The Miami Heat might not consider a 2-2 split with the Charlotte Hornets as a missed opportunity.
They could point their fingers at a handful of culprits behind their current predicament: missing shots they're capable of making or getting the short end of referees' whistles, for example.
But make no mistake, Miami had a shot to take control of—or even close the curtain on—this series during its four-day stay in Charlotte. With Nicolas Batum sidelined for both games and the Hornets' three-point shooters uncharacteristically missing their mark (25.7 percent in Games 3 and 4), the Heat had their chances to make a massive move.
As the series shifts back to South Beach for Wednesday's de facto must-win Game 5, though, Miami's margin for error has disappeared. With Batum perhaps on the mend, Kemba Walker and Jeremy Lin riding high off their combined 55 points in Game 4 and Charlotte's shooters liable to snap out of their funk at any moment, the stakes couldn't be any higher.
The Heat must rediscover their mojo, and they'll lean heavily on a trio of postseason neophytes to make that happen: Hassan Whi ...
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