Originally Posted by
Sunde91
+1.5 is a bad line that's probably due to both Bosh returning and the continued delusion Vegas has with Heat. It should be Bos -3
Bos is in championship form, like 08 and 10. No more doubters now, even though they’ve shown signs all along they “had it”. Gm 2 @ATL down DD in 2h and win w/o Rondo. Gm3 @Phil dominating win off loss. 3 straight wins in this series after an absolutely crushing loss in gm2. All huge character wins that shows the heart of a champion this team has. Nobody gave them a shot, refs fuked them first 2 games, Media and public claimed Heat sweep, Heat in 5, 0% chance after down 0-2, etc. Now here they are.
The parallel between this series and 2010 Bos/Clev is clear. Cavs 2010 were the Miami of today. Both were > -400 series price. Both had Queen. Both had terrible coaches. Both led 2-1, everyone thought over. Bos had game 5 road wins in both, followed by gm6 home close out. Before gm 6 vs. Cavs, Bos was the public pick, most thought Cavs were done, and this created some paranoia of “too easy” and “Stern extends series”. Didn’t happen, won’t happen tomorrow.
Rivers is running circles around Spoelstra, or the biggest clown coach in sports. Players have never bought into him. Draws up the worst offensive plays possible. Every single time you listen to him, it’s the corniest, most high school level shit you’ve ever heard. It’s unthinkable how the 2 best players on a team can overtly disrespect a coach (Wade cussing him out in his face, Queen walking right through him last year). He is not the coach to lead a team in a rally game like this.
Bos is bringing a championship ready team with experience and the undying will to win in front of their pumped as hell home crowd Thursday, ready to take the next step in their last run for glory
Miami is brining? A broken team among the mentally weakest in sports history. A strong team wins game 4@Bos on the bounce back. A team with any resolve whatsoever wins game 5 at home. Instead shat pants and panic. Their world is coming apart just like last year in the Finals. Same uninspired performance against a better team who wants it way more than they do. Same disunity, zero chemistry, zero offensive rhythm. Championship teams don’t lose like this when the pressure is really really on, like gm5, like last year’s Finals gm5 and 6. If they haven’t found it by now, they won’t suddenly rise up Thursday.
This shows the mindset of Queen and Heat: “We played good enough to give ourselves a chance to win. That’s all you can ask for.” Words from a total pussy who hasn’t the slightest inkling of what it takes to be a winner and respond in this game to rip victory away from Bos.
For the rubes and the "Stern makes the call to extend the series": there hasn't been a game 7 in the Conf Finals since 2005. Most end in 6, plenty of opportunity to extend it. Last year both in 5, disaster. Stern was where in 09 when the god-awful for ratings Magic closed the Miami esque Cavs in 6 to go to the Finals?
Bos’s big 4 are 8-1 SU in home close out games (loss up 3-0 vs. ORL). This is another game where Bos comes up big, like 2008 gm6 to win the title, 2010 gm 6 over Cle and ORL. Bos is the better team, outplayed Heat 4 of 5 games. No letodown here. Max urgency at home in the game that could decide their legacy.
Bos +115 for at least a dime right now