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08:51 AM ET 11.13 | Uh-oh. You can almost feel the tidal wave of disappointment and furor and scrutiny forming. You can practically see an entire community of basketball fans hovering over the panic button ready to press. You can actually see Dan Gilbert wringing his hands in diabolical pleasure. This Heat team that wasn't supposed to lose two games in a row all year just lost three of four, including two in a row at home. This Heat team that was supposed to be relying on its defense while its offense caught up has given up 196 points over the past 77 minutes of basketball (that's about 31 points per 12 minutes). This Heat team that was supposed to challenge the Celtics for superiority in the Eastern Conference has been handled twice by those Celtics and at 5-4 is closer to the Pacers, Cavaliers and Bucks than it is to the top of the conference.

LeBron James, AP

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November 13, 2010 08:57 AM ET

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Our daily hate topic.

Onion

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November 13, 2010 09:08 AM ET

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That's ****. First 9 games of the season and they played 4 of the NBA's best teams

Jason Magrisso

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November 13, 2010 09:10 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:57 AM ET 11.13 by Onion

Our daily hate topic.

It's not like it's not deserved. When you have all the pomp and circumstance like in-coming royalty in the preseason with all of the pronounced certainty of a title, but then they perform like the royal stablehands...Naive not to expect a negative reaction.

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November 13, 2010 09:14 AM ET

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Originally posted 08:57 AM ET 11.13 by Onion

Our daily hate topic.

The interns are stupid. They know everybody hates Miami because of Lebron James and Gay Bosh.

Hating on Miami is therapeutic for the wrongs that they did. I couldn't agree with Reggie Miller more when he said Celts players are looking at Miami's big three with disgust. Every team wants to destroy Miami so bad so you guys won't have an easy games.
The way them three went about colluding is disgusting to everyone so here let me start. Miami won't a ring with the so called big three... getting through one playoff series will be so tough they can't get past another one. IMMORTAL HERO status awaits Miami beaters.

Lostwill

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November 13, 2010 09:17 AM ET

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it wasn't that long ago that Dallas Cowboy fans were saying "it's just the preseason, our offense will come around once the games count".......now the Heat fans are saying "where's the panic, we're only 9 games in"

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November 13, 2010 09:21 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:14 AM ET 11.13 by Lostwill

Hating on Miami is therapeutic for the wrongs that they did. I couldn't agree with Reggie Miller more when he said Celts players are looking at Miami's big three with disgust. Every team wants to destroy Miami so bad so you guys won't have an easy games.The way them three went about colluding is disgusting to everyone so here let me start. Miami won't a ring with the so called big three... getting through one playoff series will be so tough they can't get past another one. IMMORTAL HERO status awaits Miami beaters.

That's it in a nutshell.

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November 13, 2010 09:22 AM ET

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Walk before you run, Bros.

I Love LA

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November 13, 2010 09:22 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:10 AM ET 11.13 by ORF

It's not like it's not deserved. When you have all the pomp and circumstance like in-coming royalty in the preseason with all of the pronounced certainty of a title, but then they perform like the royal stablehands...Naive not to expect a negative reaction.

Amen!!

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November 13, 2010 09:25 AM ET

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This reminds me of those Dream Teams with all the talent and no heart.

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November 13, 2010 09:30 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:10 AM ET 11.13 by ORF

It's not like it's not deserved. When you have all the pomp and circumstance like in-coming royalty in the preseason with all of the pronounced certainty of a title, but then they perform like the royal stablehands...Naive not to expect a negative reaction.

It was hype in the beginning and still hype now...

... the reality is, no one will remember any of these games or comments once June arrives.

At that point we'll see what type of team Miami has become.

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November 13, 2010 09:32 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:17 AM ET 11.13 by Joe Mammy

it wasn't that long ago that Dallas Cowboy fans were saying "it's just the preseason, our offense will come around once the games count".......now the Heat fans are saying "where's the panic, we're only 9 games in"

The difference is Miami is above .500...

... Dallas is way below the Mason-Dixon line...