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GAME PREVIEW: Heat return home to host Hornets in first NBA Cup game

The Miami Heat will play their first group stage Emirates NBA Cup matchup against the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. They will return home to South Beach following a difficult 1-3 west coast road trip. Miami is coming off a previous loss to the Denver Nuggets and are searching for a bounce back victory, but

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Heat having no backup plan with big man depth is clear front office blunder

In the Miami Heat’s latest loss to the Denver Nuggets, they didn’t just lose the game— but they also lost their All-Star big man.  Bam Adebayo had suffered a foot injury early in the first half of the game, only to eventually leave to the locker room and never return. The Heat and Adebayo were

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GAME PREVIEW: Heat face yet another difficult test versus Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets to conclude road trip

The Miami Heat are capping off their four-game west coast road trip on Wednesday night against multi-time league MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. Miami will look to split the difficult trip 2-2, but a Nuggets matchup may be the team’s toughest one yet this season. The Heat have historically always struggled to play

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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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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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Newest Heat addition didn’t take long to be impressed with the organization’s culture

When the Miami Heat pulled off the under the radar acquisition of Norman Powell from the LA Clippers over the summer, it seemed like a brilliant move from the start.  All it cost in a three-team deal between the Heat, Clippers and Utah Jazz to add Powell was aging veterans that had inconsistent roles last

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Norman Powell’s return ignites Heat to survive Clippers in the clutch, 120-119

After the Miami Heat dropped two games in a row, following a three-game win streak, they finally get back into the win column again. Miami secured the huge bounce back victory and another statement win over the LA Clippers during a late night West Coast matchup on Monday. It was the second leg of a

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GAME PREVIEW: Heat look to salvage their tough road trip against the LA Clippers

The Miami Heat’s difficult four-game road trip, in which they have began 0-2, doesn’t get any easier on Monday. On the second night of a back-to-back, they will face a 3-2 LA Clippers squad— another top Western Conference squad. The Clippers’ star duo of James Harden and Kawhi Leonard are both available heading into the

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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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