With the celebrated trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, it is normal to expect a fiery offensive game for the Miami Heat in their first round playoff duel with the Philadelphia 76ers. But hey, their 2-0 lead can all be accredited to their monster defensive game. Just look at the scores of the first two games, 97-89 and 94-73. The Heat’s switching defense left the Sixers struggling bigtime in their offensive attack. Wade says the Heat had always been a defensive-minded team even before he, James and Bosh arrived in South Beach, according to CBS Sports.
“We have a staple here in Miami since I've been here and before I got here they always preached defense. It's a philosophy. It's every man to help their brothers out. The defense is all about being on a string and even when we wasn't as good offensively as a lot of teams, even the last couple of years were one of the top defensive teams in the league.
“Our defense always gave us a chance to win. So now add talent to that on the offensive end and then defensively, good defenders to our scheme. It took a little while for it to come together because everyone had to get used to what we were doing and I think we are one of the best defensive teams in the league.”
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