Heat(less)
- 13th June 2006 | permanent link
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If you've been following this years NBA finals, you're thinking what I'm thinking right now: "Can Miami turn it around?" My anwser? They can't.
Miami is afraid of those double teams. They're afraid of the Mavs, and rightly so. They are the better team so far. If Miami is going to win a game, they're going to have to make a lot of changes. Here's a few ideas from the top of my head.
- So what if Shaq is getting double teamed. Double team means somebody is open. The Mavs don't seem to have that problem when they double Nowitzki. Pass the ball and shoot. Simple as that. If you're here, on this stage, you can't be afraid of taking shots. There is no next round.
- Shaq's freethrows...2/16 so far. If I was Pat, I'd wake him at 5 am, lock him in the gym and make him stay there until he hits 10 in a row. No food, no watter, no breaks. You'd see how fast he'd hit those. I understand he has problems at the line, but right now it's all in his head. Just like it was with Ben Wallace.
- Take the ball away from Wade. No disrespect, but the guy is trying to do too much on his own. You might say he's coming down with the Kobe's syndrom, that seems to be going around (and you thought it was the flu).
- If all else fails, let Shaq sit on the bench and let Mourning play. He doesn't have a ring, and he has the fire in his eyes. He WANT'S to play.
Now we'll see if Miami can turn the table on Dallas. Tonight they're playing the first of the three game homestand. If they don't go back to Dallas up 2:3 its all over. In either case, it seems to be the end of the "Bad As I Wanna Be/You Can't Stop Me" era of Shaquille O'Neal.
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