For all the talk I did earlier about the struggling Magic and Heat, it seems both teams have righted their respective ships. Two days after ending San Antonio's 10 game winning streak, the Magic came back and ended the Celtics 14 game winning streak on Christmas Day. And now with a win over Golden State tonight, their winning streak has reached 6 games. All 3 of the major additions to the Magic have been contributing as well. During the 6 game streak, Gilbert Arenas is averaging 11.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.5 assists. Jason Richardson is averaging 13.8 points and 4.7 rebounds and has a pair of 20 point games. And perhaps most exciting for the Magic is that Hedo Turkoglu is averaging 13.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists and tonight against Golden State he turned in a triple double (10 pts, 14 rebs, 10 assts). Next up for the Magic, home games against Milwaukee Wednesday and Houston Friday before traveling to Dallas to take on the banged up Mavericks on Saturday.
The Heat meanwhile are in the process of another big winning streak. After their 12 game streak was snapped at home against Dallas, the Heat got right back on track and with a win over the Charlotte Bobcats tonight, they too have won 6 in a row, and more impressively 18 of 19. The biggest reason for their newfound success? The ability of Lebron James and Dwyane Wade to coexist on the court together. Over the last 19 games, both stars have stepped up their play. Wade is averaging nearly 28 points, over 7 rebounds and a shade under 4.5 assists while James is averaging over 26 points, nearly 8 rebounds and nearly 7 assists. It doesn't hurt to have Chris Bosh putting up 19 and 9 either. The Heat have an upcoming home and home against the Milwaukee Bucks playing them in Miami tomorrow night before traveling to Wisconsin on Friday and then wrap up the week in Portland on Sunday.
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