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Heat Celtics

Jayson Tatum, Celtics hand Heat sixth-straight loss 103-91

The shorthanded Boston Celtics, missing two of their best five players in Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis, handed the Miami Heat their sixth-straight loss of the season Friday night inside Kaseya Center 103-91. Miami kept pace with Boston for three quarters, trailing 78-77. But the Heat predictably fell apart in the final frame, getting outscored […]

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Heat Bulls

GAME PREVIEW: Heat seek bounce back win against Chicago Bulls

After another disappointing result Friday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Miami Heat are seeking a bounce-back victory against the Chicago Bulls on the second night of a back-to-back. The Heat dropped to four games below .500 for the second time season Friday, losing 106-104 to Minnesota. That all came in spite of Bam Adebayo’s

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Heat Timberwolves

Timberwolves squeak past Heat 106-104

Despite another remarkable performance from Miami Heat big Bam Adebayo, the Minnesota Timberwolves bested the shorthanded Heat 106-104 Friday evening inside Kaseya Center. Adebayo finished with a team-high 29 points and 13 rebounds–his third-straight double-double–on 11-of-21 shooting, in addition to four assists and one steal. But the Heat were not able to conjure up enough

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Bam Adebayo Heat

Davion Mitchell claims Bam Adebayo is the best defender in NBA

No Miami Heat player has played better the last two months than three-time All-Star Bam Adebayo. But the lauded big man was recently praised by new teammate Davion Mitchell, who had very high praise for Adebayo’s defensive aptitude. “He can guard from the Joel Embiid’s to the [Shai Gilgeous-Alexander]’s,” Mitchell said. “If you can guard

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Heat Cavaliers

Cavaliers down Heat 112-107, clinch first playoff spot

The Cleveland Cavaliers became the first to clinch a playoff spot Wednesday night against the shorthanded Miami Heat, winning 112-107. The Heat were down three starters–Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware and Andrew Wiggins–due to injury, but they were still able to scrap and claw their way to a competitive charge against the best team in the

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Tyler Herro

Heat receive unfortunate injury update ahead of Monday’s game against Cavaliers

The Miami Heat had just nine available players in Monday night’s 16-point win over the tanking Washington Wizards. They will be without multiple key rotation players once again, but they received an unfortunate update regarding first-time All-Star Tyler Herro ahead of Wednesday’s matchup against the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. Tyler Herro will be inactive with head

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