Entering the 2010-2011 season, the consensus Finals pick for the west were the Lakers, and the consensus "noisy" team for the east were the Heat. Here, we take a look at their almost divergent seasons—so far.
The Heat entered the season with high expectations and a certain air of pompousness and pride—feeling almost invincible. Yet they were quickly brought down to earth with their season starting off with an eight-point loss, at one point possessing just a 9-8 record coming off a three-game losing streak.
The media were getting on the "SuperFriends" cases, Heat fans everywhere were panicking and everyone else was smugly smiling at the "hot" mess...before Lebron, Wade and co. exploded and proceeded to win 21 of their next 22 games. Save for a hiccup against an equally red hot Dallas Mavericks team, the Miami Heat had a perfect December, 15-1.
On the flip side of that equation, we look towards the West Coast, to the back-to-back defending champions: the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers also entered this season with some pride, perhaps even cockiness, after winning the title.
They started the season 13-2 before ...
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