The most eye-opening post-game interview of this series was last night when Tony Parker sat down with Chuck and Shaq. He talked about how the Spurs where aware that the Heat's style of defense in the PnR would make it difficult for Tony to have many assists and points directly out of that play; they knew there would be 2, 3, 4 or 5 passes after screen-roll action, and they knew Diaw would be the guy that would instigate the secondary offensive movements -- racking up the assists. They prepped for this, and Miami has been totally ineffective at stopping it.
Take away:
Good defenses have adjusted to offenses addicted to high screen-roll. Also, offenses can't have wings who can't put the ball on the floor and attack open spaces because great defenses have adjusted to wings who camp out on the perimeter, shoot threes, but bring little else. This means it's particularly deadly to have a big man that can dribble and pass (Diaw): if you can start your offense from a catch in the post, then you can turn these modern defenses around -- literally -- and get open looks with good ball movement.
The Spurs are showing us just how far away the Jazz are from competency. And how stupid they were to let Paul Millsap go for absolutely nothing. They're showing us that a Favors-Kanter front court won't cut it (passing + defense).
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