Since both teams lack an interior post player with any size, look for both teams to play small ball for long stretches and in crunch time. The Heat will play LeBron at the 4 spot and the Thunder will play Durant at the 4 spot as well. From there, both defenses will most likely switch everything and look to spread the court and play pick and roll, dribble penetration heavy basketball on offense. Both teams also have the top two transition/fast break offenses. With the small lineups, look for an increase in turnovers and therefore 2on1s and 3on2s with lots of alley oops, dunks and tons of more fun stuff.
Some more quick things to watch for:
1.The Thunder will dominate bench scoring seeing as Harden is the only significant bench player in the series, unless Bosh continues to play off the bench.
2.Will D-Wade continue to have slow starts?
3.These are not only the most athletic teams but they are also the most active defenses. Anticipate seeing lots of deflections, helpside blocks and quick defensive rotations as both teams use their length and speed.
4.Late game execution will be huge. Most of these games will be close and come down to the wire. Hopefully, both teams are working on situations in their practices and shoot arounds so that every one is on the same page in crunch time.
5.Will we see a game winner from LeBron? It is almost a perfect storyline ending to season full of late game follies.
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