Miami Heat: Medicine And Motivation For An Interesting Back To Back

The Miami Heat enter Friday evening’s contest fresh off of a blowout defeat on their home floor at the hands of the best team in the league. The Phoenix Suns obliterated the Miami Heat in the second half of the game, starting from the very onset of the second sector, leading to a final tally that was as lopsided as a sliding board.

That was that, a terrible defeat. Ironically enough, it’s a challenger for the most disappointing one of the year, tied with the recent contest against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Something to take note of after that contest as well though, one that saw several crucial late-game turnovers and the allowance of a Bucks offensive surge, the Miami Heat would go on to ring off the next three straight. It’s worth noting that they did so against a couple of quality opponents and in adverse circumstances as well.

That was until the Phoenix game, of course, but that does lead to something interesting. Bare with us for a second.

Miami Heat: Medicine And Motivation For An Interesting Back To Back

They now face two teams in their next two contests, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Minnesota Timberwolves, that they currently have a record of 0-3 against on the season.

What a setup for the a getback right? With the recent history, alone, between te Heat and these teams, along with the recent dismantling by the Suns, that applies in more ways than one.

The T-Wolves continue to surge in the Western Conference, so they seem more legit than normal.

Though the Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t as crisp as they have been throughout the year, slumping a bit while also losing Jarret Allen for some time, they have beaten Miami twice already and should still be treated with a high level of seriousness.

Now, Miami does have these games on their home floor, of which they have a ton of in their remaining 15 games (10 of 15 at home), but they also have that other thing. The Phoenix Suns gave them some medicine, referencing two popular clichés, “taking a dose of your own medicine” or “taking your medicine”.

Confused? Good, let’s talk about what that means here for the Miami Heat, in case it isn’t clear already.

Miami Heat: 0-3 To Cavs And T-Wolves This Year, This Is Just What They Needed

What these clichés mean here are to endure what you have done to others all year and then to simply have to endure the bad or uncomfortable to help you get better. That’s what that one will do for this Heat team moving forward, hopefully and especially across these next two.

It should serve as extreme motivation for the games against the young Cavaliers and Timberwolves, though for two very distinct reasons. The Cavaliers have just imposed themselves upon the Heat this season, but the Timberwolves have gotten, flat-out, disrespectful in recent times.

They will have to continue to endure a bit, as these teams are tough and they may not have all of their guys going. However, they’ve overcome all year long and need to continue to show the ability to thrive under pressure.

The guys have to take it upon themselves too though, as key guys like Kyle Lowry and Dewayne Dedmon can be better than they were against Phoenix, specifically. Everyone, including guys like Bam Adebayo, need to keep an eye on the little things too, such as rebounding but you trust that all is right after the medicine they took.

Either way, all of the above should be more than enough cause to deliver quite the performances in retribution. At least, that’s the way you hope to see the team respond to what happened to them Wednesday in this type of scenario.

You should have more faith that “they will” than that “they won’t” though, that’s for certain.