The Miami Heat opened the first of five games Tuesday night, this one being on the road against the Charlotte Hornets. In what came down the game’s final possession, the Hornets squeaked past the Miami Heat 111-108. The Heat’s starters–Terry Rozier, Alec Burks, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo–only played in the first half. […]
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The Miami Heat have postponed Thursday’s scheduled preseason game against the Atlanta Hawks to Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. EST, due to Hurricane Milton, the team announced Tuesday afternoon. According to its statement released on X/Twitter, refunds will be available “at the point of purchase for any fans unable to attend the rescheduled date.”
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Even though he’s never won Coach of the Year, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra continues to be one of the most respected coaches in basketball. Once again, he dominated the majority of coaching questions asked in this year’s annual NBA preseason general manager survey, which posed 50 different questions to general managers leaguewide about
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The Miami Heat announced Monday evening that they will be dedicating their Kaseya Center court in honor of franchise icon Pat Riley, who will be entering his 30th year in the organization. From now on we’ll be playing on “Pat Riley Court at Kaseya Center” 🏀 We’ll be dedicating our court and honoring Pat on
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To few people’s surprise, Kevin Love was one of the league’s best backup big men in his first full season with the Miami Heat last season. However, Father Time is undefeated, and Love turned 36-years-old in September and is entering his 17th NBA season. During his media day session last week, Love was open about
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Miami Heat star big man Bam Adebayo has teased the Heat about expanding his shooting range beyond the 3-point each of the last few seasons. While he always possessed good shooting form, it’s never a featured part of his game, entering the NBA as a rim-runner and vertical spacer before slowly expanding his range. Though
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The Miami Heat have been a play-in team in each of the last two seasons. A big portion of that has been due to its bottom-third offense, which has featured an inefficient shot diet, an absence of spacing and poor process in both the halfcourt and transition. Over the last two seasons, they were No.
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Tell me if you have heard this phrase, or something of this ilk: The Miami Heat like to play in the mud! While that may be the case defensively–no team loves to muck a team more up offensively than Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat … and he’s very good at it, too–their offense the
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From the injuries to playing in their second-straight play-in, the 2023-24 season wasn’t the most fruitful for the Miami Heat. Their fate was met rather quickly last postseason, getting trounced in five games by the top-seeded and eventual-champion Boston Celtics, 11 months after the Heat bested them in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Heat didn’t
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For the last 30 days, Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan provided his take on the offseasons for all 30 NBA teams heading into the 2024-25 season. From the good to the bad and, in some instances, the ugly; from the Atlanta Hawks to Portland Trail Blazers to the Utah Jazz. Now that they
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