The Miami Heat came into Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves fresh off of and riding high off of their outrageous comeback win against an Eastern Conference contender in the Milwaukee Bucks. For more than a few reasons, Sunday’s game was bound to be a tough one.
The Miami Heat would still be without quite a few of their players in Dion Waiters, Jimmy Butler, James Johnson, and most recently Derrick Jones Jr. after he suffered an injury in Saturday’s contest against the Bucks. Speaking of the Bucks, Sunday would have them playing on the second night of a back to back set, with the first set against the Bucks having been of the deep comeback and overtime variety.