We knew this road trip was going to be tough. We just didn’t know it would rip the Heat into pieces. After winning four of their first five games of the New Year, Miami has slowly degraded as continued inconsistency and numerous injury issues have surfaced.
Dragic (calf), Wade (shoulder), Deng (eye), Whiteside (oblique), Udrih (neck), McRoberts (knee) and Anderson (knee) have all missed multiple games over the course of the trip besides Wade, who played during Friday’s 101-81 loss to Toronto after being listed out. The effects have spoken for itself. Losing 7 of their last 8, the Heat (23-21) have slipped to eighth in the Eastern conference and sit just three losses away from 12th place.