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Three observations from the Miami Heat\u2019s 117-105 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night at Kaseya Center.<\/p>\n
With Jimmy Butler, the Heat were a methodical, slow-developing team that routinely ranked near the bottom of the league in pace. Without Butler, there\u2019s no reason to slowpoke around.<\/p>\n
This team is young and athletic, but also below average in the halfcourt. They need to use pace to their advantage. Mitchell is Miami\u2019s cafecito. Liable to rip down a rebound and sprint whenever the zoomies kick in.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s also Miami\u2019s fastest player with the ball in his hands. His teammates know to run with him, and Pelle Larsson \u2013 a cutting expert \u2013 does well in the side car.<\/p>\n
Remember when the Heat were talking about running a five-out offense before the season? That didn\u2019t work out. Ironically enough, they might be better suited to run that offense after shaking up the roster with a mid-season trade.<\/p>\n
Kyle Anderson has found his voice in Miami as a small-ball backup center. I\u2019m really starting to love these lineups. Anderson is big and strong, but he\u2019s also skilled. He\u2019s a high-level passer, and that showed up with this slick dime to Duncan Robinson.<\/p>\n
This is a classic five-out offense. Anderson is the trailing big, Robinson uses his gravity to draw his defender near before pushing past him like Myles Garrett. There\u2019s nothing but space for him to cut into because his teammates are spaced to the corners.<\/p>\n
The beauty of employing a 7-footer like Ware is that players don\u2019t always have to make their shots. Sometimes, they just have to get it to the rim and let Ware clean up the rest. Ware had four offensive rebounds in this one. Two led directly to putbacks. This was the most impressive.<\/p>\n
These are found points, and the Heat\u2019s offense needs as many of these as possible.<\/p>\n Three observations from the Miami Heat\u2019s 117-105 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night at Kaseya Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\n