Undermanned Heat Lose Again

I wrote earlier this morning that I would be content with a good effort by the UM bball team this Saturday at Duke, but the same applied to tonight's Heat game at Orlando. Without Wade, Shaq, and Haslem, the Heat had to face the best team in the division without it's 3 best players.

Unsurprisingly, this resulted in a 107-91 loss. However, the Heat played this one a little closer than the score might indicate. Daequan Cook's jumper early in the 4th cut the Magic's lead to 3 before Orlando pulled away in the final period.

The good was the team's focus and lack of turnovers, with only 5. The bad was their free throw shooting, as usual. The ugly was getting outrebounded by nearly double. That had to be expected with a monster like Dwight Howard going against guys like Alexander Johnson.

The good news is that Minnesota beat Chicago in a rematch of yesterday's game, so now Miami is only half a game back for the worst record in the league.