LeBron James' steal and dunk with more than two minutes left gave Miami some breathing room, and the Heat held on to defeat the Toronto Raptors, 95-89, on Sunday. James finished with 30 points and Dwyane Wade added 25 for the Heat (18-6), who won for the 10th time in their last 12 games.
Game 4 was what Heat fans expected this team to look like — LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were each an unstoppable force and played well off each other, the Heat played suffocating defense, and a role player (Mario Chalmers in the first half, Udonis Haslem in the second) stepped up. But can they duplicate…
Michael Hickey/US PresswireWill LeBron James have enough energy to fuel Miami's high-flying brand of basketball in Game 5?MIAMI -- What ever happened to 'pace-and-space'?That was the rhyming catchphrase that Heat coach Erik Spoelstra used to dub the Heat's high-speed, low-control offense he developed in the offseason. Inspired by a lockout visit with Oregon football coach Chip Kelly, Spoelstra implemented the fast-paced offense to leverage the athletic talents of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, and emphasize floor-spacing with sharpshooters.
It will likely be argued that Stan Van Gundy is a product of his star players. After all, he has only coached teams that included either Dwyane Wade or Dwight Howard. And Howard especially anchored a defensive unit that, in the Van Gundy era, has certainly been one of the best in the league.For four straight seasons, the Magic ranked in the top five in defensive efficiency -- including first in 2008-09 and second the following season.Over the five season span that Van Gundy coached the team, the Magic ranked second-best in the league in defensive efficiency, second in defensive field goal percentage and first in points in the paint allowed.
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