Heat makes some noise in season opener with win over Magic: It used to be that Erik Spoelstra didn’t want the Heat to pay any attention to “the noise.” He wanted his team to deflect it. But with this Heat team, hearing all the negativity about how bad they’re supposed to be could end up serving them well. On Wednesday night, the rag-tag collection of journeymen and misfits that Pat Riley signed this summer after Dwyane Wade left for Chicago — or the refugees, as Justise Winslow likes to call them — came together with the team Wade left behind and made an opening-night statement, plowing the Magic 108-96 at the Amway Center.
Thursday's Heat News: Strong defense the key in win over Magic
