How will Miami stop the Lakers frontcourt?

[Bring-Your-Js]

No they dont. everyone knows that LA has the size advantage. 2 7'0 footers.
& I hope Miami plays with Ilgauskas old a**.

+1

There isn't any combination of bigs Miami can put on the floor and come out with a decided advantage. Quite the opposite.

[game3524]

LMAO because Lakers dominated a much shorter team in Boston.... yeah get the hell outta here.

Perkins is one of the best post defenders in the NBA, KG is on the decline but he is still one of the better defenders at the 4, better then Bosh. And Sheed's length gave both Pau and Bynum trouble.

The Heat don't have this, Magloire sucks, and Z can only go for 20-25 minutes and he is as slow as a snail. Haslem and Anthony are good post defenders, but are still undersize. As a philly fan, I can tell you that Randolph sucks.

Miami is nothing like Boston.

[barbaroi]

Don't be foolish. It's a game of chess, heat have more pawns. More bodies to throw at Lakers frontcourt. You can say all shit you want but that frontcourt only dominated the first two series of the playoffs.

You think you are dealing with Shaq or Dwight here? The Lakers bigs can actually shoot free throws well. You can't just "throw bodies at them." You better pray Spo has a more strategic mind than yours.

[Heat_Fan21]

The Heat and the Lakers have different advantages.The Lakers never faced a team like the Heat.Wade an James are two of the top 3 players in the entire league.The Heat will also have to deal with the Lakers height and skill in the front court.However,Bynum never makes it through a full season healthy.I also think the Bench is overrated,especially in the finals.

[Bigsmoke]

who's gonna stop Bosh again?

[Nets fan 93]

Joel can handle Bynum.He won't shut him down completely but Bynum won't be able to score easily.Gasol and Bosh cancel eachother out.I also think Odom and Miller cancel eachother out.

Miller? he is a SF that would battle it out with Barnes. Udonis Haslem and Lamar Odom would be battling it out.

[barbaroi]

Do you really think that Pau Gasol can out-rebound Lebron James if he makes a concerted effort to play inside and pound the glass? Sure he has 2 or 3 inches on him, but if Lebron devotes himself to out-rebound Pau then he is going to win that battle. Same deal with Bosh and Bynum.

Also I'll bet you that Bynum gets injured badly again this season, just a feeling.

Nobody else caught this post? Lebron James is going to outrebound Gasol now? Gasol didn't shrink over the summer; he has 4-5 inches on Lebron, not 2 or 3 like you claim.

And what's with all this hoping for Bynum to get injured? That's pretty pathetic.

[Deadpool]

You think you are dealing with Shaq or Dwight here? The Lakers bigs can actually shoot free throws well. You can't just "throw bodies at them." You better pray Spo has a more strategic mind than yours.

Yeah how foolish of me to point that Miami has 5 6'10" or higher guys and two very good post defenders in Haslem and Anthony... and we're not even mentioning what LeBron and Wade will do to your 7 footers and so called "best wing defenders". After first half you will play Ratliff with Caracter in your front court

[SourGrapes]

who's gonna stop Bosh again?

gasol should do well against him...

look up their head to head if you are interested

[G-Funk]

How will the Lakers stop a Lebron/Bosh pick and roll, with D.Wade hard cutting from the baseline, and Mike Miller camped out on the wing awaiting his wideopen 3 point set shot?

Switch on defense, Have Artest run trough the picknroll. keep a body on Miller at all times with Barnes on him, and put Kobe on Wade and clog the paint with our bigs so Wade can't drive in as easily and force him to take a jumper instead of a layup or dunk. That's the least they can do. unfortuantly for the Heat you can't teach height.

[Batz]

who's gonna stop Bosh again?

Gasol and Bynum basically just cancels out a Bosh with limited touches.

[barbaroi]

who's gonna stop Bosh again?

Gasol. Head to head:

Gasol - 21.1/9.1/2.5 55%
Bosh - 16.5/8.6/2.0 45%

[Deadpool]

Switch on defense, Have artest run trough the picknroll. keep a body on Miller at all times with Barnes on him, and put Kobe on Wade and clog the paint with our bigs so Wade can't drive in as easily and force him to take a jumper instead of a layup or dunk. That's the least they can do. unfortuantly for the Heat you can't teach height.

WOW

[Bring-Your-Js]

gasol should do well against him...

look up their head to head if you are interested

That's a place he'd rather not go. It reads something to the tune of Gasol 21/9 on 55% vs. Bosh 16/8 on 44%.

[game3524]

Switch on defense, Have artest run trough the picknroll. keep a body on Miller at all times with Barnes on him, and put Kobe on Wade and clog the paint with our bigs so Wade can't drive in as easily and force him to take a jumper instead of a layup or dunk. That's the least they can do. unfortuantly for the Heat you can't teach height.

Exactly.

Eventually LA wears you down, the problem is even that they are tall, but they are tall and skilled and both Bynum and Gasol can finish around the basket, and then you add Odom........