re: BI - Bone Contusion, will be reevaluated in...you guessed it

That's about the best Pels could have expected. Bone on bone is super painful and you can expect a lot of swelling. Pels emphasis should be improving defense (paint) and ball handling.

Paint defense was a sieve. First test after a light lunch schedule against a big front line didn't look good. Banchero, Isaac, and the Wagner boys dominated the paint. Trying to plug the sieve subsequently killed the perimeter D leading to a Magic 3pt fest. The ball-handling after jumping out to a good start in the first, was bad and turned the tide and it was a wrap after that, compounded by the injury.

Miami plays similarly to the Pels, with a lot of small ball stuff. Pels match up better and if they can clean up turnovers they have good odds to win. I'm not sure what Pels can do about paint defense ... Where's Karlo?