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3 Early positive takeaways from the Heat’s first game of the season, 2 negatives

With the start of the 2025-26 NBA season officially underway, Miami Heat basketball is back.  Although the Heat played well in their season opener against the Orlando Magic, especially at the start, their encouraging outing did not result in a win. In fact, Miami has lost 11 games in a row dating back to their […]

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GAME PREVIEW: Heat aim to bounce back in Memphis versus Ja Morant and the Grizzlies

Following the Miami Heat’s close opening night loss in Orlando, they will remain on the road to travel and face the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. Miami looked encouraging throughout most of the game in their previous loss. However, late-game turnovers and giving up offensive rebounds led to them falling just short. Going back to

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Norman Powell shows he is exactly as advertised in impressive Heat debut

The Miami Heat may have dropped a close game to the in-state rival Orlando Magic on opening night 125-121, but there were still several positives to serve as a blueprint moving forward. For starters, coach Erik Spoelstra’s goal of running offense at a faster pace came to fruition. Miami put up 39 points in the

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Heat played their fastest game in 6 years in season opener

The Miami Heat had the Orlando Magic on the ropes for the first 45 minutes of Wednesday’s season-opener inside Kia Center, but weren’t able to shut the door, losing 125-121. There were both positives and negatives to take away from it — with one positive being the team’s offensive production, despite its late struggles. However,

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Nikola Jovic

How Nikola Jovic’s new extension stacks up among other rookie-scale deals

In early October, the Miami Heat signed fourth-year forward Nikola Jovic to a four-year, $62.4 million extension, the first-and-only extension the organization’s handed out this offseason. It was also one of 13 rookie-scale extensions signed. The deadline for those deals was on Monday evening, one night ahead of opening night around the NBA. Outside of

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Why the Miami Heat’s offense remains a big concern entering 2025-26

The Miami Heat are entering the 2025-26 trying to correct their offense, which has been a bottom-third unit each of the last three seasons. That may be difficult without Jimmy Butler, but the Heat are intentionally trying to push the pace and play faster — getting more bites at the apple. It helps they also

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Heat should give Kel’el Ware starter minutes before making lineup call

The Heat are entering the new 2025-26 season without their starting lineup being made official yet. Tyler Herro’s absence opens a spot for Davion Mitchell to step up in the backcourt. But even with Herro’s injury creating a hole, that’s not even the biggest question mark—especially for fans and analysts closely following roster changes and

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Could Heat be destined for fourth-straight play-in berth?

Whether it’s their 127-119 combined record or their middling 0.7 NET Rating over the last three combined seasons, the Miami Heat are in a state of mediocrity. They lost Duncan Robinson to the Detroit Pistons this offseason. But they added Simone Fontecchio, Norman Powell and re-signed guard Davion Mitchell. Refreshed and revived, the Heat aim

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