Bosh was closer to the three-point line. It's as if he was trying to send James a NBA Live Mobile Coins message. Take it in here, and I'll be waiting. It's entirely possible that threw James off psychologically.Let's now look at the moment where the Pacers needed to decide how to handle the screen up top. In both cases, George was guarding James and George Hill was guarding the point guard. In Game 1, there was clearly a miscommunication based on how Hill guarded the play.
Hill must have thought the Pacers were switching the play. Problem is, George was in a similar defensive position, and if Hill was to instead recover to Cole, George would have potentially cut James off. Instead, George saw Hill's move, panicked and switched, giving Miami the exact matchup they wanted.Compare this to what.
Hill did in Game 2.Hill defended the screen like teams often defend picks involving small players rather than big men. He jumped out to try to slow down James, then quickly rushed back to his man as James' defender recovered. (Lots of teams call this "one-swiping," hence the term I used in the screenshot).
This is potentially dangerous, and in this case, it almost fell flat because Hill nearly ran into his own man. But George made an agile play to avoid Hill, and it worked out well because Miami couldn't get the switch they wanted.Also: note the difference in positioning between West and Hibbert.
The former was hanging around the perimeter too much in Game 1. The latter was firmly planted near the rim in Game 2.James eventually got right both times and drove to the rim.
In Game 1, he had Hill switched onto him and was Buy NBA 2K18 MT able to beat him off the dribble. In Game 2, he had George on him and didn't quite get as far ahead as he wanted. Here are the two screenshots that show the difference.It's amazing what a one-step difference in positioning makes. In Game 1, Hill let James get his shoulders by him, which is exactly the moment when a player blows by his defender off the dribble.