Locked On Heat

With and 6:46 left in the 1st quarter, the red-hot, extremely confident Miami Heat had raced out to a15-6 lead. The home crowd was in a frenzy. The big, bad Cleveland Cavaliers were on the ropes early in Miami. The Cavs responded exactly like you would expect a #1 seed with serious title aspirations that had beaten their current opponent 5 times in a row to respond. They took Miami’s best shot, they got up, they shook it off, and they went on a 33-5 run of beautiful basketball that not only out this game- and this series- away. It may have put an  end to any thought that Pat Riley, Nick Arison and Erik Spoelstr may have had about the future of this Miami Heat roster. YES, IT WAS THAT BAD. The Cavs were amazingly consistent, and consistently amazing. They dominated points in the paint, rebounds, fast-break points, points off turnovers, free throw attempts, you name it. This was a demolition job. When it was over, (mercifully) the Cavs had handed the Heat their worst playoff loss in franchise history, 124-87, a