Much of the Miami Heat's holiday wish list has surely gone unfulfilled. They limped into the Christmas break with eight losses to show for their last nine games. Franchise centerpiece Bam Adebayo suddenly can't find his footing. The offense that roared out of the starting blocks has now stalled out. The injury bug keeps bothering Tyler Herro and preventing the Heat from deciding if they should be building around him or not.
But, hey, at least sophomore center Kel'el Ware is hitting his stride. Granted, that may not be much of a consolation for fans who have watched this team tumble from a potential threat in the Eastern Conference to a possible play-in tournament participant.