Thursday, May 03, 2007

It wasn't fun

Wade expressed his feelings during the season-ending interview with Pat.

According to the report, the signs of this season's failure started in September when players weren't coming in for informal workouts. Several players arrived for camp unable to meet offseason conditioning goals, and there was a palpable sense that the Club believed the first 82 games lacked much relevance.

"Nothing was right. Nothing felt right. We didn't come back right. We didn't act right. We didn't play right. It wasn't right," Riley said, recalling what Wade told him this week in their season-ending meeting. "And he said to me, 'It wasn't fun.'"

This is evident when I saw game 3 Live at home last Saturday. Miami was leading at half-time. However, the team collasped in the midst of the 3rd quarter. They failed to score. They misfire from long range. They slugged in defense. And Chicago, on the other hand, felt motivated to play catch-up game. They scored from every opportunity that they could find, and they played with a sense of urgency. The Miami, played as if they got no respect of the surging bulls. Mami did some rally in the fourth quarter, with Wade playing one-on-five. They hack-a-Ben. Of course, it didnt work. Though Wade missed several free throws, he almost single-handedly fought back to bring Miami back to the game. The Bulls then re-grouped and played with focus. Due to several misfired free throws, Miami could not overcome Bull's scoring.

You see, this is frustrating. I feel that Wade played a frustrating game. He's frustrated with himself for the missed free throws. He's frustrated with the overall team's play.

The game wasnt fun, for sure.

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