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Miami Heat: Ranking the Heat’s remaining games by difficulty

By Duncan Smith

MIAMI, FL - APRIL 3: Goran Dragic #7 of the Miami Heat handles the ball against the Boston Celtics on April 3, 2019 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - APRIL 3: Goran Dragic #7 of the Miami Heat handles the ball against the Boston Celtics on April 3, 2019 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – FEBRUARY 21: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat looks on against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on February 21, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers defeated the Heat 106-102. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – FEBRUARY 21: Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat looks on against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on February 21, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers defeated the Heat 106-102. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /

The Philadelphia 76ers

The next most difficult game of the four remaining for the Miami Heat comes against the Philadelphia 76ers on April 9th. This game takes place at home in Miami the night before the Heat’s final game of the regular season against the Brooklyn Nets.

While the Sixers are a tough, deep and talented team, their playoff spot is all but locked up in the third seed. They’ve been resting Joel Embiid periodically and may continue to do so right up until the playoffs start, which could give him about another week and a half off. If this takes place, it would lighten the load on Adebayo and Whiteside.

Considering how late in the season this game comes and how entrenched the Sixers are in their seeding, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see them resting multiple players and not exactly putting their best foot forward in order to win. The Heat may in fact be facing a squad that most closely resembles a skeleton crew and less the Eastern Conference’s third-best team.

Going up against a team with nothing to play for will be a rare blessing for this Miami Heat squad desperate to catch any break it possibly can over this tough end-of-season stretch.

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