samedi 2 janvier 2010

Next Up: Charlotte

Happy New Year.

Let's hope so, and let's hope that we start it off with a decent win. Charlotte are better than their record of 12:18 but they shouldn't be quite good enough to beat the Heat in Miami without Tyson Chandler.

The Bobcats are a good defensive team who have just recently given the ball up waaaay too much. Gerald Wallace is one of the most underrated players in the league; Boris Diaw is one of the most versatile but even the addition of Stephen Jackson has not turned them into an offensive threat. That is not Coach Brown's philosophy.

The Heat are coming off their worse loss of the season and Dwyane has 13 TOs in the last 2 games (curiously the same as Jackson). It's time for Wade to step up again, as the Heat cannot win without him playing better ball. Beasley is an improving number 2 and JO is playing above his Toronto cast-off tag, Arroyo above his Israeli league tag and Q above his doughnut 5 team summer tag; but in the end if Wade doesn't perform the Heat can't win. Come on D. shut those whinging miami supporters up and show them that Riley and Spo know what they're doing.

This should be a low-scoring defensive battle that Miami come out on top of.

Prediction: Charlotte 84 Miami 90

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