After starting the season with a rocky start. The Heat have won 4 straight games on the road while missing Shaq the whole time and James Posey and Antoine Walker for half. Tonight they beat one of the better teams in the league, the Utah Jazz at home. The Heat dominated all game and were never losing. They played great team ball and hit the three ball many times. The entire Heat team played well today and everybody contributed in the win.LAST FOUR:Heat @ Blazers93 - 90Heat @ Sonics107 - 103Heat @Warriors118 - 96Heat @ Jazz115 - 101UPCOMING:Jan 15: Heat @ LakersJan 18: Heat vs. PacersI think we can come out of the road with a five game win streak and continue to win with Shaq coming back by the Pacers game. The only real problem tonight was the Jazz scoring on the inside and grabbing too much rebounds when Mourning was getting a rest and when Shaq comes back that shouldn't be much of an issue. The Heat are looking great right now and have just taken sole possession of eighth place in the East. If everyone keeps hitting their shots like they were today the Heat will be unstoppable
I think the Heat just needed to get back into their rhythm. Early on in the season, losing Shaq and J-Will to injuries, then Wade for 4 games and then Walker and Posey to the "conditioning" thing, the Heat haven't really had a consistent starting lineup. But slowly, everybody on the bench learned their role and how they could contribute to the team better. By the time Walker, Wade, Posey and J-Will came back, the Heat had contributors in Kapono, Wright, Haslem, Mourning, etc. But they couldn't win a game, simply because they were missing the major elements of their offense and defense. Now that almost all of the players are back into the regular rotation, all the Heat needs now is Shaq to return. When he comes back, he'll relieve some stress off of Mourning and Zo will be able to return to his true lineup spot, being a backup to Shaq. I expect the Heat to continue playing dominantly in their games now mainly because they have everybody back and they are playing like their old selves again.
