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When Push Comes to Shove

By Ric Bucher and Chris Palmer

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

You heard it until it just became fact: "Defense wins championships." Then someone forgot to tell the Heat. Of course, when Pat Riley flipped the script, trading blocks for buckets, he was taking cues from the godfathers of run, the Suns. Now, both teams' successes have even more crews revving to go up-tempo. But slow down, guys. Are you really sure gritty, not-in-my-house playoff D has gone the way of the leather ball? (The Heat still did have Shaq.) Two of The Mag's own, Ric Bucher and Chris P ...

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