Spittin' Game (How Frank Vogel earned a ghetto pass on New Year's Eve)

"I'm out here puttin' in work bruh!"

Raphael Saadiq once said, “The way to stay inspired and motivated is by doing what you like, doing what you love.” Les Brown, the famous motivational speaker, gave it to us like this, “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.” Then Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian astronaut to walk in space, shut it down with, “Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It’s about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It’s about laying the groundwork for others’ success, and then standing back and letting them shine.”

Well playas…Frank Vogel did just that on New Year’s Eve when the Miami "Heatles" rolled into Bankers Life Fieldhouse for a day party. When things got thick for ole Frank and Co. he pulled an old school playa move on his team and said, “Lemme holla you young fella” at halftime and it was enough to pull off the caper they needed to walk out of the joint with a win 106-95.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! The Heat jumped all over the Pacers in the first half and just two minutes into the third quarter they were on the verge of blownin’ the Pacers doors off leadin' by 10, 56-46. Then that Vogel pimp game kicked in and his boyz went on a 17-2 run. They turned a 68-60 deficit into a 78-70 lead after takin’ boyz sneakers and lunch money in a pivotal third quarter.

Frank’s crew out-scored the Heat 39-19 with a strong hand in the third quarter to hold the Heat off the rest of the way. Since it was New Year’s Eve boyz needed to ante up right? So C.J. Miles put his 25 in the hat as the homie George Hill kicked in 20 for the hard stuff. C.J. Watson threw in 11 for the chaser like anybody is gonna use it and both D. West and ole Roy spotted a boy 10 for whatever your girl didn’t pick up at the store.

Frank had the defense purrin’ like a kitten  as they were able to score 16 points in transition and hold the Heat to just 5! Keep in mind that Miami was like the best transition team in the league last year. Now granted they’re missin’ LeBron but I’m cool with sayin’ that they held the Heat to 5 points in transition playa. The characters in play aren’t important for this discussion. It just sounds better this way! So let me finish.

Danny Granger put in work for the Heat though! He put up 14 points and looked like a young thunder cat at times. The jumper was still wet and he got down the floor well. Big props to him for continuin’ to do his thing. And what’s up with D. Wade bruh? He’s ballin’ these first two months of the season. He looks good so far. The knees haven’t started fightin’ with him and he got at the Pacers for a solid 20. His boy Erik Spoelstra tried to back me up off of him durin’ pre-game interviews though. Hilarious!!!!

I made the statement that D. Wade had begun to fall apart physically last year and now he’s ballin’! What do you contribute his consistent productivity to? Ole boy pulled a “First of all, he wasn’t fallin’ apart physically! He was a warrior tryin’ to compete and accomplish something great etc. "Check out the video of it on Today’s Pacers Cred: Behind the Scenes with Ya Boy!”

I wanted to say, “Were you watchin’ the same playoffs I was watchin’ bruh? Or were you in the twightlight zone because that dun barely walked into work last year pimpin'. He sat more than he played durin’ the regular season and by the time they got to the Finals he was a mess. I know that you gotta say the right thing but don’t try to run game on a hustla playboy. I grew up with thieves and con artists. I know game when I see and hear it. Just say that he’s a warrior and he’s bounced back because his leadership role has had to increase on this team. 

Boy I love this game!

Since nobody will say it I will! Frank Vogel is doin’ a helluva job of coachin’ this year bruh! He’s had to figure out how to keep boyz motivated through the rash of injuries and then figure out who to play when. This dun is earnin’ his check playboy and to question his ability to get it done would be foolish. So when you see him tell him that he’s got a ghetto pass, a rural pass and a suburban pass too. He’s welcomed in any hood in Indiana because Jay Graves said so! If you gotta a problem wirh that holler at me. Up next Milwaukee and stop me when I start lyin’!

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