Phil Jackson really didn't know whether to call Spoelstra a genius or an idiot, so he had just described this young coach as a madman.
Only the most extreme madmen would use the season's scoring leader for such obsessive defense!
Spoelstra is indeed a madman, because during the Heat's Big Three era, he had James and Wade doing exactly that.
In fact, James and Wade even had to help the Heat's virtually non-existent center clean up, using help defense to protect the rim.
But Roger wasn't that unfortunate; at least he had reliable rim protectors behind him, so executing this defensive strategy wasn't too difficult for him.
Nash naturally wouldn't be suppressed by double teams; he passed the ball to the cutting George Lynch amidst the pressure from Roger and Allan Houston.
However, getting the ball to George Lynch, the least threatening player, was precisely what Spoelstra wanted to see.
