The Miami HEAT are 47-24, No. 1 in the Eastern Conference with a Net Rating of +4.8, No. 5 in the NBA. The just finished up the lightest week of the season, playing just two games in eight days, and have 11 games left to play. Here’s what we’ve been noting and noticing.
THE OPTIONALITY OF MARKIEFF MORRIS AND THE POSTSEASON ROTATION
Hot on the heels of Victor Oladipo, Markieff Morris, having missed 58 games following his incident with Nikola Jokic, returned to action this week after being cleared by the NBA’s Fitness to Play Panel. He scored six points in 17 minutes against Minnesota and nine in 16 against Detroit, and as with Oladipo the numbers don’t particularly matter right now.