Five New Year’s Resolutions the Miami Heat Must Make for 2015

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5. Stop Blowing Second Half Leads

Blowing second half leads has become a staple of the Heat’s season thus far.

Whether it’s blowing a 23-point second half lead versus the league-worst 76ers,  or whether it’s blowing an 11-point lead versus the mundane Pacers, Miami has proven its inability to close out games.

It’s not something that they’re proud of, as Wade bluntly stated following the Pacers loss:

“We didn’t close the quarter out good at all. That’s been our Achilles heel all season, it’s been the fourth quarter.”

If the Heat look to get back to the postseason for the seventh straight season, it will have to learn how to close out games versus inferior competition.

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D.J. Siddiqi grew up in the heart of South Florida in Broward County. Growing up in South Florida during the late 90's and 2000's, D.J. witnessed the Pat Riley years where the Miami Heat faced off with the New York Knicks all the way to the painful late 2000's seasons where the Heat were a one-man team with Dwyane Wade. D.J. has closely followed the Heat over the past decade-and-a-half, and unfortunately witnessed Game 2 of the 2011 NBA Finals in person when the Dallas Mavericks overcame a 15-point deficit to knock off the Heat. D.J. has writing experience as a columnist with sites such as Bleacher Report and Rant Sports, and he is proud to bring his knowledge of the Heat and the NBA to Heat Nation.