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The Miami Heat outlasted the Golden State Warriors 116-109 on Tuesday in South Beach, sending the defending champions to a third straight loss. Golden State remains winless away from home over two weeks into regular season as a result, careless turnovers and occasionally poor shot selection wasting an effort that surely would’ve been good enough […]

After beginning the season 2-5, many doubted whether the Miami Heat can still be the same old contenders of yore. And to make matters even more concering, the Heat entered Tuesday night slated to face Stephen Curry and the defending champion Golden State Warriors, which put them at real risk of slipping to 2-6. Not […]

At least the Golden State Warriors’ biggest early-season problems weren’t the driving force behind their latest loss away from the friendly confines of Chase Center, right? The defending champs fell to the Miami Heat 116-109 at FTX Arena on Tuesday, crumbling in crunch-time of a competitive, back-and-forth affair between two struggling teams that desperately needed […]

After their NSFW proclamations about being capable of figuring it out as a championship-level side, Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, and the Miami Heat would surely like to back up all that talk with a huge win over the defending champion Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. However, they recently lost $130 million man Tyler Herro […]

Tyler Herro is not panicking. However, the young Miami Heat star isn’t shy about admitting he’s a bit concerned amid the team’s difficult start to the 2022-2023 NBA season. Herro recently sent an alarming message in reference to Miami’s early season troubles, per The Athletic. “But to say I’m not worried, I don’t know about […]

The Golden State Warriors (3-4) travel to the opposite coast to play the Miami Heat (2-5) on Tuesday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Warriors-Heat prediction and pick. Golden State is 3-4 coming off of a two-game losing streak. The Warriors are just 2-5 against […]

The Miami Heat have struggled to open the 2022-2023 NBA season. Veteran point guard Kyle Lowry, who has emerged as one of the Heat’s leaders, discussed his role for the team, per The Athletic. “I feel great. I feel like I can still do it,” Kyle Lowry said  in reference to his star ability. “I […]

The Miami Heat have not begun the 2022-23 season at their usual standards, dropping to 2-5 on the season mere months after being a Jimmy Butler three-pointer away from perhaps heading into the NBA Finals. The Eastern Conference’s number one seed last season, the Heat’s uncharacteristic start has invited questions regarding the Heat’s legitimacy as […]

The Miami Heat are just 2-5 to start the 2022-23 season. They are one of seven teams to not have three wins entering Wednesday’s slate of games. It’s still very early in the season but Jimmy Butler and the Heat don’t look like the playoff contenders many people expected them to be. Butler is unfazed […]

New York Mets “legend” Bobby Bonilla’s name will forever be etched into the history books what with the ludicrous structure of his contract. The king of passive income, Bonilla will be paid $1.19 million by the Mets every July 1 from 2011 until 2035 (!) instead of being paid the $5.9 million he was owed […]

Kyle Lowry hasn’t exactly had the best start to the season for the Miami Heat. He has been healthy and has suited up for his team’s first seven games of the season, but there’s no denying that the 36-year-old is no longer the dominant star he once was during his younger years. On a recent […]

The Brooklyn Nets have stumbled out of the gates in the 2022-23 NBA season. Their chemistry has been messy, and their on-court play has been even messier. To make matters worse, Kyrie Irving is once again at the center of a social media storm. His Thursday afternoon posting of a four-year-old anti-Semitic video and a […]

The Miami Heat will travel to the state capitol of California as they face off with the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center. It’s time to get clutch as we examine our NBA odds series with a Heat-Kings prediction and pick. The Heat lost 123-110 to the Golden State Warriors on Thursday. Jimmy Butler scored 27 points […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have kicked off their 2022-23 season by looking even worse than they did last season, and are sitting with an 0-5 record through their first five games. It has led some folks to wonder whether or not LeBron James would reconsider his future with the Lakers based on their horrible start […]

The Golden State Warriors weren’t forcing Tyler Herro into the action over and over during the most critical moments of Thursday’s game against the Miami Heat by accident. Stephen Curry proved as much with just over five-and-a-half minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. After inbounding the ball, flying off a pin-down from Kevon Looney and […]

James Wiseman was only on the floor for 14 minutes on Thursday, the fewest he’s played in the Golden State Warriors’ first five games of the regular season. Definitely don’t take the young big man’s comparative lack of playing time as any negative referendum on his performance against the Miami Heat, though. After his team’s […]

The Miami Heat (2-3) travel to the opposite coast to play the Golden State Warriors (2-2) on Thursday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 10:10 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Heat-Warriors prediction and pick. Miami is 2-3 fresh off a convincing win over the Blazers on Wednesday night. However, the […]

The Miami Heat take on the Portland Trail Blazers. Check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Heat-Trail Blazers prediction and pick. The Portland Trail Blazers are a very surprising 4-0. In an NBA season in which the Utah Jazz started 3-0 and the San Antonio Spurs have won three consecutive games, the Blazers have […]

Two Miami heat players have received one-game suspensions for their role in the altercation that went down in Miami’s 112-109 win against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night. Caleb Martin was involved in a physical altercation with Raptors rookie Christian Koloko, and the NBA has penalized both players, as well as Heat rookie Nikola Jovic […]

Udonis Haslem is considered to be the heart and soul of the Miami Heat. The long-time veteran doesn’t play much nowadays, but he’s still a vital part of their locker room. Haslem is the team captain and the vocal leader of the Heat. However, it seems like the Heat might need him to lace up […]

The Miami Heat have championship expectations for the 2022-23 season after very nearly making it back to the NBA Finals last season. Yet through three games, the Heat haven’t looked like the same gritty team that always finds a way to exceed expectations that they have been over the past few seasons. Through three games, […]

The Toronto Raptors will again take their talents to South Beach to take on the Miami Heat in a Monday night NBA matchup at FTX Arena. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes a Raptors-Heat prediction and pick, laid out below. Toronto has opened the season at […]

The Miami Heat host the Toronto Raptors for early NBA season action! It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Raptors-Heat prediction and pick. The Raptors are (1-1) so far after taking down the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 and then falling to the Brooklyn Nets in Game 2. Friday night’s game was […]

The Miami Heat have now lost their first two games of the season, and superstar forward Jimmy Butler knows exactly why: defense. Miami was one of the best defensive teams in the NBA last season, ranking no. 4 in defensive rating just behind the Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns. However, in their […]

The Miami Heat’s rough start to the new season got even rougher on Friday night after they suffered their second straight loss of the campaign. This time around, the Heat had no answer for the Boston Celtics’ dynamic duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, who combined for 57 points, leading their squad to a […]

The Miami Heat host the Boston Celtics for Game 2 of the NBA season! It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Celtics-Heat prediction and pick. The Celtics finished off the Philadelphia 76ers 126-177 on Opening Night. The Celtics dominated the second half of the game and rode it all the way to […]

As the NBA season gets underway, one of the last unsettled bit of business from the offseason is the pending Jae Crowder trade. The Phoenix Suns and the 10-year NBA veteran have mutually decided to part ways. The only thing left to do is to find the right trade partner. Rumors have Crowder being interested […]

Throughout Udonis Haslem’s Miami Heat career, he’s always been a vocal player and not afraid to speak his mind. That continued on Wednesday before the Miami Heat’s opening game against the Chicago Bulls when Haslem delivered a brief pregame speech to recognize Brittney Griner. Udonis Haslem started his pregame speech with a message for Brittney […]

Despite finishing the regular season at the top of the Eastern Conference with a 53-29 record, 2021-22 finished in heartbreak for the Miami Heat. The team was one shot away from winning game seven of the conference finals against the Boston Celtics, but Jimmy Butler’s 3-pointer was just short. Can they go further in 2022-23? […]

The Chicago Bulls (0-0) travel south to take on the Miami Heat (0-0) in their first NBA games of the season. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:40 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with a Bulls-Heat prediction and pick. The Bulls and Heat will face off in the first of three matchups between […]

The Chicago Bulls head into their season opener on Wednesday against the Miami Heat very shorthanded. Lonzo Ball is still injured but to make matters worse, Zach LaVine is also out due to injury management for his knee. He’s likely to miss the first of a back-to-back on Friday as well versus the Washington Wizards, […]

The Miami Heat enter the 2022-23 NBA season as one of the top contenders in the Eastern Conference. For them to meet that lofty expectation, however, one key player has to really step up. He may also come as a bit of a surprise. Here we’ll look at the Miami Heat’s X-factor in the 2022-23 […]

Jordan Poole and Tyler Herro have received comparisons over the past couple of years. Both are talented guards with strong scoring prowess on good teams. So, many people wondered how Tyler Herro would react to Jordan Poole receiving a larger contract extension with the Golden State Warriors than he received with the Miami Heat. “It’s […]

Long before he joined the Miami Heat, Victor Oladipo was an up-and-coming star for the Indiana Pacers. During the 20i8 NBA Playoffs, Oladipo and his Pacers faced off against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round — a series that still remains in the memory of Oladipo. Speaking on a recent episode […]

Toward the latter part of last season, Jimmy Butler got into a now-infamous sideline spat with Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and veteran teammate Udonis Haslem. It was actually more than just a simple spat, with players having to hold coach Spo back as he tried to have a go at Butler during a […]

On Wednesday, NBA insider Jake Fischer reported that Victor Oladipo “spurned a potential starting opportunity in Washington to return to Miami in free agency.” The Miami Heat guard caught wind of the report, and Oladipo himself was quick to refute the same. Oladipo took to Twitter to make it abundantly clear that he did not […]

The 2022-23 NBA season is less than a week away, which means it is time for some Miami Heat bold predictions. After finishing at the top of the Eastern Conference last season, the team failed to return to the NBA Finals after falling to the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. […]

Tyler Herro believes he is more than capable of being a starter for the Miami Heat. Despite that, though, he is keeping his focus on the thing that really matters: winning the championship. Speaking on SiriusXM NBA Radio, Herro emphasized his belief that he has done enough to get a starting role. He is fresh […]

Victor Oladipo may be just 30-years old, but he’s already endured plenty during his NBA career. The Miami Heat guard recently opened up to JJ Redick on Redick’s “The Old Man and The Three” podcast. Oladipo got brutally honest on his long rise to stardom, getting traded, dealing with injuries, and more. Victor Oladipo on […]