FAQ's Playbook

The Miami Heat "fans" are attempting to appear humble as they claim that their team are the underdog in this series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. This team has been the recipients of criticisms since the 3 turds who happened to be caliber All-Stars joined forces to take the easy way of getting the championship ring. Still, the fans of this team has the audacity to post in this forum that their team are the underdog.


An iStoryan pointed out the reason why they're the underdog because that's what an ESPN analyst said on one of their shows. LOL! Relying on those analysts too much? I bet most of their posts came from those self-applauding analysts who take advantage of their interns to do their research.


Let's see whether if they are indeed the underdog in this series.


This is the numbers of both team performance (starting lineup) in this year's Playoffs and adjusted in 48 min pace. In every game, match-up is very critical (even Sun Tzu would agree) and by looking at match-ups instensively, we can actually see the outcome of the series.

At the tip-off, the Thunder are already in an disadvantaged position as their starting lineup only produced 90.1 PTS (below the average of entire team's production) compared to the Heat's 100.0 PTS. OKC's starting line-up has 55.0 in Win% whereas the Heat's starting line-up that has 61.1%


Heat's Offensive Rating is at 108.4 whilst OKC only at 99.1.


If you've seen the series, it is obvious that Miami Heat are the dominant team. As for the OKC Thunder, Fisher has been great off the bench, and Harden is living up to his '6th man of the year' performance. If a match-up against both teams' bench players, I wouldn't bet all my life savings to the Heat. But speaking of line-ups, Heat got the advantage. This series, both teams are using bench players wisely to complement their stars, and they're not using the hockey style 'line changes'.


Many fans want the Heat to lose because of what they did last year. It would be like porn for them if the Heat lose again. But describing them as the underdog is beyond me.