Dumb question, but why don't teams with the deeper bench of 'meh' players like the Pacers just run run run vs. Miami?
Miami has the superstars but not the role players. They'll topple against any well balanced teams. Even if they get past Pacers they're gonna have a hard time with Celtics and the Spurs.
Pacers aren't poised enough to push the ball right now. They'd rather be careful and walk the ball up and let Miami rest.
wow, spoelstra actually sensed the run had fizzled out and called a timeout to regroup. he's usually so terrible at reading game flow. he usually waits until the next bad offensive possession and inevitable wide open 3 on the other end to push it back to 5 before stopping the action. now let's see if lebron and wade can keep going. the pacers realize just how helpless the heat's role players are and are just forcing lebron and wade to do everything. i'm not sure they can do it for 3 more minutes, much less possibly 5 more games.
Even if it is just pushing the ball forward to make Miami hustle back to defend, it seems like it would pay dividends in the 4th.
Granger and George are mediocre to bad so far in the series. I thought George was going to improve dramatically this year ala McGrady in Toronto.
Too bad no one will give them a run for their money until the Finals. No real challenges along the way.
Don't think you're going to beat Miami in a fast game. Without Bosh you're going to want to slow it down and play a halfcourt game and grind it out how they are doing now. They just need to execute better on defense....and err...make their FT shots...
Pacers are smart and force two jumpers. George chokes on 2 FTs and then they can't rebound the 2nd one.
