Hey Steven A. and the rest of the ESPN pre-game show (except the anchor), you guys truly show how bad you analysts really are. I would've been fine if you said that "I believe that the pacers would win", but to say they would win beyond a shadow of a doubt makes you guys bad analysts.....
Anyways, here are my thoughts....
1) Heat wanted this game more. Being young, fearless and having nothing to lose has its advantages (Marlins anyone?)
2) How effective has Malik Allen been off the bench? If Brian Grant can come back from the pinky injury (ill get to him in a second), i dont see him getting nearly as much minutes as he had...
3) gameball goes to Odom, he took over when it counted more as opposed to Jermanine O'Neal, in the 2nd half...
4) I hope Brian Grant can play, for the 2nd game in a row, he took what appeared to be a very grisly injury....i didnt catch if it was his shooting hand or not, but Grant is a lock from 15 feet, if its his shooting hand, its gonna hurt the heat....
5) For the first time ever at a game, i saw Timmy smiling as a spectator, it takes a lot for hardaway to smile when hes in the stands, that was a good sign...
6) I loved seeing that Sapp was talking trash to Carlisle and the rest of the pacers, I hope he becomes our spike Lee and goes to Indy....(hes back on my good side now)
7) How about the balanced scoring, Wade, Odom, Butler with over 20 points....Artest and O'Neal were unstoppable, but the rest of their team was non-existent, including "Miller-time", who shot the ugliest 3 pointer i have ever seen........
8) I was going to give some credit for maturity for Ron Artest being the only one not involved in the big scuffle, but when he tackled Wade, that went out the window....
9) This young team looks like they have gotten inside of the Pacers's head, this "1st place team" probably thought that they would win this in 4 games, maybe 5...this no doubt will help the HEAT when they go on the road, no question about it, I now believe the hit can beat this team in this series, I said before this game that if they won convincingly at the AAA they had a shot, and thats what they did....
10) How about the clamp-down in the 2nd half defensively, especially on O'Neal? How about scoring 100 points for the first time in 39 games in the playoffs? This team is so inspiring...
Be sure to add to my run-down of this game....
CAN YOU FEEL THE HEAT DOWN IN YOUR SOUL???
GO HEAT!