Are the Heat about to do this again?

It’s certainly possible. Of course, last year, Miami had Jimmy Butler on their team, which is always a plus, especially around this time of year.

A quick gaze at the Heat’s shooting splits from Wednesday evening’s game might lead one to believe that the Celtics simply fell victim to a fluke shooting night from some of the Heat’s role players. However, this was the fourth time over the last two seasons that Miami had shot the ball over 50 percent from beyond the arc against the Celtics, proving that they are more than capable of repeating, or at least coming close to, another such performance if Boston continues to defend the same way.

Although Boston clearly has more talent on paper, the Heat have the obvious advantage in the coaching department, as Erik Spoelstra’s pedigree and savvy was a large part of the reason why the Heat were able to get past a Joe Mazzulla staff that looked very overmatched at times in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, and once again on Wednesday.

One thing has been made very clear, and that is that the Heat are not going to simply roll over and quit, no matter how outmanned they might be from a sheer talent perspective. With Herro continuing to show increased maturity in his offensive approach, it would appear that anything is possible in what is now a best of five series with the Heat having home court advantage.