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Nba Ecf: [2] Miami Heat Vs. [4] Boston Celtics


King Taharqa

NBA Playoffs  

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  1. 1. Who will win?



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[2] Miami Heat (46-20)

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PG-#15 "Rio" Chalmers

Kansas '08

6'2 190 lbs

9.8 PPG 2.7 RPG 3.4 APG 39.8 3PT%

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SG-#3 Dwyane "Flash" Wade

Marquette '03

6'4 220 lbs

22.5 PPG 4.9 RPG 4.7 APG 1.7 SPG 1.3 BPG 49.7 FG%

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SF-#6 LeBron "King" James

St. Vincent-St. Mary HS '03 (Akron, OH)

6'8 260 lbs

27.1 PPG 7.9 RPG 6.3 APG 1.9 SPG 36.3 3PT%

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PF-#31 Shane Battier

Duke '01

6'8 225 lbs

4.8 PPG 2.4 RPG 33.9 3PT%

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C-#21 Ronny Turiaf

Gonzaga '05

6'10 246 lbs

3.0 PPG 4.1 RPG 53.3 FG%

BENCH

PG-#30 Norris Cole

SG-#13 Mike Miller

SF-#22 James Jones

PF-#50 Joel Anthony

C-#40 Udonis Haslem

C-#45 Dexter Pittman

HEAD COACH

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Erik Spoelstra

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[4] Boston Celtics (37-27)

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PG-#9 Rajon Rondo

Kentucky '06

6'1 186 lbs

12.1 PPG 4.9 RPG 11.6 APG 1.8 SPG

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SG-#20 Ray "Jesus Shuttlesworth" Allen

UCONN '96

6'5 206 lbs

14.2 PPG 3.1 RPG 2.4 APG 45.3 3PT%

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SF-#34 Paul "The Truth" Pierce

Kansas '98

6'9 220 lbs

19.7 PPG 5.3 RPG 4.6 APG 36.4 3PT%

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PF-#30 Brandon Bass

LSU '05

6'8 250 lbs

12.7 PPG 6.1 RPG 1.0 APG

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C-#5 Kevin "Big Ticket" Garnett

Faragut Academy '95 (Chicago, IL)

6'11 253 lbs

16.0 PPG 8.3 RPG 2.9 APG 1.0 BPG 85.6 FT%

BENCH

PG-#51 Keyon Dooling

SG-#4 Marquis Daniels

SF-#28 Mickael Pietrus

C-#54 Greg Stiemsma

HEAD COACH

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"Doc" Rivers

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Miami will take down the old men in 6 hard contested games. This is the end of the road for the "Big 3"

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Rondo, Allen, Pierce, & Garnett > LeBron & Wade

Without Bosh this should be interesting. LeBron & Wade are playing great but 2 guys can only go so far. They have no help & nobody who can guard Rondo or Garnett.

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Allen and Pierce are old and injured. Rondo posts triple doubles because nobody guards him. KG is their only matchup advantage, and even he is content with being a jump shooter. The Celtics bench is trash. Whos gonna stop D Wade? LeBron? The Heat beat a better Boston team in 5 last year. With Bosh out, Heat will go small with Bron at the 4 playing the Karl Malone role. Watch how he dominates their front court of Bass and KG. Pacers > Celtics

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Allen and Pierce are old and injured. Rondo posts triple doubles because nobody guards him. KG is their only matchup advantage, and even he is content with being a jump shooter. The Celtics bench is trash. Whos gonna stop D Wade? LeBron? The Heat beat a better Boston team in 5 last year. With Bosh out, Heat will go small with Bron at the 4 playing the Karl Malone role. Watch how he dominates their front court of Bass and KG. Pacers > Celtics

LeBron isn't gonna guard Garnett. If he does Pierce will avg 35pts a game. Allen may be hurt but he can still kill you from 3.

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Lmao@Battier cant guard West. You must not have watched the last 3 games of the Pacers series. West was a non factor. Battier is one of the best perimeter and post defenders in this league.

Boston is a great matchup for Miami, theyre old, slow, and dont put up points. Miami's smallball will kill them.

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Miami in 5.

I agree with KT, in that this is it for the old man Celtics. While the Spurs and Thunder will battle it out in the WCF, Miami will get this series over with quickly and get a lot of rest before the finals. The Pacers were the only threat to the Heat in the East, really.

On Battier, Battier is one of the best defenders in the league. He did a good job on West last series, and should be able to do a good job on Pierce.

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The Celtics are a veteran group, they know now what Malloy and the NBA have in store for them.

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Take a seat, Ed Malloy. If not for the rest of this season's NBA playoffs, at least for the remainder of the second round.

That should be the discipline dealt to the ref who tossed Paul Pierce out of yesterday's Boston-Miami game. Pierce wasn't the instigator on either of his technical fouls and if ever you're going to grant leeway on verbal sparring it's at this time of year.

lol, this was last year.

It's a shame when such a fine game is butchered by the zebras.

Oh well, tune in during the NBA Finals to see how the Heat fares.

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