Re: {--Miami Heat vs Indiana Pacers - East Conf. Finals 2013--Miami 3- 2--}
I think people are going overboard on Vogel. Miami is the more talented team and has looked like an all-time great team the last two seasons....but Indiana has them struggling. When was the last time we've seen Miami looked this beatable? This has been a hard-fought series. I think Indiana has actually been leading this series for more than Miami. He made a bone-head decision with taking Hibbert out in game 2, but I don't think he's been fucking up that much. They have a chance to go home to force a game seven. You really can't expect much more from Indiana at this point...and his team clearly respects him. Hibbert said he owes everything to Vogel as he was the one who really started working with him when he was an assistant coach. They're gonna lose this series because Miami has Lebron...not like Coach Spo is outcoaching him or anything. Indiana won 49 games this year...not like they were world-beaters anyway.They had the 8th best record and are giving the champs a run.
That's a nice story on hibbert and Vogel but let's be real here. they have something they can do every possession and get a favorable result 9 out of 10 times. i see it, you see, miami fans concede to it.. but they don't do it ENOUGH. you can look at the numbers and say well wow they did a lot of it and they did a whole lot of it and miami won. but if you look at the game there are times we're scratching our heads wondering why they went away from it? and wondering why they aren't doing what they're supposed to for entire quarters.
3rd quarter last night they scored 13 points.
and they didn't go to the post almost at all.
now you know and i know the formula is simple. whether lebron is making shots or not when they feed it to hibbert or west indiana keeps pace. when they don't they lose. last night lebron was hitting everything. but if they go down the court and have a controlled possession it cools momentum. haslem hitting take the right shot it cools momentum. this is proven not even in theory. its proven.
just like when people were trying to excuse him not having hibbert in saying it didn't make a difference and since we've seen it makes a HUGE difference. its golden state and san antonio. thing is there isn't anything for the heat to figure out like the spurs did. there isn't a coach there to change up what the pacers do either.
so i understand what you're saying
but its inexcusable to me. everything i said would happen has happened. even with the role players not being able to get off with consistency because of the pacers and what they do defensively.
think about it last night they didn't go to the post enough and let haslem pick up his 2nd foul in the 3rd quarter they didn't go to the post and took long jumpers to fuel runs. lebron went all world and carried the team and the heat only scored 90 points...
that's a missed opportunity. you can get 90 EASY if you just take it to the rim. the post was never shut down. it was just abandoned. even the pick and pop new wrinkle with hibbert and george was money that they did...then never did again.
i respect the pacers. the heat are the better team. but you can't miss opportunities like this. you HAVE the team that could beat the heat. and you don't do it to death?
that's at least a demerit
