On Saturday, the Heat fared better when neither of its All-Stars were on the floor in part because of better defense...
Miami’s defense has been massively disappointing this season and Butler’s absence made it even worse.
-David Wilson, Miami Herald
That reads a little oddly because Jimmy Butler missed the game entirely but the substantive point caused me to furrow my brow: We played better defense without Jimmy?
Has the position of "editor" at a media outlet been eliminated? Those sentences are completely contradictory. I don't know what David is talking about. One should not write when one is drunk.