03-29-2012, 12:52 PM
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GDT: Dallas Mavericks @ Miami Heat, March 29, 7:00 p.m. central
Don't know where Bayliss is to defend his GDT streak, but we're certainly not rolling into battle against our hated nemesis with some lame "Tomorrow against the Heat in Miami" jinx thread that was posted yesterday.
Some of you need to figure out how this board works or GTFO...
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MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James said it was one of the most painful moments that he can remember, one that is weighing heavily on him as the Miami Heat get ready for an NBA finals rematch with the Dallas Mavericks.
No, the Heat forward isn't talking about losing last year's title series.
He's talking about dislocating the ring finger on his left, non-shooting, hand at Indiana earlier this week.
"The only recovery for it, the doctors told me, was rest," James said. "And I think we all know I'm having none of that."
Not now, anyway -- not with the Mavericks coming back to the building where they celebrated winning a championship a little over nine months ago, and not with the Heat trying to snap a two-game slide that left them looking up at both Chicago and Oklahoma City in the race for the NBA's best record.
Dallas visits Miami on Thursday night, the second and final meeting of this regular season between the clubs.
The first one: All Miami. The Heat watched the Mavs raise their championship banner on Christmas Day, then built as much as a 35-point lead before settling for a 105-94 victory.
"A bad taste in our mouth," Mavs guard Jason Terry said.
So as much as the Heat remember Dallas celebrating on their floor, the Mavs remember the opener, too.
"We've got to think back to Christmas Day because that was a miserable experience for us," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "That was really tough. I was watching some of it (Tuesday). They played terrific, and they were great that day, and we weren't, and so we're going to have to play a lot better."
Which is sort of a Heat mantra these days as well.
The Heat have been held under 100 points in 11 of their last 13 games, and that's not even the most staggering stat. Through March 1, Miami was the league's highest-scoring team at 103.8 points per game. Since then, the Heat are 25th at 93.1 points per game -- and all the clubs they're outscoring are well outside the playoff picture.
Miami has a 14-game home winning streak, the margin of victory in those games a little over 10 points. But after losing at Oklahoma City and Indiana by a combined 31 points -- the first time since James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh became teammates nearly two years ago that the Heat endured double-digit losses in consecutive games -- Heat coach Erik Spoelstra decided Wednesday's practice was the right time to address the slippage.
Not with words, but with action.
"Every team goes through this," Spoelstra said. "Sometimes you take things for granted and you become flat over the course of a long NBA season. And this season's been a challenge for everybody. So it's not an excuse."
James went through the workout, though his left ring finger was bandaged afterward. He dislocated it in the first quarter against Indiana on Monday, popping it back into place himself and labored through the rest of the game. James was catching passes with his right hand only for much of that game, and this latest concern comes not long after two nasty falls in a game against Phoenix last week.
"He's got a football-type mentality," Heat forward Udonis Haslem said. "No one can ever question his toughness."
The Mavericks have won two straight, maybe turning things around after a stretch where they lost 11 of 18 games. Entering Wednesday, Dallas had the fifth-best record in the Western Conference, and was only two games ahead of ninth-place Houston.
Clearly, there's not a lot of time for reminiscing over last year's title run right now. And that may be one of the reasons why Mavs owner Mark Cuban didn't bring his championship ring on this trip to Miami.
"When I walk in, it'll be fun," Cuban said. "And when I hear from their fans, it'll be more interesting. But we've got bigger issues to address."
Dallas has only six home games left, and three of those are next week. If the Mavericks are going to make a real playoff push, it probably should be starting right about now.
"Well, it's another critical game in the standings," Carlisle said. "We know they are a terrific team. They've lost a couple of games. We've been a little up and down over the last three weeks, so you know it's ... we've got to get ready to lace it up and come at them."
James said he never wants to use injuries as an excuse, and that if he's in uniform, he should be considered ready to play. And he plans to be in uniform on Thursday night.
"The last few weeks, we haven't played to how we're capable of playing," James said. "It can change with (Thursday's) performance. So we're going to go out there and do what we need to do."
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03-29-2012, 12:59 PM
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Been a while since these teams split the season series.
That ends today.
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RT @TyLawson3 Good game between Dallas and Portland. Good thing we didn't end up getting Dallas. Coach Karl lost his mind.
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03-29-2012, 01:34 PM
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The Mavs tend to rise to the occasion when my username is associated with them - hopefully tonight isn't any different...
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03-29-2012, 02:02 PM
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Dallas will poop in Miamis butts!
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03-29-2012, 02:18 PM
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Yay Mavs!
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03-29-2012, 02:32 PM
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Last time Dirk was in Miami he was hoisting a championship and mvp trophy. Oh he also chugged a $90,000 bottle of champagne as well.
This isn't just another game, let's get this win.
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03-29-2012, 03:27 PM
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@ UD - Love to little summary before the article.
F Wade and the Heat. Lets go Mav's!
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03-29-2012, 04:06 PM
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Wright should be a good defensive match-up with Bosh. I'm expecting a big game out of him with Miami's lack of good big man in the middle.
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03-29-2012, 04:18 PM
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03-29-2012, 05:11 PM
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Delonte should have TON of energy left in the tank. Let's hope he can have a 2nd half of the season like Josh Howard in 2009, when he single-handedly beat SAS in the playoffs (thx to a full tank).
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03-29-2012, 05:33 PM
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I'd rather run Delonte rather than Roddy at PG against the Heat. Miami is smart defensively as they'll just force Roddy to dribble the clock out while chucking up a bad shot, West has more of a PGs mentality to get the ball moving before stalling.
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03-29-2012, 05:37 PM
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03-29-2012, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart
Wright should be a good defensive match-up with Bosh. I'm expecting a big game out of him with Miami's lack of good big man in the middle.
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Actually, I'm dreading watching Bosh abuse our bigs tonight. Just hope they can stand their ground and not get in foul trouble against him if Miami forces the issue.
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RT @TyLawson3 Good game between Dallas and Portland. Good thing we didn't end up getting Dallas. Coach Karl lost his mind.
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03-29-2012, 05:44 PM
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Wth? Why would you post that? I don't want to relive that...
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03-29-2012, 06:21 PM
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Strange post.
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03-29-2012, 06:23 PM
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I was expecting the championship run montage. Not cool
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03-29-2012, 06:33 PM
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I dropped the ball today. Hopefully the Mavs will pick me up.
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03-29-2012, 06:37 PM
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Blaming you if we lose.
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03-29-2012, 06:42 PM
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GTFO
we won a ring last year, why would you post this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQyKrGQiNDY
better?
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03-29-2012, 06:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bayliss
I dropped the ball today. Hopefully the Mavs will pick me up.
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Originally Posted by MavsFTR
Blaming you if we lose.
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Nah, you can still blame me if we lose - my last GDT was Game 1 against Golden State in the playoffs a few years back, so my GDT mojo is shite.
Here's hoping for a turnaround...
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03-29-2012, 06:57 PM
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Let's get it on!
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03-29-2012, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by nowhereman
Actually, I'm dreading watching Bosh abuse our bigs tonight. Just hope they can stand their ground and not get in foul trouble against him if Miami forces the issue.
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This kind of abuse?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez8_w70dOdg
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03-29-2012, 07:02 PM
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mahinmi with the catch and shoot off the screen, wtf? lol
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03-29-2012, 07:05 PM
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great start minus tht brick by vc and easy two by lbj
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03-29-2012, 07:07 PM
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Not a bad start, I like the energy minus that bad pass by Marion.
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03-29-2012, 07:08 PM
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Ian has got to be ready tonight.
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03-29-2012, 07:15 PM
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Marion, you can't miss layups like that.
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03-29-2012, 07:15 PM
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Dirk should have pulled up instead of passing to Trix.
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03-29-2012, 07:15 PM
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Somebody other than Dirk needs to put that ball in the hole...
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03-29-2012, 07:17 PM
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Kidd's shot is off - they're gonna let him take those all day as long as he keeps bricking...
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03-29-2012, 07:18 PM
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Quote:
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Kidd's shot is off - they're gonna let him take those all day as long as he keeps bricking...
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He's not really bricking them, just missing them by an inch or two.
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03-29-2012, 07:18 PM
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I don't remember seeing Terry airballing an open shot before. Wow
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03-29-2012, 07:18 PM
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I like LO's energy and nice shot by VC.
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03-29-2012, 07:18 PM
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Carter is shooting alright so far.
I wish Lamar would have been aggressive and attacked the hoop though on that possession.
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03-29-2012, 07:19 PM
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Lebron guarding Roddy?
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03-29-2012, 07:21 PM
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He's not really bricking them, just missing them by an inch or two.
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Nitpicking the terminology doesn't change the fact that the Heat can double our best scorer on the floor if Kidd can't make them pay...
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03-29-2012, 07:22 PM
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LO playing with some nice energy
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03-29-2012, 07:23 PM
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Nice feed by Odom...
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03-29-2012, 07:24 PM
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man, where has this Lamar been ????
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03-29-2012, 07:25 PM
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Surprised Terry hit that.
I'll take it anyways!
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