After the Miami Heat’s up-and-down regular season, it be can difficult to explain the team’s turnaround this postseason.
Not long ago, this team was a fourth-quarter comeback away from losing to the Chicago Bulls in the play-in tournament and being eliminated from the playoffs entirely. Now the Heat have lost just two games through two rounds and enter Wednesday night’s Game 5 against the New York Knicks a win away from returning to the Eastern Conference finals. If the Heat close out the series, they’ll be the first No. 8 seed in NBA history to advance to the conference finals in a non-lockout-shortened season.