I know, I know. Last time everyone counted out the Heat we were all forced to shut our LeBron hating mouths as they ran off 19 wins in 20 games including an ugly Christmas slaughter in the Staples Center. Still, as we come down the home stretch of the NBA marathon season I think we can properly assess the teams who haven't made huge moves. As of right now, Miami doesn't seem ready to play with the big boys.
They are now 1 and 7 against the elite teams in the league (Dallas, Chicago, Boston and L.A., they haven't played the Spurs yet) after last night's loss to Chicago (their one win against the sleepy Lakers on Christmas) and they are still struggling in close games, something that will obviously be a problem come playoff time. Last night, Rupaul went 1 for 18 for the game and down the stretch with the Bulls barely holding onto a lead they seemed to rush a couple of shots, including a LeBron 3 (with Chicago up by as much) drifting to his left that hit nothing but glass. They've lost to Chicago twice now (although once was without Bron) and it's well documented as to how thoroughly Boston has dominated them.
"But Bagels", you say, "your second favorite team, The vaunted world champion Lakers, have a terrible record against the elite teams. Why you hatin' on the Heat for?" Well, even though I'm not real excited about the Lakers season thus far, they have proven in the past that they can turn it on in the playoffs. Boredom or over confidence is not something that this untested Miami team should struggle with.
Maybe they'll get it together in the next couple of months and make all of us happy Heat haters look silly again, but it seems like (at least for this season) there may be some problems in the playoffs for Miami.
Do you watch basketball?
ReplyDeleteIts better to have a better record against the whole league then just elite teams
yeah, I watch a little basketball. Who plays in the playoffs, stupid? The whole league or elite teams?
ReplyDeletehahaha nice one Johnny hahaha! "the whole league" hahaha!
ReplyDeletethe truth is Miami is in trouble. LAL has already shown us that they can and will pound the booger out of a team if it sleeps on them with their DEMOLISHING of San Antonio yesterday! Miami is definitely nowhere near a championship winning team! They seem to have a poor work ethic and ZERO fighting spirit. They are shooting something like 1-18 in the last 10 seconds of the game with a deficit of 3 or less! That's shocking for a team with "sharpshooter" Miller and talented scorers like D-Wade and Bron! They are soft in the middle, Bosh isn't a defensive giant. Their point guard play is horrendous! What they need is a Kendrick Perkins and Steph Curry to bring their talents to south beach as well lol!