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It may sound unreal, but we could see the best NBA team meeting the worst NBA team tonight when the Heat will host the Suns. Well really the Heat are not that bad (although they have played without Shaquille O`Neal for most of the season), but as they will miss also their young superstar Dwyane Wade, it could turn really ugly really fast.
Good news for the Heat is that Wade will be away only for one game. He had two wisdom teeth removed yesterday and hopes to play on Friday when the Heat will visit the Wizards. Miami has a record 9-11 and you can safely say that they got most of their wins thanks to Wade. Since Shaq got injured Wade has been topscorer for his team in every single game. Overall he has been leading his team in points in 18 of 20 games, but that’s not all … Wade also is averaging 8.1 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game playing close to 40 minutes. That’s a HUGE piece cut off today. As Payton, Walker and Williams are still far away from their best form the Heat could look clueless today. Having watched Wade scoring, passing, rebounding, taking games over when its needed, slashing to get under the basket and carrying the team, the Heat team will find themselves in an offensive problems fast. Zo and Haslem have been solid so far, but their game has also been depending on Wade (taking advantage of Wade passes while opponents try to double team him).
11 games winning streak speaks for itself. The Suns have been unstoppable over the last few weeks. They have so many scoring threats and score so fast that only few teams have been able to keep games close. Usually the difference balloons before the last quarter and its only matter of finishing the game. Phoenix has won games by an average of 12 points over their 11 games run and kept it alive though playing their last 4 games on away court.
Not having Shaq and not having Wade means that the Heat will struggle offensively right from the start. And this is the game when they need their offense the most as Phoenix is able to put the numbers on the board with fast and furious pace. We expect the difference between those two teams to be big and clear and take the Suns to cover with high stakes!
GL
katu23
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It may sound unreal, but we could see the best NBA team meeting the worst NBA team tonight when the Heat will host the Suns. Well really the Heat are not that bad (although they have played without Shaquille O`Neal for most of the season), but as they will miss also their young superstar Dwyane Wade, it could turn really ugly really fast.
Good news for the Heat is that Wade will be away only for one game. He had two wisdom teeth removed yesterday and hopes to play on Friday when the Heat will visit the Wizards. Miami has a record 9-11 and you can safely say that they got most of their wins thanks to Wade. Since Shaq got injured Wade has been topscorer for his team in every single game. Overall he has been leading his team in points in 18 of 20 games, but that’s not all … Wade also is averaging 8.1 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game playing close to 40 minutes. That’s a HUGE piece cut off today. As Payton, Walker and Williams are still far away from their best form the Heat could look clueless today. Having watched Wade scoring, passing, rebounding, taking games over when its needed, slashing to get under the basket and carrying the team, the Heat team will find themselves in an offensive problems fast. Zo and Haslem have been solid so far, but their game has also been depending on Wade (taking advantage of Wade passes while opponents try to double team him).
11 games winning streak speaks for itself. The Suns have been unstoppable over the last few weeks. They have so many scoring threats and score so fast that only few teams have been able to keep games close. Usually the difference balloons before the last quarter and its only matter of finishing the game. Phoenix has won games by an average of 12 points over their 11 games run and kept it alive though playing their last 4 games on away court.
Not having Shaq and not having Wade means that the Heat will struggle offensively right from the start. And this is the game when they need their offense the most as Phoenix is able to put the numbers on the board with fast and furious pace. We expect the difference between those two teams to be big and clear and take the Suns to cover with high stakes!
GL
katu23
read other analyses from www.nbatip.com
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