Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Miami Heat tried to go at Kemba Walker in the post.
In a deja vu sequence to last year’s Eastern Conference Finals, Sunday’s Heat-Celtics matchup reminded us what opposing teams do in playoff series. They find a weak link and exploit it time and time again.
Walker isn’t a poor defender — he’s second in the league in drawn charges — but he’s physically limited by size and doesn’t have much of a chance one-on-one in the post against stronger wings. Erik Spoelstra and the Heat created an entire gameplan around forcing Walker to switch onto their wings and pounding the ball inside as much as they could.