I had no doubt he would miss.

Chris Bosh stepped up with less than a minute to go, the Miami Heat needing a big three, and released from just left of the key. By the time he missed, I had changed the channel.

I may never be able to watch Bosh shoot again without feeling entirely disgusted.

Of course, the shot I just referred to happened against the Pistons on Tuesday night and not against the Bobcats-Hornets on Sunday. No, on Sunday, Bosh hit three threes in the 4th quarter in a row to seal a Heat comeback victory.

The result did not surprise ardent Bobcats-Hornets fans, but the loss still stung. The team squandered a 13-point 4th quarter lead while feeding their overall narrative: play well for three quarters and fall apart.

But this time, they didn't really fall apart. The Heat flexed their much bigger defensive muscles to stifle the Charlotte guards, doubled Al Jefferson quickly when he touched the ball, played like the champions they are and then...

Bosh.

Chris Bosh has never hit three three-pointers in a quarter during his career. It took the Bobcats-Hornets coming into town and playing well to coax that out of him. And it took Charlotte's decision not to guard him since he is a career 28 percent shooter from beyond the arc. And it took a stroke of luck on the first shot - hitting the rim four times before falling. And it took Charlotte rotating well to other shooters to force him to take those threes.

Point being, Charlotte did everything right and still lost. Those are the breaks in the Age of Mediocrity.

Sometimes, good teams get fortuitous bounces against weaker opponents. In the Age of Despair, Miami would have thrashed this Charlotte team for two and a half quarters before resting their starters.

Now, the Miami starters have to do the impossible just to humiliate a weaker division foe.

The fact that the Age of Mediocrity came with hope instead of despair did not make this game any easier to see. In fact, these are the kinds of losses that hurt the worst. When you play like the better team for all but seven minutes, you should win.

Mediocrity looks unjust from the tyrannous hands of Bosh. I have no idea what I am even writing anymore. This kind of disappointment will take some getting used to.

Losing never felt this wrong when we were terrible.