Miami Heat anchor, Bam Adebayo, currently 4th on NBA Defensive Ladder
New Orleans Pelicans forward Naji Marshall (8) shoots a jump shot against Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13)
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The Miami Heat are continuing to build on what they are doing well and coming off two of their most interesting performances of the season. To be frank, you can call it two of their better.
Hear us out there though. Though they went down big to the Atlanta Hawks in their game on Monday, Martin Luther King Day, that was more a product of the Hawks’ ability to flat-out explode offensively than something that the Heat were doing or failing to do.
Now, because of what the Miami Heat were able to do, effectively play their brand of swarming and pestering defense going into the second half, they pulled the game to within a few possessions after being down 20-plus points early on.
They weren’t able to win, but to see them play that kind of defense and fight back was good to see—plus it carried right over to their next game on Wednesday. Walking into the Smoothie King Center of New Orleans, the Miami Heat would jump on Pelicans early behind the quick-hitting antics of Kyle Lowry, never looking back.
