share:I like the small but fast recreational basketball.

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.

My Favorites NBA Most Improved Players

1. Spencer Hawes (Philadelphia 76ers)
Who? I hearing you asking. Well if your like me and didn’t have Hawes the 23-year-old 7-1ft center on your radar going into the season  he is now certainly on it,nba jerseys wholesale turning heads across the league. With the offload of Samuel Dalembert by Philly it has led to more minutes for Hawes and the Washington native is relishing the start. Spencer has exploded in all statistics.  Hmm, where do i start? He is now averaging 32.1 minutes per game up from 21 last season. Hawes is currently doubling every floor stat possible. Last year he was averaging 7.2 points 5.7 rebounds 1.5 assists and 0.9 blocks per game.cheap Philadelphia 76ers jerseys Ok take this all in, Spencer now averages 13.5 points 11.8 rebounds 3.7 assists and a beastly 2.2 blocks per game. As you can see he currently deserves his status of the NBA most improved player. Keep it up Spencer your killing it.

2. Kyle Lowry ( Houston Rockets)
Thus far in the season Lowry has really put Houston on his back and played like a premier PG. Toward the end of last season Lowry was developing well, it seems he has picked up where he left off. He is averaging a double-double, with his assists at 10 per game.Houston Rockets jerseys cheap This is up from 6.2 last season and it is also 2nd in the league only to Celtics Rajon Rondon however he is 1st in the league in assists per 48 minutes. He is also 5th in the league in steals but perhaps where Lowry has taken over is his aggression  to get to the basket. This has seen  him getting to the free throw line shooting a whopping 92% at the line on his way to averaging 15.3 points per game. Kyle is currently injured but when he returns look for him to total many triple-doubles this season and a real threat in NBA most improved player award.