The Miami Heat have been playing anything besides the Heat we have seen the past two years lately. In the last 23 games they are just 11-12, playing inconsistently game-in and game-out.
One of their two biggest concerns is their injuries (the other being the playoffs). Dwyane Wade has sat out of multiple games due to constantly nagging knee injuries along with a hamstring injury. Also both Udonis Haslem and Chris Andersen are missing due to a virus. Also Greg Oden has a back injury that causes rookie Justin Hamilton to play upwards of ten minutes each game.
Despite battling all these injuries to many big time players on the team, the Heat and Pacers are in a huge race for the number one seed in the East. Miami is just a half game behind the Pacers, and the two will square off Friday, April 10, to basically decide who will win the division. If the two teams do finish the season in a tie, the Pacers will win the tiebreaker.
The Miami Heat have won the league championship two years in a row and are still having a great season this year, but have been very inconsistent lately. Fighting against many injuries and an incredible team (the Indiana Pacers) they will have to work hard to come together and take home their third consecutive league title this year. It won't be easy, but with arguably the best player of all time leading them (Lebron James) it seems like it isn't really that far out of reach.
