NBA Playoff Schedule 2012: Why Heat Should Worry About Road Games vs. Celtics

May 29th, 2012 by Stephen Babb Leave a reply »
After Wednesday's Game 2, the Miami Heat have a couple of road games on their schedule that just might give them some trouble—a rare event thus far in these playoffs.

As good as Erik Spoelstra's club looked against the Boston Celtics on Monday night, this is still a team with its share of struggles on the road. In contrast to an almost flawless 28-5 record at home, Miami was just 18-15 this season when playing away from AmericanAirlines Arena.

And, while the Heat have lost just three games in the postseason thus far, two of those games were on the road.

Any explanation for the disparity would require a lot of speculation.

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade actually averaged more points on the road than at home this season. Chris Bosh, on the other hand, was better at home—but that probably won't be a factor in this series. Miami turned the ball over more often on the road, but only marginally.

It's not unusual for supporting casts to play better at home, and that could certainly be a factor with the rest of Miami's roster needing to pick up some of the slack in Bosh's absence.



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