How Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs Must Adjust In Game 2 of 2013 NBA Finals

June 8th, 2013 by Michael Pina Leave a reply »

After watching Game 1 of the 2013 NBA Finals, any major critique on how either the Miami Heat or San Antonio Spurs performed would be pedantic.

Both game plans were effective and, for the most part, both teams executed their coach's instructions fairly well considering the opposition.

LeBron James was otherworldly at times, while Tony Parker (game-winning shot and all) stacked yet another hypnotic finals performance onto his Hall of Fame resume.

Neither team should have anything serious to worry about heading into Game 2, but that's far from saying things were perfect. Here are a few areas where both the Spurs and Heat will look to improve in Game 2.

 

Defending the Post

How well each team defends the other's star in the post (San Antonio against LeBron James, Miami against Tim Duncan) could end up deciding the series. Both teams made adjustments as Game 1 went on, and both defenses faltered in the wake of minor offensive tweaks.

The Heat spent parts of the game treating Tim Duncan like they just did Roy Hibbert—aggressively fronting him in the post and prevent ...

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