Thursday, April 12, 2007
Heat Clinch! Hooray!
MIAMI HEAT, SOUTHEAST DIVISION CHAMPS!The Heat beat the depleted Wizards (barely) and won their 3rd straight Southeast Division championship last night. Miami is the only team to ever win the SE since the NBA split into new divisions. It's also their 7th overall division championship -- more than any other team in all of the NBA since 1996. That would be the first year Pat Riley was here. So before Riles, 0 division titles. After Riles, 7, 3 straight SE and 1 NBA title. But Pat Riley doesn't matter, right?
Anyway ... it looks like the Heat have locked up the 4th seed and, thanks to the wacky-stupid NBA seedings breakdown, they'll have to hit the road in the first round of the playoffs. Hit the road as division champs against a non-division champ. This is why the NFL is king.
While it was a frustrating game to watch, and while it sucks that Shaq and The Crushernaut are still out, it was still gratifying to see the guys pull it together and get the win and the division crown.
Even though it means absolutely nothing. Well, we get a pretty banner to hang in the rafters. But that's about it.
LET'S GO HEAT!
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