The Boston Celtics may not have made any major changes to how they played against the Miami Heat in the 2022NBA Eastern Conference finals series they are currently leading 3-2, but with a series of small changes to how they played the Heat managed to take away one of Miami’s most important advantages.
How did the Celtics find a way to play against the Heat without turning the ball over as much as they had been earlier in the series? Game 3‘s 19 steals by Miami evidently was enough to force Boston to re-evaluate their approach on offense, and the way head coach Ime Udoka and the Celtics responded was the subject of a recent video by “Thinking Basketball’s” Ben Taylor.
What adjustments did Udoka make to give Boston the upper hand in the series? Check out the clip embedded below to hear Taylor’s take on how the Celtics found success against one of the league’s only defenses in the same neighborhood as theirs.