Big Story:
So about the Heat and the Finals, yup, looks like that's out the window. Plus, the Marlins got beat like a government mule.

Quote of the Day:
"A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play." – Duke University head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Miami Heat: (off Wednesday)
I chose the quote of the day because that's what the Miami Heat are not.
Last night with the game on the line, we had Dwyane Wade dribbling the ball up top and LeBron standing motionless in the corner with Chris Bosh on the bench.
Based on the team's track record, you can guess how that ended up.
The Heat came out charging and then took their foot off the gas.
Once the foot let up, Boston dominated them in the second and third quarter.
By then it was too little, too late.
Look at the Heat's shooting percentage.
They were 39 percent overall and just 27 percent from behind the 3-point line.
Outside of Wade and James the rest of the team was 11-35 or just 31 percent from the field.
I mean c'mon, that's just pathetic.
I think one of the things that Pat Riley has to come to grips with is that as good as Wade was, and James and Bosh are, you can't win it all with just three.
The problem is, Miami hasn't drafted a good player in years and as OKC proves each night, it starts there.
Sad part?
Miami outrebounded the Celtics thanks to James and Haslem combining for 27 rebounds.
Course Miami had 15 turnovers in the game.
Am I ready to say the series is over for Miami?
Not completely, but the Grim Reaper is knocking on the door to come and take this season away.
But here's where it gets complicated.
Let's say this season flames out in Game 6 or 7 and the Heat don't make it to the Finals.
Then what?
Well, it's not pretty is the bottom line.
The Heat currently have $78 million against the salary cap next season, with the luxury tax likely to be set at $70 million.
So the Heat need to get under $70 million to avoid paying some HUGE penalties.
Problem number 1: The Big Three count $52 million against the salary cap next season alone.
Problem number 2: Miller, Chalmers, and Haslem count almost $14 million against the cap.
That means for just six player, they are at $66 million.
OUCH.
Now let's compare for a second with the other three teams in the Conference Finals.
San Antonio will have $48 million against the cap, but will have to sign Tim Duncan, which they will.
Oklahoma City has $47 million against the cap but will need to re-sign Russell Westbrook, which they will.
Finally, Boston has just $34 million against the cap, but will have to re-sign Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen among others.
It just shows how badly Riley and company overplayed their hand with signing the Big Three.
It didn't help that all of them wanted to play for near max contracts either.
Here's another problem: technically, the Heat only have the Big Three for two more seasons.
Then they all have player options for the last two seasons.
So something needs to happen and happen fast, but the Heat's options are limited.
If you trade Wade or Bosh, you won't get equal value in the trade, plus you run the risk of angering LeBron.
If you amnesty Mike Miller, you're still not in good shape cap wise as it just removes $6 million from the cap costs, meaning you're still over the luxury tax.
So who will become available that could help?
The only player the Heat should target is Steve Nash.
Yeah, he's up there in age, but he can still flat out play the point as well as anyone in the league.
The problem is you won't be able to offer him much.
Outside of him, you could target Chris Kaman, but he'll go somewhere else for big m oney.
After those two, it's pretty much slim pickings out there and the Heat don't have much ammo to reload the team with next year.
It's going to be an interesting off-season if the Heat can't pull it together and win it all.

Miami Marlins: (vs. Atlanta, 7:05 p.m.)
The Miami Marlins looked like fish out of water against the Braves last night as Tim Hudson humiliated the Marlins' batters.
The Braves knocked out the Fish 11-0.
Which means the Marlins crossed home plate no more than I did sitting at home last night.
Way to go guys.
On the bright side, the Marlins only have to face Tim Hudson once in the series.
On the bad side, the Fish are 2-2 in June after playing out of their minds in May.
I knew they were going to struggle to repeat May's output, but c'mon man.

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