Though much of the focus has been on Justise Winslow’s shot — which was improving before a 2-for-9 game against the Spurs on Wednesday — this shouldn’t be overlooked, either:
Winslow said he’s not defending as well as he needs to, and coach Erik Spoelstra challenged him in that area this week.
“I still think he can get to another level, particularly defensively, making a lot more plays and being more active, more disruptive,” Spoelstra said.
Players guarded by Winslow are shooting 47.9 percent, compared with 46.7 percent overall.
Asked whether he’s defending as well as he wants, Winslow said: “Not at all. Just slowly trying to get back to the kind of guy I was my rookie year. Trying to get more steals, more deflections, get some easy buckets for the team.”