It was a big first half. When he was needed, he wasn’t there in the second half.
Miami couldn't sell out their own arena up 2-0 of the conf finals
LOL, the guy played 48 minutes, scored 40 points, with 10 rebounds, 9 assists, and only 1 turnover, while shooting 60% from the field and 57% from deep. If it wasn't for LeBron, the Lakers get blown out, if you want to blame someone, look at AD's 21 points on 6/15, that's not good enough for a player with his talent
You keep deflcting Brick's actions. AD and Portnoy have nothing to do with Brick's play. Brick is a flopper and didn't have the heart to play any of the second half yesterday. I said that Brick had a great first half. Then pointed out his play in the second half. Brick doesn't push through adversity as the greats have done.
I'm sorry he was tired in the second half after playing every minute of the game in his 20th season at 38 years old, maybe if someone like AD would have shown up to give him some help they might have won, when a 38 year old has to play the entire game, plays as great as he did, and it still isn't good enough, his teammates have to look at themselves in the mirror
He was tired and quit playing after 24 minutes and a HT break. Sure, he could have been gassed near the end of the game and that would have been accepted. Quitting after HT isn't acceptable.
Any player in his 20th season forced to play 48 minutes will eventually get tired, still waiting for one person to say something about AD shooting 6/15
In fairness to Mazzulla, he was forced into a position he really wasn't ready for. After the Udoka scandal broke, the Celtics needed to find a coach quick, the guy who likely would have gotten the job was Will Hardy, he was an assistant to Udoka, but he had already accepted the Utah job, he was the guy ready to become a head coach, and he did a fantastic job in Utah this past season, had he not left for Utah, he's probably the guy who would have replaced Udoka, Mazzulla needed more seasoning, more time to learn, but when you're offered the head coaching job of the Boston Celtics, you have to take it whether you're ready or not. I don't know what Brad Stevens is thinking, but from what I'm hearing, he might keep Mazzulla, but bring in an assistant with head coaching credentials to help him, one name I've heard mentioned is Frank Vogel, but we'll have to wait and see how it plays out
And 38 year old LeBron James just scored 40, still waiting for one person to mention AD, but I know how thing work around here, I won't be holding my breath, pile on the 38 year old who played every minute of the game and put up 40/10/9, but not one mention of AD, LMAO
….You should really look at percentage since the Lakers score so many points. 45 points out of a teams 87 is much better than 40 points out of 111.
First he was 37, now he's 35, LOL, still waiting for one person to mention AD's poor play, just one
The team could only go as far as AD took them in the series vs. Denver. AD could be much more of a force on both sides of the court and he was better on defense all 4 games.
MJ won 6 finals with two hall of fame players and a top 3 all time head coach.
MJ played with old players well past their prime. They did very little after leaving Jordan Jordan scored 45 of 87 points. Jordan was the team. Brick didn't carry the team. AD was the best player on the team.
Reaves scored 23, 22 , 23 and 17. From 3, 5-9, 5-9, 3-5 and 1-2. Then there was AD. That staring unit was better than the Bulls the last year because of age,
Not last night
No one said AD played well on offense.
Not talking about attendance. They have depended on Butler throughout and the nucleus around him that is playing special. No their following wouldn't be as strong as Boston's, but knowing this is Denver's first go around, I'm sure the nation will still show high interest, especially since this could be the first play in team that could win a championship.
No one said AD didn't play well on offense either, too busy bashing the guy who played great, and no bashing of the guy who didn't, but that's how you roll, I get it, it's all LeBron's fault, while AD gets a pass, LMAO
Respectfully disagree, outside of Denver and Miami, the public won't care about this matchup, a Heat/Nuggets finals will be one of the lowest rated of all time imo
AD was the key player to the series. Even the TNT crew hammered that point. Brick quit. Brick flops. That can't be ignored. The reason people dislike Brick is that he whines, cries, flops and doesn't bring in 100% every night. Sure, he's a great player but the formentioned attributes should keep him from being mentioned at the top of all time.
Joker/Jimmy may not be as bad as you think.
