Miami Heat Preseason

4:30pm:
--Yes, its already that time. The NBA preseason has begun. Not only has the NBA preseason started, but the Miami Heat's preseason has started. Tonight at 7:30 ET and 4:30 PT the Heat started their preseason against the Detriot Pistons.

5:10pm:
--Early, D-Wade was out with a hamstring injury after 3 minutes so it will be Lebron James and Chris Bosh leading the rest of the way.

5:15pm:
--Lebron and Chris head to the bench after 1st quarter. Lebron had 12 points 6/9 on field goals, 2 assists. Bench players lead the team in the 2nd quarter.

5:20pm: Miami 31, Detriot 17: 2nd 9:07
--So far in the game it seems the Heat has got it down. Lebron had a nice 1st quarter and the bench looks strong.

5:23pm: Miami 33, Det 23
--The Heat let their guard down, Prince scores 2 3's. No excuse for lack of defense for the Heat.
It is game 1 of 8 preseason games for the Heat. They face OK city on Friday night. The first game for Miami is against Boston. It should be ineresting game. The Big Three against the previous Big Three in Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen.

5:29pm: Miami 39, Det 25: 2nd 6:11
--Miami seems to be holding a nice lead with the bench leading the way. Only concern is some over-passing. Haslem looks good on the block and on 16-18ft shot.

5:32pm: Miami 43 Det 25: 2nd 5:03
--Lebron and Bosh check back in the game. Getting ready for some fireworks. Lebron and Bosh should be in abou 20 minutes, maybe more, should start 3rd quarter. Five time all star Bosh, looks healthy on layup, newcomer on the Heat, Anthony, looks like a very strong player.

5:36pm: Miami 49 Det 30: 2nd 3:48
--Teams trade free throws. Lebron looks a little off on his shot. Heat's defense collaspe on Daye's open layup. James gets an offensive charge foul...not looking too good for Lebron now.

5:42pm: Miami 51 De 33: 2nd  2:00
--Lebron nice layup down the court. Chalmers hits the 3 with assist from James (behind the back). Bosh has easy layup opportunity. Mason gets an easy layup for Miami.

5:48pm: Halftime Miami 58 Det 38

Looks like Miami has a decent start to their season. The team is blending nicely and that last week of training camp really helped this team out. I can't say how the team will do for the rest of the season but they seem to be doing great so far. A championship could be in the future.