Uh Oh! Hawks 105 - Heat 90

The sky is falling! The Heat are a farce! Trade everyone! Call Allen Iverson now!!!

That's my normal reaction after every Heat loss. Now that the Heat have dropped 2 in a row for the first time in this very young season (and hearing the news about Ronnie Brown), it has not been the best 24 hours of my existence as a sports fan. But in time, sometimes in just a few hours, perspective starts to creep in and we can take a step back and give things a more rational assessment.

First of all, the Hawks are now 6-0 at home so it's not like anyone else has beat them there either. Is that the way you would want your players to look at it? No, Of course not. But just as the Heat were not as good as their start of the season led us to believe (or hoped) they are not as terrible as they have looked the past two nights either. As I have said before, there are holes in this Heat team. They are Pat Riley's incomplete rebuilding project. They are relying on very young, very raw talent, to develop and improve the team from within. When that's the blueprint you can expect some inconsistency.

But the biggest problem last night was not Michael Beasley, it was Dwyane Wade. He went 6-18 for a total of 15 points and only attempted 2 free throws. Some of that might come from Wade feeling like he has to win games all by himself (and too often that is the case) but that's part of the deal when you are the franchise guy. He knows that, he accepts that, and he'll be fine. But you are not going to beat a team like the Hawks at home when he's not at the top of his game.

Whenever things start to get bad for a team in any sport, the panic starts to set in and everyone wants the quick fix. There are already buzzings about Allen Iverson coming to Miami. I don't think it will happen, and I don't think the Heat are even considering it. It it was not a good idea before the season started and I don't know what would make them think it's a good idea now. One bad week of basketball has not changed the equation for this team.