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Nikola Jokic, Nuggets outlast Heat 122-112

Behind another dominant performance from three-time MVP Nikola Jokic, the Denver Nuggets slammed the door on the Miami Heat Wednesday evening with a 122-112 win inside Ball Arena in Denver, Colo. Jokic tallied his fifth triple-double of the season, dropping an absurd 33-point, 15-rebound, 16-assist statline across 37 minutes, shooting 12-of-18 from the floor and

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Jaime Jaquez Jr.

This Heat forward has been one of NBA’s best from this area through 2 weeks

Coming off a catastrophic sophomore slump, even Hollywood’s best screenwriter couldn’t have written a better script for third-year Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. entering the 2025-26 season campaign. Through seven games, Jaquez is averaging 19.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, shooting 60.3 percent from the floor with an absurd 65.3 true

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Kasparas Jakucionis

Heat could get rookie back ahead of Wednesday’s game against Nuggets

Only two Miami Heat players (not named Terry Rozier, who’s been on leave since Oct. 23) on the team’s 15-man roster have yet to appear in a game so far this season. One of them, guard Tyler Herro, underwent foot surgery in September and won’t be returning until mid-November, at the earliest. The other is

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Heat Grizzlies

Bam Adebayo is back to anchoring Heat defense at elite level

Bam Adebayo has long been one of the NBA’s best defenders, no matter how you slice the pie. The nine-year veteran has finished top-5 in Defensive Player of the Year voting five times, including a top-3 finish in 2023-24. Adebayo, 28, has always been incredibly versatile in scheme. Despite being an undersized center, Adebayo’s one

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Norman Powell

Heat receive important injury update ahead of Monday’s game versus Clippers

The Miami Heat will be getting back a key piece to their lineup Monday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, the second night of a back-to-back. After missing three games with a groin strain, guard Norman Powell will make his return, the team officially announced moments before Monday’s contest. Powell, 32, is averaging 24.0 points,

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Simone Fontecchio Kevin Durant

1 Heat player is atop the leaderboard in this key category after 1 week

As the Miami Heat enter arguably their most rigid portion of their 82-game schedule, they have the No. 9-ranked offense with top-7 marks in both effective field goal percentage and true-shooting percentage. There is still plenty of basketball left to be played, but against three solid defenses — the Orlando Magic (who have underperformed), New

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Erik Spoelstra Powell Herro

Erik Spoelstra isn’t worried about Tyler Herro, Norman Powell’s fit together

After one week, the Miami Heat’s offense were already breaking previously-set franchise records. Through five games, they are No. 9 in offense and No. 7 in both effective field goal percentage and true-shooting percentage. The uniqueness with it is that it’s come without arguably their best offensive player in Tyler Herro, who averaged 23.9 points

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