Good post. IIRC, they ran some kind of zone full-court press in the first half for a few series. But, yes, they'll have to try something more aggressive, maybe man trapping. Pritchard seems like a good counter-move to this, potentially, as he plays super fast energy and a good handle (although his height could be a liability against traps). I imagine it's hard to maintain this defense for Miami, though, when you barely have 7-8 real NBA players to throw out there.
One thing I didn't love from C's offensive perspective: they started out getting a lot of looks at the hoop with Tatum and Brown, sometimes kicking it out for great looks from 3, helping them build the early 15 point lead. Brown bungled a few opportunities with shaky ball-handling, but it was there early. I don't know if Miami made an adjustment, but from the 2nd quarter on, it turned more into Circus of Three Pointers, which we hit enough of to do fine, but I wondered what happened to the early close-mid-range looks. Tatum hit a few foul-line post-ups... KP as well.. I don't remember seeing one single JB mid-range fade-away (the thing where he dribbles in, then turns and shoots a foul-line jumper over a helpless Duncan Robinson)... in general it seemed we spent a lot less time near the hoop after the opening quarter.
I hope to see G2 emphasis on getting close-mid-range looks for JB and others. Horford, for one, had the opportunity to get bunnies at the basket all day when the C's went 2bigs (he posted once or twice, and it looked like light work). Miami just doesn't have another big body besides Bam to throw at anyone.