Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) celebrates with fans as he walks off the court after their NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. James made the go-ahead jumper with 10.5 seconds left to lead Miami to its 23rd consecutive victory, 105-103 over the Celtics. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) celebrates with fans as he walks off the court after their NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. James made the go-ahead jumper with 10.5 seconds left to lead Miami to its 23rd consecutive victory, 105-103 over the Celtics. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Miami Heat's LeBron James, right, and Boston Celtics' Jeff Green (8) watch James' go-ahead jumper with 10.5 seconds left in an NBA basketball game in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. James made the shot to lead Miami to its 23rd consecutive victory, 105-103 over the Celtics. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Miami Heat's Mario Chalmers (15), Udonis Haslem (40) and LeBron James (6) walk upcourt after a timeout in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade goes in for a dunk against the Milwaukee Bucks in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March, 15, 2013, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, left, reacts to play in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics in Boston, Monday, March 18, 2013. The Heat won 105-103. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
LeBron James is heading back to Cleveland on Wednesday, which somehow seems completely irrelevant.
That's what a 23-game winning streak does.
It overpowers even the LeBron-goes-home-again story line.
Holders of the second-longest streak in NBA history, the Miami Heat head into Cleveland only 10 games shy of matching the longest run of consecutive victories that the league has seen.
And their upcoming schedule would suggest that matching the record of 33 held by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers may not be all that farfetched.
Five of Miami's next six games are against teams at the very bottom of the NBA. Among the next 10 Heat opponents, only Chicago, San Antonio and New York have winning records.
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