The Miami Heat faced New Orleans at home on Saturday. Winning the game and staying undefeated, Miami’s home-court advantage is more real than ever.
The Miami Heat are a really good team. At this point in the season, having a 9-3 record and all, it is about time we start recognizing and appreciating them for what they are, as opposed to finding ways to discredit their really good start to the season.
Some people would want to point to the teams that the Heat have faced this season, proclaiming that the level of competition that they have faced is a farce. Some will point to the part of the season that it is, proclaiming that teams aren’t geared up yet. Well, how come the Miami Heat fire on all cylinders, already and most of the time?
On top of the realization that this Miami Heat team is the real deal, there’s another legendary notion that needs to be cleared up. It is a well known NBA secret that the worst cities for a team to be overnight, when it comes to future success, are L.A., New York, and Miami. Some call it the “South Beach Flu” in the Heat’s case.
That used to be about the nightlife. It is the notion that a team that comes into Miami will be so tuckered out from a wild night of partying the night before the game, that they will be in no shape to play a game the next day. While that may be true, that isn’t the only reason that the Miami Heat are killing people on their home floor this year.
The Miami Heat are simply a really good team and an almost unstoppable one at home once they get going. Just ask the Houston Rockets about that.
It is with great pleasure when I say, I am glad we could clear those things up. The Miami Heat are poised to make noise from here on out. The rest of the league better pay attention, and not just to the undefeated home record thus far.