Friday, December 31, 2021

Lake Mistake, creditable team this year, fifth in the East, 20-15 record were upset in the Pawn Shop by 12th place ATL, 15-19, 121-118. Cleve was a 2-point fave. The records respectively are now 20-16 and 16-19. Miami is 4th, now 23-13, 3 games ahead of Cleve and only 1.5 out of first. "Heat" have won five straight and eight of ten. It's an inspiring run. They've played dreck for the most part but they've had big problems with player availability. Bam, still out. Jimmy just back and had a monster game; Kyle just back and had a "bad Kyle" game. This is a tribute to "Heat" talent scouting. "Next man up" is the credo and they seemingly have an endless supply of "rustless bolts" to plug in when a main bolt blows. 23-13 is a .639 win rate and anything over .600 is damn good. .639 is seventh-best in the entire Association. Full two-handed clap for "Heat" resiliency.