Miami Heat defense will continue to be tested across rest of road trip

The Miami Heat will have to live up their lofty rankings and last few games across the rest of their road trip.

The Denver Nuggets game can also be an overwhelming one. They hadn’t lost a contest across their previous eight straight, since acquiring Aaron Gordon at the trade deadline, until losing to the Boston Celtics on Sunday.

They also were defeated by the Golden State Warriors on Monday night, as well as losing Jamal Murray in that game to a knee injury. That doesn’t mean they won’t be ready to play though and still more than capable of beating the Heat.

Lastly, they’ll face the Minnesota Timberwolves. Though the T-Wolves haven’t been a good team this season, they’ve been a relatively better team recently.

Consistenly having Karl-Anthony Towns in the lineup can do that for you. Again though, don’t be fooled, this isn’t a good Timberwolves team.

They can score a ton of points on an opposing defense though if that defense isn’t careful. The Miami Heat should be careful.

That doesn’t only go for the T-Wolves though, as each and every one of the teams left on their trip to play can beat them. They’ll be tested and if the defense isn’t rock-solid, they could find themselves on the wrong side of all of those games.