Finals Prediction

Great points Alch! Goddam this season's been wild. Really going to enjoy the games we have left before potentially another long hiatus. I hope the games are decided by the players and that it's a long series. Perftect temperature is the heat in 7 plus mad ot.

Eric Edelmann

Alch, you think Miami and Houston are like two sides of the same coin? Both teams are trending analytically and minimize mid range shots. But one team predicates on ball movement, trust in youth and Egalitarianism, while the rockets prefer iso ball, and dumping the youth when things go bad. Miami is also more flexible as a team ala Pat Riley and Spo, no to mention lot more toughness built in them as opposed to Houston as well.

Pirate Ramsay

Watch them put bam in foul trouble early each game

Kurtis Forge

One of your best Alch

Great analysis. I hope the AD ankle factor, LeBron getting killer bee'd, and Pat Riley not putting up w any bs are going to bring this to Miami.

Jim

Yeah hard to imagine Myers staying out of foul trouble. They have that other big kid Siva or Silvia

Athletic Alchemy

Very interesting! I think the only chance they got is if they can force the lakers to play small. If that is not the case they are done. If they can force LAL to play small, i got lakers in 6 or 7. If the lakers are able to keep their centers, LAL in 5, scratch that in 4!!

Bereket Berhanu

Wow a lot of Miami picks in the comments... Hate to break to y'all. The heat will be lucky if it goes 6. I got the Lakers in 5. Miami is too small. The Cinderella story ends here.

Anthony Gray

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Athletic Alchemy

really on the Poole thing tho. I mean Herro is on another level

Anthony Gray

1, 3, 5, 6 Heat in #6

AK

yeah Alch - glad to see you're with Miami

Daniel Fries

Also, what do you think about the aggressive amoeba style zone?

Pirate Ramsay

I think Bam pound for pound is extremely strong because of how much mass is in his body despite being only 6'9. His body control, foot speed and agility is elite despite being 116 kilograms, (to AD's 115kgs!). He moves much better than AD on the perimeter too (AD's perimeter defense has regressed). But I think Bam's greatest weapon is his meanness and toughness. I saw a great ESPN article talking about how he insisted to Spo on guarding KAT 1 on 1 ,after one of the kentucky coach's purposely slight him in front of KAT, and he literally shut him down.

Pirate Ramsay

Not trying to hear the # with Green.. I bet it has to do with starting and How well AD and Bron start games

Athletic Alchemy

Danny Green somehow leads the net rating in playoffs at 17, for reference LeBron and AD comes in at +12. He does this shit every season somehow even though he is shooting horribly, he contributes in a lot of intangible ways. Sure as hell contributed last season when he injured Klay twice and I don't think it was an accident. I will pray for the Heat's victory. But knowing how awful 2020 is and how crooked the refs are, the Lakers will probably win it.

Paradox

Damn that man said whoever wins is the one she leaving with 🤣

bayareaglock

Miami in 6. Don’t be surprised if you see Pat Riley on the sidelines behind the Heat bench.. The amount of bodies that Miami can throw at Bron is a key factor. When the games got tight for Miami, they didn’t look to jimmy to bail them out all the time. They have 3-4 guys who aren’t afraid to take the last shot. LA hasn’t had any adversity. Miami gonna ride that underdog status to victory. This reminds me a lot of Detroit in 04 and Dallas in 2011. Great defensive gritty teams with excellent coaching and toughness.

Reggie Westley

He has picked his spots about as well as I’ve ever seen in this bubble. Does Dragic eat up Rondo!?

Athletic Alchemy

The Heat all got that dog mentality, following Jimmy. You talked about it earlier with Lowry and the Raptors. Although Lakers got the two best players in Bron and AD, the next seven or so gotta go to Miami right? I don't think Jimmy gonna let his guys fear LeBron. And Warrior fans know all too well about the mental state of Anthony Davis. I'm sure the Heat know it, Andre for sure know it, that AD can be broken mentally. Couple frustrating quarters against Bam and them, are we so sure we won't see an injured AD fade to black? Gonna be exciting man! Looking forward to more breakdowns. Also... I don't think you holding your breath but Poole gonna be our Herro next season Alch. Haha. Considering his bounce back from being talked about as the worst statistical shooter of all time for four months, his last couple weeks of play were real nice. You know I like dude, I'll admit I'm hopeful on it. Haha. We shall see...

Kyle Walker

Thanks! Always striving to get better!

Athletic Alchemy

I think Butler has to sacrifice his offensive energy to slow down Lebron. If the others for Miami handle their business and bring 12+ points then Miami got this

Austin Z

Your editing has gotten really good alch.

Ezra Abbey

Hopefully we get a good clean back and forth series!

Athletic Alchemy

I could see him and Dwight hurting each other on the same play 😆

Athletic Alchemy

If Olynyk wants to pull a "Kevin love" type move again, nows the series to do it 🤣. Im joking but it wouldn't surprise me. Miami in 7

I'm rooting for Miami. I don't have the basketball savvy to be able to make the prediction the way you do Alch but I just like the way they play. As a Warriors fan I just can't bring myself to root for LeBron or the Lakers

Tao Rodriguez-Seeger

I like to keep it a secret but since your a Patron I’ll give it up!..... google 😀 I spend a good amount of time altering them to my own look on some.

Athletic Alchemy

He is looking for 20+ I’d imagine

Athletic Alchemy

The thing is Miami beat Boston not even really shooting the 3 particularly well.. I don’t think we see near 100 % AD at this point will see 🍿

Athletic Alchemy

Random question Alch, where do you get your basketball photos from?

Adv

I would have loved to do my traditional in depth look at the series. But this bubble is rolling along too fast! But I’d have some fun with this.

Athletic Alchemy

Miami in 6. Alc, do you think warriors got a chance at Grant? I saw he opted out

Thomas T

Alc check out this vid, Donaghy gives really good insight about how the NBA has them ref games. Def worth the watch. https://youtu.be/g3xMmPht_gw

Daniel Bazikian

I know both teams are different now, compared to last November match up. Heat had no answer for AD zone or man. I feel the heat have one chance, and that is slow lebron, AD affect on the game, and shoot the 3 ball consistently every game. Lakers slow the Heat shooting it’s a wrap.

So looking forward to this video, your breakdowns and the entire series!

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