We give our thoughts on the Miami Heat heading into All-Star break.
By virtue of owning the head-to-head tiebreaker against the Chicago Bulls, the Miami Heat sit atop the air-tight Eastern Conference at 38-21 leading up to the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend.
They have done so with a slew of injuries and COVID-19 absences throughout the season: Bam Adebayo’s missed 25 games; Jimmy Butler’s missed 19 games; Tyler Herro and Kyle Lowry have both missed 13 contests apiece, though most of Lowry’s absence was for personal reasons and not injury-related. Heat forward Markieff Morris has missed the last 49 games after the Nikola Jokic incident while guard Victor Oladipo has yet to suit up this season.