Heat-Hawks GM 5 Thoughts: Bringing a Hockey Mentality to Miami

Here's the bottom line from Atlanta's 106-91 victory over the Heat in Game 5:

More so than Dwyane Wade's 29 points through back spasms-which did not seem to be as severe as we all thought.

More so than the defense, going from GM 2-4 lockdown style back to its decrepit GM 1 style. Possibly even worse.

More so than the balance of the series, which is now obviously in Atlanta's favor, even though I fully expect the Heat to send it back to the ATL, and think they can pull off a GM 7 W.

The bottom line is the most ridiculous, despicable, classless, and childish thing I've seen in a longtime from an NBA playoff game: Josh Smith's between the legs dunk attempt. Yes in a playoff game.

It happened with the Hawks up 18 and 4:16 left. A errant D-Wade pass leads to a 3-0 Hawks break. The ball ends up in Josh Smith's hands. And although the respectful thing in that spot is a quick, non-flashy dunk, we all know respect is not in J-Smooth's vocabulary.

But apparently hot dog and flat out punk is. Smith attempts a between the legs, Isiah Rider like jam. Seriously. I'm not kidding. And the ball goes into the fifth row. Which would have been an embarrassing enough highlight if Atlanta's down 20 instead of up 20.

Sure, the Heat was plenty irate after the game, with Erik Spoelstra eluding to ATL trying to "embarrass" his team. But that's not good enough. Somebody needs to absolutely FLATTEN Josh Smith's punk-ass in Game 6. And by that somebody I mean the "Enforcer", the "Grande Gato", Jamaal Magloire.

Do it early in the game, on his first drive. It will fire up the Heat. It will absolutely embolden the AAA crowd. If they win, its setting a tone for Game 7. If they lose, its setting a tone for next year. And it just needs to happen, even if it leads to a suspension for Magloire. Some things just cannot be tolerated. Especially against a team ingrained in Pat Riley's culture.