Heat @ Lakers
If you were going to engineer a basketball player in a lab to make him the most homicidally competitive and ridiculously confident and great player, that player would be MJ or Kobe. Only they can go 3-17 and then hit 4 Threes in a row.
Even though there's like a 3.4% chance of it happening, I really want the a Heat-Lakers problem. The only problem is that I can't possibly see them even winning 2 games against OKC, Hard to see them beating the Spurs, and they'd really need to solve a lot of issues to even knock off the Clipper. It's a 3 team race, and the Lakers' best shot is the be that 4th team, although they'd probably need to go through all three unless they makea huge run.
Wow, I have no words for Kobe right now.
Teams play back to back all the time. But Kobe and Dwight the next game? Thats hard to do no matter what team you are. They aren't hitting anything from the perimeter which is where MIami is best at. And they are still leading. That should honestly tell you something.
two things i have to say,
1. i was wrong about wade being over the hump...he may be getting there soon but i was wrong in assuming he was WAY over it. the way he played tonight reminded me of the old flash and if he can somehow keep it consistent...the heat will not be beaten.
2. lebrons jumpshot has improved significantly over the years and i feel like it has been overlooked. rmbr when ppl called him lebrick? and ppl said he will never be as good as kobe because he cant shoot for &$#%#&@!. look at him now. 39.8% from behind the arc...and hes form is actually very nice. he needs to start getting credit for that along with all his other accolades. take in that although KD does attempt many more threes a game hes shooting 40.2%. anyhow lebron still needs to work on his fts cuzhe still misses way too often in crunch time.
Dwayne Wade didn't start the year 100% healthy or in shape. He was bad at the beginning of the year and looked like he had lost multiple steps in athleticism. That being said, he has got healthy and in shape and now he seems only a notch below his athleticism we remember. He is having an awesome season, just not awesome compared to younger Wade. He is getting 20ppg on 50% FG. He is playing good defense too.
This is what I'm talking about! Two of the top 5 players in the league going at it.