A couple weeks ago, I wrote an article here with the headline, “Do the Heat have a chance at the sixth seed?” The Brooklyn Nets hadn’t collapsed since trading Kevin Durant at the deadline, so the Heat needed to make up ground. I said the Heat couldn’t afford a loss to the Orlando Magic. That happened, prompting Jimmy Butler to blast Nickelback music in the locker room afterward.
Just a few days ago, I lamented the Heat’s loss to the Chicago Bulls and said Miami needed to hope for a monumental collapse from Brooklyn.