The Miami Heat suffered a 19-point loss to the Boston Celtics on the second night of a back-to-back Monday evening inside of TD Garden, their worst loss since losing 116-97 on opening night to the Orlando Magic. Miami shot just 35.6 percent from the floor and 22.9 percent from 3-point range. A lid was on […]
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You could argue that the Toronto Raptors’ three-point win over the Miami Heat was a top-5 offensive performance from them this season. And it came without two of their best offensive engines in ascending point guard Immanuel Quickley and sharpshooter Gradey Dick, who is having an excellent start to his sophomore campaign. Meanwhile, for a
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You could argue that no head coach in the NBA currently garners more respect than Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra. That doesn’t mean he won’t make mistakes–sometimes costly ones, too. Tyler Herro’s runner–his 14th made field goal of the night–with 1.8 seconds left gave Miami a 121-119 lead in overtime against the Detroit Pistons.
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While both have played six minutes apiece, the Miami Heat have yet to give their rookies–Kel’el Ware and Pelle Larsson–serious run through three games to begin the 2024-25 regular season. While that was to be expected, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra offered encouraging updates regarding their two 2024 draftees’ development ahead of Wednesday’s game against
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The Miami Heat entered training camp clearly wanted to modify a shot profile that was the chief reason why it ranked in the bottom-third in offensive efficiency over the last two years. Miami led the league in mid-range frequency last year while sporting the third-worst rim frequency. Through four preseason games with the regulars, however–a
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The Miami Heat finalized their roster Saturday morning, just hours after their preseason finale against the Memphis Grizzlies. One of the omissions to the final 17-man group–which included 14 players on standard contracts, plus three two-way players–was point guard Isaiah Stevens, who went undrafted during the 2024 cycle. While Stevens didn’t put up gaudy numbers
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Even though he’s never won Coach of the Year, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra continues to be one of the most respected coaches in basketball. Once again, he dominated the majority of coaching questions asked in this year’s annual NBA preseason general manager survey, which posed 50 different questions to general managers leaguewide about
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The Miami Heat have been a play-in team in each of the last two seasons. A big portion of that has been due to its bottom-third offense, which has featured an inefficient shot diet, an absence of spacing and poor process in both the halfcourt and transition. Over the last two seasons, they were No.
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From the injuries to playing in their second-straight play-in, the 2023-24 season wasn’t the most fruitful for the Miami Heat. Their fate was met rather quickly last postseason, getting trounced in five games by the top-seeded and eventual-champion Boston Celtics, 11 months after the Heat bested them in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Heat didn’t
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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra just concluded his first Olympic run as an assistant coach under head coach Steve Kerr with Team USA, who earned their fifth-straight Gold Saturday with a 98-87 win over France. It came on the heels of a disappointing 2023 FIBA World Cup, where USA didn’t medal as a result
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