Heat (3-1) at Wizards (2-2)
By: Craig Stouffer
Examiner Staff Writer
11/04/09 6:39 PM EST
What are you playing down ahead of the first of three meetings this month between Washington and Miami? They play again next Tuesday and on Nov. 27 in Florida.
Wizards head coach Flip Saunders is playing down foul trouble for his big men last night at Cleveland.
"Our bigs played really well," said Saunders. "There were some bad calls that shook them out of their offense and took them off the floor so they can’t just change. If you go out like that, you’re going to go out non-aggressive, they’re not going to have very much success. They just gotta hope that the way they play, they get some good whistles. But that’s what happens in this game. Our referees do as well a job as any professional. It’s a hard game to referee, and as I told our players, you have to fight through that type of situation and not all of a sudden fold because you had a couple bad calls."
As for Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, he preferred to understate the Heat's struggles against the Phoenix zone in their first loss of the year last night.
"Really it’s the first time we’ve seen it in the preseason or the regular season. It’s different when you drill and say, okay, here’s five straight possessions, here’s what we’re getting into.’ What happened in the fourth quarter, and really it was a result and we should take it as a compliment that our man-to-man offense was working so well."
Meanwhile, Gilbert Arenas and Dwyane Wade enter the night tied for seventh in the league in scoring, at 26.5 points per game.
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