Pat Riley has until 3 p.m. on Thursday to try and beef up this Miami Heat roster for a playoff run.
With Knicks All-Star forward Kristaps Porzingis sustaining a season-ending torn ACL Tuesday night and the Hornets (23-30) still floundering, the Heat’s primary competition to make the playoffs after the All-Star break figures to be Detroit, Philadelphia, Indiana and Milwaukee. Five teams will essentially be battling for the final four playoff spots in the East.
Although the Heat (29-25) sits in seventh place heading into Wednesday’s game against Houston (39-13), Miami is only two games out of the third seed in the East including two games behind division-leading Washington.