Miami Heat: 3 Emerging Difference-Makers Heading Down The Stretch

Kelly Olynyk #41 of the Houston Rockets battles for a rebound with Precious Achiuwa #5, Goran Dragic #7, Andre Iguodala #28 and Trevor Ariza #8 of the Miami Heat(Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Kelly Olynyk #41 of the Houston Rockets battles for a rebound with Precious Achiuwa #5, Goran Dragic #7, Andre Iguodala #28 and Trevor Ariza #8 of the Miami Heat(Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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Kendrick Nunn #25 of the Miami Heat celebrates wtith Goran Dragic #7 (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

The Miami Heat are coming off of a very impressive two-game stretch. Hear it out.

Although their most recent win came against the worst team in the entire league or arguably, the Houston Rockets are that team depending on who one asks, it wasn’t as much about who they did it against as much as who they did it without.

Without Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo, and Jimmy Butler in the lineup for them, the Miami Heat not only beat the Houston Rockets, but they flat-out demolished them. Winning that game by 20 plus points, the Miami Heat made it look easy.

While Sunday’s game wasn’t as easy or easy-looking as Monday’s win, that too, was a good win for this Miami Heat team. On the back of Bam Adebayo’s game-winning shot, the Miami Heat were able to win the Bam Game without Jimmy Butler in the lineup was well.

Again, it showed just how well this team can play when they have their heads on straight. Well, that and the fact that they have started to see some of their difference-making players emerge.