How poor is the easy beyond the big 3?

[R.I.P.]

Its all about match ups at the end of the day... If you don't have a core of big men that can beat the heat up on the boards they'll be able to win a series pretty easily

Obviously a strong defensive center as the defensive anchor doesn

[R.I.P.]

And yes the East is still poor. Every year you

[Hizack]

East VS West, season-by-season records:

2013

[Lebron23]

heat and pacers are the best teams in the nba.

[R.I.P.]

[QUOTE=Hizack]East VS West, season-by-season records:

2013

[Lebron23]

What happened in 2008-2009? Lot of injuries in the West.

How can the East be consistently be so poor? Just overpay some GMs from the West to fix your sh*t.

The West has been historically being better than the east, but who cares we only have 4 legit contenders in the nba.

[ZMonkey11]

So we're going to pretend the Heat don't get beat up when they played the Chicago Bulls. That series was PHYSICAL.

They might get a flier passed the first round, but from second round on, the Heat get beat up. When everyone in the league hates your team, records don't show how much effort and grit is being played.

Another star fan, great.

[leMVP]

The West has been historically being better than the east, but who cares we only have 4 legit contenders in the nba.

The East was stronger than the West in 80s & 90s.

[imdaman99]

Heat do well against the West, but that's because the East does not wear them down. If they had to play the West 55 times a year, they wouldn't go 45-10

It's easier to dominate a smaller sample size, for goodness sakes the Cowboys were 3-0 in their division.

That being said, the better defense as a whole is probably played in the East.

[francesco totti]

first of all, the pacers arent 2nd best team in the league IMO. What have the pacers done to be put ahead of the spurs.I reckon spurs would beat pacers in playoff series. So would OKC ( though indiana would giver tougher matchup to the heat then okc ).


Put aside the heat.. take away top 3 in east..and any 3 in west. there is huge difference after 4th position in favor of the west.

[Hoopz2332]

Eastern Conf trash give the heat more problems than anything for the most pat from the West because Eastern teams play a gritty style that takes advantage of Miami weaknesses while the Western teams play a free flowing nondefensive style that play right into Miamis small ball concept/style. West in the home home of inflated stats. The most dangerous team to take MImai out is the Pacers, an Eastern team, hands down.

[Dresta]

Heat do well against the West, but that's because the East does not wear them down. If they had to play the West 55 times a year, they wouldn't go 45-10

It's easier to dominate a smaller sample size, for goodness sakes the Cowboys were 3-0 in their division.

That being said, the better defense as a whole is probably played in the East.

Props for going with one of the most idiotic arguments i have ever heard. Your assertion would only make sense if Heat players tried harder against the West than the East, which is again idiotic.

The reason the Heat does better against the West is that they flourish more playing Western Conference basketball. The sluggish and grinding basketball of the East suits them less well.

[Hoopz2332]

Props for going with one of the most idiotic arguments i have ever heard. Your assertion would only make sense if Heat players tried harder against the West than the East, which is again idiotic.

The reason the Heat does better against the West is that they flourish more playing Western Conference basketball. The sluggish and grinding basketball of the East suits them less well.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

I give Indianna and Chicago a better chance of beating Miami than any west team this year.

[DuMa]

East has always managed to win more titles than the West. the typical East champion is always defensively orientated than a West champion.