Pre-game
I hate it when I am making guacamole and the bowl I pick out is barely big enough for the avocados so once I add the rest of the ingredients (read: salsa, lemon juice, and a sprinkling of garlic powder) I cannot mash the mixture together without spillage. WHY DO I KEEP ON MAKING THIS MISTAKE?
Do all the Dallas Mavericks cheerleaders want to be Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders?
The ABC NBA Finals graphic intro is very reminiscent of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada intro. They both have grainy images of famous plays and players over top of gray objects in the background while the camera swirls and lively music plays.
First Quarter
I think I would rather lose the opening tip. That way you get the ball at the start of quarters two and three.
Well, that was not very aggressive by James. He had the ball twice in the post and didn’t even try to make a move past his guy.
Bosh finally hits a hook shot in the series. That is a skill I always expect him to be better at. He has an Abdul-Jabaar build that you would think to lend itself to hook shots, even if they are only ones of the baby variety.
Why is James shooting left-handed floaters? No part of "left-handed floater" indicates aggressiveness and I thought we were all in agreement that more aggressiveness was what we are looking for. I suppose we should at least be happy he is not fading away from the basket while shooting it.
What stops fans who sit near the visitor’s bench from listening to what the coach says to his team during timeouts and then repeating it to the home team when the timeout is over? The coaches are always yelling so it should be possible. Even if the fan cannot see what the coach is drawing on the board, you could still pick up something based on who he is talking to and what he is saying then relay that information to your own team when they come back down the floor. One day I will get awesome seats and do this.
As someone cheering for the Heat, I do not like Bosh trying to rebound against Chandler. Bosh is only averaging 6 rebounds per game for a reason. [Note from the future: Bosh ended up with rebounds this game, so what do I know?]
Spolestra should let Zydrunas Ilgauskas play. Him going up against Brian Cardinal just feels right.
Why do defenders insist on trying so hard to block Nowitzki’s shot? You are not going to be able to block it plus he throws lots of up and under moves at you so you ended up fouling him which is an essentially guaranteed two points at the line.
Breen: “[Dirk] is the complete package offensively.” -> I disagree. The complete package would be able to jump.
How come I never see Joel Anthony ever smile? He must have bad teeth or something that he is embarrassed about.
I predict a surge in Brian Cardinal jersey sales after this game.
Wow, Jason Terry just blew by Dwayne Wade. There was no pick or anything. He just walked forward with his dribble, gave him a shake, and was gone. He did something similar to The Brawn in Game 1. Those are two impressive blow-bys. Meanwhile, Chris Bosh is too busy taking fall-away jumpers to try and blow-by anyone.
Who will take over for the Miami Heat with Wade injured and Bosh on the bench, LeBron James or Mario Chalmers? If you said LeBron James, then you are wrong but you should be right. That said, I do like Chalmers.
How has Cardinal been in the league for 11 years? Playing hard should not be enough for a frumpy 6-8 guy to accomplish that. I am sure lots of people would be willing to play hard for the salary he makes.
Second Quarter
Guacamole makes me feel bad about myself.
Doris Burke: “Where are they hurting you, Erik?” Wow, she should have been a social worker. She could have helped a lot of children talk about their abuse.
Terry and Chalmers should play H.O.R.S.E. against each other.
The Heat should attach a shock bracelet to James that goes off whenever the Heat have a 24-second shot-clock violation to try and get him to be more aggressive early.
Being someone who has played basketball for a long time now and loves to pass, LeBron should know that you are allowed to pass after your have dribbled, too. You don’t have to stare at your defender and call for two picks then throw a skip pass over the whole defence.
I can’t believe the Heat are up by one right now.
DeShawn Stevenson has retroactively become a bigger piece of the Josh Howard trade than Caron Butler
Brian Cardinal: NBA Finals difference-maker.
Again, why wouldn’t the fans around Pat Riley listen in while the doctor describes Wade’s injuries to Riley? I would tell other fans around to shut up if I had to and then pass along the information to my team so that they could better target Wade.
This could be the first game in the series to have at least one team break the century mark.
Brian Cardinal is awesome and a man named Brad Cardinal just won an MMA title fight. Be right back, I'm off to put money on the St. Louis Cardinals.
Nice crossover by Bosh on Nowitzki after Dirk ended up guarding him off an offensive rebound. I like that. You have to go at Dirk when you get the chance because he’s not a great defender and if they can pick up some fouls against him then Dallas loses a massive part of their team.
Eddie House’s irrational confidence has gotten too irrational. Chalmers should be one in that role for the Heat.
Everyone has criticized The Brawn for his last game but he almost had a triple-double. This leads me to believe that triple-doubles are overrated.
I wish the Raptors had Chandler. Dunks and rebounds, baby, dunks and rebounds.
It’s the all-Chalmers offense! He's draining threes, he's shooting techs! Of course, this raises an important question: Why is Rick Carlisle calling a timeout when the Heat are running their offence through Chalmers and they have one field goal in the last 4 minutes?
Why can’t players untuck their jerseys while they play? What purpose does that rule serve?
Third Quarter
[mostly spent playing video games]
It must offend Nowitzki that his replacement is Cardinal.
Why is Spolestra always smiling? This is serious business!
Fourth Quarter
Breen: “The zone has been effective against Miami in this series.” The zone has been effective against Miami all season.
Nice finish by Bosh. Breen has really clued into Bosh being left-handed now and is pointing out when he finishes with his right, which no doubt sounds weird to casual fans who do not realize Bosh is left-handed.
Until Bosh scored there, Miami had four players with fifteen points: Bosh, Wade, LeBron, ... and Chalmers.
LeBron is one rebound and three assists away from a triple-double but this performance is still going to catch him some flack.
More Wade-Haslem PnRs, please.
Has there been a double-digit lead yet in this series?
6:20 left: Nice pass by LeBron to get to 9 assists.
Defence leads to offence!
Dallas should cover that Haslem guy.
That was cool to see Nowitzki become exasperated and rip into Chandler. You don't see the big German become expressive very often.
What happened to Dallas’s defence? More big guys open underneath the basket in this quarter than I have seen in the rest of the series.
Kidd guarding James in the post and James does not even take a crab dribble to get close to the hoop. He just waits, turns and fires while drifting away. Unsurprisingly, this leads to a miss.
Terry is one of those guys that shoots better the more difficult the shot is. It’s just not productive to cover him tightly.
Post-game
Dallas wins. Stat of the game: LeBron James got a triple-double and 0 people cared.
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