If our shooters shoot well, we should be good. Best 3 point shooting team coming into the bubble. Boston was the best 3-point defense in the bubble. As good as LA is defensively, Miami is a more offensively efficient team than Houston or Denver. Miami is more offensively well-rounded and deeper than Houston, Denver or Portland. Constant body movement, ball movement, and Miami is great at getting to the FT-line. BBall IQ on 100. LeBron and AD will get whatever they want, but Miami just has to focus on not letting Danny Green get hot. Boston was the better 3-point shooting team, and had a gang of wings who can switch on Miami defensively or get theirs offensively. Miami has to play smart and force LA into a shooting contest. It’s gonna be Bam’a toughest series, but I like what our wings may be able to do. Just keep finding the open man and keep moving bodies. Duncan gotta keep running and running and running and make Danny green or whoever chase him. We gotta run guys like Dwight and McGee off the court. This isn’t the same heat team earlier in the regular szn. When ppl were picking Boston in 5 and 6, I tried to tell ppl the samething.
Lakers are actually shooting the ball from three by .4 better than Miami, taking six fewer 3s per game and hitting 2 fewer...
Miami has more sharpshooter but LA has had games this postseason where Kuz, Caruso, KCP, and Rondo have all gone lights out from deep, to say nothing of Bron and AD...
Quiet as kept too, KCP has transformed from a punchline into a championship level role player, he's consistently active on defense and hits his shots...
LA is also a more offensively efficient team than Miami's opponents, with the way they bludgeon you in the paint. That could be a real issue for Miami...
Both teams are great at getting to the line...
Thinking you can force LA into a shooting contest and win probably isn't the best plan of action, as it hasn't worked for the other teams that shot it better on paper. If thats Miami's game plan they are gonna lose....
I dont know that Miami has a distinct advantage anywhere other than they play better ball movement offense, but thats not a major advantage to win the series. If I'm them, I think I say we play our game, and keep this thing close every 4thQ and hope they start choking, all the pressure is on them. I dont know that trying to count on them not shooting well or anything else is a recipe for success, keep the shyt close and see who has the last shot in the end...