According to team president Pat Riley, the goal for the Miami Heat is to make the playoffs every year. Since his interview with Jason Jackson on February 27th, the Heat are boasting a 6-2 record and find themselves in eighth place ahead of the Orlando Magic and the Charlotte Hornets. These next five games will have a significant effect on the Heat’s playoff race, and they won’t be easy.
Four of them are playoff teams in their respective conferences (Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs and Milwaukee Bucks) and the other is on the Eastern Conference playoff fringe in the form of the 10th-place Charlotte Hornets.