The Miami Heat couldn’t lose at home to the Phoenix Suns, a team that had lost 17 straight games coming into Monday night’s game, right?
Wrong.
Despite building a 13-point lead in the first half, the Heat crumbled in the second half against the bottom-dwelling Suns—continuing a trend for this Miami team that has struggled to defeat the worst teams in the NBA. The Heat fell 124-121 to drop to 26-33 in a season that is looking more and more headed to the lottery.
And Miami seemed to have eked out a victory, at least with 18.