Miami Heat Future

With Miami's loss to Oklahoma City on wendesday, they showed a level of effort that made me wonder if they want to play basketball anymore. "There's no running away from it," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. " Other than the first eight minutes of the game they outclassed us tonight. They absolutely deserved this win." The Miami were simply outclassed on Wednesday, and with their play it showed everyone in the league that they are not motivated at all. After winning two back to back championships, winning regular season games mean nothing to them. "We have some work to do," Spoelstra said. "We're like everybody else in the league. Nobody is infallible. We have some things to improve on. We know the things we have to improve on. We're not there yet." Coach Spoelstra understands the Heat have a lot of holes they didnt use to and must improve them. What is most dissapointing with the loss though, is the first couple minutes of the game seemed to preview a Miami blowout. Ibaka opened the scoring with a jumper, and the Heat answered with an immediate 18-0 run, not even needing 5 minutes to get what appeared to be complete control. With 6:20 left in the opening quarter, Bosh made a pair of free throws to make it 22-4. After that though, Oklahoma City went on a big run and led by many as 25 to make a statement win. And for Miami, they could have lost by 40 and not have worried, they just want the playoffs to come.