CHICAGO — The Miami Heat should not be this good. The amount, and severity, of injuries that have hit their roster and the veteran pieces they’ve lost for nothing should have prevented that.
But with about a month to go in the regular season, the Heat are more than holding their own in a tight Eastern Conference playoff race. This, despite Chris Bosh’s blood clots making his future a complete unknown. This, despite highly paid point guard Goran Dragic only recently finding his rhythm after a disappointing first half of the season. This, despite trades earlier in the season of longtime rotation staples Mario Chalmers and Chris Andersen.