Bosh, Lebron, and Wade all KNOW they have no chance against us come playoff time.

Yes, playoffs games carry more of an intensity, more is at stake, and there’s more time to plan and prepare…but to really believe and expect a totally different outcome than Boston beating Miami is ridiculous. Joe mentioned that the Heat will have time to plan and adjust when the playoffs come…well Joe, dont you think the Heat have had time to plan and adjust considering theyve already played “THREE” games already this season?! But lets look at some other issues, some things that we know for sure wont be changing. A big deal has been made about Miami’s big three, and all the hype is well deserved. But Boston also has a big three that can go nearly man for man with Miami’s…small advantage to wade and bron at the two and three positions, with Garnett having the advantage over Bosh. The major difference is Miami’s vs Boston’s Big Three is that Miami’s success is COMPLETELY contingent upon Bron, Wade and Bosh, whereas, Boston actually has a complete, deep and well around team outside of their Big Three. Pierce shot 0-10 yesterday and only scored one point!! What’s the chances of Wade or Lebron only scoring one point while and the Miami still win…slim to none. Besides having a comparable three to match up with Miami’s…Boston also has a solid point guard who continues to decimate and tear Miami’s defense apart while averaging 14 assist per game this year….(now why would those numbers change come playoff time considering Miami has struggled with teams who have all star point guards and have Mario Chalmers and Carlos as their point guard defense stoppers?). Boston also has a plethera of Bigs in Perkins, Shaq, Jermaine when healthy, Big Baby….in comparison to Z, Dampier who is immobile and can barely jump over a quarter and undersized-non scoring threat Joel Anthony….its fairly easy to see who has the advantage here. Its also no fluke as to why Wade is continuing to struggle through all 3 games on offense….he’s actually having to work both ends of the floor, offense and defense. Chasing Ray Allen around play after play, screen after screen is tiring for anyone…Reggie Miller made a living off of it, Rip Hamilton has had some success with it as well…Point is…It takes a wear on the offense players who constantly stays in motion to begin with, the major advantage is that the offense player knows exactly where he wants to go on the floor and doesnt have to run constantly run through shoulders and hips of other players to get free. Now just imagine the wear its causing on Wade…now why would all of this stop during the playoffs?? Who else besides Wade is going to Ray Allen for a full 35-40 mins individually? No one!! Even if an attempt is done by committee, that committee consist of Eddie House, Carlos and Chalmers…all who are physically smaller and shorter guards…all who give Ray Allen just a slight bit more daylight to knock down three’s…as if he actually needed a little more. Miami heat fans should not confuse wishful thinking with the actual realities…the actual reality is that though Miami well definitely play with more of an intensity during the playoffs…so will the Celtics…for every action there will be a reaction from both teams, each team will counter here and there…that’s when it all comes down to mentality of the individual players on each team, and in my opinion, Boston definitely looks to be the hungrier of the two teams at this point. Fans look at Miami for the potential…well yes there’s tons of potential. But potential only goes so far. Potentially, Lebron could average a triple double for the entire season, even while playing on a team with another superstar in Wade and a star in Bosh, but he’s not. Lebron has the potential to be the most dominant force in basketball considering his physical gifts of size, speed, power and sheer force….but how often have we’ve Bron coast through early quarters of a game…holding the ball for maybe 5 to 6 secs at a time before either pulling up for a jumper or maybe, just maybe, doing a crab dribble to the post. Now thats not to say he doesnt exact his dominance at all during the early quarters of the game…but anyone watching games in which he plays would notice that with any major star…the 4th quarter is when Lebron uses his physical attributes, not settling for jumpers but actually bull-dozing to rim for dunks, layups or drawing the defense even more and setting up open players…its those kinds of actions that would ultimately allow for Bron to average that triple double that most believe he has the potential to have. The point is that the Heat have the potential to do some damage in the playoffs and have the potential to beat Boston, just as the saying for football goes, “Any Given Sunday”…but do the players have the mentality to pour on the intensity for a full 48?? Can Bosh consistently knock down jumpers and continue to actually rebound? Can Bron attack more or how about just do something with the ball besides slowing up the offense and holding the ball for 5 or so secs at a time? Can Wade and Bron shoot over 76% to at least an 80% at the free throw line considering they are elite perimeter players? Can role players like Eddie House, Jones or even Big Z knock down open jumpers? On the road? That’s a tall task to ask. Bottom line, it doesnt matter how you look at it, Boston Celtics are the better team top to bottom…be it on paper, on tiv, over the internet, via cell phone, iPad, Samsung Tablet, Motorola Xoom or live in person.

And Joe….if you actually read the article and paid attention to what Paul said, you notice that in fact, Bosh DID NOT mention Rondo’s name directly. He mentioned Ray, Garnett and Pierce directly but referred to everyone as a team as “those guys”.

Hope Miami fans learned something today.

AJ’s analysis of the Heat seems right on. Before going into Sunday’s game, I was really worried, but then it struck me. We match up quite well against the new star-studded Miami lineup. They just don’t have the size. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the Lakers. Last weeks game had echoes of last year’s seventh game in the finals, with a Celtics team outmanned under the boards losing in the stretch. Unless we get back Shaq and Erden for the finals (I have already written off Jermaine), we may well fall victim to the most hated club once again. Remember, we beat the Lakers in the earlier game this year, but then our other “Bigs” were available. Even if Shaq did not have a great game, his mere presence helped.

Hey Joe Celtics have time to do that to and they have already proven themselves in the playoffs. If Miami can’t beat a depleted Celtics team in the regular season they are going to look bad come playoff time. I keep hearing this from Miami fans as if C’s are going to remain the same while all of a sudden Miami will be ‘different’ GIVE ME A BREAK!

Bosh etc. ….. mentioned Rondo a number of times. I guess you did not listen?
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Mr. Peterson, I’m not sure what “a number of times” mean in your world, but he only said Rondo’s name once. I guess you didn’t listen.