Stephen A Smith "OKC in 6"

[Glide2keva]

Great, now Miami's gonna win in 4.

Heat in 5, but I hope I'm wrong.

[dyna]

OKC in 5...

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

Heat in 6.
They have too much talent on that team to lose to a bunch of youngsters.
Plus, they have the better D.

[Oositdwn]

Two things I know for sure won't happen for the heat.
They won't win all their 3 home games
They won't win two games on the road.

[schism206]

It's the other way around. It's harder for the team without HCA to win 3 in a row at home, and the likely closeout game for them (game 6) is played on the road. In the 2-2-1-1-1 format the Heat would have a chance to close out in Miami if the Thunder win 2 games, rather than in OKC.

Completely agree, it happened to the Celtics against the Lakers. Games 6 and 7 on the Lakers court was a big problem for them.

[Kingwillball]

Two things I know for sure won't happen for the heat.
They won't win all their 3 home games
They won't win two games on the road.

So your Saying they wont win series than..

[NBASTATMAN]

I agree

I AGREE WITH YOU.

[Oositdwn]

So your Saying they wont win series than..

Oh sh1t did I make it too obvious??

[imdaman99]

Heat in 6.
They have too much talent on that team to lose to a bunch of youngsters.
Plus, they have the better D.

nope, i am pretty sure okc defense is as good as heats defense. once okc made their adjustments, they made an offensive juggernaut look lost (spurs). the heat were giving up 60 pt halves to the celtics. sure they shut them down 2nd half but the celtics have shitty offense most of the time anyway.

okc defense is pretty much lockdown defense once the game is on the line.

i sure hope stephen A is right... i dont care about the stupid ballridin mind games he plays with the heat because he is gay for them.

[cteach111]

this is a toss up. I don't think people have seriously considered Bosh's impact on the Heat. That's the only reason the Heat have labored through this postseason. They are 7-2 with him and 1 of those losses was partly because Spo didn't play Bosh an entire 2nd half.

Bosh is definitely ready to play in this series and that changes a lot of things. OKC has the privilege of playing a complete Heat team.

If OKC didn't have HC, they'd lose this series no question. They better hold on to those 2 games at home.

[Xiengqichess]

The Thunders must be much better than the Heat in order to win the series. Don't underestimate Stern. He would not let his cash cow fail one more time.
Unless Lebron chokes big time again, my money will be on Miami.
A single game and the spread is hard to pick but the series is locked.

[amfirst]

Hell no... Thunders are the same team as the Heats. They just have better players and younger. Heats are done.