The Miami Heat’s starting lineup, particularly in the frontcourt, has been a contentious conversation each of the last two years. The Heat have deployed 10 different five-man units to open games through 24 games — mostly due to injury — including seven times with Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware together. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra […]
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On Saturday night, Detroit Pistons forward Duncan Robinson will be making his first return to Kaseya Center since he departed Miami last summer in favor of a three-year, $48 million deal. Robinson spent seven years with the Heat and is widely regarded as the greatest shooter in franchise history, even though he developed his all-around
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The Miami Heat boat-raced the Chicago Bulls, 143-107, on Friday inside United Center, their third of four Emirates Cup group contests. Miami had seven players reach double figures for the sixth time this season, including second-year forward Keshad Johnson, who had his best game as a pro. Johnson scored 14 points while hauling down 12
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While the Miami Heat still secured a 110-96 win over the Golden State Warriors (recap here) on Wednesday, it didn’t come easy. After jumping out to a 20-4 lead against the shorthanded Warriors — missing Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green and Jonathan Kuminga — Golden State battled back and made it a tightly contested
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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has already had to navigate multiple challenges through 14 games. One of those, ironically enough, was when to call actual challenges. Most of the Heat’s adjustments this season have come on the offensive end of the floor with a new fast-paced, free-flowing offense. But Spoelstra, 55, had to adjust
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As the Miami Heat have adjusted their offense, opponents have adjusted to theirs. Through the first two weeks of the season, the Heat had one of the NBA’s most potent offenses, utilizing this new fast-paced, free-flowing offense. But they’re now seeing zone as much as any team in the NBA because of how much it
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Heading into the season with two legitimate big men on their roster — plus undrafted free-agent Vladimir Goldin, on a two-way contract — the Miami Heat were bereft of depth behind Bam Adebayo. With Kel’el Ware’s slow start to the season and Adebayo’s recent toe injury, they’ve felt the repercussions pretty quickly, especially on the
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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra’s house was destroyed in a fire early Thursday morning. The cause remains unknown and is still under investigation. But nobody was home at the time of the fire, and no one was seriously harmed. Despite the life-altering, traumatic experience, Spoelstra is still planning to coach Friday’s game against the
While we’re only days removed from the start of the season, the Miami Heat are in the middle of arguably the toughest stretch of games they’ll endure all season. It won’t get any easier over the next 10 games, but they’ve fared well against the Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks, respectively. Through
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Heading into the 2025-26 Miami Heat season, there was question about who would round out the starting lineup between Nikola Jovic and Kel’el Ware. Both had up-and-down moments throughout preseason, though both players were also entering the season banged up. Head coach Erik Spoelstra opted to start Jovic on opening night before swapping him with
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