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still :mindblown: at how long it takes Spo to realize who to sub in and when. With teams liek the Cavs who have energy guys like Anderson, you gotta play Joel to counter. Joel won't rebound BUT he will box Anderson out and allow Bosh or Bron to rebound. He also protects the rim, UD doesn't do that.
 
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Bron gotta be more aggressive on that post. they cleared out completely for him, and he was still looking for the pass instead of making a strong move to the rim
 
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laya_4life said:
still :mindblown: at how long it takes Spo to realize who to sub in and when. With teams liek the Cavs who have energy guys like Anderson, you gotta play Joel to counter. Joel won't rebound BUT he will box Anderson out and allow Bosh or Bron to rebound. He also protects the rim, UD doesn't do that.
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Gee had a free trip to the rim in the 1st and all I know is the Warden wouldn't have allowed it.
 
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LOL every team has their best 3 point shooting games against us :lolbron:
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Did you see the article by ethan stolick in the Palm Beach Post? I posted it below. It pretty much says that scrubs around the league tend to have their best games against Miami.

Ethan Skolnick: Opposing players often post career-bests against Heat

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Memphis Grizzlies' Wayne Ellington protects the ball during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat in Memphis, Tenn., Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. The Grizzlies won 104-86. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

By Ethan J. Skolnick

Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

MIAMI —

LeBron James doesn’t just scan the statistics that are distributed after the game. He makes it down to the memo line. That’s where many of the contest’s notable milestones are listed, and James has caught on to a trend.

“Career high for John Henson. Career high for Wayne Ellington,” James said. “(Shoot), against us. That’s crazy.”

Unusual individual achievements from the opposition have actually become the norm in Miami’s so-called Big 3 era, which continues Saturday night against undermanned Cleveland.

Remember when Paul Millsap, a fine offensive player but one who had made a solitary 3-pointer in his entire career, made three down the stretch to beat the Heat – and then made only six more the entire season?

Remember when Jodie Meeks, who had scored 42 points in a month for Philadelphia, scored 21 in one night in Miami?

Remember when Ryan Hollins, of all people, was a plus-31 in Cleveland’s upset of Miami late in the 2010-11 season?

Remember when Jordan Crawford exploded for 39 in the 2010-11 regular season finale, or when Heat castoff John Lucas III orchestrated a Bulls victory last season by nailing 9 of 12 shots?

Well, now there are fresher memories, such as Wayne Ellington scoring 25 points in Memphis’ win against Miami, only 12 fewer than in the other nine games combined. Or Houston’s Chandler Parsons topping his career-high, which had been set against Miami last season, with 25 points. Or John Henson, Milwaukee’s rookie, tallying 17 points and 18 rebounds, as Miami escaped Wednesday in overtime.

“I watch games all the time,” James said, smiling. “John Henson is a great player. I think he’s going to be really good, his activity. But I watched him two nights before that in Charlotte, and he shot over the rim a couple of times on jumpers, but every time against us, he made them. I watched Memphis against Denver the other night, and the kid Wayne Ellington wasn’t making anything.”

Ellington made seven 3-pointers against the Heat on Nov. 11, and has made one since.

Why is this happening?

“First of all, you have to give them credit,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Secondly, it’s the consistency of every possession, playing the way we are capable of defensively, treating every team and every player with the respect that they deserve. Other teams, quite naturally, are going to be motivated against us.”

He compared it to the Heat’s effort against the champion Dallas Mavericks to start last season.

“We are getting that every single night,” Spoelstra said. “If we treat it and approach it the right way, that will help us when it counts.”

Dwyane Wade attributed Ellington’s explosion to scheme – the Heat alters little defensively, so opponents can get comfortable as they understand exactly where they will regularly get their looks.

Others, though, focused primarily on the focus piece.

“We know we’re going to get everybody’s best,” Chris Bosh said.

Bosh was already deemed an elite individual while playing in Toronto, but his team as a whole got little attention. He recalls viewing games against high-profile opponents as measuring sticks.

“I was like, hey, first of all, he has what I want,” Bosh said. “You watch him the whole summer, you say, I can do that. That’s how you think about it. Absolutely. Always. Then when the champs come to your city, there’s a buzz. It’s easy to get loose, adrenaline’s pumping, you’re more focused on the game.”

Shane Battier has seen that, too, in two seasons traveling with the Heat: The hosts are more engaged than they appeared on that tape of Tuesday night’s matchup with the Jazz. He’s been more surprised, considering the night-before lure of South Beach, when visiting teams are energized in Miami.

“So there is a yin to that yang,” Battier said. “It doesn’t seem like we ever get the middle-of-the-road NBA effort.”

He’s learned to expect unexpected performances across the board — “it’s not just one position that you can say is getting crushed” — and has even mentally catalogued all the half-court shots opponents have made before buzzers. One shot Wednesday, from just behind the arc, may have been most stunning of all.

“How about (center Sam) Dalembert hitting his first 3-pointer in his career against us?” James said, shaking his head. “So it just lets you know.”

One thing James has never known: the underdog, overachieving side of this relationship. He’s always had the bull’s-eye, with opponents excited to challenge him whether he was with St. Vincent St. Mary’s, the Cleveland Cavaliers or the Heat:

“I’ve never that guy, where I can sneak up and put a career high on somebody, and say, oh (shoot), who was that?’”

And never will be.
 
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