ESPN.com’s Chris Sheridan reports that Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire could be heard from the locker room laughing over reports that players on the Miami Heat were crying after their one-point loss to the Chicago Bulls earlier Sunday.
Following New York’s win over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night, Stoudemire singled out Heat forward Chris Bosh as one of the players principally responsible for the water-works.
“I heard Chris Bosh was crying tears,” Stoudemire said, according to Sheridan.
“Tears?” Anthony asked.
“Yeah, tears,” Stoudemire replied.
“Wait ’til I call him, man,” Anthony said. “I’ll be like: ‘What are you doing?'”
Why were the Heat in tears? The list of possible reasons include:
- They’ve lost five of their last six games.
- They have a 2-8 record against the top teams in the Eastern Conference (they’re 0-3 against the Celtics and Bulls each, and they’re 2-2 against the Magic). They also have 5-13 record in games decided by five points or fewer with those five wins coming against Eastern Conference bottom-feeders the Pacers, Pistons, Wizards, Magic and Thunder.
- They’ve gone 1-for-18 on shots to tie/win a game at the end of regulation and overtime.
