The Miami Heat: "Showtime Part Deux"

The Heatles are a mix of my favorite legendary band and my home town basketball team. The Beatles were the most popular band in the world and they influenced a generation, Miami has revolutionized the basketball world in a similar way. The hoopla around this team this year has been bipolar. Filled with lows at the beginning of the season starting off  9 and 8 and with the hate most Heat fans never heard before, The highs were 21 games win streak and of course as many Heat fans will attest, the highlights! Wade and James made this one of the most exciting seasons in Heat history and maybe the funnest season since 06'. Miami' performance tonight ends a 11 game losing streak in Baaston where many Heat players havent won at all.

Miami was due! After dropping 11 straight games in Boston, and Lebron James changed Miami' odds in the Heat' favor. Eric Spoelstra and Pat Riley stressed the importance of game 4 to all Heat players before the game and they where right, as usual. Riley being the creator of "Showtime" in Los Angeles and now "Showtime Pt. Deux" in Miami had been in a couple of these game 4 situations before. Riley' wisdom and guile where helpful in getting Miami the confidence to knock off their Golaith in the Boston Celtics.

The Miami Heat changed their starting line by starting Joel Anthony and benching Big Z. Spoelstra' decision  paid off and Miami came out with intensity and executed the game plan for the first quarter. Miami battled through the most of the game using their defense and speed to thwart Celtics runs. Miami' trio of Wade, James, and Bosh accounted for most of the points and where very aggressive throughout the game. James scored 35 points, 14 monster boards, and 3 assists and made his biggest impact in the 4th quarter and in overtime. His three pointer in front of the Celtic bench to tie the game gave Miami the opportunity to finish the game later after Paul Pierce missed the last shot in regulation. In the overtime period Wade, James, and Bosh scored all the points for Miami and closed out the all important game 4. Bosh played a great game after his lackluster performance in game 3 and his tip in off a James missed jumper sealed the game for the Heat and now take the series back to Miami to try and finish out the defending Eastern conference champions.

The Heatles proved their worth in game 4, Bosh stepped up and contributed 20 points and 12 boards. When Bosh is aggressive on both ends of the court his presence on the glass can impact the game limiting Boston to only 3 offensive rebounds. Miami' transition game was not as big a factor as it normally is, Boston actually had more fast break points. Miami' major advantage in the stats, where the points off of turnovers where they scored 28 points on 18 turnovers by Boston. Defensively Miami played a great game and once again limited the sharp shooting Allen to 17 points and Garnett to only 7 points. Bosh and James played a superb game on defense, James at one point guarded all positions for the Heat and really demonstrated his physical supremacy. Bosh, after a sub par showing in game 3, played a great game and got his hands dirty down low and especially against Garnett and more than made up for his past failure.

Miami has one more test to prove their meddle, closing out the Celtics. The Heatles are on the verge of returning to the Eastern Conference Finals, but Boston won't fold like the Los Angeles Lakers. Eric Spoelstra reminded the Heat of that last night in the post game press conference. Miami does have a tendency to relax at times and cannot lose the intensity versus a team like Boston. If the Heat go for the jugular and step on Boston' throat, Miami will enjoy the rest while the Chicago/Atlanta series is finished. The rest and preparation time can be beneficial and aide Miami on their run to the Eastern Conference Finals and potentially to the NBA Finals. Nothing but net....