February 2012

Heat Win Battle of Florida

The Heat won 90-78 in Miami on Sunday. The win came off good performances by both Wade and Lebron. The win moves the heat to 25-7 this season while improving their home record to 13-2 on the season. The Heat did not wow the crowd with the greatest shooting performance, but were able to get enough as their defense gave up just 78 and held Howard under 20. They continue to be one the leagues best home teams and hold one the league’s best records overall.

Heat Show They can Win on Road

The Heat won 105- 90 on Tuesday against the Indiana Pacers. The win was thanks, in large part, to a big game from Lebron James. The win brings their record to 23-7 overall this season while improving to 11-5 on the road. The win was also the third straight road game for the Heat in the past three days. This is a good sign as any contender for the championship must be able to win on the road. Even more impressive is the fact that these wins came at different road venues.

Heat win Again on the Road

The Heat won big in Milwaukee Monday beating the Bucks 114-96 in a strong offensive showing. The Heat move to 22-7 overall with the victory and improve their away record to 10-5 on the season. The Heat now have the 3rd best record in the league as they stand alone in first place. Currently, they have a 3.5 game lead in the division and have done so with strong outings both home and away.

The Heat were led by Lebron James who scored 35 in the contest. The team shot great from the floor and had 25 or more points in every quarter but the fourth. The team opened up a lead in the 2nd as they outscored the Bucks 28-20. They then further increased their lead gaining 35 points to just 24 by the Bucks. If the team can continue to play solid basketball like this on the road, they will be a sure contender for the NBA championship.

Heat Win Big Against Good Hawks team

The Heat won big in Atlanta Sunday against a playoff caliber Hawks team. The game was big for both teams in seeing where they stood against some of the NBA’s best. In the end, Miami won 107-87 taking care of Atlanta convincingly. This may have sent a strong message around the league as the Heat are showing they can beat the games better teams even while on their courts away from South Beach. The Heat improved their record to 21-7 on the season and are now 9-5 away from home.

The Heat were led by Lebron who scored 23 to lead the team. He also led the team in assists with 6. Chris Bosh was a force under the hoop as he collected 16 rebounds to lead all. The Heat must continue to show they can win away from home if teams and analyst will take them as a serious threat to win the championship. Currently they remain first place in their division, but do not have too much room to work with as they must continue to produce wins. The team had 30 points or more in 2 quarters if the contest.

Heat Wins easy in Washington

The Heat blew past the Wizards Friday night away from home. The final was 106-89 in Washington as the Heat moved their record to 20-7 on the season and improved their away record to 8-5. The team is showing that they can win away from home, but need to be able to do the same against better teams if they plan on really making some noise this season. The Wizards continue to show that they are one of the NBA’s worst.

The Heat scored over 20 in each quarter including 29 in the second and 32 in the fourth. The team was led by Dwayne Wade who scored 26 on the night. Lebron got his share of points as well and led the team in assists with 9. Udonis Haslem grabbed 12 rebounds to lead all as well. The team finds themselves in first place in the division, but have little room as the Hawks are close on their tails.

The Wizards dropped their record to 5-22 on the season and have just 4 wins to 12 losses at home. They have the second worst record in the league and have showed little bright spots. Javale McGee did lead the team in scoring with 24. Trevor Booker also led in rebounds with 15 while John Wall had 10 assists to lead all. The team did not fair too bad on offense, but were unable to get anything done defensively to the tough Heat lineup.

Heat Fall in Orlando

The Miami Heat lost to the Orlando Magic on Wednesday after failing to get much going on offense. Orlando relied heavily on Howard who seemed unstoppable on both sides of the court. The loss brings the Heat record to 19-7 on the season. It also brings their away record to 7-5 this season. The Magic win puts them at 16-10 overall so far. The battle of Florida went to Orlando on this night and showed that the Heat need to win away and play better offensively to advance farther towards their goal.

The Heat were led by Dwayne Wade, who also led all scorers, with 33. Both led the squad in rebounds with 9 while James led in assists with ten. The Heat stumbled every other quarter as they scored just 18 in the first and an astonishing low 11 in the 3rd quarter. The 11 was the lowest the team has scored in a quarter in quite sometime. Despite the loss, the Heat still hold onto 1st in the division. Following the game they were 2 games. They also have the 3rd best record in the NBA.

Where Do The Dolphins Go at QB?

Should Miami take a shot at Manning?

There has been a lot of talk in the news lately about Peyton Manning and the likelihood that he will be leaving Indianapolis soon. The sports media has made much of the "feud" between Manning and owner Jim Irsay, and even though Manning has been cleared to play, it is expected he will be cut before the Colts have to pay his $28 million for next year.

Heat Lose Despite 40 from Lebron

"The Heat must find ways to hang on and win these winnable contests"

The Miami Heat lost 105 to 97 Wednesday against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Heat did so by losing a huge lead away from home. Lebron led all scorers on the night, but despite his efforts, fell short to the Buck’s team that is desperately trying to get to .500 on the season. Milwaukee continued to show that it is not easy for visiting teams to pick up wins, as they improved their home record to 7-2 on the year.

The Heat were led by James who scored 40 in the contest and was unstoppable from the field. Chris Bosh added 9 rebounds, to lead the team, while Wade added 6 assists. After scoring 40 in the first quarter, they began to fizzle and blew the game late scoring just 37 in the second half of the game. This was after they put up 60 points in the first half of the contest. The Heat now stand at 16-6 on the season and are tied with Atlanta for first in the division.

Brandon Jennings led the way for the Bucks scoring 31 points and collecting 8 assists in the game. Ilyasova also added 14 big rebounds to help the Bucks cause. The Bucks scored 58 points, in the second half, compared to just 37 points from the Heat. This provided the necessary means to gain a win on the night and showed good heart by the Bucks who found themselves down big early. The Bucks still find themselves 6.5 games back of a tough Bulls squad.

The Heat must find ways to hang on and win these winnable contests, against average opponents, and away from Miami if they hope to win it all this season.

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