Back in January, after the Miami Heat had lost its 30th game of the season on a chilly night in Milwaukee, Erik Spoelstra could not have imagined his season turning around the way it has.
Following the 116-108 loss to the Bucks, Miami’s fourth consecutive defeat to end a long 1-5 road trip, the Heat came home to face Houston — one of the top teams in the west.
Low and behold, the Heat beat the Rockets. Then Dallas and Milwaukee. Suddenly, the Heat’s season — dead at 11-30 — had a little life.
Miami won 13 consecutive games and turned its season around.