Heat Drop Doubleheader to Hawks

Great night for Heat fans. Unless I am mistaken, your team is the first to ever lose two games in one night (I don't know if previous do-overs were done as doubleheaders either). The pair of losses to the Hawks puts the Heat two games ahead of the Timberwolves for the worst spot in the league.

Things got worse tonight, as Marcus Banks went down, making Chris Quinn the primary option at point guard. Wade had 12 points in the first quarter (of the scheduled game) only to cool off and finish with a respectable 24.

Actually, the Heat didn't play badly at all. They kept the turnovers to a minimum, made their foul shots, and had a decent night from the field. The big problem was stopping Joe Johnson, who finished with 39 points and 8 assists.

Ricky Davis had a shockingly good game with 27 points and 4 boards. Tonight also marked the returns of Daequan Cook and Joel Anthony from the NBDL. That's not surprising, considering that the Heat were down to 6 players at the end of last night's blowout to Golden State.

Anthony didn't play and Cook might as well have stayed on the bench as well. Daequan continued his struggles by shooting 1-9 from the field, missing his final 8 shots of the game. Tough game for the young rookie, but I guess it will show him that lighting up the NBA is not as easy as doing it in the NBDL. That's why I was never in favor of sending him to Iowa. If his confidence comes back, that's nice, but it's false hope because he didn't break his slump against top-flight talent.'

It would have been best to let him stay on the active roster and play through his struggles. Everyone has a bad stretch early in their careers. There was no reason to believe Cook wouldn't bounce back from this on his own.