Playoff Thoughts

For the Celtics to win against the Heat, Rondo needs to play out of his mind. He played terrible today. I don't know if Wade was playing exceptional defense or what, but Rondo made incredibly bad decisions for most of the game. In the offseason, Rondo needs to develop a better shot because these defenders just play off of him. He needs to punish them. Funny thing is, even when they play off him, he can still drive to the basket and can play with top level guys. There was one drive play Rondo did towards the end of the game and scored a layup on Wade, where Wade afterwards literally threw up his hands in disbelief. That's what Rondo is capable of doing at times - making top 5 players shake their heads in disbelief and frustration. He is the key to the Celtics winning. If he can score 20 or get 15 assists, they'll win games, so he needs 4 games like that. If not, the Heat are winning the series and probably the East.

Wade played great today, but man, LeBron James is still the guy I'd want most on my team. You can't stop him going to the basket. Rondo and Allen tried to foul him once on a drive, they literally were not strong enough to prevent him from getting a 3 point play. Durant is a great scorer, Kobe is a great competitor, but James does things no one else can do. That play when he picked Rondo and tossed a 75 ft bounce pass to Wade for a lay in...maybe Chris Paul could make that play, maybe Larry Bird, maybe Magic Johnson, but that's about it. Those guys and LeBron.

The refs tossing Pierce was totally ridiculous. Pierce going head-to-head after the hard foul deserved a technical and then it should have been done. Instead, the ref tosses him in a stupid make up call on the next play. The refs completely favored Miami in this game...one of the worst officiated games I can remember seeing since that time they tossed A'mare in the Spurs-Suns series.

Didn't see much of the Memphis-OKC game, but I've been saying since I saw game 1 of the Spurs-Memphis, they are no joke. They are a well-built team. If the Lakers or Memphis get through to the finals, no matter who they play from the East, they are going to pound them down low and it will be tough for anyone - Chicago, Boston, Miami to win. Ironically, I think Miami might be the toughest teams out of the East for any of those teams just because of LeBron. LeBron, if he wanted to, could play down low and muscle with Gasol, Randolph, or any of the bigs on those teams. He is strong enough and athletic enough to do it. Wade would play Kobe straight up.

Question...if the Heat win the title, does everyone who got on LeBron's case about the decision, owe him a collective apology?