The Good LeBron Checklist:
Seems like he's driving all the time
1 RAW on-someone's head flush
1 fast-break dunk that makes everyone gasp before he rises
1 "Screw it, I'm drilling this 3."
1 And-1 where he bounces off a guy like Bo Jackson
1 Impossible Fadeaway
1 Beautiful no-look feed
1 Dwight Howard "Rise above everyone and snap it to the body with authority" Defensive board
200 missed open 15-footers by Drew/Z off looks from LBJ when he's double-trapped after a pick/roll
1 Nice-Looking Fantasy Line
1 Win
Other notes from this one:
The difference between what Wade needs to get a call and what LeBron needs to get a call is becoming laughable. Wade just throws up his arms whenever he isn't going to finish the play, and gets the call. Only Shaq has a tougher time getting calls than LeBron-the Mourning one sticks out in my mind, since he nearly killed him, but there were a few other times where they'd have had to have used a chainsaw to foul him harder and there was no whistle- I honestly think he might have snaked Joey Crawford's wife or something. Wade is a little bitch. That being said, I wish LeBron could get calls like that. Maybe he should attend the same stage-fighting workshop as Wade. (My feelings on Dwayne Wade's ability to get to the line-very mixed.)
Our offensive rebounding has to make us the world's most annoying team to play-if I was a Heat fan, I probably would have torn all the hair off of my scalp tonight.
Everyone talks about how fundamentally perfect Wade is, but he does jump with the ball at the end of nearly every possession, whether he knows what the hell he's going to do with it or not, which would get him benched in any high-school game. On a related note, 7 more TOs for Flash tonight.
Even when Boobie shoots a contested 3, I have my arms up.
Larry-Don't want to jinx it. Also, PAVS. Pavs Pavs Pavs.
Wasn't Dorell Wright an "untradeable" like a month and a half ago?
Who was guarding Wade in the last 6 minutes of the game? LeBron. Who was guarding LeBron? The dreaded tandem of James Posey and Jason Kapono.
That Thorpe article mentioned how LeBron leans back on his jumper and jerks his arms down instead of holding his follow-through, and he's completely right-two obvious and easily correctable flaws. This is going to bug me all year long. At least hold your follow. How hard can that be?
Eric Snow is like a terrible ex-girlfriend that I had a horrifying breakup with, but now see three months later and forget about all the bad times. Seriously, he's out there driving, creating angles, making good passes, he's active on the offensive boards, he plays great defense, and he even hit an 18-footer tonight! Okay, I need to stop. I'm with Boobie now. And I'm happy. He makes 3-pointers for me.
I don't feel comfortable with Hubie Brown in the broadcast booth-can't imagine having him as a coach.
F****** Jason Kapono. These things happen-why should he have been better than Steve Novak, Trajan Langdon, J.J. Redick, Stryker, or Blake Stepp? The Bobcats let him go, too. Nobody knew. Still, F****** Jason Kapono. Do you see how fast he shoots? At least our 4 million dollar 3-point specialist played 4 garbage time minutes and didn't get off a shot. "Best Shooter in the World." I need to stop.
Great game for LeBron: 29/7/6 on 26 true attempts.
Off game for Wade: 27/1/7 on 25 true attempts. But those turnovers are more troubling than anyone likes to talk about. Maybe he should start throwing his arms in the air and grunting when he throws a mid-air pass to a white jersey or a cameraman. Little Whore. But yeah, he's Nash's only real challenger for the MVP at this point in the year, and he deserves it. I hate him so much. But I'd actually consider this game more compelling evidence of why he's better than LBJ than the last game.
When Shaq was looking like himself, I was scared. When 'Toine was bombing 3s, I wasn't.
Statement Game, baby. By the way, PIP, the Heat are now 3-23 when trailing entering the 4th quarter.
