The Miami Heat have done it again.
It's been a quiet surge to the top of the Eastern Conference standings despite a comically long list of injuries and inactive players. But the Heat have risen as they usually do behind another water-to-wine coaching effort from Erik Spoelstra's staff, development success stories from relative unknowns and a next-man-up approach from a rotating cast of young and established stars.
It's a remarkable level of winning considering Miami has over $90 million annually invested in Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry, and yet those three have only played 76 minutes alongside Tyler Herro this season, per NBA.