well for me, in spite of the Lakers loss, we now have a series where Miami shows their grit and desire to win without their 2 stars
Hopefully the rest of the series willl be well played by both teams
To me it was not only the Lakers turnovers but also the fact that AD was taken out of the rhythm of the game with early foul trouble. AD was never a dominant figure in the game. In fact, in defense of the Lakers, they played absolutely terrible but yet were in it up until the last 3 minutes when they held a short lived lead
The Lakers bench have shown their mettle in backing up their 2 man super duo. And game 3, the bench of the Heat, specially big man Olynyk has contributed, and we are seeing guys who we've never seen before in the Boston series playing, Solomon Hill, who hit a 3, and Nunn, contributing one way or the other. I'm sure the Lakers will find a way to slow down Butler, but it seemed that Spo has designed some iso plays for Butler where he was even guarded by Lebron inside the paint and made some critical shots. Game 4 will be about who wants it more.
I think so too, Steve. The new normal is that 'questionable' means will play, as in the case of Hayward in Game 3. Bam should come off the bench. And I'm guessing Howard will come in to hound him. Howard saw little time in Game 3 due to Olynyk and Meyers Leonard seeing more action and these 2 bigs can pop in the 3 balls.
Heat actually have a deep bench. As deep as the Bucks are, the Heat's bench is deeper and slowly coming up as starters to boot. Olynyk, Nunn, and Leonard are rising to the occasion. I cannot think of who in the Bucks could have stop AD had they advanced, certainly not Brook Lopez.