Resting players will be priority for Miami Heat for remaining games
A night after LeBron James saved the Heat from apparent defeat in New Jersey, the Heat returned home for a four-game homestand during which it will likely wrap up its playoff seeding.
The Heat can clinch the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference with a victory Wednesday night against Toronto at AmericanAirlines Arena.
The Heat (rs gold) also got some help Monday in its faint hopes of catching the Chicago Bulls for the conference’s top seed. Miami trails the Bulls (runescape gold) by 2? games with six games left to play. Chicago has five games left.
Following the game against the Raptors, the Heat plays Chicago on Thursday night in the final regular-season meeting between the two teams. Chicago leads the season series 2-1.
But expect the Heat to continue to runescape accounts be cautious about how much it plays some of its key players over the next nine days.
“We’re still staying on course, but we have some people on maintenance programs, and we’ll continue to evaluate everyone every day,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We’ll treat each day differently.”
Dwyane Wade got another game off Monday to buy runescape accounts rest his ankle and avoid any more wear and tear on his body.
The Heat trailed the Nets until James came to the rescue and put Miami ahead with 51 seconds left. The victories against the Knicks and Nets were Miami’s first back-to-back road wins since it won five in a row from Feb. 10-17.
“We know no matter where we’re playing, whether it’s in Miami or on the road, we’re going to get a team’s best, that’s why it’s a 48-minute game,” said James, who led the Heat to its 12th victory in 13 games without Wade.
