carolinajazz
Well-Known Member
No one has mentioned it yet....but the facts show that Dallas' zone defense was the undoing for the Miami Heat. Most NBA players/teams like to work "one on one" using their "athletic" ability to break down their opponent. The Heat especially, with Lebron and Wade, would maximize their speed and quickness (not to mention their ability to palm and travel with the ball) to blow by their opponents. The Mav's threw a zone defense at them....stopping most of these advantages and slowing down there offense for long stretches of time. Helping out the situation was the fact that Miami doesn't really have great outside shooters to at least dent a zone defense on occasion. Now, correct me if I'm wrong.....but this is dead on right, right???