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Miami Heat Confidence Meter:  9.5 (We may never lose) HeatFreak.com Power Rankings (These power rankings are devised from a formula taking into account: Win%, Off. And Def. Eff., Reb. Rate, TO’s, SOS and PACE.) Team                            Team Score 1.  Miami Heat                   108.9 2.  Chicago Bulls               107.0 3.  OKC Thunder            [...]

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Miami Heat Confidence Meter:  8.5 (Guarded Optimism) •  The Miami Heat this week continued the use of the vaunted “closing five” OF James, Wade, Bosh, Haslem and Miller.  The reason that unit works, is that Lebron James as facilitator and catalyst for the type of offense the Heat runs, is a nightmare for opposing defenses.  [...]

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Miami Heat Confidence Meter:  8.8 (Ridiculous pronouncements) •  The Miami Heat this week followed a unengaged first half effort versus the New Orleans Hornets with a first quarter explosion in Milwaukee to score the most points in a quarter (40) than they had all year.  The Heat then proceeded to play selfishly, and sloppy to [...]

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Miami Heat Confidence Meter:  8.9 (Jordan Fist Pump) •  The Heat grinded out some wins this week versus the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons on a back to back, in less than spectacular fashion, but more than made up for it in a showcase game on Friday Night versus the New York Knicks.  I picked [...]

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Miami Heat Confidence Meter:  8.3 (Giddy) • The Miami Heat came back home this week and demolished the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers to make all forget about their failings on the west coast.  In doing so, they discovered their three point shooting, and half court defense.  In the San Antonio game, the Heat [...]

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Miami Heat Confidence Meter:  7.1 (Guarded) •  The Miami Heat had a rough week out west, that started with a 4th quarter collapse in Golden State versus the Warriors, that saw Lebron James not shoot for the entire 4th quarter.  They followed that up with a back to back meeting in Los Angeles with the [...]

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