Scanlon Sports week of 3/16

Heat:
The Heat ended the week one game out of the playoff picture.  Here's how it went down


The Heat started the week of on Monday at home against the Boston Celtics.  This is not the rivalry it once was when Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Rajon Rondo were once on the squad.  I think some of the most entertaining Heat games I've seen have been when they play the Celtics.  The Heat were outscored in every quarter except for the second and they fell 100-90.  While Dwyane Wade and Michael Beasley played well in the contest, the Heat players were very discouraged with Whiteside's action that costed him to be thrown out of the game.  I had mentioned Whiteside's acitons in my last blog, and this time it was no better.  Whiteside two hand shoved Olynyk in the back and left him screeching across the floor.  This forced him to be kicked out of the game and may have costed the Heat the game.  We can not afford to not have Whiteside in, and Dwyane Wade didn't appreciate it.  After the game Wade said, "He's going to have to learn.  He's going to have to learn the hard way.  Hopefully he changes his mentality quick."



On Wednesday the Heat took on the Nets and fans were treated to watching some vintage heat.  Wade had a great game outing in 28 points and 9 assists, one short of a double-double.  Andersen started in place of Whiteside after he was handed a 1 game suspension.  He finished the game with an impressive 18 points and a season high 14 rebounds.  It seemed that Wade and Andersen were feeding off each other, as they were both feeding each other for alley oops.  Hopefully Whiteside can come back strong and control his emotions.  He has such great talent and it would be disappointing to see it go to waste because of his anger.  Should be fun to watch the Heat play the Cavs in Miami on Monday.