Pistons at Heat — February 3, 2014

• “So Rio and Oden waiting at the NBA’s version of a bus stop.”
• “LeBron. Tough shot over Monroe. Nothing but net. Well, he joins the cotton club with that soft jumper.”
• “All that hair for Ron Rothstein, and you know we’ve gone back a long time.” Talking about the Heat’s first win over Detroit on November 11, 1989.
• “Good hands by Oden. Good hands by Wade. Oh my… To the moon, Alice! … I don’t think there’s a floor higher at the American Airlines Arena than the penthouse view enjoyed right here by LeBron James.”
• “Jennings coughs it up and here comes Rio. He’s got help from behind. Look out below. From above the rim. LeBron comes thundering down.”
• “D-wade. He might have to pay rent for that spot in the low post. He’s camping out there and toasting the Pistons defense.”
• “D-wade getting big results out of that low-post tonight. 20 points tonight for wade on 9 for 13 shooting.”
• “Ray Allen for 3. Kaboom! How do you spell ‘Kaboom?’ Don’t leave out Ray Allen.”
• “Mr. Cole, meet Mr. Jennings. Oh, Give me that back!” (Cole and Jennings double technical during the 4^th quarter)
• “You talk about some pep in your step late in the game, D Wade has it.”
• “Wade triples! Kaboom for Dwyane!”

Celtics at Heat — January 21, 2014

• “Jeff green. When’s he’s on, he’s as smooth as silk”
• “Birdman, a reverse jam, an another offensive rebound! … And he does have a flock of followers here at the Heat’s house”
• “LeBron brings it up. Beasley checks the clock, and Evo… He got it! Tuesday night, 10 after 8, and yes, the bank is still open.”
• “Here comes LeBron with Green back… Oh My!”
• “That was an express version of the Cole train. No local stops.”
• “6 on the shot clock, Allen puts in on the deck… over Green.. Oh an impossible shot by Allen, puts Miami up by 2.”
• “Cole put in it the sky. And Birdman, he crushed it.”
• “Kaboom!”

Birdman’s Flock of Followers

Allen with the Clock Winding Down

Heat at Hawks — January 20, 2014

• “Ray Allen for his third triple. Coach, I guess its safe to say his slump is history.”
• “71 70. If you like offense, you’re in the right spot. You really liked that first half.”
• “LeBron off and running… Oh My!”
• “Cole takes on Brand… And wins!”
• “First score for Birdman, who uses those wings to get above the rim.”
• “When LeBron gets that deep, when he gets into that semicircle, you better deliver the mail to him.”
• “Brilliant passing from LeBron James. See Tony, that’s the dilemma LeBron creates for the opposition every night. If you don’t double him, he’s going to eat your lunch; if you do double him he’s going to find the open man.”
• “Cole beat the clock and the Hawks’ defense, but couldn’t score.”
• “Both purple shoes were behind the arc, James with 2 triples tonight.”
• “The ‘ooohs’ and ‘aaahs’ for LeBron James here in Atlanta. The Heat Nation well represented here in Philips Arena.”
• “Back to back Kabooms for LeBron James… LeBron heating up, just in the nick of time.”
• “LeBron. Oh how’d he do that! That looked like an impossible shot to make.”
• “Kaboom!”

LeBron’s Huge Jam

Heat at Bobcats — January 18, 2014

• “Until the perimeter shot warms up, take it to the goal, Ray Allen”
• “LeBron could not reel it in in traffic”
• “Allen, for three. Oh, that is sweet music to the heat fans’ ears.”
• “The steal by LeBron. The race and chase is on!”
• “Oh baby, what a reverse windmill slam for LeBron James who now has 22 points. He gives the Heat its first lead since it was 27-24 back in the first quarter.” (Reverse Dunk 1)
• “Look out! That could be the one for LeBron James. Two straight windmill drunks taking the Bobcat defense under the rim, and finishing with a fury. How does determination and athleticism look?” (Reverse Dunk 2)
• “That’s a man‘s rebound for LeBron James”
• “Our favorite sight on the road. The read retreat. And what’s ironic is that the bobcats showed a video of heat fans leaving early.”
• “U-Donis, U did it tonight, brother”
• “LeBron’s game was finger-licking good”
• “Kaboom!”

LBJ Back-to-Back Reverse Jams

Welcome! Kaboom!

Welcome!

Wish I would have started this back when I first had this idea years ago, but for now, we’ll start from the first game I decided to start writing down some of Reid’s best lines.

Starting from the game at the Bobcats on January 18, 2014 forward, I will try and keep up and get the best (semi-biased toward the Heat) quotes from the man, the myth, the legend, Eric Reid.

If you ever want to add some noteworthy lines I may have missed, or you want to get Tony Fio’s 2 cents in, be my guest in comments…

Kaboom!

-pk

(FYI: Nationally televised games will NOT have a post).