With the NBA season still on hiatus, Hot Hot Hoops will provide you, dear reader, with a look back at some exciting games in Miami Heat history. And we won’t just do the usual suspects — Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals or Game 6 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals. We’ll also cover hidden gems and forgotten classics in the Heat archive.
And first up is a game from Dec. 19, 2008 — a 12-12 Heat team facing off against the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers.
After a Finals loss to the Boston Celtics, the Lakers had raced to a 20-4 record heading into their visit in Miami.