Cooling down the heat with a little drizz(y)le: Raptors Vs Heat Thread

[Broke Wave]

My raptors brehs... Did anything give you guys confidence in that Pacers series? Because I sure was not confident at all. We got murdered and the refs saved us in game 7 after we choked away a blowout lead. Miami has vets and young players plus an nba legend whose playing hot. We have literally no advantages.

And our best player has an elbow injury and cant buy a bucket. We have no advantage at any position breh. Someone explain to me how you see the raps in 6. I see the heat in 5

 

[Miggs]

My raptors brehs... Did anything give you guys confidence in that Pacers series? Because I sure was not confident at all. We got murdered and the refs saved us in game 7 after we choked away a blowout lead. Miami has vets and young players plus an nba legend whose playing hot. We have literally no advantages.

And our best player has an elbow injury and cant buy a bucket. We have no advantage at any position breh. Someone explain to me how you see the raps in 6. I see the heat in 5

Things that give me confidence we can win:
-our bench
-won despite our guards no showing
-Game 3

Heat are not the Cavs,they arent the Warriors or Spurs..

We didnt play our best,but we can beat Miami breh...

 

[analog]

Raps in 6.

Lowry and Derozan aren't going to have another historically bad series again....

 

[Alexander The Great]

@Broke Wave I thought you were a Wade stan? Or do I have you confused with someone else?

 

[trick]

My raptors brehs... Did anything give you guys confidence in that Pacers series? Because I sure was not confident at all. We got murdered and the refs saved us in game 7 after we choked away a blowout lead. Miami has vets and young players plus an nba legend whose playing hot. We have literally no advantages.

And our best player has an elbow injury and cant buy a bucket. We have no advantage at any position breh. Someone explain to me how you see the raps in 6. I see the heat in 5

The only thing that might've given me confidence is Norman Powell shutting down Paul George for the brief moments they were matched up together, and Casey electing to play Powell over Ross in game 6 and 7. Other than that, there are no positives I can really take away from that series.

Those young players the Heat have on the perimeter (Winslow, Richardson and Johnson) will definitely give the Raps problems on the offensive end.

 

[seemorecizzy]

nah it wouldnt be a sweep but theyd be a clearer favourite,i have a hard time believing playoff Bosh puts them over the top,plus who knows what hes going to look like if he ever gets back on the court...

 

[Broke Wave]

Things that give me confidence we can win:
-our bench
-won despite our guards no showing
-Game 3

Heat are not the Cavs,they arent the Warriors or Spurs..

We didnt play our best,but we can beat Miami breh...

Breh i did not see a single brightspot. To me the playoffs is about consistancy and execution. If you decisively win the games you won it doesnt matter if your series is 7 games. We barely stole a series against a 7 seed.

 

[Broke Wave]

@Broke Wave I thought you were a Wade stan? Or do I have you confused with someone else?

I am a big wade stan hes a legend but im from Toronto

Point being raptors are catching that fade.

 

[Malta]

@Malta
Predictions?

It depends on whether or not Lowry was actually hurt or Hill just put him on timeout, if he's really hurt then they can't beat the Heat IMO. A large reason why they beat the Pacers is cause they owned the glass and got second chances to make up for how shytty Lowry and DeRozan were, they averaged 82 shots per game (Pacers averaged 74). If they don't kill the Heat on the boards and it's the same Lowry from round 1 it could be a quick series, you can't expect DeMar to carry them especially with Winslow on him and Whiteside in the paint to defend against his drives.

Lowry needs to play like it's a contract year, the Heat are really balanced offensively but if you can get Whiteside in foul trouble you can beat them, their defense would fall apart without him.

 

[Tic Tac T O]

As long as everybody plays to their potential, we will be alright.

 

[ItzDaKiing]

Heat in 5

 

[Biscayne]

I could see Dragic struggling defensively against Lowry, but on the flipside, I can see Dragic taking Lowry to task offensively. I don't see Lowry being anymore of a defensive nuisance to Dragic than Kemba was.

 

[Miggs]

Hes not suited leading a team,he has historically faded as a #1 option against pressure... #FACTS

 

[Miggs]

Breh i did not see a single brightspot. To me the playoffs is about consistancy and execution. If you decisively win the games you won it doesnt matter if your series is 7 games. We barely stole a series against a 7 seed.

Didnt play well and won a series with our two best players playing like shyt,theres a silver lining there if you want to see it...

 

[Miggs]

Raps in 6.

Lowry and Derozan aren't going to have another historically bad series again....

I agree with this,i think Lowry especially is going to have a good series against miami...Dragic wont be able to contain him even if his shots aint falling...