Heat Lookin Cold

Significant or not, the Miami Heat are off to a slow start to begin their 2010-2011 campaign of bringing an NBA title back to South Beach. After losing the first game of the season to the defending Eastern Conference Champion Boston Celtics in which Miami scored a whopping total of 9-points in the first quarter and 30-points in the first half, many believed it would take a game or two for the "Miami-thrice" to click. That appeared to be the case once they went on to win four straight, but now things are beginning to look gloomy.

Coming into the season as the highly favored team out East thanks to the return of D-Wade and the acquisition of LeBron James and Chris Bosh, Miami fell to the Celtics for the second straight time in two games, this time in Miami, dropping their record to 5-4. As if 25-points wasn't enough, after the game Paul Peirce shitted on LeBron and the Heat by tweeting "It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to South Beach", of coarse mocking LeBron's choice of words when he made his decision a world wide spectacle that turned out to be more of a mockery and a waste of our time.

In other Twitter news, after the 2-time defending World Champion Los Angeles Lakers endured their first loss of the season by losing on the road to the Nuggets, 'Lakers Lost' became an instant trending topic amongst the Laker haters and users of the social network alike. As usual, I gave my two cents and made the suggestion that 'Heat Lost Again' should also make the cut as a trending topic. Then again, the Lakers falling for their first loss of the season might not be as believable as Miami adding another loss to their record, right? After all, it was the Lakers that were projected to threaten the Chicago Bulls 1995-1996 single season record of 72 wins, wasn't it? Wrong! Unless they go on a number of 20-game winning streaks throughout the season considering their only 6-losses away from failure, anyone's hopes of this Miami Heat squad surpassing the Bulls 72-win mark can be put to rest.

Also worth mentioning, is the LeBron-less Cleveland Cavaliers who stand at a record of 4-4, only one win less than James' new team. Boy would it be a sight to see if the Cavs were to host their former hometown hero on December 2nd, sporting a record similar to Miami's, let alone beat them. That might sound like somewhat of a far cry, but who knows, at this point it looks like anyone can after the Utah Jazz erased a 19-point lead heading into the second half, led by Paul Millsap's 46-point outburst. Sure we're still in the first month of the NBA season, but is the slow start in South Beach a cause for concern, or are the Heat just setting themselves up to silent the critics and turn this whole thing around?

I'm not counting this talented Heat squad out, but like I said before the season started, it's going to take at least one year playing alongside one another before LeBron and company gel and play to their full potential.