Almost all of the hard games are out of the way for the Miami Heat, which is pretty helpful as they fight for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference.
Withholding Wednesday’s game at San Antonio, which has the second-best record in the NBA, the remaining Heat opponents had a combined .428 winning percentagegoing into Monday’s games.
Miami has 11 games left after facing the Pelicans tonight and the Spurs, and three of those are against the Orlando Magic (29-40). The Nets (19-50) come to town Monday. The toughest road games left are San Antonio and the season finale at Boston.
That comes in handy as the Heat try to escape a tangle of four teams that are 1.5 games apart as they chase the No. 3 seed. Among Miami, Atlanta, Charlotte and Boston, the Heat have the second-easiest remaining strength of schedule behind the Celtics, according to NBA.com’s formula. The Hawks, currently in third place, have the toughest by far.
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