After their win over Philadelphia on Saturday, the Boston Celtics are Miami’s foe in the Eastern Conference finals, which start Monday night.
Days after his hit on Tyler Hansbrough got him suspended, Udonis Haslem admitted it was all for an earlier foul on Dwyane Wade. ‘I can’t imagine anything I wouldn’t do for Dwyane,’ he said.
Heat players watched last night’s Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics Game 7 with a clear rooting interest they would never admit — Miami thoroughly dominates the Sixers — but knowing either opponent would be a huge underdog in the NBA Eastern Conference finals starting here Monday night.
After entering with only 10 points in the entire Pacers series, Mike Miller ignored his injured back to score 12 points in the Heat’s close-out victory.
The NBA playoffs keep providing more drama. This is reality TV at its genuine best. Basketball doesn’t need any manufactured subplots.
Dwyane Wade scores game-high 41 points, grabs 10 rebounds as Heat closes out Pacers in six to return to Eastern Conference finals
This series was never about the easy storylines and ancillary noise. It wasn’t about what team was tougher or which was “soft.” Was never about who was flopping or who was more physical. Wasn’t even about the flagrant fouls, suspensions, trash talking or dripping blood.
The Pacers’ Roy Hibbert scored just 12 points and picked up eight rebounds in the Game 6 loss.
Danny Granger, David West and Roy Hibbert got off to a hot start, but Indiana still didn’t have enough to stop Miami.
Udonis Haslem will miss Game 6 and Dexter Pittman was suspended three games for flagrant fouls in Game 5. Meanwhile, the teams continued to trade barbs.
Casual fans of basketball think of it as a “pretty” sport, according to Dwyane Wade.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said the NBA hasn’t done enough to protect Dwyane Wade and LeBron James against overly aggressive fouls to their heads.
Sparked by a testy second quarter, the Heat finished on an 83-58 run behind LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
Udonis Haslem likes to say, “No rebounds, no rings,” to remind that NBA championships are won by role players doing dirty work, too, not just by stars filling baskets and highlight reels.
Whatever Danny Granger’s motive for his technical fouls, LeBron James said he isn’t falling for anything that could get him ejected from a game.
Danny Granger went down with an injury; the rest didn’t go well for Indiana on Tuesday night, either.
Shane Battier provided some long-distance relief for the Heat with 13 points on Tuesday night.
If the Heat expects to win pivotal Game 5 of its series with the Pacers, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade must get support from its power players.
Caution: The NBA playoffs cause whiplash-like mood swings.
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