Brooklyn Nets catastrophe has to be the Miami Heat’s defensive ‘aha’ moment

The Miami Heat Didn’t Just ‘Get’ To Where They Are Though By Coincidence

There are also other things that go into all of this and their ineptitude on defense recently though, specifically in the last few contests though.

It certainly doesn’t help that they don’t have Cody Zeller in the lineup, forcing them to go smaller. You say that because it seems as if Coach Spoelstra feels he cannot rely on Omer Yurtseven yet as the core backup big man, forcing other players to do things they aren’t comfortable with doing or are even capable of doing right now in the lineup.

And to make matters worse, having to do that has, at times, made those players in question that much less effective overall in their typical roles, nonetheless, the extended roles they’re being asked to fill.

Again, hopefully, this is the one that officially wakes them back up on the defensive side, while you hope that the offense doesn’t take a hit. And if that can happen, as you would expect from and hope for this Heat group, coaching staff, and even for all that has gone into getting them here—that would be the best-case scenario at this point.