“” We should do it more often. This should be part of the routine. Clearly, good things happen. »» BAM ADEBAYO is already convinced That his association with Kel'el Ware, as well as with Nikola Jovic, as was recently the case to finish the meeting in the Magic, can generate positive for the Heat.
Erik Spoelstra seems to be of the same opinion as his usual holder pivot. Since four games, the coach of the Heat has associated him with the other position 5 of the team, Kel'el Ware. The two men have evolved together for 89 minutes on the last five games of the Heat, against a single minute common before.
The result, even if it is to be nuanced, is impressive: +22 points on 100 possessions on these five games when they are both on the parquet floor. “” Kel'el and Bam have already built this alchemy in defense. This is what we want, to ensure that the teams find it difficult to mark easy baskets in the racket, in the circle. And our attack will improve as we spend more time together “, Imagine the coach.
On this sequence of matches, the Heat collected 42 points on average in its racket (3rd in the league), against 48 points (12th) throughout the season. Obviously having two twin rounds aligned together, including a giant as mobile as Bam Adebayo, helps protect inside.
A role changed for Bam Adebayo
The latter, facing Orlando, was able to focus on Paolo Banchero (17 points at 7/21 on shots) while his racket friend took care of monitoring the circle.
“” It is one of our strengths today to have BAM at post 4, where he can move and run everywhere, play the game. It is a luxury to have kel'el under the circle to protect the Painting while Bam is still on the ground. […] It makes our defense much more dynamic », Judge Tyler Herro.
“” These are two really dynamic players, their size, their vertical appearance and their athletic qualities allow us to play a different style from that practiced since I am here “, Judge Duncan Robinson, who recently found his place in the Floridian five. “” It clearly gives us another look because we have some 2m13 in the circle. This allows me to be the versatile interior. We saw at the Olympic Games that it worked “, Complete Bam Adebayo.
The latter had done a lot of damage for Team USA last summer by being associated with Anthony Davis. “” It is more a question of versatility. We will invest all the time necessary for it to work “, Warns Erik Spoelstra whose pair of pivots will offer a beautiful test next night against the Cavs of the Allen – Mobley duo.
| Shots | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | Lf | Off | Def | Early | PD | COP | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Tyler Herro | 44 | 35.5 | 47.4 | 40.0 | 87.1 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 24.1 |
| Jimmy Butler | 25 | 30.6 | 54.0 | 36.1 | 80.1 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 17.0 |
| BAM ADEBAYO | 44 | 33.7 | 46.0 | 27.4 | 72.6 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 15.8 |
| Terry Rozier | 41 | 28.3 | 40.4 | 28.8 | 88.3 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 11.9 |
| Duncan Robinson | 43 | 24.3 | 42.5 | 37.8 | 87.5 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 11.2 |
| Nikola Jovic | 36 | 24.1 | 44.7 | 37.4 | 85.5 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 10.5 |
| Jaime Jaquez, Jr. | 40 | 23.8 | 44.2 | 31.7 | 75.2 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 9.5 |
| Kel'el Ware | 30 | 16.8 | 56.5 | 42.6 | 72.7 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 8.6 |
| Haywood Highsmith | 43 | 24.2 | 47.7 | 40.6 | 66.7 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 6.5 |
| Dru Smith | 14 | 19.2 | 50.8 | 53.3 | 75.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 6.2 |
| Kevin Love | 18 | 11.1 | 35.4 | 36.2 | 68.4 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 5.8 |
| Alec Burks | 25 | 16.1 | 41.3 | 42.9 | 80.8 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 5.6 |
| Larsson shovel | 29 | 12.9 | 46.3 | 31.1 | 64.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| Thomas Bryant | 10 | 11.5 | 42.9 | 35.3 | 100.0 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 4.1 |
| Josh Richardson | 8 | 18.7 | 28.9 | 27.3 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 4.0 |
| Keshad Johnson | 10 | 5.7 | 58.3 | 25.0 | 16.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| Josh Christopher | 7 | 3.8 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
