{"id":28453,"date":"2012-12-24T20:44:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T20:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=28453"},"modified":"2021-08-04T10:24:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:24:50","slug":"heat-defeat-jazz-win-fourth-straight-by-double-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/heat-defeat-jazz-win-fourth-straight-by-double-digits\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat Defeat Jazz, Win Fourth Straight by Double Digits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Haslem &amp; Battier Step Up in Bosh's Absence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>When the Miami Heat found out that Chris Bosh would not play on Saturday night because of an illness, they knew that it would be tough to match up with the physicality of the Jazz frontcourt of Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Erik Spoelstra elected to start the 12th-year veteran Shane Battier in Bosh\u2019s place. Battier and Lebron switched off duties guarding Millsap while Haslem stuck with Jefferson. Even with a defensive presence like Bosh out of the lineup, the Heat wanted to make the Jazz work for every bucket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we focus on something, our guys have been able to respond,\u201d said Spoelstra. \u201cWe respected what the Utah Jazz can do in the frontcourt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Millsap and Jefferson have shot a combined 75\/151 (49.6) from the field in Utah\u2019s last six games. It didn\u2019t come that easy this night against the defending World Champs. The two were held to a combined 5-for-17 shooting for 17 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Udonis and Shane are only six feet eight inches, what they have inside their chest makes up for any kind of lack of height,\u201d said Spoelstra. \u201cThey are tough, physical and willing to do the dirty work plays that we need. Both of them did that tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did an unbelievable job,\u201d Wade said about his teammates. \u201cI think both of those guys are six feet eight on a good day going against bigger stronger guys and they did great. I had a lot of trust that they could do their job, and we would be there to help. They had a tough matchup, and they took it head on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Battier and Haslem also contributed on the offensive end as well, filling in for Bosh\u2019s position in the stats sheet. Although they didn\u2019t create offense like Bosh would, they just made the simple plays when the ball came to them and that\u2019s what the Heat needed. Battier scored 15 points and made four of his eight attempts from beyond the arc. Haslem finished with six points and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve just been trying to come out of the gate a little faster defensively,\u201d said Haslem. \u201cWe\u2019ve really tried to make a conscious effort to set the tone defensively in the first quarter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This effort has been working for the Heat lately as they\u2019ve won four straight games now, all by double digits. Over those four games the Heat has limited their opponents to an average of 40% from the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day it is a no-excuse league,\u201d said Spoelstra. \u201cNobody wants to hear about who\u2019s not playing. We\u2019re a no-excuse team. Regardless of what player is in or out, our guys have stepped up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Heat will need multiple players to step up once again on Christmas Day against the Oklahoma City Thunder, especially if Bosh is out again. The Thunder are coming off a loss to the Timberwolves after winning 12 straight games.<\/p>\n<p>The Heat will need to keep the same defensive intensity going against the defending Western Conference Champs if they want to extend their win streak. The 2012 Finals rematch is set for 5:30 PM on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haslem &amp; Battier Step Up in Bosh's Absence When the Miami Heat found out that Chris Bosh would&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,1],"tags":[896,4551],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-28453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-blogs","category-uncategorized","tag-lebron","tag-nba-miami-heat-utah-jazz"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heat Defeat Jazz, Win Fourth Straight by Double Digits - Ballislife.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/heat-defeat-jazz-win-fourth-straight-by-double-digits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heat Defeat Jazz, Win Fourth Straight by Double Digits - 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