so for the nba playoff watchers

[boatsnhoes]

Who guards the decision, d-wade, and bosh? I guess you put kidd on wade, marion on bron bron, and dirk or tyson chandler on bosh. I think if they guard dirk with bosh the german will eat him alive. I would guess dirk might see some of the decision on him. Chandler is gonna give the heat issues inside because the heat don't have any good big men. Benches might be equal with chalmers and jones from the bench on the heat. Barrea can probably give wade some problems.

Kidd-wade
Stevenson-bibby
Marion-James
Dirk-bosh
Chandler-anthony

 

[Irondawg]

I think you're about right. Kidd will guard Wade and Marion will guard LeBron with Chandler/Haywood on Bosh and some Dirk sprinkled in.

The good news for Dallas is the Heat don't really have anybody that can take advantage of Barea when Barea is on defense unless they go big and bring in Mike Miller and run Wade, Bron and Miller at the guards (which is what I would do if I was Riley Jr. and then just post up Barea to death).

This series will pose some interesting matchups b/c the Heat are as good or better at attacking the basket as the OKC but won't choke down the strech like the Thunder did several times in the series. But the heat don't really have anybody that can guard Dirk other than LeBron.

 

[57stratdawg]

Is going to be alot of Wade scoring 30+.

Barea is going to be a real problem for Miami. They've put LeBron on DRose at times. I wouldn't be surprised if they matched him up on Dirk, especially late in games.

 

[Hanmudog]

Even though they put out the Lakers, I want to see Dirk and Kidd get that NBA title. They did it the old fashioned way by putting in their time, sticking with their team, and then being patient and letting management build a team around them.
As good as LeBron is, Nowitzki could put him in foul trouble in a hurry if he guards him the whole game. I think Dallas' bench will be the difference in this series because it is light years ahead of Miami's. Barea, Terry, and Stoyakovic bring alot of offense into the game off the bench.

Disclaimer: The Bulls are not dead just yet.

 

[klong17]

which he plays a good bit, he will guard Wade. He's 6'5 & a tough defender.