The Heat had a slow first half against the Golden State Warriors but what emerged in the second half was a determined fully focused unselfish basketball team led by Dwayne Wade and LeBron James.
They entered half time down with a 15 point deficit and slowly chipped away. Whether it was James unselfishly distributing to the correct teammate, or Wade relentlessly attacking the basket as he worked his way to the free throw line 16 times tonight to score 11 points from the charity stripe. James just brilliantly set up his defenders to easy assists which he accumulated 10 of them. As hard as it is to believe, it seems that their transition offense improved as with each turnover or easy rebound, both James and Wade led the break and always seem to know what to do; there is defiantly a difference that is noticeable when Mario Chalmers starts the break. On one occurrence on one of the rare non-converions of the transition offense, there was a four on two fast break where each member of the Heat touch the ball which went through James and Wade but did not take the shot; once again showing their unselfishness.
The Heat head to Charlotte for Monday and will return home to face the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday. They improve to 26-9 on the season and are currently tied with the Boston Celtics for first place in the Eastern Conference. It would not be a surprise if they continue playing at the level that they are playing at and take over the top spot due to the injuries of Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rando. They will face each other in a week on January 8th in Boston for what will certainly be an entertaining basketball game.
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