Although Hansen didn't think it was a good thing, because excessive consumption during the regular season would affect the playoffs, the Heat Team had already personally demonstrated this three years ago.
But such things don't stop happening just because they occurred once, because the opportunity might only come once.
At the beginning of the season, the Heat Team's performance was somewhat inconsistent due to a coaching change, but after entering December, they had been advancing forcefully, losing only one game in December and now firmly occupying the top spot in the East.
Not only Durant, but Wade seemed to have recovered from his knee injury, and the Heat looked stronger than ever.
The San Antonio Spurs, meanwhile, were creating their Devil home court in San Antonio, being the only team this season that had yet to lose at home.
Of course, there was the upcoming All-Star Game.
Since this was Kobe's last All-Star Game, it had garnered a lot of attention.
