It’s amazing to think on February 3rd, the Miami Heat was in a race to the top of the Eastern Conference with the New York Knicks.
Fast forward 22 games and the Heat has been undefeated in all of those starts, they now sit a dominant 11 and a half games clear of second placed Indiana Pacers, 15 games ahead of the Chicago Bulls and 18 games ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks.
I doubted the Heat, before this incredible streak they looked dogged and tired. They were comprehensively beaten by a young Indiana Pacers a team looking hungrier than they did.
Dwayne Wade couldn’t get a basket, the front court was too small and couldn’t get a rebound and the rumours were circulating that Lebron James was on for a move back to Cleveland.
But that has all changed – the Heat are putting up big numbers and since February 2, especially Lebron, who in February averaged 29.7 points, 7.5 rebounds, 7.8 assists, shooting 64 percent, including 43 percent from beyond the arc.
The Heat have the sixth-best defence in the league, allowing 99.8 points per 100 possessions. With the exception of a few close games, the Heat have been beating opponents by 11.7 points a game.
If the Heat wants outright second on the all-time list of win streaks in the NBA, they are going to have to get past one of their biggest rivals in the Boston Celtics, who were one of the last teams to beat the Heat.
With the Celtics’ star centre Kevin Garnett possibly not playing, the Heat might streak past the Celtics and into the history books with the second longest win streak ever, eclipsing the 07-08 Houston Rockets, who also managed 22 wins in a row.
After Boston, Miami’s next four games are against teams with losing records and of their next 10 games, only three are against teams with a winning record.
It appears history could be rewritten.
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