Heat knock out Bobcats, 96-82 -- Brief box score analysis

Tyrus was off with the shot, and he does need to slow it down and keep it simple from a reasonable range closer to the rim, he also needs to work on his footwork and playing more controlled than he plays now.
 Jackson needs a new role offensively, he doesn’t have the ability to penetrate against most SG’s and when he tries alot of times he loses the ball or he tries a difficult shot at the rim that usually results in a missed shot and a complaint to the ref about a missed foul. I still say he should just catch and shoot like Ray Allen does for Boston, or Reggie used to do in Indiana.
 Henderson was ok, but Wade had his way with him. For us to not have Wallace, Nazr, Diop, and Tyrus playing hurt, we played a very good gam, we just got cold in the third and again, I think the catalyst was Jackson missing early and passing up open looks for difficult drives inside.
 I think we’ll improve, this team has had alot of adversity early with teamates ripping each other, a coach who didn’t give his all that got fired, injuries, and blow out losses, but through all of that, were playing better and were still in the hunt for the playoffs.If we can get Wallace and Nazr back and healthy, if Tyrus can stay healthy and continue to improve, and we have no further serious injuries, I think this team is gonna be tough in the 2nd half of the season.

without him I don’t see the Heat pulling away like they did. The guy was out of sight!

        Glass Half Full: We lost by 14 to the NBA 2010-11 champs with half of a center, no Warrior and five guys who are out of the league (they just don’t know it yet). Woooooooh !

        Glad to see Jax took his meds. tonight cause Joey C. loves to call the T.

Family had dinner, I checked the score and never went back. That being the case, Hendo looked good in the first half.I thought he played really good D on Wade to that point. Also, McGuire on a minimum contract for 5 or 6 minutes per game sounds like a solid deal to me.

Kwame has some bricks for hands for sure. At least we didn’t lose by 30 while missing so many players that actually get minutes.

Diaw sucks.

The Heat have beaten better teams by much worse, we kept it close in the 1st, 2nd and 4th, even leading for awhile. When Lebron James is on, no player in the NBA can stop him.

Basically, the Heat dominated us for one quarter. There were a lot of factors involved in that.

That said, when you sit down and look at it, you can ultimately blame the loss on the same two players.

Stephen Jackson had too many unassisted turnovers by trying to do too much because he thinks he’s an elite NBA player and he’s not.

Boris Diaw played 12 minutes. He mailed it in after the first quarter. That’s why you didn’t see him alot in the second half. He could have easily been our interior presence with Nazr out, but decided he wasn’t going to play anymore. That’s typical Boris though, he’ll play hard for one quarter, whichever one it may be, and mail it in the other three.

As far as DJ, Tyrus and everyone else, I can’t say too much. DJ was getting trapped and double teamed consistently, Tyrus was missing shots, but at least he was taking them and they were open looks. It could have been McGuire taking those shots after all.

Gerald Henderson played really well despite his shooting woes in the third. Yes, he missed two easy layups, but Lebron also missed two easy layups, so lay off the guy. He played hard every minute he was on the floor.

As did Matt Carroll. If there’s any guy on our roster who takes advantage of his sparce minutes, it’s Carroll.

It was GREAT to see Livingston elevate like that. That dunk most likely went a long way to his confidence because that was easily the most elevation he’s had since he returned from injury. Once he gets his rhythm on offense, he’ll be a great asset. I would love for him to develop a three point game, because he passes up tons of open looks from behind the arc.

Despite his bone headed fouls, I was still impressed with Kwame lat night. Particularly his 3-4 performance from the line. You can see he’s at least trying out there, despite missing the previous three games for what we all assume to be weight and speed issues.

With our three top rebounders out, it was no wonder we struggled on the glass. Kwame did a good job on the offensive glass. That was also the biggest reason for the third quarter collapse. The Heat adjusted at halftime and they forced us to take long jumpers, and when it started to look like a blowout in the making, the younger Bobcats players got caught with deer in the headlights looks and missed easy shots.