Charlotte Bobcats at Miami Heat 2/8

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Here is another shot at our elusive 20th win of the season.

The big question tonight is What will the starting lineup look like?

With Raja & Gerald out and Shannon and Ammo gone. I'm guessing that we are going to see a whole lot of Ray, DJ and Cartier... Wow, that rhymes :biggrin:

What do you guys think about tonight's game?

[amour217]

Should be interesting, to put it mildly: whoever starts needs to step it up...and that's from all positions because our lack of bench depth could help in our demise tonight

[teej]

They said online Radman was going to at least be with the team, will he play?

[amour217]

I don't know why, but whenever I see Radman's name, I think of Soda Popinski from Mike Tyson's Punch Out lol

[teej]

I don't know why, but whenever I see Radman's name, I think of Soda Popinski from Mike Tyson's Punch Out lol

Amour, you have a stange mind...too bad Freud can't look at it

[spectre]

http://www.justin.tv/edwin11

fingers crossed...both for the link and the game!

[teej]

http://www.justin.tv/edwin11

fingers crossed...both for the link and the game!

Is it a movie right now?

[spectre]

Yeah, but they're saying in the chat they're going to change it in a couple minutes.

And they have!

[teej]

Like the intro, sounds more like a Cats fan speaking lol

[spectre]

Going with DJ/Felton/Boris/Howard/Mek?

Felton is going to have his hands full guarding Flash.

[teej]

Going with DJ/Felton/Boris/Howard/Mek?

Felton is going to have his hands full guarding Flash.

yes as of sunsports

[Ghost Kat]

Lets Go Cats!!!!

[teej]

Messy first possesion...

[teej]

DJ for THREEEEEEE

[tamburello]

At the moment Juwan Howard is carrying the whole offensive load, which is not a promising sign. We're in the game though and will be.

[spectre]

Howard is the man so far! Stroking the midrange and playing smart D!

We're giving up way too much in the paint.

[teej]

Diaw hits a 3 and we're not playin too bad

[Ghost Kat]

Great acting DJ, I saw that coming.

[tamburello]

What a low scoring quarter, 14-14 in almost 10 minutes!

The commentator just mentioned that Bobcats and Heat are at the bottom of 1st quarter scoring rankings with 22 and 21 something. But now they will not even get close to those numbers!!

Go Bobcats.

[TattoodCatswife]

UGH Vlad can't play cuz LA was traveling and couldn't get ammo and brown's physicals done so we can't use Vlad :mad:

[TattoodCatswife]

Sean Singletary for 333333333333333333333333333333333

[bing!]

Well, what do you know, they're actually leading. Go Cats.

[teej]

everyones doing their part, lovin Lil Sean today

[spectre]

Before Diop came in we were down 10 to 5 in rebounds. Right now we have 9 to their 10.

[TattoodCatswife]

Before Diop came in we were down 10 to 5 in rebounds. Right now we have 9 to their 10.

Diop has been doing pretty fantastic lately

[teej]

they just said the names Carroll and Hollins...whpo are they?

lol Diop is making LB's genius grow

[TattoodCatswife]

they just said the names Carroll and Hollins...whpo are they?

lol Diop is making LB's genius grow

HAHA yeah he def is cuz the way the Mav fans were talking they were making Diop sound like the most horrible player in the NBA

[TattoodCatswife]

Nice semi-alley-oop!

[teej]

Felton 0 pts 6 assts...why cant he do that more...

[TattoodCatswife]

Felton 0 pts 6 assts...why cant he do that more...

he needs to keep it up though and keep finding our shooters cuz this is going pretty great

[spectre]

Felton 0 pts 6 assts...why cant he do that more...

He's having a really good game. He's not shot except for when he had to and his passes have all been pretty good. I thought Boris deserved the 1st TO, but the 2nd was Felton's when he tried to split the double team.

Agreed, he needs to do this more.

[TattoodCatswife]

Damn freaking Wade!

[TattoodCatswife]

Man, Felton just has no luck tonight with his shots

[TattoodCatswife]

Ok well, half-time..we didn't do too bad..I think we do have a chance this game

[tamburello]

It's frustrating to get scored at buzzers. Especially after last loss against Atlanta.

[Ghost Kat]

It hasn' been that bad a start so far.We're lucky it's the Heat they are just as bad on offense. But they have Wade. DJ is the only on hitting anything but he doesn't look the same yet. I missed the time Martin & Lil Sean were on the court, how did they do?

[teej]

It's frustrating to get scored at buzzers. Especially after last loss against Atlanta.

I kno how u feel

[Ghost Kat]

How else just watched the http://atdhe.net/ link? Anyone? That was the craziest show i have ever seen.

[WR19]

If you look at the halftime stats, the entire bench is perfect from the field with the exception of Nazr.

[davcbow]

http://www.justin.tv/edwin11

fingers crossed...both for the link and the game!


I just got home from an 11 hour road trip, link works good thanks spectre....:cool:

[Robertpel9]

Just caught up watching on my DVR, man it is a SLOPPY game of course that is to be expected with the uncommon lineups we are putting out there.

It is good to be close but wade sat half og thr half on the bench and we seem to be losing momentum.

I hope we can get this win as the clippers are tomorrow and we should be able to play with them. I plan on going to watch and see

We need to ship Nazi out of here, my goodness he sucks in every way possible, he makes Diop look like an all star

[Robertpel9]

Also Diaw is playing unusally bad today, i am starting to think he is not really capable of playing outside of the 4 spot

[Robertpel9]

Felton 0/7 WTF

[davcbow]

I know pretty bad when you are out scored by nazr....:cool:

[Robertpel9]

Augustin is simply money, if he can be durable we are going to be looking good the more he plays

[Robertpel9]

WTF did everyone just take a nap

[Robertpel9]

Felton is far from my favorite player but man he is a tough SOB

Also have i mentioned Augustin is MONEY

[playoffs...PLAYOFFS?]

i like how felton is passing the ball, his shot is not falling tonight, but DJ is stepping up

[Slam]

Felts can't hit a shot to save his life (even though the looks he is getting are good looks and he's not forcing anything) but man, he's made really good passes all night.

And DJ is warming right up with his J.

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Loving what D.J. is doing tonight.

[tamburello]

No, DJ was just taking care of the business.

[ohara831]

Think DJ is shaking off that rust pretty quickly!

[Robertpel9]

I can't stand Wade he just looks like a POS scumbag

[playoffs...PLAYOFFS?]

we are getting burnt by chalmers/wade...we need bell

why not play cartier at the SG?

[Robertpel9]

we are getting burnt by chalmers/wade...we need bell

why not play cartier at the SG?

I think they are concerned about defense

[Robertpel9]

I grown respect for Felton over the past month or so but I really think we should try and get something for him as i dont see us overpaying him this offseason to resign him. You would think we can package his with Nazi or May for something decent

[Robertpel9]

OMG Diop what are you doing

[Robertpel9]

Man the heat are on fire

I think we are in trouble unfortunately we are just too injured right now

[davcbow]

Lexy in the game now, we need better defence....:cool:

[tamburello]

8 points is too much to overcome for our extremely shorthanded group but we gotta stay hopeful.

[G-Force for MVP]

and that's how they lose every game getting beat in the 3rd

[Robertpel9]

Yeah felton you scored :)

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Felton's first bucket of the night, keep'em coming.

[Robertpel9]

Nice drive, at least he doesnt lose confidence but man we needed that FT

[bing!]

C'mon Raymond, do the HERO.

[Robertpel9]

Felton can blow by quinn at will but he simply cant finish tonight

[Robertpel9]

I really like Juwan Howard, I watch him at all th ehome games i go to and he is one of the first on the court, the last off the court, at every timeout he is out there hi-fiving everyone and he is making noise on the bench when he is not playing. The guy has no need to play outside of really enjoying the game, he is a great influence on this team. I hoep he is here next year, he is still in basketball shape in his mid / late 30's and has an all star attitude

Compare that to Sorry Sean May

[Ghost Kat]

DJ as a starter has been great this year....I'll give it to Felton he's tough... good passing...Lets Go Cats!!!

[tamburello]

Wow, Ajinça is putting us back in the game :)

[Ghost Kat]

Wow, Ajinça is putting us back in the game :)


#1 thing that i never thought I'd hear this year.
#2. Sean May is in shape

[ArcandiaS]

Hmm, all their shoots are in. Near 55% for the Heat... and 'Cats are still in the game, that's not bad. Let's go Cats!

Very good help from Alexis! I like to see him in his good nights!

[Robertpel9]

DAMN we almost had the steal then they shoot a daggar

[dnbman]

DAMN we almost had the steal then they shoot a daggar

Yeah, that shot was sick.

[Robertpel9]

Why is our inbound playt o give it to a guy colder than ice WTF

we just dont have enough right now

[Robertpel9]

Thats the worst F'ing call i have seen all month, he did not even touch him

W T F

[Ghost Kat]

Starting to look bad:(

[bing!]

Felton has missed twelve shots, scary.

[Robertpel9]

Can we leave Haslem any more open

[Robertpel9]

Like i said Howard rocks

[tamburello]

We can't play any defense and this is being yet another match we're losing because of it.

Being the 5th in the points allowed doesn't make us good defensive team. Moreover, we're crap in defense, starting with DJ unfortunately. His guys (tonight it's Chalmers) always beat him and dribble directly to the basket.

[Robertpel9]

Nooo he never misses FT's

[Robertpel9]

F F F F F F F

I am so sick of watching us lose close or give up big leads, i know we can't expect much with the injuries and lack of depth we are fighting but it is still frustrating as hell

[teej]

disappointing loss but expected...we played better than i thought we would...props to DJ, Juwan and Lexy

[ArcandiaS]

Even if we can see how our two injured starters were missing us, it was not a very bad game. Bench was quite consistent and when we were caming back they always hit 3pts.

But now we really nead a win!

[JamieMcNeill]

disappointing loss but expected...we played better than i thought we would...props to DJ, Juwan and Lexy
Yea Lexy looked good in only 5 minutes

[ohara831]

The losses only cement us further into the quagmire of the Lottery. But the fact that we went into Miami without 2 starters and took them right to the end is a very good sign. We may be too late this season given our injury status, but we have some very good pieces to work with for next season.

I am betting that if we continue to lose between now and the All Star break, that we likely deal someone else for a player LB likes and a draft pick.

[davcbow]

Lexy did good, Juwan did good, DJ -what can ya say.. Felts did fair, he did great on asists but he didnt hit his shots until the 4th, to me thats too little too late... It was a good game but we just couldnt stop Maimi from scoring.... Hurry back GW and Bell.....:cool:

[TattoodCatswife]

Such a disappointing game...not much else to say about it :(

[Schultz_Bennett_Stern]

I only got to listen to the game, tough loss though. One thing good about the East though is your never out of it.

I was wondering what the perception on Felton is with you guy's? And with Vlad making 6mil a year I believe for two years after this, there not going to start him at the 4 are they?

[TattoodCatswife]

I only got to listen to the game, tough loss though. One thing good about the East though is your never out of it.

I was wondering what the perception on Felton is with you guy's? And with Vlad making 6mil a year I believe for two years after this, there not going to start him at the 4 are they?

LOL the perception on Felton is there are ppl on here who want to trade him and there are ppl on here who love him hardcore. I try to stay out of those convos when it comes to Felton :)

[davcbow]

I only got to listen to the game, tough loss though. One thing good about the East though is your never out of it.

I was wondering what the perception on Felton is with you guy's? And with Vlad making 6mil a year I believe for two years after this, there not going to start him at the 4 are they?

LOL here at BCP its a love - hate issue with Felton..... :cool:

[teej]

LOL here at BCP its a love - hate issue with Felton..... :cool:

More like a hero-villain issue

[TheBeagle]

After some reaffirmations and a nice week-long break from the experience that is Bobcats basketball, I'm happy to say I'm back and in a better frame of mind than I was last time I was here during the 3rd qtr of the Jazz game.

Tonight was fun to watch and I was happy with the play of the guys for the most part. Most of my blame goes to Larry, as in, why take out Lexy? Was he not in the lineup when the Heat lead was being sliced and diced? Was he not contributing points, rebounds, block on Beasley? Hell, more than holding his own against fellow rookie Beasley when they were matched up. I'm not saying that was the difference in the game, but why take him out after helping slash the lead? And when he's out, the lead swells again. ILBIT as a teacher. ILBIT as a coach. ILBIT as a talent evaluator and personnel fella. ILBIT not so much with rotations. And the incredulity of the Lexy situation wasn't the only instance of befuddling rotations this season, just the most recent. Anyway, as the unabashed Number One Fan in the local Lexy Fan Club, I hope it's a sign of things to come with him getting some minutes.

Very happy to see DJ back. Nice to see that Bob made the effort to get to Miami to watch his team play :rolleyes: I wonder if he remembers how to get to Charlotte? :g: Solid production from Juwan and Gana also! The other team was just on with their jumpshots or this would've been a win I warrant.

[TattoodCats4life]

Very happy to see DJ back. Nice to see that Bob made the effort to get to Miami to watch his team play :rolleyes: I wonder if he remembers how to get to Charlotte? :g:

I am of the opinion that Miami was a good opportunity for MJ and BJ to be seen and it worked schedule wise for them....plus they undoubtedly were chatting after the game wondering who is larry trying to send where for who next? Only 5 more Pre-Larry players, and probably 2 (crash and Meka) will stay in the long haul...so not much more trading worth doing, but what makeover.