Aside from Miami Heat fans winning the top news headline of the trade deadline just a couple of minutes ago, they still have a tough game against the team that handed them their second home loss on the year just a couple of days ago as their 34-15 Heat will do battle against the 35-15 Los Angeles Clippers for the start of a five-game Western road trip right before the beginning of All-Star break, and this matchup tips off at 10:30 p.m. ET.
So, assessing that news that dominated all the sports talk shows in the most recent hour: the Memphis Grizzlies are sending longtime holdout Andre Iguodala to the Heat in a blockbuster trade, as the one-time All-Star and 2015 Finals MVP heads down to South Beach to further bolster the rugged identity of Erik Spoelstra’s defensive rotations that have garnered the respect of all competitors in the East, as Miami is currently fourth in the conference.
As it goes for this game, The Clippers see these Heat for the second and final time, and in the last matchup Kawhi Leonard had his first career triple-double and they won that game without Paul George. Miami will play the role of the undermanned underdog tonight, since both PG and the Klaw will share the same frontcourt to make life difficult for Jimmy Butler and Kendrick Nunn as Miami will be without Meyers Leonard, Tyler Herro and Justise Winslow for this game.
It’s yet to be determined if Miami will play with the same energy and intensity that forced the Clippers to grind out a victory in all four quarters in their last game just 10 days ago, but if they can replicate their second-half effort displayed against Philly in Monday’s 31-point win over the dysfunctional Sixers, this could very well be a toss-up between two teams that have practically identical records at this point in the season.
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