Erik Spoelstra said it and he said it, in some form or fashion, often following Miami’s Game 1 loss in Philadelphia.
“We don’t think they felt us.”
That may sound like a generic coaching platitude but it describes everything the HEAT want to do and be on the defensive end – today, last year and a decade ago. No matter who their head coach has been, no matter what specific defensive scheme they’re trying to follow, this is a team that has long been determined to make sure you know who you’re playing. They want you to be bothered, they want you to be annoyed and they want you to be frustrated.