Biggest loss of the season (so far)

So much for my optimism!

Having said that at the end of the first quarter I still thought we'd win. It was a great start to the game, Beasley hitting shot after shot, JO knocking a couple down as well. Pops having to call time out before I'd taken my first breath as Beas blew past Blair twice and scored. Sadly it started to go downhill after Beasley went for a rest half way through the first. Still we finished the first Q tied at 26 and that was with Wade hardly having taken a shot and Beas knocking down 7 for 14 first quarter points. The signs were there though; San Antonio had scored 26, TP was cutting to the basket with ease and TD was playing like the NBA player of the decade he so surely is (Kobe my ass!).

The rest of the game was a tale of woe. No defence, TO's galore and Wade looking so out of sorts that the three he put up for his second FG (after starting 1 of 7) was something of a ray of hope. Except Miami fans know that the worst thing Wade can do is score with his first 3, he goes back to it again, more than once, when that happens. And he stops attacking the basket. In fact according to the refs the spurs hardly made a foul the first half - partly that was true - Beas was hitting from outside and Wade wasn't attacking the rim but mostly that was the home TD factor.

The turning point (if it hadn't passed already) was when Q was fouled shooting (and missing) a three. A clear slap on the head by Manu. Spurs took the rebound, fast break 2 points plus a technical foul on Q - 6 point turnaround - game over.

The second half was hard to watch. The heat were terrible, Wade was terrible, Cook was on the floor for 23 minutes (2 of 9). Terrible. Haslem had his worse game of the season (in his worse run of the season). The highlight of the second half was a 9 minute appearance by Magloire when he actually put a FT in (well 2) on his way to 4 points. Wade had 7 TO's in 29 minutes and needs to get back to training hard, shooting, attacking the rim and scoring. This game was not Spo's fault, this was a Heat team who hadn't come ready to play. The only highlight here was Michael Beasley. My call for a trade of Cook, Haslem and Jones (DNP) for a vet passing, defensive PG just got louder.