Basketball

Film study: Dominant Heat defense no match for Lakers firepower in Game 1


Ever since the Jordan Rules, there has been an endless debate over whether to make the opponent’s star or supporting cast try to beat you. But what happens when your opponent has two unstoppable forces that require all your attention?

The Heat thought they could solve that problem. They had contained the MVP a few weeks ago, then outlasted a pair of emerging stars in the conference finals. But when they finally met LeBron James and Anthony Davis things got real, quick.

Miami caught their opponent off guard at first as they always do. They play such a composed and unique brand of basketball that teams need to get a feel for how to attack them. Once Bam Adebayo and James went to the bench, the opportunity presented itself. Erik Spoelstra decided to stick with his gameplan from the latter half of the Boston series, bringing in Andre Iguodala at the five to play microball. This provided the perfect opportunity for Davis to prove his heliocentricity could distort the…





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