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Originally Posted by King Glorious
I thought that OKC and SA were both better than Miami and nothing I saw last night makes me think different. I think OKC wins pretty easily although I wouldn't be surprised to see Miami take game two or lose tomorrow and take two at home. Basketball changes quickly. Two games into the SA/OKC series, the Spurs had won 20 straight and people were comparing them to the best teams of the past 20 years and wondering if OKC could win a game. One game into the Miami/Boston series, it looked like a Miami sweep. After game five, Miami was lucky they weren't eliminated. Then they came back. OKC very easily could have been down 3-1 against LA after destroying them by 100 in game one.
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The difference is Miami played pretty well last night. LA was a tough matchup for OKC because they are so big. SA was just on an insane run but OKC eventually figured them out, and SA seemed to run out of gas.
OKC is just a nightmare match up for MIA because MIA isn't deep and has no low post options like LA and SA. On defense OKC doesnt have to respect the bit players and can contest perimeter which last night wore down James and Wade. On offense they can play the pick and roll game, they can slash to the basket, they can draw doubles and hit open jumpers, they want to get the ball in the open court and they play a normal rotation. You can stop Durant simply by doubling him out by the 3 point line but that opens the court for Westbrook/Harden to to to the hoop or take the open jumper, Ibaka/Collison can roll hard against a mismatch if the heat double with a big man. What is amazing is that OKC can have so many offensive looks and options despite having one of the worst offensive players in the NBA as a starter. Like I said I hate to overrate one game but Miami is in real trouble unless OKC implodes.