Who's got box seat tickets to tonight's Wizards/Heat game?

[Steeltown]

Me, is who! Lovin it - free dinner and drinks, plus the game should be great - even if we (DC) lose, we haven't had a second round home playoff game since the 1980s. I wonder if they allow smoking in their box seats? I doubt it, but if anyone knows - this is the MCI center obviously.

Shaq and Wade are an incredible duo - hopefully the Wiz make a game of it. I love Arenas and Hughes hustle - we are a good team and if we had one good big fella, we'd be contenders.

Of course, we had the #1 overall pick a few years back - took a fella from highschool named Kwame Brown. Boy, what a terror he turned out to be!! To think - Shaq was a #1 overall a few years before him. My, what a weak pick/weak draft class that was. Don't get me started on Wizards Mgmt, Wes Unseld most importantly.

Anyhow, if you watch the game tonight at 8pm EST on TNT, look for the box w/ all the smoke pouring out of it!!

[MiamiE]

so what your going to LOSE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Steeltown]

Originally Posted by MiamiE

so what your going to LOSE!!!!!!!!!!!

The highest I've seen is Miami by 5.5, lowest is Miami by 4.5. Supposedly Etan is out for the game. Kwame's absence hurts more than I want to admit (because he is terrible and I wish he was never on the team), because we need those bodies to throw at Shaq. Without Etan (6'9", 256), we have:

Brendan Haywood 7', 268
Michael Ruffin 6'9", 255

We may be forced to play Jamison (6'9", 230) and Jeffries (6'11", 230) against him, but neither will even impede the 340 pounds of Shaq. Kwame at least is 6'11", 248.

The fact that Kwame sucks is not the point, but we need him to take the fouls, otherwise Haywood/Jamison will pick up fouls and be gone by the 4th.

Last game we shot 41% while Miami shot 58%. Game 1 we shot 37% and Miami shot 52%.

If we can shoot 45% we will have a good chance to win. It will be hard, but these are the toughest, hardest working guys in the city in years. If any underdog has a chance to win tonight, it's this group.

Obvioulsy I think Miami will win the series, and probably play Detroit, and I think Miami takes the East. But hopefully, for 1 game, tonight, we'll play to the ability we can and weather the storm of Shaq. I know Miami will be pounding it to the big fella all game and try to get us in foul trouble. This is no suprise. We can only win if:

1. We don't get our big guys in foul trouble too early in the game
2. We can shoot 45%

Otherwise, no way. We'll see, it'll be fun eitherway, especially since I'm not footing the bill!