The Miami Heat are out to a five and one start and have the best point differential in the NBA.

The question is, is this just a fast start?

Or are the heat poised to make things interesting at the top of the Eastern Conference?

Plus, the Lakers have recommitted to defense and have won five straight games.

Later on, we'll take a look at what's going right in Los Angeles.

I'm Wes Goldberg here with David Rimmel.

It's Tuesday, November 5th, and this is locked on NBA.

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They're winning because they found Josh Richardson in the second round to turn him into Jimmy Butler.

They found Kendrick Nunn off the G-League scrap heap. He's averaging 21 points a game.

They got Adabio at 13, Hero at 14,

back of the lottery picks, which are coin flips.

That's why they're winning,

because their front office worked the margins,

like almost perfectly.'s remarkable with wins against the

rockets and bucks already under their belt the heater making a statement is

one of the best teams in the East at five and one they have the second best record in the conference and half

of that was without Star Acquisition Jimmy Butler. You can credit a big part of Miami's start to

rookies Tyler Hero and Kendrick Nunn, the development of Senator Bam Adabio and veteran point guard Gorand Dragich buying into his role off the bench.

But let's start with the guy that everybody wants to talk about. Kendrick None, who he signed out of the

G-league, he's averaging 19.5 points per game. he's shooting 44.4% from three-point range.

I think the big question, David, is this sustainable?

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