How poor is the easy beyond the big 3?

[francesco totti]

I mean heat/pacers/bulls are 5 - 0 against the west. rest of teams in east are 11 - 31 ....

And sixers at 4th with record of 5 - 6 ???

[RagaZ]

Inb4 a Cheat-fan with the "b-b-b-uttt the last 2 Champions have come from East" argument.

Fact is that Heat never faces any opposition until ECF. If they were in West they would have it tough already from the 1st round which could make them tired later in the Playoffs. In East they can basically coast the first 2 rounds.

[Chicago Brawls]

I think Durant, Griffin and Curry should join forces for parity sake...

[LEFT4DEAD]

I think this was discussed 100+ times on ISH. In before someone posts W-L stats from last couple of seasons, that shows that Heat have had a better record against teams from the West than vs teams from the East.

[TheMilkyBarKid]

Inb4 a Cheat-fan with the "b-b-b-uttt the last 2 Champions have come from East" argument.

Fact is that Heat never faces any opposition until ECF. If they were in West they would have it tough already from the 1st round which could make them tired later in the Playoffs. In East they can basically coast the first 2 rounds.

That is true to an extent but last years ECF took a lot more out of the heat than the WCF did to the spurs

[leMVP]

Inb4 a Cheat-fan with the "b-b-b-uttt the last 2 Champions have come from East" argument.

Fact is that Heat never faces any opposition until ECF. If they were in West they would have it tough already from the 1st round which could make them tired later in the Playoffs. In East they can basically coast the first 2 rounds.

The Heat got the best record of the league last year, their record against the top 8 western teams last year was 13-3. In general the Heat record against the west last year was better then the against the east.

SAS last year in the playoffs, played less games than the Heat in its route to the finals, In 2012 OKC same story. and The Heat faced them both and beat them.

Lol, You don't won't to admit The Heat is the best team in the nba that's fine, but stop posting this crap.

[francesco totti]

Miami Heat /= East

there are 14 other teams as well.The heat are best team in the nba, but the east is very poor compared to the west.

[cos88]

just as good as the west is playing defense.

[Eric Cartman]

The Knicks were the #2 team in the East last season.

Let that sink in for a moment.

[#number6ix#]

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

[francesco totti]

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

the closest team that came to beat the heat are from the west also.


Dallas 2011
And last year spurs was the closest team to beat the heat in heat 2 year title run.

[#number6ix#]

the closest team that came to beat the heat are from the west also.


Dallas 2011
And last year spurs was the closest team to beat the heat in heat 2 year title run.

2011 Heat was pretty much a different team we had a really weak bench... the Mavs just straight up just out played us and out coached us

Oh yeah i forgot to mention if you can bury the 3 ball at a high rate(spurs) and move the ball(spurs) you'll give us hell

[Wavves]

Stupid argument. The Heat is the best team in the east and west. They are the best team (or were) in the NBA period.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Fact is that Heat never faces any opposition until ECF. If they were in West they would have it tough already from the 1st round which could make them tired later in the Playoffs. In East they can basically coast the first 2 rounds.

A 1 vs. 8 match-up isn't supposed to be hard. Your complaint comes down to them not being severely challenged in the second round. Big deal.

[miles berg]

The West as a whole is better but the two best teams in the league, Mia/Indy, are in the East.