Mitchell Says Heat Defense Isn't Helping Enough

Davion Mitchell called out a flaw in Miami's defensive approach, saying the Heat's strong individual defenders sometimes trust each other too much and fail to rotate. He stressed that defense is a team effort and that Miami needs to help more rather than assuming a teammate has the assignment handled.

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• @HeatNationCom Davion Mitchell says the Heat aren't helping enough on defense “We’re all really good individual defenders. And I think that sometimes we get lost in how good the defender is. So we kind of don’t help as much. We think he got it. But it’s a team game for a reason.” View on X