The Miami Heat have a sticky week to navigate with three rather interesting opponents before them.
The Miami Heat have a very interesting week before them. With a trio of games that feature matchups against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Boston Celtics, and then the Washington Wizards, they are in for one heck of a week.
The interesting part of the whole scenario from a Miami Heat perspective is this. This is the type of setup, scheduling wise, that is ripe for a letdown.
Let us explain. With the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Washington Wizards both being teams that the Heat are supposed to beat, at least you thought that up until watching the Wizards go toe to toe with Kevin Durant‘s and Kyrie Irving‘s Brooklyn on Sunday but that’s another story, the Miami Heat might be looking around them.
While they don’t play Washington until a few nights after they face Boston on Wednesday, not having the right mindset or preparation because you are treating a certain opponent with more respect can throw off your rhythm heading into a future game as well.
The Miami Heat have a very tricky schedule to manage this week. How will they come out?
That’s a situation where the Miami Heat could not only go in a drop Monday’s contest against Oklahoma City for looking ahead to the Celtics but could also drop the game on Saturday against Washington for having not properly prepared themselves for the contest, one way or another.
Here’s where things get even more tricky. We didn’t’ include this one in our string of games here, as it technically occurs in the following week on next Sunday but the Miami Heat then face the Boston Celtics again after facing Washington on Saturday.
This week could be a massive confidence booster for the Miami Heat if they can somehow find a way to go 4-0 or 3-1 across the next week. However, things have a chance to go cataclysmic, thus leading to a further downward headed slide for a Miami Heat team that has struggled a bit getting out of the gate.
They need to take games one at a time and if there is a guy with the right affirmations and actions to back them up to help them do it, then it’s coach Spo. He’ll have to keep them focused, keeping the main thing the main thing all week long and from opponent to opponent.
Getting too far ahead on any one potential opponent can get you beat on more than one night and by more than just that one team. That’s something the Miami Heat will need to keep in mind heading into a very crucial week for them early in the season.