In his write-up of Miami’s overtime win last night against the holding conference champions in Milwaukee Ira Winderman chocked up the huge comeback from 17 points down at the half to better conditioning by the “Heat.” For instance Bam Adebayo’s chase down block in the closing seconds of regulation. I thought so, too; the “Heat’s” youth and better conditioning. Tonight’s result, a 116-109 lose in Minneapolis, does not disprove that conventional wisdom but it does not support it either.

In each of the first three games this season the “Heat” has started slowly. Tonight they were down 13 after 1Q. Then they get their legs, and tonight too. They outscored the “T-Wolves” by 15 in the 2Q. They built on that slim halftime lead in the third and entered the fourth quarter up 7. Then they wilted, got blitzed by 14 in the 4th and lost by a touchdown. I have not read anything on the game yet but if “Heat Wilt” is not the theme of every article in south Florida on this game I’m a sonofabitch. It is the obvious angle, second of back-to-backs, and on the road, the first game in overtime, yeah. And most times the obvious answer is the correct answer. I agree, “Heat Wilts” is the theme for this game. I’m just saying that “Heat Wilts” is not reinforcement for “Heat In Better Shape.”