In April the Miami Heat are most liked headed to the NBA playoffs, which is truly AMAZING for the team and the fans known as “Heat Nation”. This has been one of the most challenging years in the team’s history. They started the year adjusting to Lebron’s departure to Cleveland, they lost Josh McRoberts one of their key off-season acquisitions to a knee injury, and then lost their franchise-player Chris Bosh for the season to a lung blood clot. Necessary adjustments have generated a record 28 different starting line-ups. Additions to the team have included Hassan Whiteside, who has shown star-quality but has also shown to be a hot-head. Michael Beasley is back for his third time with the Heat with multiple 10-day contracts and extensions. And then there is the rest of the team who are bringing it all together and demonstrating their experience, Dwayne Wade, Udonis Haslem, Mario Chambers and the “Birdman”, as well as Luol Deng and Goran Dragic. They will ALL need to make significant contributions each and every game in order to win even in the first round.
It is unknown yet what team the Heat will play in the first round; but most likely they will either play the Cleveland Cavaliers or Atlanta Hawks. The best match-up for the Heat to have a winning chance would be to play Cleveland, who the Heat has beat 2-1 this season. Needless to say playing spoiler to the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James, would be a lot of FUN for the “Heat Nation” and NBA fans around the country and the world.