2012 Miami Heat vs. 2009 Los Angeles Lakers

[AintNoSunshine]

Lakers front court would have run a train on Bosh.. But history shows Lebron beats Kobe vast majority of thr time so tough call, Heat in 7 with legendary Game 7 by the King.

[ImKobe]

Again, the classic "Heat was stacked as fk, but pretty much every other championship team can beat them"

They are stacked as relative to their era, and they would have the best or 2nd best record in the league in 09, but the Lakers are a complete mis-match for them.

[game3524]

You mean the Laker team who only won a championship (2) because KG got injured? Absolutely the Heat.

What bullshit.

The Lakers completely owned Boston in 2009, they would have won the championship even if KG had played that post-season

[G0ATbe]

Wade would have his way with Lakers defense because Kobe would be too busy putting LeBald in handcuffs. LeBald would shit the bed. Kobe would dominate. Lakers in 5.

[RightTwoCensor]

So people expect the Lakers frontcourt to get every touch and abuse Bosh? While Kobe has two working legs? Not in this lifetime.

[HOoopCityJones]

So people expect the Lakers frontcourt to get every touch and abuse Bosh? While Kobe has two working legs? Not in this lifetime.

Pretty much what happened to every frontcourt we faced that year , especially against the best big in the league, you know the same Dwight led Team Lebron lost to.

[Megabox!]

We're talking about the 2012 Heat not the 09' Cavs.....
But I got the Heat in 6, Lebron and Wade would be too much even if their front court isn't that impressive. Besides Bosh and Joel are actually pretty good defenders for their size

[KembaWalker]

lmao them white boy scrubs on the Lakers
Walton-Farmar-Vujacic-Morrison
BIG 4

[ClipperRevival]

I would favor the Lakers slightly because our front court was stacked. Prime Gasol and prime Odom and healthy Bynum. It just would've been too much length, size and skills for Miami to handle up front. Hibbert and West gave Miami trouble. Lol.

Kobe was still very close to his prime and could still defend. And you also add in another solid wing defender in Ariza and the Lakers have a chance at slowing down Bron/Wade.

[qrich]

Lakers take it in six. Gasol/Odom downlow against Bosh? Easy. Kobe guards Wade while crapping on him. Ariza's all over Bron, making it hard for Bron to get his ultra great finals numbers. Fisher shits on Chalmers.

[Hey Yo]

Heat sweeps

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because KoME would look at it as H2H against LeBron to see who could get the better stats.

LeBron would play to win.

[ClipperRevival]

Prime Gasol is one of the most skilled big men ever. And a healthy Bynum could dominate in stretches. There was no one on Miami's team that could check Bynum's height, size and length. That guy was 7'1" and had arms like Durant. And let's not forget how good a prime and motivated Odom was. The guy was a 6'10" guard.

And then there was Kobe. He wasn't in his physical prime but you can argue that around 2009, he was at his best in terms of playing the game the right way and making his teammates better instead of trying to do it all.

Basketball is about matchups. The Heat do not match up well against the Lakers front line. And when you add in Kobe in the mix, it's a wrap.

[1987_Lakers]

Alot of people forget that Bynum was playing injured in both the Lakers title runs.

The X-factor on that team was Odom, if he was on his game the Lakers were unbeatable. And Ariza was a much better fit on that team than Artest the very next year.

[TheMarkMadsen]

HEAT almost lost to an old broken down Celtics team and a lot of that had to due with the Celtics not being intimidated like a lot of the younger teams the HEAT faced that year in the playoffs were

The Lakers wouldn't have been intimidated, a well oiled offense and veteran players was the formula to beat the HEAT and the Lakers had that in bunches with the triangle, Kobe & Pau

[navy]

HEAT almost lost to an old broken down Celtics team and a lot of that had to due with the Celtics not being intimidated like a lot of the younger teams the HEAT faced that year in the playoffs were

The Lakers wouldn't have been intimidated, a well oiled offense and veteran players was the formula to beat the HEAT and the Lakers had that in bunches with the triangle, Kobe & Pau

Or because Bosh was injured....