Some Heat notes on a Monday:
With the NBA taking Monday off out of deference to the men’s NCAA championship game, there won’t be scoreboard watching among teams jockeying for playoff positioning.
But as Miami battles with Washington and Milwaukee for sixth, seventh and eighth in the Eastern Conference, a few things to keep in mind, with the Heat (41-36) currently holding the seventh spot ahead of No. 8 Milwaukee (41-36) and one game behind No. 6 Washington (42-35):
• The Heat – which needs only one win or one Detroit loss to clinch a playoff spot - holds the tiebreaker with the Bucks by virtue of Miami winning the season series.