The defending champion Miami Heat would be the greatest team in the league, and it is known by them. That certainly has its benefits (see: 27-game winning streak, 43-4 record since Jan. 16), nonetheless it has some potential pitfalls, also. Miami knows it's usually a try to escape from breaking a casino game spacious, so coach Erik Spoelstra often struggles to have his players to commit to a complete 48-minute work against inferior competition. And despite what Brandon Jennings may think (via Bob Wolfley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel), the eighth-seeded Bucks are simply that: inferior competition. So it came as little surprise that Miami somewhat happened out of the gate in Game 2 against the Bucks, general in the sense that they generally controlled the game but needed an interest to put the competition safely away. And, as he's been proven to do every now and then during his illustrious 10-year career, Dwyane Wade gave his club that interest. When Mario Chalmers squared up for an uncontested elbow jumper midway through the third quarter, Wade crashed the glass from someplace near AmericanAirlines Arena's main concourse for a harsh putback bust over a leaping Monta Ellis. And the same as he is been doing all season long, Wade instantly conjured up pictures of some classic "Flash" features, via Shandel Richardson of the South Florida Sun Sentinel: But the vitality of the finish had the others thinking maybe this was a trick learned in one of Wade's newest teammates, Chris Andersen (via Chris Tomasson of Fox Sports Florida ): Wade's fly gave Miami a three-point lead at that time. It has since expanded to 18 (94-76, 3:10 left in the fourth quarter) and could possibly be more by the time you're looking over this.
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