Heat - Suns Game 4 Review

"Rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated." - Tom Sawyer

With 8 minutes left from effective elimination 2 games ago, Wade and the Heat have gone from thinking about fishing in the summer to trying to win a championship. Did the Heat play a great game on Thursday. Unclear. Or was it the emotionally defeated Mavericks after the previous game's loss that couldn't bring it. Either way we have a legitimate series and remember it took Dallas 7 games against San Antonio with an overtime, and 6 to get through the Suns...so they do not have a history of closing out big opponents in short order.

Though not an elimination game, the key and deciding game will be game 5. It is Miami's last opportunity at home and they have to win it before they go back to Dallas. (let's not get started on the 2-3-2 format - which i think is decidely unfair for the lower ranked team).