An article from The Courier, written by the Associated Press in Chicago, had an interesting account to the end of the Heat’s winning streak. The Chicago Bulls ended the Miami Heat’s Winning Streak on Wednesday night. I enjoyed reading more insight on what took place not only during the game, but throughout the past couple months for the Heat. Their streak was the second longest in pro sports history, 27 wins in a row, dating back to February 1st when they beat the Toronto Raptors. The article puts in context the significance behind the Heat’s streak and also how the Bulls finally managed to stop the Heat. The writer of the article conveyed great details from the game, showing good observation skills of the arena and the players. He also had a nice background of quotes; some from the Heat’s players, other players’ thoughts of the streak, and also their coach, Erik Spoelstra. This is definitely an article to check out where you can get both an interesting recap of the Heat-Bulls game and how the streak continued for so long. This will go down in history for the Heat, the sure favorites to win their second straight NBA title. The article also gives a good idea of how the players handle the pressures in an NBA game. Here is a glimpse at the article,
For whatever reason, the Heat were unbeatable for nearly the next two months.
And they won games in a number of different ways.
They blew out good teams like the Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Bulls, then inexplicably struggled with lottery-bound Cleveland, Detroit, Sacramento, Charlotte and Orlando. They rallied from 13 points down in the final 8 minutes to beat Boston, from a 27-point, third-quarter hole at Cleveland, and from 11-point deficits against Detroit and Charlotte — all those coming in a seven-day span, no less.
“There are several teams that can do it,” Pistons guard Jose Calderon said, when asked what it would take for someone to beat Miami. “It’s difficult to maintain this concentration every day. It will likely take everyone to have a bad day.”
Even when those bad days happened, the Heat found ways to win.
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