Portland Trail Blazers star forward Deni Avdija exited early against the Miami Heat after tweaking his back. He will not return, according to the team. Avdija recently dealt with a back injury earlier this month, missing three games before he returned Sunday against the Sacramento Kings. The injury occurred while defending Heat forward Andrew Wiggins […]
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Miami Heat guard Pelle Larsson has a knack for getting hit in the face during games. He also has a knack for getting into the heads of opponents. In the Heat’s most recent 130-117 win over the Sacramento Kings, both occurred. On two separate occasions, Kings forward DeMar DeRozan fouled the second-year guard with an
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The Miami Heat’s G-League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, has claimed seven-year NBA veteran Dennis Smith Jr., NBA insider Marc Stein of The Stein Line first reported Wednesday. The Wisconsin Herd, the Bucks’ G-League affiliate, recently released Smith. In 11 regular season games with the Herd, Smith averaged 8.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and
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Ex-Miami Heat and current Golden State Warriors star forward Jimmy Butler exited Monday’s game early with a right knee injury. He will not return, per the team. Butler suffered the injury in the third quarter against his old team trying to catch an entry pass against Davion Mitchell. He came down awkwardly, immediately grabbing his
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While the Miami Heat are a middling 8-8 over their last 16 games, one of the brighter spots on the team has been rookie Kasparas Jakucionis. After having played just 54 combined seconds over the team’s 26 games, the rookie point guard has slowly but steadily earned a larger role. He was thrust into the
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This has somehow been the most injury plagued season of Tyler Herro’s entire seven-year career with the Miami Heat, which has already been filled with an assortment of availability issues throughout. Herro has appeared in just 11 of the Heat’s first 42 games during this 2025-26 campaign thus far. And that figure is likely to
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The NBA announced that Bam Adebayo has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from Monday, January 12 through Sunday, January 18. After a rough stretch of games, he followed that with a dominant stretch that helped guide the Miami Heat to a 2–1 record with notable wins against the
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We are less than three weeks away from the 2025-26 NBA Trade Deadline — 17 days, to be exact. But who’s counting, right?! The Miami Heat, who are 22-20 and in sole possession of the No. 8 seed in the East, need a(n external) jolt not just for the short-term, but for the long-term as
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After the Miami Heat’s 119-114 loss to the Boston Celtics earlier this week, head coach Erik Spoelstra found himself entangled in some controversy. When asked about why second-year center Kel’el Ware was limited to just nine minutes, Spoelstra hinted that Ware was “subconsciously” playing poorly to get more minutes. “He needs to get back to
Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro will miss the team’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with toe and rib injuries, the team announced roughly two hours before the 8 p.m. EST tip-off. Herro has been battling a nagging toe injury for much of the last two months. He returned from an 11-game absence with the
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