Much has been made by myself and the national media as of late of the Miami’s rebounding troubles. Specifically, offensive rebounding has been their biggest weakness as a team.

In my last article, I discussed how even though Miami embraced small ball in the playoffs last year, similar rotations haven’t performed as well on the offensive glass this year. Without going into all the details again, nERD rankings leader for Portland is J.J. Hickson, who is a great defensive rebounder. He is also posting a career high ORtg of 116, so look for him to be an important factor in this game.

Ray Allen was held scoreless for just the second time in his career against Indiana. I bet it doesn’t happen again tonight.