The offence isn't firing today. Too many rushed shots and OKC are forcing us to make hurried outside shots. OKC bench isn;t that great(Harden aside), we have done well with the bench mob in the game.


Scalabrine is in now. It will be good to see more of Jimmy Butler.

Harden's good, Collison is solid and Cook can be lethal from downtown. They don't have the greatest bench, but Harden is probably the best six man in the league at the moment, he will be huge in the playoffs.

Anyone changed their minds on who's gonna win? Spurs seemed to have played this entire season perfectly, rotated their big (old) men and might not have the same troubles with fatigue as last year.

Still have to go with the Heat tho.

Oklahoma, for me, will win the NBA championship barring any injuries. The one thing that will be pivotal to them winning though is Russell Westbrook. He's been outstanding, but in the playoffs, he'll have to pass the ball more. If he and Durant can get Ibaka and Perkins scoring 15+ in the playoffs, Durant, Westbrook and Harden will do more than enough to damage to seal the victory. Miami obviously have LeBron, but if OKC get their five best players on the floor, Miami can't match them and I'm not convinced that LeBron and Wade are better than Durant and Westbrook.

The Spurs are looking good and you can't rule them out, but they will need Ginobili at 100%.

I think the Bulls have a big chance, depends on how Rose and Rip do when they return though, to have the NBA's best record despite missing your starting backcourt for most of the season is an incredible feat. Just need to figure out the Lebron James guarding Rose issue.

The best dark horse atm is Indiana IMO, I can see them shocking one of Chicago/Miami on the way.

If Miami fall again this year, could you see them trading Wade? I think when he's been injured LeBron has been able to have even more influence on a game and the teams best performances have come when Wade's missing. LeBron is untradeable (unless your stupid), and Bosh would also improve without Wade as he'd become more of a go-to player.

It seems stupid cos Miami Heat IS Wade, but it's LeBrons team now imo.

I'm not sure to be honest. You look at Wade and you see a player that's getting older, doesn't shoot from beyond the arc too well and is suffering from a fair amount of injuries, but then, as you say, he is Miami, I can't imagine the fans would be too happy unless they managed to get some sensational player(s) in return. Who could they really get for Wade if they offered him out?

For me, the problems with Miami aren't necessarily the superstars, just the role players. They sacrificed so much to get the Big Three, they don't really have any great 'glue guys', like Deng, like Noah, like Gibson, and they don't have too much coming from the bench, like OKC has Harden and the Mavs had Terry last year. They shown last year in the playoffs, when LeBron is hitting shots in the clutch, they can beat anybody, but when he isn't closing games, they really struggle.

Drilling Oggy in fantasy land. 6-2 up with huuuge leads in most categories.

If anyones missed this early NYK Bulls game, unlucky!

Currently in OT, Melo's just sunk a 3 to put them 1 up with 8s left.