NBA: Breaking down the playoff race in the Eastern Conference

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8. Miami Heat (30-28)

Would an 8-seeded Miami Heat lead to a possible upset over the possible top-seeded Toronto Raptors in the upcoming playoffs?

Dwyane Wade will be ordered to share the ball with this amazingly deep Heat team, and I think he might be fine with that.

It’s getting warm in the 305 as of late, and I think that Miami could be the diamond in the rough toward the bottom of the Eastern playoff standings.

With a team that has a 12-million-dollar mini goat on the bench in street clothes (Dion Waiters, formerly known as Waiters Island), they’ve done really well for themselves.

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By the way, Goran Dragić is the most underrated player in the NBA, even as an All-Star, I have all of Slovenia to back me up.