In an absurd twist of logic, Heat fans and pundits will see this as a moral victory for the Heat. The Heat are going to be good, maybe great, however, tonight means nothing. The C's were sloppy at times and did not need to let the Heat back in this.
What pundits will say is that the Heat will get much better, that this is just the beginning of their learnign curve. They won't apply the same to the C's. But they should. This C's team is not the same as last year and they absolutely will improve (with health) over the course of this year.