MIAMI—There are so many statistics that surface over the course of the season that some get buried beneath the rest. And something has been happening lately that has certainly cheap jordan shoes helped Miami grab a share of the lead of the Eastern Conference, actually four percentage points ahead of theIndiana Pacers.
They've done a better job of dealing with the absence of Dwyane Wade.
After starting 5-6 without Wade, cheap jordans online they are 10-1 in their past 11, including wins in the last three contests while he's been resting a sore hamstring—much closer to the 11-2 mark they recorded with Mike Miller as the Wade replacement last season. cheap jordan shoes Toney Douglas has started nine of those last 11 Wade-less games, and Miami has won all but one, with Douglas providing active defense even if he's still a bit frenetic on offense. On Monday against Toronto, Douglas even played down the stretch,cheap jordans online splashing a late three-pointer and later thankingLeBron James in the locker room for showing confidence with the pass.
"I told him,cheap jordan shoes 'Don't even mention it,'" James said. "I told him, 'You're on the floor for a reason, right?' cheap jordans online I believe in every guy that's on the floor."
Of course, more people will believe in the Heat's championship chances if Wade can get on the floor more often, since he's had his most efficient season in between all of the interruptions. Most of the time he's missed has been due to his ongoing knee-strengthening program,cheap jordan shoes but he's also missed time due to an illness, migraine, a sore Achilles and now a tight hamstring.
He will return soon, if not Wednesday against Milwaukee, then Friday against Minnesota.
And that's when the next phase of the Heat's pre-playoff preparation will begin. He and James need some time together, cheap jordan shoes to get some rhythm. Both James and Erik Spoelstra acknowledged as much on Monday, cheap jordans online even if Spoelstra didn't mention the two stars specifically.
"It's a great point," Spoelstra said.
He predicted that rhythm would return, and would return "quicker," because of the deep postseason runs and all the minutes played together over the past four years. cheap jordans online "But that doesn't mean that there won't be a process to it," he said. "There always is. We constantly have to work on it."
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