That 2nd unit will give us major problems. We all know Crawford is one of, if not the biggest Heat killer, and Bledsoe will give our D fits, especially with how we've played of late.
Don't forget Butler, who played really well against us in China. He and Willie Green will be left open like they're warming up by themselves. Lamar Odom will forget that he has a negative PER right now and make plays on us. Turiaf and Hollins will be annoying. Barnes might jump in for some extra annoyance.
And lets not forget that although we call Jamal Crawford the biggest Heat killer, we dont usually call the great players that since they are always capable of killing you. But if we did, CP3 would be right up there. He rarely doesnt have a huge game against us.
Just looked at the schedule. Not only do we play on the 2nd night of a back to back in Denver, where we always get blown out, but Denver will have had 2 days off prior to that game.
Isnt there a crazy stat like no eastern team that has games on the west coast, then travels to Denver, hasnt won in Denver in like 10 years? Maybe its just the Heat, but I feel like i've heard that stat before.
Pretty sure it's on a back-to-back, but yeah traveling east from the west coast to Denver. Not sure how long, but it's something completely absurd. There could be different versions of the stat floating around, like maybe its just on a back-to-back for all teams, while any game going east for east teams. I'm sure someone will tweet it before the game.
Was thinking, this team often seems to win the few games when they're counted out beforehand. Denver has been struggling in the early season. Wouldn't be completely shocked if we squeaked that one out. A Heat win in Denver feels like a unicorn. Almost hard to believe it's possible.
Dwyane Wade isn’t thinking about his surgically-repaired left knee or jammed right thumb much.
But that’s partly due to the attention he’s paying to his left foot.
Wade sat out shootaround with what he believes is a bruise on the bone, and for which he will have an X-ray Wednesday afternoon. If the exam shows no structural damage, he plans to warm up prior to the game (7:30 PST, 10:30 EST) and see how he feels.
“I want to play tonight,” Wade said. “Obviously, this is a big time, primetime game, I want to be in it. But I want to feel good about being in it.”
He suffered the injury in the third quarter of Monday’s game when he stepped on Chris Bosh’s foot. He returned in the fourth quarter, but intentionally deferred offensively as LeBron James took over.
“It was hurting pretty bad,” Wade said. “But that’s at the point, you’re tied up, you want to win this game, and you worry about it the next day.”
I said after the Rockets game there was a 40% chance Wade would miss this game, not even knowing the extent of the ankle injury. Guess I was too low. The sniffles forced him to miss a game. Dont see him playing in this one with a bad ankle.
Ira's article has some more quotes. He's saying if he can put pressure on it he'll play. Did say the X-Ray is to make sure it's nothing more than a deep bruise, which is his own diagnosis. Gulp.
Dan Le Batard just said he learned that the Heat called the league office asking for the Nuggets game to not be scheduled that way anymore. He actually said they asked for this one to be moved, since it's on TNT and will be our 4th game in 5 nights, but I can't imagine them asking them to change the schedule.
He likes to have big games against his buddies, and I can't remember him having one against Paul.
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