<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> The Heat went into Tuesday night with the league's worst scoring differential, lowest scoring average and worst shooting percentage. Asked how much those numbers were a reflection of his team, Riley said, "I'm embarrassed by it. Right now, I think we are what we are when we win. We've got four aberrational games that have taken it all out of whack." Actually, there were three games that knocked the Heat's statistics out of whack, a 42-point loss to Chicago, a 22-point loss to Houston and a 24-point loss to New York, all at home. "I just hope we don't have a lot of that in us," Riley said. </div> Source
Sorry, Pat. Four games out of eleven is not an aberration. The Heat right now simply aren't very good, and they don't figure to be for a long while. Even with Shaq, I think they'd struggle to get home court advantage. They need to make a trade in the worst way. Here's some good news: Bonzi Wells might be available.