Game 2 was a three-point onslaught. The Miami Heat took the data from Game 1, changed their game plan, and came out firing on Wednesday night. The Boston Celtics’ defense failed to adjust, and they suffered death by Mazzulla ball.
But while all eyes will be on their failure to protect the three-point line, Miami’s own defensive adjustments made a difficult night even harder for the Celtics.
“Obviously, their physicality,” Kristaps Porzingis said at practice on Thursday. “They tried to get up into us. Make every catch [and] every action difficult.