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Hmm. Wonder what
@benhogan thinks about that?
I'm not one of those who say that KW is unplayable on defense but as Brad mentioned in his post-game comments, the Cs are really small compared to a lot of teams - CHI, MIA, MIL, BRK, etc. - so I guess they have to put more pressure on the ball. Certainly, the Cs defense in the first half lacked ball pressure. However, they also lacked communication (look at a couple of Robinson baskets); cohesion, effort, and probably insight too.
From memory, MIA spent much of the first 3Qs posting up Kemba. (How many times did Mark Jones say, "He's got a little one on him"). I'm sure it was not unexpected. But MIA got a lot of open looks out of it.