Memo to sport hacks who hate Pat Riley, and Brian at delusionalfan.com:

Not only are the Miami Heat going to be in the playoffs, they are going to win the Southeast Division.

Who is going to stop them? The Wizards? The Magic? Please.

Miami went to D.C. had lunch with the Prez, and then punched the Southeast Division leaders in the mouth, hand cuffing them to 83 points (22 points below their average) and holding Agent Zero to only 15 points (0 for 8 from 3).

Jwil and Shaq led the Heat with 23 points each as Miami took it to Washington on offense and denied them on defense. The three-headed monster of Posey, Payton and Jones did a great job of frustrating Gilbert Arenas and forcing him into bad shots. Udonis Haslem came back from the dead to put up an impressive double/double, 12 points, 16 rebounds (7 were offensive). All in all, an excellent team effort.

The Heat are currently in second place in the Southeast, and are only 3 1/2 games out of first. With the next five games at home (one of those against Washington), and the majority of the remaining games against sub-.500 teams, Miami is in excellent position to take back what's theirs. First place.