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Originally Posted by cmorioles
Yeah, that was a good game from Miami, but this isn't the old ass Celtics with no real defenders on the other side. OKC can throw 4 or 5 different guys at the big 2 and they all defend well.
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Miami is in serious trouble. They can't expect to get more from Chalmers and Battier, Bosh was ineffective and Wade looks old. I don't think OKC did anything special defensively but Miami having zero inside scoring forces them to make jump shots and they just aren't great jump shooters. The fact that Sefalosha can effectively guard LeBron and Wade and allow Durant and Westbrook not to is a big factor because the Heat dont have that same luxury and LeBron and Wade especially looked gassed the last quarter.
Looking at it in simpler terms OKC won despite Battier and Chalmers playing really well, Harden doing nothing, Ibaka having only 6 rebounds and no blocked shots, Miami making more 3 pointers with a better percentage and OKC's bench only having 19 points.
OKC is just a better, deeper team with better, younger players.