Did the Heat lose on purpose?

Did the Heat lose on purpose?

  • Yes

    Votes: 1 4.3%
  • No

    Votes: 22 95.7%

  • Total voters
    23

Ghostowl

Benchwarmer
After the game, I was shocked. I did not think the current squad would beat the Heat. My friend (who like neither Heat/Knicks) heard that the Heat lost on purpose in light of Sandy. To make NY feel better. I don't believe him but it kinda makes sense if that was the case. Wade said before the game that it didn't feel right playing vs Knicks because of Sandy. There seems to be quite a handful of people who think this is the case.

Then I watched the game again, and I realized the Heat just wasn't playing like they always do. So now I'm not quite sure if it is really the case. What do you guys think?
 

Sage

Rotation player
After the game, I was shocked. I did not think the current squad would beat the Heat. My friend (who like neither Heat/Knicks) heard that the Heat lost on purpose in light of Sandy. To make NY feel better. I don't believe him but it kinda makes sense if that was the case. Wade said before the game that it didn't feel right playing vs Knicks because of Sandy. There seems to be quite a handful of people who think this is the case.

Then I watched the game again, and I realized the Heat just wasn't playing like they always do. So now I'm not quite sure if it is really the case. What do you guys think?

What?!.. No. What?!.....

Did you notice Denver took them to the brink as well in their next game by playing a similar style to us? Penetrate and dish to the open scorer? They haven't learnt to defend that yet.
 

knicksince 93

Rotation player
You're ip should be banned for saying something like that, because an account ban isn't enough when you can just make another account. You do realize they are professional athletes? Wow, stupid post.
 

Knicks4Life_1985

★The Floor General★
No disrespect to the OP

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21 Shump Street

Benchwarmer
Come on guys, don't flame him. I don't think they lost on purpose but a case could be made for it.

They just came out flat and I think we shocked them in the 1st and they never really came back in it. Definitely weren't at their best but it's great that we know we can beat them with the effort and commitment to both ends of the floor.
 

Knicks4Life_1985

★The Floor General★
Come on guys, don't flame him. I don't think they lost on purpose but a case could be made for it.

They just came out flat and I think we shocked them in the 1st and they never really came back in it. Definitely weren't at their best but it's great that we know we can beat them with the effort and commitment to both ends of the floor.

Lol I said no disrespect to the OP:teeth:
 

Weissenberg

Grid or Riot
If they lost on purpose the league would be already looking into it if not started an official investigation. IMO they really have nothing to prove, they're the current champions, LeBron finally got his ring and won his third MVP and that's the reason they didn't play as hard as expected, Sandy has nothing to do with it and saying they wanted to make NYers feel better is irrational.
 

TakMan

Rotation player
After the game, I was shocked. I did not think the current squad would beat the Heat. My friend (who like neither Heat/Knicks) heard that the Heat lost on purpose in light of Sandy. To make NY feel better. I don't believe him but it kinda makes sense if that was the case. Wade said before the game that it didn't feel right playing vs Knicks because of Sandy. There seems to be quite a handful of people who think this is the case.

Then I watched the game again, and I realized the Heat just wasn't playing like they always do. So now I'm not quite sure if it is really the case. What do you guys think?


Absolute Bollocks. These players are competitors coming off a championship season. They hate losing and it becomes worse when it's such a blowout. Then they play at home to the nuggets and barely scrape a win. Here's the deal with the overrated 'talent' that is miami. Whenever they play against some proper old school defensive teams, they have issues. It happened in the 2011 finals when they came up against Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion, and Tyson Chandler, and it happened again the other day when they faced Jason Kidd (again) Tyson Chandler (again) Ronnie Brewer, Carmelo Anthony, and JR Smith who were immense on D. If you block the heat's path to the basket, they are a below average team. It says a lot when their best mid-long range shooting role player (After Allen) is Rashard Lewis. People need to stop treating the heat as if they are the best thing since the 90's Bulls cos they're not. In fact they are nowhere near that.

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Just a P.S to this post:

Also, don't forget how difficult they found it against the Boston Celtics in the ECF last year. The heat would barely make the playoffs in the 90's. They can match any athletic-only team any day, but they cannot match teams with a good old-fashioned basketball IQ; something Miami do not possess.

It says a lot about today's NBA when 40 year olds can outsmart and outplay today's "elite" players.
 
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CA7

Scoring Champ
SMH people will say anything to disrespect our soldiers

Boston was doing what we were on Tuesday, Denver pushed them to the limit.

The Heat are good but they're not a team of All-Stars and when you make their role players no existent you have a great chance to win. Wade was pretty much iced for the night, he had a good quarter. Bosh was okay and and LBJ was regular by his standards but Ray Allen, nothing, Chalmers, Haslem, Cole nothing

Thats how you beat Miami
 

Crazy⑧s

Evacuee
i thought that they just weren't prepared for the game.

I thought they just weren't prepared to be beaten at their own game - small-ball.

The passing and shooting was too good. You could see the frustration on the faces of James and Wade throughout.

To the OP ~ come on, dude. Really? If the Heat had planned to lose, why would they bother putting their 3 biggest salaries on the floor and risk injury? What kind of team - what kind of champion - acts like that? :shrug:
 

RunningJumper

Super Moderator
Also Wade donated his check for that game to help rebuild from hurricane Sandy so I don't see why he'd feel bad.

Wade doesn't seem to be the same anymore. Bosh is rarely a beast. That 40 point game he had the other night isn't a regular occurrence. And LeBron was very good, so yeah.

I don't think the OP is ludicrous. The Knicks are a much better team than they were in a long time.
 

smokes

Huge Member
It's feasible to think they might not have had their heads fully in the game based off comments that were said before the game.

Then again, however much the media played us down before this 2-0 start, other teams are not stupid, they saw the potential we had. Perhaps those comments were said so the Heat had a built-in excuse if they lost.

To say they threw the game? No way.

But then, we'll see on Dec 6th :gony:
 

p0nder

Starter
love the poll. 0 to 16 right now.

the Knicks stood up for that game. it wasn't that the heat weren't in it or "trying to lose". I don't think any championship caliber player like wade or lebron really can stop competing. it's something that drives them beyond normal human capacity. Jordan still battles with that drive as an old man, seeking to prove himself somehow.

It was simply a matter of the better team won. These knicks are the best Knicks team of the past 40 years and will continue to prove that. Championship or bust!
 
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