The Miami Heat took care of their business on Monday evening, beating Philadelphia in Miami by double-digit points in the end. Finishing the game with a winning tally of 106-92, the Miami Heat would get off to a good start in their second-round series.
As far as the second game of Monday’s doubleheader of NBA action goes, the Suns would also handle their business against the incoming Dallas Mavericks. They would get it done all over the court and from all angles.
One angle where the Dallas Mavericks were bludgeoned and something noted by their HOF head coach prior to the game, Jason Kidd, was their defensive protection in the middle of the paint and at the rim.
The way he did though is the story here, using the big men from his first-round opposition, the Utah Jazz, as the examples.
Jason Kidd on Suns centers: ‘This isn’t Gobert or Whiteside. These guys can put the ball in the basket’ https://t.co/23T62PEsBO
— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) May 2, 2022
Taking a shot or telling the truth about the Utah Jazz’s current crop of big men, a multiple-time NBA Defensive Player Of The Year award winner in Rudy Gobert and former Miami Heat big man in Hassan Whiteside, Jason Kidd explained that facing off against the Suns’ crop of bigs was different.
Let’s look a bit closer at that opinion.