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On This Day In Heat History: Big 3 secures first NBA Title together in 2012

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On this day 12 years go, the Miami Heat secured their first title in the Big 3 era, which featured LeBron James, franchise icon Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. They defeated Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden and the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games, securing their first of two championships together. Let’s reminisce, shall […]

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On This Day In Heat History: Miami secures back-to-back titles in 2013

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On this day 11 years ago, the Miami Heat repeated as NBA champions for the first time in franchise history, this time downing the San Antonio Spurs in seven grueling, thrilling contests. To date, it’s still the organization’s last NBA Title. Let’s reminisce, shall we? How did we get here? Miami was coming off their

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Lakers granted permission to interview Heat assistant Chris Quinn

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Nearly two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Lakers fired head coach Darvin Ham after two seasons–which ultimately resulted in two eliminations by the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers are still matriculating through the head coaching search, but they have gained permission to interview longtime Heat assistant Chris Quinn, ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski confirmed Wednesday. This

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Report: Heat contacted NBA regarding Cavaliers court amid Dru Smith’s injury

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The Miami Heat lost guard Dru Smith for the season last week after awkwardly landing in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ bench at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Wednesday. Though the catch is that the Cavaliers’ court has a near-foot-long drop-off between the playing floor and the sidelines, where Smith landed, according to Joe Vardon of The Athletic. Smith

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