With the win tonight over the Milwaukee Bucks the Heat improve to 39-34 on the season. It is a critical win for the Heat as they also put some distance between themselves and the Philadelphia 76ers – expanding their lead for the 5th spot to 1.5 games.
This is also critical as the Heat are scrapping to win games with only 9 left in the season. The Bulls are hot, the Pistons are not, and the Sixers are hanging tough despite losing Elton Brand for the remainder of the season.
The Heat want to get at least a 5th spot so that they can avoid a possible first round matchup with the Orlando Magic or Boston Celtics – neither team would be a good matchup for the Heat out of the gate. Then again, a series against the Hawks could swing either way, too.
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Heat Have Biggest Game of Season Tonight
Coming off their win last night against the Toronto Raptors, the Heat have won 3 of their last 4 games and have seen Wade score over 40 points in three of those last 4 games in a monster stretch of production. What’s next for the Heat’s superstar? Outduel Lebron James.
When these two get together, it is a battle. You can see the intensity on the court as both players want to beat each other. The only question is, how to value this friendly rivalry? Is this Magic vs. Bird? Both of these teams have been to the Finals, Wade’s Heat won it all in 2006 due to his MVP performance while James’ team was arguably undeserving of appearing the the Finals. Then again, there were those who felt the Heat 2006 was undeserving of a title, too. Perhaps we have failed to truly gauge the greatness of these two young players.
We will get to see more from them tonight. For the Heat, it could be a huge win to tie up the season series 2-2 against a Cavs team that seems to be escaping the Heat more than beating them. The Cavs could quiet the doubters with a win at home.
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