The Miami Heat lost a close one to their cross-state rival Orlando Magic in Wednesday's season-opening contest. Despite going home with a 125-121 loss on their resume, I believe there are still plenty of reasons for optimism for Heat fans.
The first of which being the manner in which the game concluded. The Heat were obviously without their top scorer in Tyler Herro, and yet they still made it a competitive game down to the wire in Orlando. Anytime a team goes on the road missing a crucial part of their equation and still stays in the game until the final minutes, that always says something about their resilience.