The Miami Heat had a very bad week going on two weeks ago now. There was, of course, the incident.
There was the four-game losing streak that occurred all-around said incident. Things seemed to be crumbling.
The best player on the team was arguing with the anchor of the team, the OG if you will, who were all outshined, almost, by one of the most docile and cerebral coaches ever, throwing a clipboard at the feet of his star player to make a point.
Yes, that was a heck of a time for the Miami Heat. It was a heck of a week.
It seems like so long ago though and because—oh what a difference a week can actually make.
After that debacle of a seven-day period, the Miami Heat came out at the top of this week to, once again, put the entire league on notice. It had its ups and downs, like any week, but at the end of every day, the Miami Heat came out on top.
Let’s dive in a bit more.
Miami Heat Match Intensity Of The ‘Bad Week’ With A ‘Good’ One
Nothing to write home about, they would begin that surge by obliterating an undermanned Sacramento squad at home. They would follow that up, just two days later, by going to Boston and doing something they hadn’t been able to do all year long.
Though without their defensive anchor in the middle, with Robert Williams going down with a meniscus injury, the Miami Heat would take care of the Boston Celtics at their place in the TD Garden.
The week was far from over though. They would then go to the United Center in Chicago on Saturday to continue one of their more brilliant streaks of dominance this season.
They would, once again and for the fourth time this season, spank the Chicago Bulls. They’ve owned the resurgent Bulls squad all year long.
Finally, they would finish the week out on Sunday in another huge matchup. This one would see them go way up north to a place familiar with a particular first-string quarterback for the Miami Heat.
Miami Heat Appear To Be Right On Track To Peak At The Right Time
Facing off against a team that has also been pesky this season for them, the Toronto Raptors, they would go into the Scotiabank Arena on Kyle Lowry Day to knock them off.
Yes, Kyle Lowry was in the lineup for his first actual game there since leaving, but the Miami Heat would be without several key guys for that one. They would be sans P.J. Tucker, Gabe Vincent, Dewayne Dedmon, Jimmy Butler, and the man running the show, Erik Spoelstra.
It didn’t matter though, as Bam Adebayo, Max Strus, Kyle Lowry, Tyler Herro, Victor Oladipo, a starting Markieff Morris, and the rest of the crew were able to go and get one of the grittiest Heat wins of the entire year.
Yes, this was just a beautiful rendition of recapping the week, certainly. However, the grander point here is what matters.
That is this. For as disastrous as the week before this last one seemed, this past week was, perhaps, just as intense—but going in the other direction.
The Miami Heat had a stupendous week and still look to be right on track to peak at the right time.