Miami wakes up after Game 2 and choses violence

The Miami Heat are similar to a team that won on the scorecard. The Celtics had a few bumps on their skulls in the cage match.

NBA officials have spent the last few decades trying to turn the NBA into a hardwood ballet. There are many ways in which the Miami Heat are disrupting the order. The Heat make you feel like you rushed the stage and ran into a team of bouncers because they don't just play defense.

Their lineup is made up of players who scrapped to be noticed. One of the most famous images of the season was the Miami Heat huffing and puffing outside the Denver Nuggets locker room after the shove of Markieff Morris. They were not going to touch each other. The only thing between them storming the locker room was a Tom Thibodeau facsimile, but it was an intimidation move.

The feel of a UFC fight camp is what Heat Culture has always had. It isn't for everyone. Recently, former Heat forward Jermaine O' Neal said that he realized that re-signing in Miami wasn't in the cards when he looked down at food in his fridge. When they aren't mugging opponents outside their locker rooms, they're locking horns with each other on the sideline, like they did late in the season, when Udonis Haslem threatened to kick Jimmy Butler.