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Guarding Dallas' Nowitzki will be a challenge for Heat's Haslem.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Stephen F. Holder
MIAMI _ It isn't fair, nor is it even doable, but Udonis Haslem must do it nonetheless.
The Heat power forward will be called upon tonight to be someone he is not. The former high school and college center bred to think like a big man must assume several other identities. He will have to be a great post defender, a great perimeter defender, a great pick-and-roll defender and a great one-on-one defender.
Yes, guarding Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki can be a thankless and impossible job, and tonight, it is Haslem's.
"He is just a very difficult cover because he puts your power forwards in positions they have not been in," Heat coach Stan Van Gundy said. "They're trying to get over on pick-and-rolls, playing him off the dribble, Dallas is bringing him off screens like he's a two guard. It's tough to put smaller guys on him because then it's even easier to get shots over the top. He's as difficult a guy to guard as there is in this league."
The Heat knows this as well as any team, with Nowitzki pouring in 41 points in the Mavericks' 113-93 win at Miami on Nov. 11.
To call Nowitzki a power forward is to use the term loosely. Sure, he is 7-0 and isn't opposed to playing in the post some of the time. But he spends equal time on the perimeter, catching the ball off screens or slicing to the basket off the dribble.
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