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Great players find ways to get open. Miami draws two and Adebayo who is a threat from the perimeter, sets up a drive and gets an "easy" stepback for him.
Jaylen Brown has a long memory of a Game 7 loss to the Heat. He gets downhill and has a variety of finishes.
Another variation on the "draw 2" theme. Brown draws help, kicks out and gets rotation, opening Hauser in the filled corner.
How one action morphs into another. A possible high ball screen turns into a downscreen, DHO (Zoom) action. But there's more as Scheierman gets a flare screen for a three.
Variation on the "live-ball turnover" theme as the Celtics score an infrequent transition hoop en route to 53 in the first frame.
The Heat exploit drop coverage. White has to choose and leaves the corner to help high and Larsson exploits that with a corner cut.
The Heat go zone and Celtics like to get the ball to a playmaker in the middle. The Heat extend "north" and Tatum finds Queta for a dunk.
Brown (43 points) is not a "one-trick pony." The Heat double him, Queta makes a '45 cut' and Brown finds him for a dunk.
It wasn't all "sunshine and roses" for the Celtics. Joe Mazzulla talks about finding 10-15 possessions that could be managed better. Garza isn't really stopping penetration or contesting the corner three. This was not a good defensive possession.
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