The Miami Heat will have to re-form that wall for Giannis Antetokounmpo if they plan to beat Milwaukee.
Form a wall against Giannis Antetokounmpo. Yes, Antetokounmpo is a pretty good passer off the double, but Milwaukee doesn’t have that many plus shooters, as indicative by their horrid start from three on Saturday, so its worth the risk if you are Miami to send doubles while forming a wall.
I really don’t think it matters who guards who this series and while certain matchups will matter, Miami switches everything, so if your them you just try and win your matchup on whoever you guarding. That’s because Bam Adebayo, Trevor Ariza and Butler will be guarding the whole perimeter at times.
Ariza will be used in that Jae Crowder role but he is not as strong as Crowder, though faster, so Miami will have to use him in different ways but its nothing coach Spoelstra cant handle. Duncan Robinson is going to continue to be huge for Miami at both ends.
We all know the spacing that Robinson gives Miami, even though he struggled last year against Milwaukee. As seen on Saturday, he is still the ultimate threat and especially if Butler can get it going.
Throw in a bit of Adebayo getting down hill more and all Robinson needs to do is to continue to knock down his open jumpers. Another thing that I like about Robinson this year is that he has been a better defender.