The Heat were 20-10 vs the west this year and there's no way to know where they would finish in the west unless they had a western conference schedule. As far as defense. It's a wash. SA 97.6 ppg against. Mia- 97.2 ppg against. So I don't see how SA somehow has better defense either. Technically Mia would just based on that stat alone. But it's very close, hence the wash.

And I'm not a heat bandwagoner. I'm a Blazer fan. I'm fine with either team winning, I just want a good series which I think it will be.