Miami Heat fans such as myself are accustomed to a rugged team that tends to find itself hanging around late in games, due to its 7th place defensive rating of 104.
For a team missing Dion Waiters for a whole season and with Hassan Whiteside having struggles at the same time, that really is something to applaud.
But just like Jabari Parker said, “I’m not here to talk to you about defense.”
Instead, we’re going to dive a little deeper into a game our Heat had right out of the twilight zone.