ASK IRA: Are Heat learning a lesson from East playoff sideline?

Q: Ira, Boston has been winning since the first round without one of its best players. That’s the depth the Heat lack. – Nate.

A: Or you could look at it that a revived Al Horford has emerged as the perfect replacement for sidelined Kristaps Porzingis (with it somewhat remarkable that as recently as 2020-21, Horford was viewed as shot player when he was sent home at the end of a lost season by the Thunder, playing just 28 games that season)? While Pat Riley made a point at his season-ending...