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Fast Breaks: Parker, defense lead Spurs over Miami in Game 1

• Bosh the bomber? It was easy to understand why Bosh camped out around the three-point line during the conference finals. Indiana's Roy Hibbert was a menace
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Fast Breaks: Parker, defense lead Spurs over Miami in Game 1
Fast Breaks: Parker, defense lead Spurs over Miami in Game 1

• Bosh the bomber? It was easy to understand why Bosh camped out around the three-point line during the conference finals. Indiana's Roy Hibbert was a menace in the paint and the Heat wanted to force him to step out of it. But against San Antonio, Bosh continued to shoot from deep. Bosh made 48.4 percent of his three-point attempts in the Eastern Conference playoffs but missed all four of his attempts in Game 1. Bosh is an excellent perimeter shooter, but is at his best playing pick-and-pop, not catching and shooting from beyond the arc. As good as Bosh is, San Antonio will live with those shots.

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CHRIS MANNIX

Chris Mannix is a senior writer at Sports Illustrated covering the NBA and boxing beats. He joined the SI staff in 2003 following his graduation from Boston College. Mannix is the host of SI's "Open Floor" podcast and serves as a ringside analyst and reporter for DAZN Boxing. He is also a frequent contributor to NBC Sports Boston as an NBA analyst. A nominee for National Sportswriter of the Year in 2022, Mannix has won writing awards from the Boxing Writers Association of America and the Pro Basketball Writers Association, and is a longtime member of both organizations.

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