game.

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lebron missing intentionally for the triple double obv

hahahaha

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4 games ago we were discussing if Durant is the best player in the NBA.

Now? The idea seems ludicrous. Durant hasn't gotten worse, Lebron has just distanced himself from everybody and I mean EVERYBODY. The gap between him and everyone is like the gap between Shaq and everybody in 2000-2001. It's just amazing to watch great players be great.

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Harden be padding some stats tonight!

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xyzzy

Honestly, I don't think OKC has the super bright future people think, regardless of coaching.

They already have $62 million in committed salary for next season. Good think that neither Harden nor Ibaka are free agents next year, but aftewards when they both hit the market? Still $53 million in committed salary. How far are they willing to go into the luxury tax? How much of a cap burden will Perkins' contract will be?

What they should do first off is send the Pistons Cole Aldrich for one of our 2nd rounders to save some money >_>

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Durant was never better than James. he is a better scorer though.

there was a shot tonight that made me think of Kobe. Durant just has great form and feels like he could score from halfcourt. that boy is blessed.

James is a manchild though. it's almost unfair what he can do.

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xyzzy

It's so great that Lebron is getting his ring, now the ridiculous hate can just stop.

Anyway, I hope this is the finals again next year as well! I love most of the big name players on these teams.

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Not a good time to have a bad shooting night Westbrook.

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Miami was 9-0 after falling behind in a series.

I am just saying.

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I seriously just saw Juwan Howard try to score in the post

in 2012

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these teams should meet next year.

the next best team in the East is the Bulls and they aren't very close to Miami.

the next best team in the West is....The Spurs...The Lakers...

Honestly, we could see Thunder/Heat for awhile.

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