And then there's this: It’s a good sign when you get off to a good start. A lead after 1Q signs a win after four, not infallibly, but you are a quarter of the way to a W! Beats the alternative. Just not this season. This season a win is contraindicated for Miami by a first quarter lead.
I first noticed this strangeness in the April 13 game in Phoenix. Miami was coming off an inspired, and inspiring win in Portlandia, a very good team, in which they trailed by six after 1Q. They had just crept above .500 and here was a chance to prove their nous against the "Suns", one of the very best teams in the Association. The "Heat" seemingly grabbed the opportunity with alacrity and raced to a 34-26 advantage after 1Q. The "Suns" recovered and then some. Final: PHX 106 MIA 86.
Tonight on Bitcoin Bay the "Heat" tangled once agayne with the toothless Minnesota "Timberwolves," a team firmly anchored at the bottom of the standings. Tonight after 1Q Minnehaha led 32-28. And tonight Miami won 121-112.
Tuesday night, also in BTC Place against a much better team, Dallas, the "Heat" led after 1Q by nine. They went on to lose by fourteen.
In Lake Mistake last Saturday against the lifeless "Cadavers" Miami trailed by seven after 1Q. So of course won by seventeen.
Chicago, April 26, in Miami, the "Heat" led the "Male Cows", not a good team, by six after one, lost by eight.
On and on, on and on, on and on. .537 is a strange culture. The short-term fate of the Culture, pyay-in or playoffs, will be decided in one week of five games, starting Sunday in Boston.
