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Originally Posted by moon
They have taken this regular season off and once the play-offs start it is much easier for them to manage Wade.
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This regular season I'd seen a lot of LBJ going back to his Cleveland days. If he wasn't creating on offense, nobody was. Battier and Ray Allen had both regressed. Even if we assume Wade is healtheir this year than last due to the maintenance program, he himself can't hide Battier and Allen's scoring decline.
Minus Mike Miller, I don't see this year's Heat team being better than last year's. And last year they still needed Ray Allen's miracle shot to win in all.
They should still be favored to come out of the East. If they can keep their Easter Conference series short, maybe they'll be fresh enough to make a run against OKC. But I doubt it though.