Grizzlies at Heat, 8 p.m. ET

March 1, 2013  ·  7:29PM

TV: ESPN

  • The Heat swept the Eastern Conference player and coach of the month awards. Erik Spoelstra won for the first time, leading the Heat to a 12-1 record. It was the fourth straight award for LeBron James, who averaged 29.7 points, 7.8 asissts and 7.5 rebounds. Spoelstra said, “That is just a residual of team success.” 
  • The Grizzlies Lionel Hollins won the coaching award in the West. Memphis is riding a season-high, eight-game winning streak. He said, “I know I’m the head coach and I get the credit and I get the blame but those guys have been playing extremely well.”
  • This is the first time since 1993 a team with a 12-game winning streak has played a team with an eight-game winning streak.
  • Among the keys defensively for the Heat, according to Spoelstra, are controlling the boards and slowing point guard Mike Conley. Conley was vital in the Grizzlies’ 18-point victory when the teams met Nov. 11 in Memphis.
  • On if this game is a measuring stick, Hollins said, “Every game you go out is a measuring-stick game. You’ve got to go out and prove it every night.”

– Zachary Paul 

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  1. Sllledge77 says:
    March 3, 2013 at 9:30 am

    “Heat coach Erik Spoelstra couldn’t find enough ways to describe how the Knicks pounded, embarrassed, annihilated and torched the Heat in a pair of 20-point victories earlier this season. ”

    Same goes for Indiana, which abused the Hollywood Heatles twice too.. and both teams had injuries to key players, Granger, etc.

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