The Miami Heat wrapped up their preseason Friday night against the Orlando Magic, losing 136-115. Miami was without Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bam Adebayo and Pelle Larsson, who missed the Heat’s final three preseason games with an undisclosed illness. Still, it was a successful night for the Heat’s young guns. Ryan Conwell led the way with 21
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Giannis Antetokounmpo has made quite the first impression for Miami Heat fans everywhere. The Miami Heat have wrapped up four of their five preseason games, with the finale coming Friday against the Orlando Magic. And if there’s any one single takeaway to ride home with, it’s that Antetokounmpo has a chip on his shoulder and
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Three down, two to go. We are officially eight days away from opening night for the Miami Heat, with just a pair of preseason games left on the docket against the Brooklyn Nets and Orlando Magic. Is there anything to take away from the first three games, however? Here are three key numbers. 21.4 –
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The Miami Heat are slowly, but surely getting ramped up as the Oct. 21 season opener approaches. They concluded their second preseason game on Thursday — a 128-118 win over the Pelicans — with the starters playing in just the first half. Who were a few winners and losers? Let’s examine! Winner: Giannis Antetokounmpo Skinny:
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Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Miami Heat took the floor on their home floor against the New Orleans Pelicans Thursday night. Wins and losses don’t matter all that much in the preseason, but the Heat did move to 2-0, earning a 128-118 win inside Kaseya Center. The biggest overarching takeaway was that Giannis Antetokounmpo continued to
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Spacing. Shooting. Gravitational pull. Three is greater than two! All of those are buzzwords in today’s NBA, and rightfully so. Teams want to maximize each offensive output, as well as the number of possessions accrued in a single game. There’s more than one way to create space, but the most popular is via the 3-point
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“Heat Culture.” Those two words embody the environment that Miami Heat president Pat Riley spent three-plus decades cultivating, and it’s resulted in seven conference titles and three NBA Titles. It’s an organizational statement that each player, coach and member is expected to embody with their words and actions. To others, especially over the last few
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The final score doesn’t matter, but the Miami Heat took care of business in their first preseason game in Quebec City, Canada, against the Toronto Raptors this weekend. Nineteen players saw the floor for Miami, which is obviously a lot, especially since no starter played more than 14 minutes. So who were a few winners
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While it is only preseason, Saturday night was filled with plenty of anticipation for the new-look Miami Heat against the Toronto Raptors. Predictably, both teams looked fairly disjointed. There were a lot of fouls, a healthy amount of unforced errors and, frankly, helter-skelter basketball from two teams trying to play frantically while their legs weren’t
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The preseason has officially arrived with the Miami Heat, as they take on the Toronto Raptors in Quebec City, Canada, on Saturday. There are multiple players looking to prove themselves during this highly anticipated preseason, but which names should we be keeping eyes on? Here are my three names: Ryan Conwell: Skinny: Outside of Antetokounmpo
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