"Two and a half weeks ago, the Heat returned to Miami bruised and battered after three consecutive losses to cap its West Coast trip.

Now, for a team playing its best basketball of the season, that doesn't seem like two and a half weeks. It seems like an eternity.

Since the Heat's 117-104 loss to the Nuggets on Jan.?13, Miami has cracked down on turnovers and is running a more precise offense. As a result, the Heat has won eight of its past nine, including victories over the top two teams in the Eastern Conference (the Chicago Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers) and the top two seeds from last year's Western Conference (the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers)."