5. Heat Are Playing Their Best Basketball Right Now
Coming into Wednesday night’s tilt with the Warriors, the Heat were in the midst of a three-game win streak, with two of those three wins coming against teams involved in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.
Again, any loss is tough, especially one that occurs after you enter the final quarter leading the game (the Heat led 83-80 at the end of three quarters). However, Miami is playing their best basketball of the season, despite the absences of Bosh, Johnson and Udrih.
The Heat are playing faster, scoring more points in the paint and taking less three-point shot attempts. The result? Miami is 9-4 in their last 13 games.
Despite the loss to Golden State, the Heat are currently fourth in the Eastern Conference with a 32-25 record, just a half-game back of the third-seeded Boston Celtics.
Assuming the Heat continue to play more fast-paced basketball as they’ve been doing in the month of February, there is no reason to believe that they can’t clinch the third seed in the East by season’s end.
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