FT MIA 123 SAC 100

Yep, the Heaters got to feel good about theyselves at the expense of Sactown tonight. I thought you'd get a kick of out this from two years ago:

The Duncan Robinson effect is real for the Miami Heat

He had a GREAT effect then, always has had when he's Swish but the effect has worn off a LOT since he became Donut, and tonight for the first time in gosh, maybe since two years ago, Erik My-Feet-Are-In-Concrete Spoelstra, subbed for him in the starting lineup when he had neither injury to or absence of others, just rain, sleet, hail, and clanks as his reason. There must really be some hex on the shooting guard position for Miami. The Composer was a Donut-like 3/12 (2/9) for a measly 8 points in 30' of p.t. in a blow-out (everybody but Vic and Markieff played). Duncan in only 5' less was Swish again, 5/8 (5/8) for 15 points.

With six games left Miami has 48 wins, two away from the Association regular season gold standard, but it's gonna be a close thing. Four of the six are on the road, the only freebie is the last game of the season at Disney. Between now and then we have 4-seed Beans (8-2 in their last 10) Wednesday night up there, No. 5 Male Cows in Firetown, April 2, the next night, at No. 6 Toronto, on the 5th No. 9 Chazz in the Bus, and April 8 the Pigeons of Hotlanta down here. Chazz did us a favor beating the "Nets" in BKLYN last night and Tonto, Denver and the Dolans did us favors tonight knocking off Beans, Buzz and "Bulls" respectively. Miami now in sole possession of first place but only by 1 little peepy game ahead of two-through-four Phil, Male Deer and Beans. If the season ended now and the play-in played out as expected for the play-offs, Miami would face BKLYN in the first round and would get swept fo' straight. And that would break up this broken team in the off season.