What now, and what does it mean for the team's Final game? Stephen A. confident season will be completed despite Lakers.

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He’s still at the top of his game,” Butler said. “He’s still dominating. I mean, you’ve had to go through him at 26, 35, probably at 49. But he’s shown why he is the type of player that he is, why he’s had the career and the legacy that he’s continually building, and it’s not going to be an easy task these next couple of games.”

The Heat have several wings they can throw at James — including Butler and Jae Crowder, a forward who was included in that trade with the Grizzlies. Iguodala, though, is more familiar with James than most, having matched up with him several times as the Warriors’ go-to stopper.

“You want to get guys away from their strengths,” Iguodala said when asked about defending James. “He has a lot of them, so just being strategic.”

There is also a more-than-solid chance that the Heat will play some zone defense against the Lakers, who have been one of the poorest 3-point shooting teams in the playoffs, at 35.5 percent.

3. Go big or go home?

Frank Vogel, the coach of the Lakers, has found some frontcourt flexibility with his roster. In the conference semifinals, he went small against the Houston Rockets. Against Denver in the conference finals, he went big by moving Dwight Howard into the starting lineup, and he was effective in his matchup with Nikola Jokic.