Jayson Tatum's rolled ankle forced Boston to abandon their defensive game plan against Miami's complex zone. Bam Adebayo exploited switching guards, Jimmy Butler picked his shots efficiently, and a controversial offensive foul call on Jaylen Brown's layup frustrated the speaker, who thinks a Celtics win would give Denver a harder matchup.
The whole game changed after the first foul of the game between the Celtics and the Heat. Why? Because Jayson Tatum badly rolled his ankle. Okay, yes, he can still play on it, but now he's thinking about that instead of the defensive schemes. And Miami had some impressive schemes, to say the least. The zone defense was brilliant because it made the players think a lot more. I didn't like the forced contested twos from Gabe early on. However, I'm still a big fan of his. I personally would like to see Bam take advantage of his mismatch with the guards switching on him. I felt like Jimmy was doing a good job of taking the shots they gave him and not pump faking as much because he was— Boston was super disciplined in staying down. One thing I did hate though is that when the refs call an offensive foul on the player laying the ball up because the defensive player is in his space. I'm referring to the play when Jaylen Brown went up for the layup and he got called for the offensive foul. Unfortunately, I really wanted the Celtics to win because I think it's a tougher matchup for Denver But man, am I happy for the undrafted players who
