The Miami Heat might think it wasn’t a perfect way to start a playoff hunt that includes a realistic shot to win an NBA championship, but when accounting for history, style, and grittiness, Sunday’s 115-91 Game 1 blowout victory against the Atlanta Hawks was as classic and vintage of a Miami Heat playoff victory as it gets – a true homage to the heyday of “White Hot.”
The best team in the East drew first blood in their No. 1 vs No. 8 series against Atlanta, winning in dominant fashion at the FTX Arena.