Links: Washington Wizards beat Miami Heat minus Big Three

So maybe the Heat don't care about the No. 1 seed after all. Erik Spoelstra is probably wishing he had sat Dwyane Wade next to LeBron and Chris Bosh from the start. Fun/meaningless fact: Caveats aside, the Wizards are the only team to win in Chicago and Miami this season and just the third to beat the Thunder, Lakers, Bulls and Heat. Links:

• Recaps from yesterday's 86-84 win over the Heat: [Us | SB Nation D.C. | Washington Post (gamer, blog) | Washington Times | Wiz of Awes | CSN Washington highlights | Miami Herald (gamer, notes) | Sun Sentinel (gamer, blog) | SB Nation Tampa Bay | Peninsula is Mightier | Heat Index | Popcorn Machine | ESPN box score]
• Here's the Heat saying they don't care about the top seed. [Washington Post]
• Fans and Wizards front office execs have often pointed to the Thunder as the team to emulate during the current rebuild, but Frank Hanrahan thinks there is an Eastern Conference team that would be better (and easier) for the Wiz to model themselves after. [CSN Washington]
• Much more from Maurice Evans on the "petty" spat between union president Derek Fisher and executive director Billy Hunter. [Washington Post]
• Jeff Van Gundy doesn't like tankers. [ESPN TrueHoop]
• Given the 2012 NBA Draft class, Sean Deveney does. [Sporting News]
• With Dwight Howard out of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Ben Standig has a few players in mind that could assume Superman's roster spot on Team USA. [CSN Washington]