Pacers leads 2-1 against Miami Heat

Base from miami's last 2 game, i think coach eric find a way to manage and giving his best effort to make a strong strategy to stay on the road line for the finals.

I've watched the game. I have to say that Wade wasn't focused after his first lost attempts but I don't think that even if he had a bad night that allows him to act as he did, remember that he is the team captain so the captain should inspire and do his best to keep the team concentrated in the court. After Bosh's injury I think that Heat have a problem in the front-line, Hibbert dominated yesterday and they need to find a way being good in the front-line if they want to qualify.

the heat are slacking. they shouldn't allow them to be leading the series like this.

There are two things in sports that are contagious: Winning and losing. With either, of course, you have little offshoots of those big two. Softness is born of losing if you're not able to allow it to harden you. And this can be passed around to everyone around you. This is Wade's big issue. LeBron James' softness is infecting D-Wade's psyche. James is a huge talent, but he doesn't have the guts to play in crunch time. He's a little kid in his heart. College would have served him well. He was a kid who became a leader and demolished the competition without ever having to check his manhood at the door (call it courage if one finds that to be a sexist statement). That's been plaguing him his entire career. The Cavs' players dealt with it vs. the Spurs in the Finals. The Heat players dealt with it last year vs. the Mavs in the Finals. And now it's manifesting itself sooner. Wade, at least for the moment, has lost his competitive edge. He doesn't realize why, so he's lashing out and refusing to accept blame for it. Even if they do manage to scrape by the Pacers with a huge gut-check, I have a feeling that Boston will embarrass them in 5 games. (But don't put much stock in what I think. I haven't picked a winner in years lol) James/Wade is not a good combination. LeBron is an awesome player! I'm not trying to hate on the guy. But when you talk about a clutch player who was built for the playoffs, then you're talking about Dwayne Wade and not James. And he's losing his grip now and I believe that he doesn't even know why. I know why. At least I think I know why. And it's that b-ball doesn't matter as much to him because he's been catching the pudding vapors from James. Bosh being out doesn't help. Wade needs more than aggressiveness. He needs confidence.

The way it looks right now, the Heat will not win a championship this year. Spoelstra will likely lose his job, but I don't think that'll be Dwayne Wade's fault. The Heat have clearly not been ready to play in game two and three. No one seems to be able to hit from the outside. That's a problem with confidence and or fatigue. Spoelstra is the coach and it is his job to manage those issues from game to game. I've watched the games and I'm not sure he is doing a competent job of that. The team is playing too much one on one ball on offense. Who prepared the team to play that way? Don't tell me Indiana is such a great team. They're competent and they are playing together but they don't look like a championship team to me. Dwayne Wade has to control his frustration and play better but from where I'm sitting, I think the Heat are being out coached. I think Miami has the personnel and is capable of bouncing back. Spoelstra will impress me if he can find a way to make it happen. If they fight through this adversity they might put their name on the championship trophy. I think the next game will be the decisive one. On the other hand if they continue to screw up this series Indiana will advance to the next round. Honestly I think that's as far as Indiana will go. Incidentally I'm not saying any of this out of bias. I'm not a fan of either team.

Basketball is not a one-on-one game, the success of a team is in the hands of every member. It is nice to see the Pacers going into the next round. It's been a while that they have this rolling, since the time of Miller and Smits. I'm not a fan of both team but I'm a Laker actually, I'm starting to accept the fate of my team but who knows, nothing is impossible.