Wail, I'm back to where I was after the Friday Night Massacre. Ball don't lie man. Record don't lie. You are as good as your record says you are. And: "You can make the argument that the "Heat" are not as good as their record" (in the first 32 games).
The "Heat" lose to Beans 109-101. Miami just could not get over the hump in this game. Got behind the 8-ball and couldn't close an 8-point lead in three quarters! No guerrilla offense, they shot like gorillas all game. You can say, second of a back-to-back. It was. You could say the same for Orlando last night. That was their second of a back-to-back. But these two were in Miami, not on the road, at home.
It was also the "Heat's" second loss in three games at home going back to last Wednesday and that game, against D.C., went to OT. "Heat" very easily could have been an o-fer on this three-game homestand. Puts it in perspective, don't it? We also have a significantly longer periscope to look through. The "Heat" are now 8-7 in their last fifteen games. That's Middlesbrough man.
Something has happened. Or something that was happening isn't happening. Could 2019/20 be 2016/17 in reverse? The "Heat" started 11-30 and finished 30-11. Before this extended trip down 8th Street the "Heat" was speeding on the overpass, flying on the flyover, 24-8. Since then 8-7.
Let's say 8-7 is the new normal for the "Heat," let's say they go .500 the rest of the season. Know how many wins that'd net them: 44, 45, depending if you round up or down. At 44-38 they would be right back where they were in 2017/18. Made the playoffs and got blown out by Philly 4-1. 44-38 would be three peepy games better than '16/'17, five better than last year. .500, .537, .476, .537, that's not getting over the hump, that's Pitt. That's not Pat Riley, that's Pat Narduzzi. That's smack dab on 8th Street in Middlesbrough. And man that is depressing.
The "Heat" lose to Beans 109-101. Miami just could not get over the hump in this game. Got behind the 8-ball and couldn't close an 8-point lead in three quarters! No guerrilla offense, they shot like gorillas all game. You can say, second of a back-to-back. It was. You could say the same for Orlando last night. That was their second of a back-to-back. But these two were in Miami, not on the road, at home.
It was also the "Heat's" second loss in three games at home going back to last Wednesday and that game, against D.C., went to OT. "Heat" very easily could have been an o-fer on this three-game homestand. Puts it in perspective, don't it? We also have a significantly longer periscope to look through. The "Heat" are now 8-7 in their last fifteen games. That's Middlesbrough man.
Something has happened. Or something that was happening isn't happening. Could 2019/20 be 2016/17 in reverse? The "Heat" started 11-30 and finished 30-11. Before this extended trip down 8th Street the "Heat" was speeding on the overpass, flying on the flyover, 24-8. Since then 8-7.
Let's say 8-7 is the new normal for the "Heat," let's say they go .500 the rest of the season. Know how many wins that'd net them: 44, 45, depending if you round up or down. At 44-38 they would be right back where they were in 2017/18. Made the playoffs and got blown out by Philly 4-1. 44-38 would be three peepy games better than '16/'17, five better than last year. .500, .537, .476, .537, that's not getting over the hump, that's Pitt. That's not Pat Riley, that's Pat Narduzzi. That's smack dab on 8th Street in Middlesbrough. And man that is depressing.
