If I'm the Heat, I would of course give the ball all the time to DWade. He happens to be a pretty good guy, who is right now doing whatever he wants in the court and the refs most of the time take good care of him by blowing the whistle.
Watch out for Wade just attacking the rim right from tip off. As a team, they should focus on getting our bigs into foul trouble. Our tallest guy off the bench after Mikki is Walker at 6-6. The biggest concern for this game is the possibility of our bigs getting into any kind of foul trouble.
If Perk picks up 2 early fouls, Mikki will most likely come in and that's it, no more bigs off the bench. If Leon get's into foul trouble, only big there is left (if not alredy in the game) is again, Mikki. Only in this case Doc could think of moving PP to the 4 spot and insterting any of our guards in there. Miami if smart, would exploit the mismatch with PP guarding Udonis Haslem, Beasly or even JO. If that happens, forget about PP having any gas left for the 4th quarter considering all the minutes he is probably going to play...
Key to the game. Good Defense, no silly fouls. Of course, turnovers may algo be a factor. As FL points out, the heat backcourt duo have the most steals in the league. We are one of the worst teams on turnovers per game and we also happen to be shorthanded: Players will eventually play more minutes and will be tired. We need to figure out a way of moving the ball around to get the best shot, and we can't win if none of PP or RA have a solid/great game IMO. I say start Steph. If he quickly shows he is hurting us, insert someone else.
Topic: Celtics (49-15) at Heat (33-29) 3/11 (Read 78581 times)