Here's all you needed to know about the Heat's 113-92 victory against the Sixers on Saturday: LeBron and Bosh combined to score eight more points than the Sixers' entire starting five.
Stats and stuff:
--LeBron had 28 points and Bosh had 30.
--The Heat is 6-0 without Dwyane Wade. Is anyone out there surprised more than me about this development?
--I'll go ahead and predict another Eastern Conference Player of the Week Award for LeBron. In his last two games he has averaged 29.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, four steals and three blocks.
--Of course, the same could be said for Bosh. Saturday was Bosh's second 30-point game in his last three games.
--Mario Chalmers quietly had an incredible game. He was all over the place defensively, clogging passing lanes and causing problems for the Sixers' guards. He had 11 points and eight assists.
--Joel Anthony played 31 minutes and scored nine points to go along with nine rebounds and three blocks. Warden!
--The Heat was 7 of 16 from three-point range.
--Mike Miller was 1 of 2 from three-point range, meaning he's 8 of 10 from three-point since his return three games ago!
--The Heat outscored the Sixers 32-23 in the fourth quarter. LeBron had 12 pts in the span of four minutes and 16 seconds to close out the game. He was 5 of 7 from the field and 2 of 2 from the free-throw line in the quarter.
--The Heat out-rebounded the Sixers 13-7 in the fourth quarter and 52-31 on the game.
--The Heat throwback uniforms honoring the 71-72 Floridians were hideous but I loved them.
-joe
I'm back baby. Hey good job, good role but lets get real here. Don't fall for the smoke screen. The last three teams that the heat played were not very good. I say it again, they were not very good, and yes Lakers I am talking to you. James has too many holes in his game to be a superstar. Brother can't hit free throws like a champ. You want to be better than Jordan and Kobey, learn to hit em when it counts overated showtime. Oh by the way Mr. Bosh, I like you personally, even though we never met, but until you make me forget Charles Barkley, Carl Malone and Moses Malone ever played the game, my opinion of you stands. Enjoy your day gang.
Posted by: Heat1 | Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Someone's self-importance and opinion to themselves and to the Heat are little too high.
Posted by: 305_Representer | Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Joe is probaly Charles Barkley brother.
Posted by: boots | Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 12:52 PM
Digging those uni's...who the heck was on that Floridians roster ?
Heat be cooking...hope Wade lets the game come to him when he returns & doesn't try to score 9.9 out of 10 every time he touches the ball. He needs to adjust...not the other way around.
Posted by: RP | Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 01:03 PM
???? would making a trade like sending miller and anthony to the clippers for mo williams a bad trade.... and would sending pittman and picks to washington for mcgee a bad trade..... i mean, come on.....007...
Posted by: black the trucker | Monday, January 23, 2012 at 01:06 PM
refine this team right now.... the time is now... and if we dont the lakers will, the celtics will, the mavs will, the teams who need to make that one move will make that move and we will be stuck without the roster to make the run that it will take to win the title and this is our year... you hear me pat....007....
Posted by: black the trucker | Monday, January 23, 2012 at 01:16 PM
Lost to the friggin Bucks?! I repeat, Poorly coached Bums!
Posted by: Heat1 | Monday, January 23, 2012 at 01:57 PM
Wow this blog is scraping the bottom of the barrel...one moron agitator and another who thinks he can do Pat Riley's job for him...Where you at Greg?? Bust u usually pile on Spo after losses, where u at?? at least you give me someone to argue with.
Heat surely missed Dwade last night. I'll say it once again, this team does not fast break without him = no easy buckets.
Posted by: Heatup | Monday, January 23, 2012 at 03:47 PM
Looked tired to me. No rebounds...no rings. Got pounded on boards with too many second & third chances. Curry played about 5 minutes & looked lost...but get him the damn ball !
Posted by: RP | Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:41 PM
I typically only blog at work, and have been busy. Not getting my panties in a bunch over one loss. Didn't see the Bucks game, but the players know that their effort was low, so they recognize the problem. An early Sunday game after a late Saturday game, does not leave a lot of time to reenergize (especially in South Beach).
Black, don't know that Mo Williams is much of an upgrade over thRIO. I don't think he's a better defender, and with thRIO knockin' down open jumpers, I'm not ready to start over with a new PG at this time.
Now, if the Wizards are stupid enough to take Pittman (heck, and Curry) for Magee, I'ld say let's do it!
But look, other teams are chasing us, it's not the other way around. Teams are going to make moves to negate what we do. We are OK with the roster, (and one more year of playing together), actually, stronger than last year. Sorry, Eddie House, I like Cole and Harris at this stage of the game.
How's that Heatup? All that, and not one 'I love SPO' statement. Maybe I'm growing.
Heat v Cavs tonight. I'll be tuned in.
Posted by: Greg Gembe | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 08:22 AM
Great point about other teams chasing us...I still worry about PG/C although we have improved the depth at those positions. A healthy MMiller and Haslem then u add in another great defender on the wing with Battier...that definately upgrades our roster from last year.
Spo's alright man, he's growing too.
I've seen some nice highlights from Kyre Irving the past couple weeks so i'm excited to see him play against us. LETS GO HEAT
Posted by: Heatup | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 09:50 AM
Worst blog on this site
Posted by: HurricaneWarning | Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 01:42 PM