Sure, Dwyane Wade is an incredible talent, but his defensive chops aren’t where they used to be.
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Sometimes it gets him in a bit of trouble. Toronto Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll reacts after an injury during the second half against the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in Toronto.
He was injured in the first half of Game 3 last Saturday….
And in Game 4 on Monday night, he air-balled his first jumper, hit two of his final 14 shots and sat from the 3:09 mark of the third quarter until the 1:38 mark of the fourth quarter.
“Knowing that that situation is at hand, me and DeMar, we are our closers, we’ve been our closers all year”, Lowry said.
Then Wade started to drift again. Dwyane Wade led the way with 30 points in the triumph. He made up for it in Game 4 by stopping his routine early.
After a disappointing Game 4 loss against the Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors fans are getting annoyed with what they see as the team’s weaknesses.
One team will move within a game of the Eastern Conference Finals when this one is over. Goran Dragic had 15 points, including a three-point play that just about clinched it for the Heat with 22.4 seconds left in overtime. “Kyle looks like a boxer, he’s got cuts on both eyes so this is the time you play through it, this is what you prepare your professional career for, the playoffs”. Ultimately, the Heat came together to avoid falling into a 3-1 series hole.
“(It’s) two tough teams making adjustments to their lineups, their substitutions, their match-ups, so everything is going to be evolving as the series goes on”, Casey said. “I’m shocked, at this point, that we haven’t been able to score 100 points, and that’s not at all to discredit Toronto”. But it’s not so much the case for Miami’s best player.
“I missed four or five easy shots throughout the fourth quarter”, Lowry said. And now, back on the road, the Heat need someone of the likes of Josh Richardson, Justise Winslow or Josh McRoberts to have a game. He missed Game 4 with a sprained MCL in his right knee. But Wade, 34, has been reliable, particularly late in games.
The Thunder want to bring their best effort in Game 6 because they’re really not interested in going back to San Antonio for Game 7.
“It’s not like we’re just going to bench Kyle and DeMar, and go away from them”.
“We feel a big responsibility on that”, Johnson said of relieving Wade of some of the burden. “We have a great opportunity”. We’ve heard this before, but using DeRozan’s pull on a defense’s attention to open things up for others is a long overdue tweak.
“Closeout games are the hardest”, Durant said.
Heat: The Heat have led in the fourth quarter of all four games in the series….
“The feeling is uncomfortable, not doing things I normally do with gripping the ball”, he said. “I worked my tail off this summer to get to where I can still play at an elite level”, he explained.
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“When I’m healthy, I can play as good as anyone”. He was embracing this real-time postseason reality.
