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Be it hamstring or LeBron, Heat have to slow Parker

And when the Spurs' offense is rolling, everything goes through Parker. The Heat have to find a way to guard him with one man, even if he scores 20 points
Michael Rosenberg|
Be it hamstring or LeBron, Heat have to slow Parker
Be it hamstring or LeBron, Heat have to slow Parker

And when the Spurs' offense is rolling, everything goes through Parker. The Heat have to find a way to guard him with one man, even if he scores 20 points that way. His strained hamstring may help. Maybe James can help, too. Maybe it will be someone else. But somehow, the Heat are going to have to deal with Tony Parker.

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Michael Rosenberg
MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.

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