Heat And Lightning

It gets really hot and then eventually there is lightning.

Last night both the Miami Heat and Tampa Bay Lightning were at the opposite ends of incredible late in regulation time game tying situations.

However, the common thread between the teams is that each won and now has home advantage if not a big advantage in their quarterfinal series.

The Heat had to be crushed when the Toronto Raptors’ Kyle Lowry hit a game tying, half court, three point shot to force overtime in game 1 last night in Toronto. Yet the Heat prevailed in overtime and are now series favorites with the home advantage.

Meanwhile the Lightning thrice rallied from a one goal deficits vs the New York Islanders, most notably on Nikita Kucherov’s tying goal in the last minute of regulation.

Then in overtime, Brian Boyle scored to give the Lightning a (2-1) series edge and again the home advantage.

A great goal scorer, Nikita Kucherov, pictured above.