Yeah CB got his got his shot back (11-17FG and 4-5 from beyond the arc,) but 3 assists??. You are not going to get that many assists passing to Ben. Assist to TO ratio was in the negative as the team was 11/16, which will not win that many games, but the heat did win with 11/18??? Of course their 57.6% shooting and their 50-18 dominance in the paint will beat most teams. We scored
no points in the paint after that missed dunked attempt by Dice with a little less that 8 mins in the game and the score 74-73 Heat.
The key to this loss has to be the disappearance of Tay who most would agree won game 2 for the Pistons and games 6 and 7 in the Cavs series. 1-7 shooting, (the first 3 ball of the of the game) and only 2 boards. Although Sheed was having a horrible game in the first half, he still contributed 11 pts and 10 boards. Compared to Ben's 2 pts and 6 boards. (2-10 FT shooting is a bad stat that will eventually catch up with us).
Once again Rip disappeared in the second half scoring only 4 points and Wade stepped up in the second half scoring almost 20 (35 total on a ridiculous 13/17 shooting.) The Heat beat us on at least 4-5 alley oops as Ben, Dice and Sheed were caught flat footed a number of times including being outboarded by 13.
Walker's, post game comment indicated that they think they can get that alley opp all night and they will exploit it.
Listening to Mad Dog Carter on NBA TV, he suggests the Pistons adjust to a zone, and see if that can reduce those Heat points in the paint. Anything may help