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LOS ANGELES — It was the loudest of weeks on the what’s-wrong-with-the-Miami-Heat? beat.
Jarrett Jack barely qualified as a decibel raiser, but the New Orleans guard had quietly pointed out while walking to the team bus at Staples Center on Monday night that role players have always been and will remain an integral part of the championship formula. One day later, a far more relevant voice spoke up in the City of Angels when Lakers coach Phil Jackson opined about Miami coach Erik Spoelstra and the clock that ticks toward the sort of Pat Riley takeover that took place back in December 2005.
But take those headlines away and the latest facts spoke loudly enough on their own about what it takes to build a winner, with the strengths of Jackson’s two-time defending champion/winners of five straight Lakers once again providing a telling contrast to the weaknesses of this 8-7 Heat squad that so many pegged as title contenders. Namely, the Lakers’ dominant bench play (the latest chapter being the unreal emergence of Shannon Brown) and Miami’s loss of one of its few dependable reserves (forward Udonis Haslem and his left foot surgery that could be season-ending).
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