Regular Season Is Here: Primetime Baby

The regular season kicks off tonight with the Heat matching up against the Boston Celtics. The Celtics were the last team labeled with ownership of the "Big 3", they were and still are; Kevin Garnet, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen. When the Celtics put all 3 players on their squad they had a great amount of publicity and hype surrounding them. They didn't wait long to capitalize on it, they won a championships in the first year together combining for more than 58 points per game.

Can the Heat do the same?

The over under on the Miami Heat trio is currently 69.5 points per game which is over 10 points more per game than the Boston trio averaged.





The Heat had a lackluster pre-season performance with Wade injuring his hamstring in the first game. They lost a few games here and there and they shuffled players in and out. Lebron looked good when he was healthy and he ran the floor most of the time. Bosh was consistent as well and seems strong. Tonight will be a great early test for the team and should provide more insight into the dynamics of the Heat.

Wade is set to play but how much time exactly we don't really know. We should see how agile Dwayne looks in warmups and the first couple minutes of the game. My guess is he is holding back a little publicly and will come to play tonight. Lebron James scoring total is at 27.5 points tonight by Vegas. If Bosh puts up another 20 points and Wade can get us at least 10-15 in limited playing time we should be just fine tonight. If Wade doesn't play much and our defense plays scattered rather than together, the Celtics could snake the game away.

With so much hype surrounding the Heat and Lebron, the season opener tonight will require the Heat to be at their best right at the tip off. The Celtics are already drawing up custom plays to limit our scoring. Doc Rivers is not going to let this game be a run away tonight and the Celtics big 3 will be looking to bump chests over court dominance. Alpha males will be abundant tonight as the showdown in Bo-town gets rolling.

Let's Go Heat. ....