We have a tendency in American sports culture to over do it when it comes to analyzing, evaluating and scrutinizing rather minor and trivial events, living in the moment without keeping an eye out for the future.
There are some that will look at tonight’s performance from the Miami Heat in their 88-80 loss to the Celtics up in Boston and take the “Doomsday, we vastly overrated this team” stance. But let’s remember - this is just one game.
Who exactly was expecting this group to come out and be a juggernaut, rolling up and down the court like a well oiled machine?
These first ten or so games are going to be a feeling out period for this new super trio of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, who had all of three minutes to play together before a hamstring injury shut down Wade for the rest of the preseason.
Yes, you would have liked to see a more encouraging showing on this kind of marquee stage, especially after all the hype and endless coverage we had to deal with during the summer. But this is just the beginning. The Heat still have 81 games to show the world they’re worthy of the near deity like status which some h ...
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Miami Heat: Don’t Read Too Much Into Miami’s Early Struggles
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