Heat Still in Good Shape

Somehow the Heat pulled off a win last night against the Bucks. Most of it was due to a huge run extending between the third and fourth quarters, featuring a barrage of 3 pointers from Chris Quinn and Jason Williams.

The win was the first for the team in March, but don't fret Heat fans, it shouldn't make much of a difference in our lottery standing. Miami still remains the worst team in the league, 3.5 games ahead of Seattle and 4 games ahead of Memphis and Minnesota.

The good news is that Minnesota has 7 games left against sub-500 teams and Memphis has 10. The Heat has 7. It would take some serious slumping by the former two to make an impact on the Heat's futility. However, the Supersonics face only 3 sub-500 teams and finish the season with a brutal stretch of games against Houston, Denver, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Golden State. 4 of those final 5 are on the road. Don't expect them to win a single one of those. That means the Heat needs to be wise and make sure they don't win more than 3 more games this season, or else they risk losing the worst record in the NBA.

Seeing as how Udonis Haslem is heading towards season ending surgery and Shawn Marion should probably see limited time so he doesn't aggravate his back injury, I don't think it's very likely Miami goes on a late season surge. Our lineup will seriously look something like Chris Quinn, Bobby Jones, Ricky Davis, Alexander Johnson and Earl Barron for most of these games. That might be the worst rotation in NBA history.