Where The Miami Heat Rank In This Week's NBA Power Rankings

Even after losing two straight games, the Miami Heat are still considered among the Top 10 teams in the NBA.

The Heat were No. 8 in the latest power rankings by NBA.com. Here's what NBA.com writer John Schumann had to say about the Heat this week.

"The Heat have had some rough starts over their last eight games, winning the first six minutes of the first quarter in just one of the eight and facing double-digit deficits in the first quarter in each of their three games last week," Schumann wrote. "But it seems that, no matter how they start, the Heat eventually find their way to clutch time. When you rank 28th in pace, 26th on offense and fifth on defense, you’re probably going to have a lot of close games, and each of the Heat’s last eight have been within five points in the last five minutes."

The Heat, who recently completed a four-game road trip, return to action Wednesday at home against the Indiana Pacers.

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