New Album & The Beginning of Basketball Season

[jadis]

well for me, in spite of the Lakers loss, we now have a series where Miami shows their grit and desire to win without their 2 stars

Hopefully the rest of the series willl be well played by both teams

To me it was not only the Lakers turnovers but also the fact that AD was taken out of the rhythm of the game with early foul trouble. AD was never a dominant figure in the game. In fact, in defense of the Lakers, they played absolutely terrible but yet were in it up until the last 3 minutes when they held a short lived lead

Agree on all points, Steve.

 

[Steve williams]

"if" (and it is a "big IF") the Heat can pull off the upset without a doubt the Finals MVP is Butler whereas right now it is AD's award to lose

 

[jadis]

The Lakers bench have shown their mettle in backing up their 2 man super duo. And game 3, the bench of the Heat, specially big man Olynyk has contributed, and we are seeing guys who we've never seen before in the Boston series playing, Solomon Hill, who hit a 3, and Nunn, contributing one way or the other. I'm sure the Lakers will find a way to slow down Butler, but it seemed that Spo has designed some iso plays for Butler where he was even guarded by Lebron inside the paint and made some critical shots. Game 4 will be about who wants it more.

 

[Steve williams]

Game 4 is pivotal as a Heat win makes it a best 2 out of 3 and then anything is possible

I believe we will see a different Lakers team tomorrow night

 

[Steve williams]

Bam Adebayo questionable, Goran Dragic doubtful for Game 4
Michael C. Wright NBA.com

https://www.nba.com/article/2020/10/05/goran-dragic-bam-adebayo-status-update-game-4

Im thinking Bam will play today

 

[jadis]

Bam Adebayo questionable, Goran Dragic doubtful for Game 4
Michael C. Wright NBA.com

https://www.nba.com/article/2020/10/05/goran-dragic-bam-adebayo-status-update-game-4

Im thinking Bam will play today

I think so too, Steve. The new normal is that 'questionable' means will play, as in the case of Hayward in Game 3. Bam should come off the bench. And I'm guessing Howard will come in to hound him. Howard saw little time in Game 3 due to Olynyk and Meyers Leonard seeing more action and these 2 bigs can pop in the 3 balls.

 

[Steve williams]

the read of the day. If Miami wins today all bets are off and I begin hearing the Butler prebubble promise that the Heat can beat any team

NBA Finals: How the Miami Heat are making the Lakers' title path more difficult
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/pa...-heat-making-lakers-title-path-more-difficult

 

[Steve williams]

Doc Rivers speaks out on how he left the Clippers and arrived at the 76ers
Andrew Greif

https://www.yahoo.com/news/doc-rivers-speaks-left-clippers-224756659.html

 

[jadis]

Heat actually have a deep bench. As deep as the Bucks are, the Heat's bench is deeper and slowly coming up as starters to boot. Olynyk, Nunn, and Leonard are rising to the occasion. I cannot think of who in the Bucks could have stop AD had they advanced, certainly not Brook Lopez.

 

[Steve williams]

My gut tells me tonight will be different. If not Lakers could be in troublev

 

[Steve williams]

Bam is playing tonight. Dwight I'm sure will start as he guards Bam well

 

[Steve williams]

Bam looks 100% in warm up tonight. He seems to have full range of movement without pain

 

[Steve williams]

Tied at 10 with 7:00 left in 1st

 

[Steve williams]

Miami is in it to win it tonight as they are playing a stifling defense

 

[Steve williams]

Still no Lakers answer for Butler

Lakers 21-18 with 2:50 left in 1st

Robinson seems to be on his game tonight. That's not a good thing for Lakers

 

[Steve williams]

Heat are tough tonight

22-20 Lakers with 1:47 in 1st

 

[Steve williams]

End of 1st

Lakers 27 Butler 22

 

[Steve williams]

Lakers have gone to sleep

James is off his game

33-29 Heat , an 11 point turn around

 

[Steve williams]

IMO the Heat are playing like champs and the Lakers seem lost so far

39-34 Heat as Bam is a big factor

 

[Steve williams]

so many turnovers by James whose passing has been sloppy