NBA PLAYOFFS ..... 1-0 ... + $ 500.00
The Sixers outscored the Heat 60-40 in the first quarters of Games 1 and 3. They raced to double-digit leads in both games only to apart at the end. No one thought a team that finished 41-41 would seriously push the Heat.
Even Philadelphia coach Doug Collins said he knows the team is considered merely a "speed bump" for the Heat.
All the Sixers want is to get a win, avoid a sweep and send the series back to South Beach for one more game.
"We just want, first of all, to get a win at home," said Andre Iguodala, a major disappointment in the series. "The crowd was really behind the guys. They gave us a lot of support. That's definitely our first goal, to win at home. I think the guys have been motivated from the start, in tuned to what the coaches say and focused in and really been motivated. We've played hard. I expect that to be the same."
Effort isn't Philadelphia's problem. They're simply overmatched against a team that was put together to win an NBA title.
"They're so athletic," Elton Brand said. "If they get a fastbreak, they'll finish it. We have to take good shots. We don't turn the ball over a lot. We have to turn it over even less."
The Sixers are a young team with little playoff experience. They haven't been intimated by Miami's superstars, and Collins isn't going to let them go down without a fight.
"That's the good thing about having a young group," Iguodala said. "They just have that natural energy. And they're just too goofy to know the situation, so they're always excited to play the game. It kind of rubs off on everyone. They're always wanting to play another game."
Spoelstra is quite aware of this.
"This is still a series until you eliminate somebody," he said. "They're a dangerous team. They're young enough to not understand any statistics or anything that's happened over the years, 3-0. The way they are, their fabric, they're gonna keep on coming. They're relentless, they're well- coached, they will not stop. We will have to earn this victory."
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Since Indy won their game with this angle.
Now I am looking at this Heat / Philly game
We have the same scenario.
If there was going to be a team that would squash the other team like a bug and not let up it will be Miami.
If the Celtics lose they get some extra days to relax and rest up waiting.
Since this is the first game on Sunday it is important to think this through.
It is too much to ask for this angle to follow all three games. I doubt that is going to happen.
So the way I am looking at it is that Philly is fawked.
Miami rolls them like clowns.
