{"id":1547,"date":"2011-05-04T22:41:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T03:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2018-06-24T11:46:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T16:46:57","slug":"hey-miami-1989-called-and-said-you-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/hey-miami-1989-called-and-said-you-suck\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Miami, The 1989 NBA Playoffs Called And Said \u201cYou Suck.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3040 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1989-nba.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"612\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3040 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/1989-nba.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"792\" height=\"612\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>If Miami was playing the 1989 Detroit Pistons instead of the current Boston Celtics, there is no way\u00a0LeBron\u00a0James\u2019 whining and showmanship after\u00a0<i>every<\/i>\u00a0made basket would have been tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>While watching game two of Heat vs. Celtics last night, it occurred to me just how much the NBA had changed; there are no more \u201cgoons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->There are no more \u201cplayoff fouls\u201d. Hell, anytime James acted like he\u2019d been fouled on his way to the basket, the Miami fans reacted and ultimately the refs did to at the worst time for the Celtics; in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Every time the Celtics drew within a basket,\u00a0LeBron\u00a0had an answer and hit a critical shot that stole the momentum back. The \u201cBad Boy\u201d Chuck Daly led Detroit Piston teams of the late 80\u2019s and early 90\u2019s knew how important the momentum of a game was, especially on the road.<\/p>\n<p>At some point in the late third or fourth quarter either Bill\u00a0Laimbeer\u00a0or Dennis\u00a0Rodman\u00a0would have done something inflammatory to take James out of his rhythm. Whether a hard foul, or just constantly grinding on him with an elbow every time Miami had the ball, an egomaniacal, soft player like James would have been an easy target for the mental warfare of those great Pistons squads, much like a young Michael Jordan was before he got over the hump and finally beat the Pistons in the playoffs after three years of being unable to do it.If nothing else, a player like John \u201cSpider\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salley\u00a0or Rick\u00a0Mahorn\u00a0would have found a way to use all six of his fouls on throwing the other team\u2019s best player out of his rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>And if fouls are being called on every offensive possession anyway (like they were against the Celtics), why not start fouling him\u00a0<i>hard<\/i>? The Heat shot 14 more fouls shots for the game (22 vs. 36) and in the fourth quarter Miami shot 17 free throws compared to the Celtics six. The foul calls that the Heat were getting were\u00a0chippy\u00a0and weren\u2019t being called both ways; so why doesn\u2019t Doc Rivers pull some one off the bench and send him in there to burn up all six of his fouls, in a physical \u201cBad Boys\u201d type way? Not in an obvious flagrant type way, and I\u2019m not saying you hurt anyone intentionally, but something to change the pace of the game; the fouls were getting called\u00a0<i>anyway<\/i>. It would have completely changed the dynamic of the fourth quarter. Something like this;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fGmu_9PBj90\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fGmu_9PBj90\">www.youtube.com\/watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those are the kinds of fouls that caused Scottie\u00a0Pippen\u00a0to miss game seven of the 1990 Eastern Conference Finals with a migraine headache.<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Chris Bosh would\u2019ve fared against going against\u00a0Laimbeer\u00a0or James Edwards every possession? 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