Summation of the series.
Miami were too good. Maybe you can win it all with just three players?? I think for the majority of the season most people thought it wasnt possible, and solid team units such as Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Lakers would easily account for Miami come finals time. And yet here we are, and only Dallas stand between us knowing if three players is enough.
Miami's defence was amazingly consistent, and Chicago's was amazingly poor, particularly from the side that had the one of the stingiest defence's all year. They didn't counter Miami's ball movement well, and down the stretch in the last 3 or 4 games Lebron and Wade either kept hitting the shots, getting foul calls or both. On the other end of the court, Chicago went into it's shell when they needed to be aggressive and score. Four guys stood back with a look of "GO DERRICK!!!" on their faces. Rose has a huge career in front of him, no doubt about it, but he will need some help and Im not fully sold on if Carlos Boozer is the answer. It seems they can't get them both firing at the same time and perhaps the bulls will look back on the chance to grab Courtney Lee and think "What if??". Clearly, Chicago needed more options, theyll learn from that.
On the other side of the coin, Miami offence was always going to be their biggest asset and it showed, they have the players who can get it done when they need to. They always had an option. However, lets not kid ourselves, they have three players and a bunch of other guys who wear Heat uniforms and show up on game night. There were cameo appearances from Miller and Haslem in this series, but none of them have been enough to take away attention from the big three. In the fourth tonight, it was Lebron and Wade, even Bosh played the foil for them. The three point shots that Lebron hit tonight in the last two minutes, were the same shots he would have missed in Cleveland, so maybe he's showing the signs of maturity, and, scarily his level of talent has risen again. Wade's got aggressive after having a woeful three quarters, started hitting his shots, got some cheap calls (which generally happens when you take on the game) and those two guys final 3:14 changed the game, and ended the series in Chicago. It is possible to admire, respect and be a hater all at once. Believe me I know
In the end, the only difference was the three guys who joined Miami at the start of the year. The three guys with unbelievable talent. The three guys who have united the NBA world in hatred of Miami. And the three guys who just might win the whole damn thing.
so I can't watch videos. From the telly replay, Haslem was straight up, Bron swatted the ball and a bit of hand, but hand is part of the ball as per NBA rules isn't it?
Like you said that block was clean as they come.
