With injuries damaging the roster as only injuries can, the Miami HEAT beat the Utah Jazz Thursday after playing and winning in Denver the night before. That sentence alone is noteworthy and it’s one we’ll likely recall fondly in a few months. But today there are more important words.
When Erik Spoelstra was asked after the 111-110 victory about Miami’s 64 points in the paint against one of the league’s premier defenses, the first thing out of his mouth, with no precursor, was simply…
“Goran Dragic.”
Earlier this week, the Boston Celtics flew into Miami and won what was a fairly inconspicuous game as far as the general landscape of the league went.