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Miami Heat: There’s reason to be cautiously optimistic about playoffs

Jimmy Butler #22, Kendrick Nunn #25, and Duncan Robinson #55 of the Miami Heat in action against the Philadelphia 76ers.(Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

The Miami Heat are going to the playoffs, but fans need to be cautiously optimistic about this team’s chances in the postseason, as is constructed.

At 41-24 the Miami Heat are the Eastern Conference’s fourth seed. No matter how the NBA season resumes (and some details have already been released), their playoff berth is safe.

What isn’t safe, are their chances in the postseason.