Saturday, November 20, 2010

What's wrong with the Miami Heat?



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The Heat played a Memphis Grizzly team that was on a multiple game loosing streak and because of their missing captains and their lack of defense they were beaten by a a sub-par Griz team.
The problem really started when Zach Randolph came into the game and went to work on the Heat's terrible interior defense. He scored basket after basket on Juwan Howard, Chris Bosh, and Z. Ilgauskas. The worst part was that he did most of his damage in the second half after sitting out for the first half.
Memphis coach Lionel Hollins benched starters Zach Randolph, and O.J. Mayo for a quarter as punishment for being a couple minutes late to the pregame shoot-around.
When they got into the game they both went to work. The end result was another Heat loss!




This is a microcosm of the problems the Heat are having this year. The questions are already starting in the media and with the fans, We were all thinking that the Heat would be the best team in the NBA this year, but now we know that they will be lucky to win 55 games. I know that a new team takes time to develop but this team isn't doing the little things like rebounding, boxing out, and hustling that are the staples of all great teams.
With the injury to D-Wade and Udonis Haslem the Heat need to find the game tape and get back to the basics. Maybe it's time for Pat Riley to take control and get this team on track.

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