Next up: Atlanta

Well I optimistically thought we could beat both San Antonio and Charlotte and look what happened there. I honestly think that we match up terribly with Atlanta, perhaps worse than any other team in the league and I expect a big defeat. Of the "big 4" in the East, Atlanta are the team that I least want to meet in the playoffs. Okay they only just beat us in 7 last year but they are so athletic that they have the ability to simply run us off the court.

Let's look at the starting 5's:

Miami

PG Carlos Arroyo

SG Dwyane Wade

SF Quentin Richardson

PF Michael Beasley

C Jermaine O'Neal

Atlanta

PG Mike Bibby
SG Joe Johnson
SF Marvin Williams
PF Josh Smith
C Al Horford

And then Atlanta have off-season acquisition, Heat killer, Jamal Crawford on the bench (the Heat have Mario Chalmers).

I think it's going to be a long night. For the Heat to have any hope then Beasley is going to have to step up both offensively and defensively and outplay Josh Smith; Wade needs to stop the turnovers, attack the rim and annihilate Johnson's performance and JO is going to have to play mind games with Horford unless spo lets the Magloirinator loose for a few early minutes.

Got to expect this game to mean we are still winless this decade come tomorrow morning. Still isn't that when the Heat surprise everyone and pull off a win?

My Prediction: Hawks 115 at Heat 93