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The Miami Heat have only played seven games into an 82 game season as they continue to develop chemistry on and off the court with so many new faces integrated over the offseason. Despite an impressive blowout win over the Orlando Magic, the Heat's other four victories against lesser teams have been casually dismissed even as their two losses to the Boston Celtics and New Orleans Hornets (a combined 11-1) are touted as some sort of barometer that the Heat can't beat elite teams and a clear indication that they're overrated. Yet their critics appear to conveniently forget the three most important players were robbed of important playing time together in the preseason and are only now starting to get comfortable sharing the spotlight as one."This process hasn't been easy for me," admitted Bosh after the victory against the New Jersey Nets on Saturday night. "Just having to adjust to a new role is a lot different so I was letting that show through my demeanor. I wasn't being aggressive really and not just trying to figure things out and let the game come to me. Most of the time you have to go be aggressive and take it. I just have to be the same player that I've always been and stop trying to worry about 'if, when and how' and all that stuff and just go out there and just play."
The three franchise leaders in scoring for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto Raptors and the Miami Heat are somehow expected to instantly learn each other's traits, tendencies and preferences out on the floor against NBA competition alongside several teammates who themselves are learning the system. The reality is that LeBron James may be correct in pointing out that his new team may take almost half a season to start becoming a cohesive unit and that task became even harder once Mike Miller, arguably the most important piece to the puzzle aside from the Big 3, was lost for months due to a freak hand injury.
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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/11/07/chris-bosh-lebron-james-heat-finding-comfort-zone-on-and-off-c/
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