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This assumes that Pop hasn't already made adjustments to counteract Spo's impending adjustments.
Pop knows what he is doing... I trust he already has some kind of response figured out.
Miami deserves to lose so badly at this point. An entire season of slack-assing minus a few moments of playing hard shouldn't result in a championship. That team has no edge. Lebron will either prove that he is the biggest vag in sports in the next game or that he has some semblance of a killer instinct. To me this is all that matters. Pretty sad when dudes that weigh as much as Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard can stop the greatest taking it to the rim player the game has ever seen. I only wish a guy like Jordan or Kobe had the physical body James does.
Reality is the only changes Miami needs to make is paying attention to where Danny Green is on D, stop being lazy and Lebron needs to man up and get mean/aggressive.
I have to admit the Spurs game plan has been amazing. They have methodically not done or said anything to rile up the Heat/Lebron. If Lebron had the desire to humiliate opponents like MJ did to prove himself instead of already thinking he's the king this series would have been over already.
This assumes that Pop hasn't already made adjustments to counteract Spo's impending adjustments.
Pop knows what he is doing... I trust he already has some kind of response figured out.
theyr'e going to unleash Joel Anthony and James Jones
I suspect we'll see them trot Haslem back out there. Spoelstra has to do whatever he can to get Tiago back on the court. The only way to do that at this point is trotting out Haslem to start (presumably). So I think he tries to coax Pop into starting Splitter again, and then proceeds to put Tiago in the pick and roll early and often.
Also suspect you'll see more isos for LeBron at the top of the key to try to break down the defense. I suspect they'll be trapping every screen we set on the ball for Parker.
When Allen and/or Miller are in, they'll be looking to run a pick and roll with either of those guys and James.
They'll be hacking and flopping like crazy and daring the refs to do anything about it.
That's about all you can expect at this point.
They won't go small at the start. Can't afford to have Manu + Green out there.
They are going to have LeBron crashing into the paint at every opportunity. The later into the shot clock, the more likely he is to draw a foul, and they'll take full advantage of that.
Watch for them to make liberal use of one of the "plays" that made me sick of watching the NBA. Right before LeBron drives, they send Bosh (or Haslem, or Allen, or Miller) cutting through the paint - he raises his elbows and drives a defender completely away from the paint area, like an NFL fullback. Then LeBron drives into the void that creates. It's not just the Heat that do it - it's gotten so prevalent in the league, I just can't stand watching. It's not even a moving screen, it's a full-blown NFL lead block.
they're going to try their best to bait the refs into calling fouls. hyper aggressive, out of control, russell westbrook-esque drives where they launch into the defender and just throw it off the backboard. if we stay out of foul trouble and weather the storm early, they'll fold
They have to think "win two games" and I heard Spo say it (cardinal sin for a coach needing the next two games). That means they aren't going to gimmick anything. They are going to put their strongest players on the floor for 40 minutes at least, maybe more if needed. Don't expect bench guys to see much time.
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