The Miami Heat are coming off an impressive win on Saturday night in Utah. While beating the Jazz and in Utah, none the less, was impressive enough, it’s especially joyful because the Heat have flat-out stunk on their West Coast road trip.
After the Jazz, they now travel to Oklahoma City to see the Thunder in a game that could be described as a Classic Trap Game, if you would. Coming off of a good win like Utah, to close a road trip, and against an OKC team that you should beat, it’s the situation that’s ripe for a stumble.
However and after the results of the games leading into the Utah win, you don’t imagine they’ll let their guards down. That’s a good thing too, as the opportunity to get caught in a trap in Oklahoma City isn’t the only thing that seems ripe for the Miami Heat.
When you look at their next six games and that includes the game they’ll travel to Oklahoma City to play, they have the Thunder away, the Pelicans and the Wizards at home, then the Wizards again in Washington, then in Detroit, before closing with a trip to Minnesota, Jimmy’s old stomping grounds.