{"id":312646,"date":"2011-03-15T16:55:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T16:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/15\/heat-not-swept-up-by-latest-good-play-ap\/"},"modified":"2011-03-15T16:55:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T16:55:22","slug":"heat-not-swept-up-by-latest-good-play-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/heat-not-swept-up-by-latest-good-play-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat not swept up by latest good play (AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

MIAMI (AP)\u2014When the Miami Heat<\/a> were teetering on the brink of their season
\nslipping away a week ago, coach Erik Spoelstra implored his team to ignore the
\nnoise.<\/p>\n

Three wins later, the same rule applies.<\/p>\n

Even a 30-point romp over NBA-leading San Antonio\u2014the Spurs\u2019 worst
\nregular-season loss since April 2005\u2014was not worth a Heat celebration. Not
\nnow, anyway, with Oklahoma City coming into Miami on Wednesday and two more
\ngames by week\u2019s end against likely playoff teams Atlanta and Denver.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been an ebb and flow kind of year for us,\u201d Heat guard Dwyane Wade<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span>
\nsaid. \u201cBut I think, at this time of the year, it\u2019s good that we get to look at
\ntimes where we played well and times where we haven\u2019t. And now going into the
\nstretch, knowing what works \u2026 we\u2019ve got to keep it up and keep that energy and
\neffort up, first and foremost.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Heat had lost five straight and were in a nip-and-tuck game with the Los
\nAngeles Lakers<\/a> last Thursday, one where the outcome was very much undecided with
\n90 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n

For whatever reason, everything seemed to change in one moment.<\/p>\n

Starting with a 6-0 run to close that win over the two-time defending NBA
\nchampions, the Heat have outscored opponents 234-165 in the last 97 1\/2 minutes.
\nThis marks just the second time Miami has won consecutive games by 30 or more in
\nfranchise history, the other in 1996. And while they hardly worked alone Monday,
\nthe Heat \u201cBig 3\u201d of Wade, LeBron James<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> and Chris Bosh<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> scored 80 points,
\nmatching the Spurs\u2019 total output.<\/p>\n

All of this was met with a resounding shrug by Spoelstra, who has been
\nsaying for weeks that the big picture is what matters most.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure some people now will start to jump slowly on the bandwagon,\u201d
\nSpoelstra said. \u201cIt\u2019s not about any of this. We\u2019ve got to quiet everybody and
\nquiet the noise out and continue to work together to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n

While that\u2019s surely true, there are some significant signs for the Heat to
\nbe encouraged about.<\/p>\n

Bosh went public in his frustration with his play three games ago, vowing he
\nwould be more assertive and demanding in the post and revert closer to the way
\nhe played when he was the No. 1 option for the Toronto Raptors<\/a>. Since then, he\u2019s
\naveraging 24.0 points and 10.3 rebounds on 61 percent shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a lot of ups and downs for us,\u201d Bosh said. \u201cBut it\u2019s all a
\npart of what we have to go through to get to where we want to go. Before, it was
\ntough\u2014it was very tough\u2014to lose close games, make small simple mistakes that
\nwould cost us the game, and that has helped us pay attention to detail. Because
\nsometimes when you feel that pain, you never want to feel it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

He wasn\u2019t the only big man who had a marked impact against the Spurs.<\/p>\n

At first glance, Jamaal Magloire\u2019s<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> line of four points and seven rebounds
\nseems ordinary.<\/p>\n

Magloire, who\u2019s only getting minutes right now because Zydrunas Ilgauskas<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> is
\nsidelined with an infected foot, simply changed the game Monday night, setting
\nscreens, muscling San Antonio\u2019s front line on both ends, scrapping for rebounds.
\nHis 20 minutes were the most he\u2019s logged in exactly one year; he played 23
\nminutes against Philadelphia on March 14, 2010.<\/p>\n

In the last two games, Magloire has scored eight points. He\u2019d scored a total
\nof nine in Miami\u2019s first 65 games, most of which he spent in a suit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting all year,\u201d Magloire said. \u201cAgain, I\u2019m a competitor. I
\nhave the utmost faith in Coach, that the decisions he makes are in the best
\ninterests of the team, and I\u2019m just going to do what I\u2019m told and be ready for
\nwhen my name is called.\u201d<\/p>\n

It might be getting called more now.<\/p>\n

\u201cJamaal is one of the quintessential professionals,\u201d Spoelstra said.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s one of our favorites that we\u2019ve had in our organization. And it\u2019s not
\nbeen easy for him. \u2026 When his name is called, he\u2019s always prepared and he\u2019s
\nready and it\u2019s not by accident. He\u2019s the first here every day and usually the
\nlast to leave. He lives close to the average American life\u2014it\u2019s about 9 to 5
\nevery day.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of those lunchpail-like efforts going on right now.<\/p>\n

The playoffs are a month away. James said the Heat haven\u2019t given up any hope
\nin their quest to catch Boston and Chicago for the top spot in the East,
\nalthough that seems like a daunting mathematical mountain to climb given that
\nboth the Celtics and Bulls would own tiebreakers against Miami.<\/p>\n

To the Heat, that doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s all about the \u201cnow,\u201d as Spoelstra
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally hope we don\u2019t care as a team about the noise on the
\noutside,\u201d Wade said. \u201cWe have to learn how to not worry about it either way.
\nAt one point, the Miami Heat was great. At one point, the Miami Heat wasn\u2019t. And
\nas I continue to keep saying, we can never get too high or too low.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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