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The Rise of Bam

Just before Thanksgiving the Miami HEAT flew into Philadelphia and were effectively run out of the building, trailing by as many as 41 points. It was in many ways a throwaway game with the HEAT playing on a back-to-back against a team with the size to be a matchup problem for just about anyone, but there was one big picture item that was impossible to ignore. Even with Miami missing a few uncharacteristic threes, the offense hardly resembled the democratic, pass-happy attack that had previously led to blowout after blowout win.

Instead, with Joel Embiid sagging off Bam Adebayo – legally, given that you can be in the paint as long as you want while your man has the ball – everything appeared to be stuck in the mud and nobody was around to toss a rope.