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Heat not sweating their failed test against Spurs

SAN ANTONIO -- When the San Antonio Spurs came to Miami last month and delivered a beating on the Heat heading into the All-Star break, Dwyane Wade acknowledged afterward that his team wasn't anywhere near ready to match up with the NBA's elite teams.

But after winning 12 of 17 since that setback, the hope was that Wednesday's game would be a measuring stick of sorts to show how much legitimate progress the Heat have made amid their best stretch of the season.

That hope didn't last long.

Actually, it was decimated long before Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard shredded Miami's defense for 32 points in 24 minutes before leaving the game in the third quarter with a bruised quadriceps.