Portland at Miami

The Heat were tortured by the injury bug last year and finished the season with no-name players and were getting pasted night in and night out. The Blazers are an up and coming team but they are getting too much respect on the road where they have been an atrocious 43-125 over the last four+ years, including their skinny 1-3 mark this season. The win was by one, over an injury ridden San Antonio team that dropped their first four. Miami has won three of their last four and have four on the season. The four wins are half the win total this team had up to the All-Star break in late February last year! Even without Marion, Beasley, and Wade they have proven to be unstoppable. Portland is better, but the last thing coming teams learn how to do is win on the road and Portland isn't there yet. Miami gets the nod.