#focus#mustwin#playoffs#drama? : 2013 NBA playoffs

i'd still be a little shocked if the Heat dont win the title.

the new emerging narrative is that heat shouldn't have gone for the streak, #restwade

has the backpedaling on the Heat already begun? wait until and see if actually lose Game 7... (and i hate the Heat)

the way this series has gone the Heat are going to shoot like 65% tonight. how much of this kind of talk did we have last year vs. both this team and the Celts?

i think they'll win tonight

they look really energized in game 5 behind the crowd and remarkably dead in game 6, i'd imagine (and hope) it swings way back the other way in game 7

yeah i'm sorry but i do not want to see the pacers in the finals

xxp that's true, leading up to that monster Lebron game where he took out the Celts by himself there was a lot of choke talk

Huh. I thought Jason Kidd retired before the playoffs.

good one!

these columns today from posnanski and pflanns that are like IT'S ALL ON LEBRON seem really off-base and fossilized to me

technically they're "right" in the sense that of course lebron is the single most important player in the series but if the heat lose tonight -- assuming lebron doesn't put up an epic stinkbomb -- the only legacies ("legacies") that will be hurt will be wade, bosh, ray allen, maybe spoelstra etc

lebron banked his bonafides last playoffs i think, the narrative if they lose will be about how everyone else failed

yeah a lot of the LeBron haters are mostly dumbfounded by how washed up Wade looks and aren't really saying anything about LeBron other than his flopping

Even washed-up Wade can have an efficient game (and has had a few these playoffs), and honestly that's all they need from him / Bosh, as long as a few more players step up. They've already had unexpected brilliant games from Haslem and Birdman; if either of them, or Chalmers, Allen, Battier, or even Cole can come through w/ a surprise 15pt game, Miami should be able to coast tonight.

rip kidd and hill, both easy HOFers

Hill gonna end up being the most anonymous HOFer from the past 30 years. I had to youtube some career mixes just to remind myself that he was the first in a long list of Jorden heir apparents. Impossible to argue against his career numbers, but it's amazing that he'll probably be best remembered for his injury stats more than anything.

I'm sure Elias is buzzing right now w/ some sweet stats collected over a combined 38 years of gameplay.

Ugh already foreseeing Bron driving the lane / dumping off for 48 mins tonight. Worried it might be a blowout.

heat are favored by 7 across the board in vegas

Grant Hill probably wouldn't deserve to be a Hall of Famer without his college achievements imo

well, he wouldn't based on how absurdly exclusive the hall is.

i like that the basketball hall is exclusive. but grant has 5 all-NBA selections, 7 all-star selections, 2 NCAA championships, and a gold medal. and he was just amazing when healthy

all-star selections are pretty lame though, fans are so dumb

he got on the all-star team one year when he played 4 games, for example

did Hill have a better pro career than Mitch Richmond? Walter Davis? It's debatable for sure. But the college success puts him over the top.

god I forgot Mark Aguirre isn't in the hall, what the fuck is going on there

pls basketball gods let the heat shit the bed 2nite

i beseech u

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2706373/lebronrun.gif

https://vine.co/v/b3hWIpmXLVj

richmond's prime was a little before my time but i don't think he was nearly the all-around player that hill was, and the newer stats now that i look aren't very kind to him. sweet D honestly i've only seen on youtubes i think

agree about aguirre though

scott foster tonight =/

Of course LeBron'll collapse under pressure tonight. It'll be Cleveland/Boston all over again.

Floyd Mayweather reported bet 5.9 million on Miami -7 tonight

hahahahahaha

bron/wade heat map against indiana

http://i.imgur.com/Sq5QX2Zl.png

http://i.imgur.com/O7KBhGGl.png

loooool

i didn't know wade could shoot the corner

he randomly made one in game 6

where's the hype, ilh krew

Ugh, nervous to see first few minutes ... fastest way to figure out if it'll be a close game or not is by Indy's defensive intensity in the first ~10 possessions.

http://edushyster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hype21.jpg

feelin u clay I got game 7 hype right now

Lance / GHill need not-shitty games for a win.

I predict wade bounce back game and a lance buzzer beater

Damn, bloggin tight right now, gotta loosen up.

everybody seems nervous, maybe game of thrones got them all shook.

Damn West yr hands :/

indy deathly terrified of a Red Game Seven. PG thinkin Riles is gonna stab him in the heart all "David Stern sends his regards."

BTW think Lance probably leads league in shots that don't hit rim.

LOLbron

i think indiana is going to win. miami looks like a mess so far.