The Miami Heat had a situation in their last contest. Yes, this is true.
The Miami Heat are also among the most disciplined, hardest working, grittiest, most well-coached teams in the league. This is also true.
With that, you have to believe that the other side of what was the sideline in-fighting from Wednesday will be all the answers you ever did need from this Miami Heat team.
It’ll either propel them to do something very special, as has been projected for much of the year, or lead to a letdown.
With a coach, a franchise, players like these, and Pat Riley being the one ultimately stirring the whole concoction together, you have to believe it’s closer to the former than the latter. Yes, that might mean a visit or three, to Pat Riley’s office.
And yes, that means for all parties involved. That means three guys— or more, including Coach Spo, Udonis Haslem, and Jimmy Butler.