<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">This season was supposed to be a lot like the last, with the veteran-laden Heat team stepping on the gas when the players deemed necessary and motivational wizard Pat Riley left to dance to Doobie Brothers tunes in the locker room, create a ''ring of faith'' and develop slogans like ``15 Strong.'' Then came a rash of injuries, including knee surgery for Shaquille O'Neal. That was followed by more losses than Miami anticipated. Now there's little time left for the Heat to choose the right time to turn it on. And that means Riley can return to his perceived comfort zone, which includes more intense in-your-face moments like the one that came in a third-quarter huddle Monday against the Hornets. ''I've said this before about this team, this is not an everyday or every night team when it comes to making a major effort,'' Riley said. ``I think it has a lot to do with the personalities.'' So when Riley saw his team playing lax defense against Chris Paul and the Hornets on Monday, he called a 20-second timeout and spent the entire time loudly berating his team to play better defense. Dwyane Wade didn't appear to appreciate the confrontational approach, and showed it with his body language. Riley said he wasn't singling out Wade, but the guard happened to cross in front of the coach during his tirade. Nevertheless, Wade and his teammates responded and played some of their best defense of the season down the stretch to earn a 101-99 victory.</div> Source
He should be pissed because we're playing shitty defense and it's showing. We let the Milwaukee Bucks team look 10 times better than they really are tonight because of lazy defense by guys like Williams and Wade because since we're the champs we can coast right? Definately not and Pat Riley needs to step in and take control.
We really need to step it up in general on both ends of the floor. Even with Shaq injured, we shouldnt be losing games like this. Hopefully we can improve, starting Saturday vs. the Warriors.
