With home losses to lottery-bound Sacramento, Orlando and Brooklyn on the résumé, there was a point in the season not too long ago when the Miami Heat’s home record was a bit of an embarrassment. Miami’s lack of scoring punch was also a problem.
Neither have been issues lately.
With a 119-98 thrashing of the New York Knicks on Wednesday night, the Heat won for the eighth time in its last nine games at AmericanAirlines Arena, improving to 22-13 at home. In the 14 games since the All-Star break, the Heat, one of the worst offensive teams in the league before the break, is averaging 115.