Gary Neal

[Solid D]

With Neal in there and only 1 Big (Timmy), it's dilutes the Heat's ability to blitz Parker with a Big on high screen scenarios. Therefore, it's tougher to get the ball out of TP's hands.
Parker had 11 points going into the 4th quarter. He ended up with 21. Plus, Timmy and Kawhi had enough room in the paint to get big tip-ins in the 4th on misses.

[ironman2886]

This would have been the perfect series for Jax to come off the bench. It's still crazy he's gone.

[UZER]

I didnt mind neal out there. but I did mind neal out there with bonner! please no more bonner.

[100%duncan]

He hit some big shots. Not saying that he played a good game, but he hit some big shots.

[TheGreatYacht]

An even better question is why did Matt Bonner play? I've always said that if he's not making shots then there is absolutely no reason to play him. Interestingly enough, Boris Diaw played about the same number of minutes as Bonner but Bonner still ended up grabbing two more boards than Diaw. IMO this would be the perfect series to give Dejuan Blair some more minutes. I love the way Blair passes the ball, he's got a pretty good floater and is not afraid to pass up an easy lay up. He would be another big body that can bang out there with Lebron James and box him out for those boards. Blair might even be able to defend Lebron for a few minutes in an emergency situation where Khawi or Green get in foul trouble. If Blair would go in to the game with the mindset of playing D and getting rebounds he can be a good fit for this series. BTW I actually think that Neat did a decent job for us. He hit some important shots that went with the flow of the game.

[Captivus]

He hit some big shots. Not saying that he played a good game, but he hit some big shots.

This. He hit them in those moments that it looks like no one can score.