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The Miami Heat have been playing better than ever during the past 10 days.
Think about that. Better than ever. Last season the Heat had stretches in which they won 21 of 22 games, and 15 of 18 games. Yet this is the best stretch ever.
That’s not me talking, that’s Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. The Heat are on a six-game winning streak over the past 10 days, and five of those wins were blowout victories on the road. Those five teams – Washington, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Cleveland – averaged 89.8 points per game.
So, Spoelstra thinks the Heat are playing their best regular-season basketball of the past year and a half because they’re playing lockdown defense.
“We wanted to really take a step forward in the last 10 days...
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