Miami Heat Playoffs: Must Be Deliberate And Intentional From The Very Start
You hate to see a guy go down, especially a star, especially one of Jimmy Butler’s best friends in the NBA based on what you have seen, and especially the opposing team’s best player, but in a year where everyone downplayed the Eastern Conference’s top seed, this is the fate of the top-seed.
With that, they must not mess around with the fact that he won’t be there. This is an opportunity for them, however you choose to see, digest, or read it.
James Harden will now have to try and revert back to Houston Harden to see if he can beat the Miami Heat by himself and along with slight assistance from current his crew of merry men. In a seven-game playoff scenario and with Harden’s playoff history, you take the Heat in those situations every time.
Again though and like the rest of the playoffs beyond this series, where they still need to beat two more teams to win the whole thing, they still have to go out there and do it. This is an opportunity though and they must capitalize on it.