Jokic Strapped Up and Taken Away

June 7.

The second-round Playoffs matchups continued to unfold as scheduled.

The game that tipped off at exactly 4 p.m. on the 7th (7 a.m. back home) was Game 3 between the Brooklyn Nets and the Miami Heat.

With a 2–0 lead in the series, the Nets arrived in Miami brimming with confidence, determined to steal at least one more win on the road.

As for the Heat, already down 0–2, they had one foot hanging over the edge of the cliff. With so little room for error, every game from here on out was crucial.

Naturally, given the circumstances, they showed tremendous fight and intensity that night.

Over the full 48 minutes, the Heat put on and maintained a top-tier defensive performance.

They relentlessly double-teamed Durant, put George through the wringer with physical defense, and sprinkled in a few gambles. In the end, it all added up to a huge Miami win on the night of June 7.

When the game ended, the score was 111–106.

As with the Thunder, holding the Nets to just 106 points was a defensive performance that unquestionably ranked among the League's best.

Like the Pelicans, the Heat had built their Zone defense around two elite defenders... Of course, most of the League's strongest defensive teams were built along similar lines~~

The Thunder relied on Old Chen and AD, the Warriors had Green, Wiggins, and Klay, and the Bucks had Giannis and Brook Lopez.

The only difference was where their defenders played, which gave each team a different defensive profile.

The Heat's defense was more like the Thunder's over the past couple of years.

Their combination of wings and bigs gave them excellent "strategic depth" on the court, and with a capable supporting cast of defenders, the system worked extremely well.

But unlike the