If the Miami Heat want to shut down the disrespect from across the league, they need to improve from the 14-28 record they posted last season in clutch games. If they even improve slightly in those games, the Heat could emerge as a 40-plus win team this season. That should be enough to make them a top-6 team in the Eastern Conference.
A clutch game is when the score is five points or less with five minutes remaining in the contest. The Heat had plenty of those last season and lost the majority of them. Some of it was bad luck, but, especially once Jimmy Butler was checked out, the Heat had difficulty closing out games.