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Miami Heat have locked in the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Taking the top spot means they will face a team in the first round that is more tired than them after playing two games in the play-in tournament. The Heat’s rest time will be important in several ways. It will allow them to […]

Much like most of us expected, the Miami Heat have successfully secured the top spot in the East with the best record in the conference. This has been a long time coming and it was only a matter of time before the Heat’s dominance all season long would result in them claiming the No. 1 […]

The Miami Heat own the top spot in the Eastern Conference. While that usually means that they get the easiest matchup plus homecourt advantage in the first round, it’s a little different this season with the Brooklyn Nets ominously lurking as a potential eight-seed. Are the Heat giving a side glance at what’s going on […]

With the NBA season quickly winding down, several individual accolades are set to be handed out in June. While the MVP award is usually the one garnering the most attention, there is quite the battle for DPOY as well. Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo is well in the running, but the likes of Marcus […]

The Atlanta Hawks will take on the Miami Heat on Friday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Hawks-Heat prediction and pick.   The Hawks are the only team that really has something at stake here. Atlanta is currently 42-38, a record that has them tied with the Brooklyn Nets […]

SAN FRANCISCO — There are not many players in the NBA with more experience than Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala. The 38-year-old veteran was drafted back in 2004, and has had the pleasure of playing with multiple all-time greats like Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Allen Iverson. After being around the game for so […]

The Miami Heat got a huge victory on Thursday night, without having to even play a basketball game. With Boston’s loss the Milwaukee, coupled with Philadelphia’s loss to Toronto, the Heat officially clinched the overall top seed in the eastern conference. Miami is 52-28, two games ahead of the Bucks, but they own the tie-breaker […]

The Miami Heat are on the verge of clinching the top seed in the Eastern Conference, but they received a bit of troubling news when it comes to veteran P.J. Tucker as the regular season comes to a close. Tucker underwent an MRI for a calf injury and it showed a strain, putting him out […]

The first round of the playoffs in the East could present some of the most enticing matchups of the entire postseason. The Miami Heat are close to finally securing the top seed in the conference, but they could be facing one of the toughest teams in the East if Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets […]

The Charlotte Hornets lost their second straight game, but this time at the hands of the Miami Heat 144-115. The Hornets dropped down from the ninth spot and down to the tenth, since the Brooklyn Nets won their game on Tuesday night. Charlotte did well to hang with the number one seed in the East […]

Here’s a suggestion: Just give the Sixth Man of the Year trophy to Tyler Herro already. The high-scoring guard had another stellar performance off the bench on Tuesday night, leading the Miami Heat to a 144-115 drubbing of the Charlotte Hornets. Herro scored a career-high 35 points in 34 minutes. He shot an efficient 11-of-18 […]

For those who don’t know Miami Heat swingman Max Strus, they are probably familiar with him now. That is after he sent Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball dropping to the floor with a fake move. Midway through the first quarter of the contest, Strus got the ball on the left wing and made it look […]

Welcome to the final week of the NBA regular season! With only a few games left to play, teams are looking to either gain momentum heading into the postseason or feel better about themselves on their way to the beginning of a long offseason. Fortunately, both the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat have playoff aspirations […]

The Miami Heat are having a great season overall. The team that disappointed in the last season’s playoffs is now back and leading the pack in the Eastern Conference. With their 51-28 record, the Heat are on pace to be the first seed in an incredibly competitive East. Right now, only 2.5 games separate the […]

There’s no denying that Miami Heat guard Duncan Robinson is widely regarded as one of the best shooters in the NBA. His rise from being an undrafted player into one of the most dangerous three-point specialists in the league is uncanny. He has inspired many others to follow suit. While he didn’t exactly go the […]

Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry has played in many big games during his stellar career. But emotionally, perhaps none was bigger than their game against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena on Sunday night. It was Lowry’s first return to Toronto since 2020, and as expected, it was a sellout crowd, with close to 20,000 […]

The Miami Heat traveled to Toronto to square off with the Raptors Sunday night. It was the first time back for former Raptors legend Kyle Lowry as an opponent. It was an extremely important game for both teams, with the Heat pulling out a close victory, 114-109. After the game, Lowry shared a moment with […]

Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry is returning to Scotiabank Arena and playing against the Toronto Raptors for the first time since his offseason departure, and for him, the timing couldn’t get any more perfect. Speaking to reporters before the Sunday showdown, the Raptors legend shared how much he misses everything about the city, the country […]

The Miami Heat are set to face off with the Toronto Raptors in Scotiabank Arena as both teams look to get an advantage in the playoff race. The top of the Eastern Conference is separated by just a few games. The Heat look to retain the top spot in the conference while the Raptors look […]

After being swept by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs last year, the Miami Heat were at one point running through the Eastern Conference this season, on track to finish with the number one seed. Injuries have been a factor for Miami since 2021-22 tipped off, but coach Erik Spoelstra has […]

It is a possible first-round playoff preview as the Miami Heat head north to face the Toronto Raptors on the tail-end of a back-to-back. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Heat-Raptors prediction and pick. The Heat destroyed the Chicago Bulls 127-109 on Saturday night. Jimmy Butler scored 22 points while shooting […]

After working so hard to get back from a career-threatening injury, the harsh reality for Victor Oladipo is that right now, he has not done enough to earn his spot in the Miami Heat rotation. Things can always change for the better, but right now, the veteran guard is on the outside looking in. Oladipo […]

The Brooklyn Nets are one of biggest the disappointments of the 2021-22 NBA season. In what was expected to be the first full season of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, all three have either missed significant time or are already gone from the roster. Harden was dealt to the Philadelphia 76ers at the […]

The Miami Heat will pay a visit to Chicago to take on the Bulls on Saturday. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Heat-Bulls prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below. The Heat seem to have broken out of their funk as they took […]

In August of 2021, Kyle Lowry left his longtime team, the Toronto Raptors, for the Miami Heat. He was a part of a sign-and-trade between the Heat and the Raptors in which Toronto received Goran Dragić and Precious Achiuwa. Less than a month later, Lowry wrote “For My Toronto Family,” one of the latest pieces […]

Fresh off a four-game skid where they were all out of sorts, the Miami Heat have bounced back in a major way with back-t0-back wins. Most notably, the Heat just picked up a hard-fought road win against the scorching-hot Boston Celtics. For a moment things looked bleak for Miami after a verbal altercation between Jimmy […]

Before he was helping the Miami Heat in a race for the top seed in the Eastern Conference, Kyle Lowry was one of the key faces of the Toronto Raptors. Lowry’s on-court chemistry (and hilarious friendship) with DeMar DeRozan made the Raptors true title contenders for the first time in their history. After DeRozan was […]

The Miami Heat will be facing an extremely tough test on Wednesday night as they take on the surging Celtics in Boston. The Heat have made headlines of late after the highly-publicized in-game spat between Jimmy Butler and coach Erik Spoelstra, which has led to some people questioning this team’s chemistry. Jimmy Butler has spoken […]

The NBA regular season continues with games on Wednesday. The Miami Heat will hit the road and take on the Boston Celtics. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Heat-Celtics prediction and pick. These two teams have had very similar seasons so far. The Miami Heat have been one of the […]

After holding onto the top spot in the Eastern Conference for a lengthy stretch, the Miami Heat fell into one of their worst four-game stretches of the season last week. The skid reached its boiling point as Jimmy Butler and Erik Spoelstra were seen getting heated on the Heat sidelines during their ugly loss to […]

The Miami Heat are a top contender in the Eastern Conference but they have a tough road to the title. They are currently the top seed but only 5.5 games separate them currently from the no. 7 Cleveland Cavaliers. The Heat, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Boston Celtics are all within one game of each […]

There is no bigger storyline within the Miami Heat right now than the recent on-court blowup between Jimmy Butler and coach Erik Spoelstra. The pair had to be separated after tempers flared during a timeout, which also saw Udonis Haslem screaming expletives towards Butler. According to reports, Butler and Spoelstra have had “extensive conversations” about […]

The worst-case scenario occurred for the Miami Heat in a loss to the Golden State Warriors this past Wednesday. Trailing a shorthanded Warriors squad in the third quarter, tempers flared on the Heat bench, as star forward Jimmy Butler and head coach Erik Spoelstra got into an animated argument and needed to be separated by […]

Last I checked, Valentine’s Day was more than a month ago. Well, Miami Heat veteran Victor Oladipo still appears to be in a very affectionate mood as he recently discussed his road to recovery. Oladipo logged his most minutes this season on Saturday in a 110-95 loss against Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets. The […]

The Miami Heat finally ended their four-game losing streak on Monday with a big win over the Sacramento Kings. It was a crucially important victory for the Heat whose struggles of late have led to a major bust-up within the squad. Last Wednesday, in Miami’s 118-104 loss to the Golden State Warriors, Jimmy Butler got […]

The Boston Celtics took over the driver’s seat in the Eastern Conference on Sunday night after they trampled the Minnesota Timberwolves, 134-112. The Celtics improved to 47-28 to tie the Miami Heat but they own the tiebreaker via a 2-0 record in their head-to-head matchup this season. The Celtics have truly turned the tide. The […]

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal responded to rumors about his future on Draymond Green’s podcast on Thursday. The three-time All Star addressed a report regarding a potential trade with the 76ers involving Ben Simmons prior to Beal undergoing season-ending wrist surgery earlier this year. He was also asked about the reported interest from the Miami […]

The Miami Heat aren’t looking too hot in their last few games. Once the holder of the number one seed in the Eastern Conference, Jimmy Butler, Kyle Lowry, and the rest of the team have looked completely different in their last games. They have gotten blown out by nearly all of their opponents, and tensions […]

After the Miami Heat confirmed on Saturday that Erik Spoelstra won’t be able to coach the team due to “personal reasons,” many assumed it was related to the Jimmy Butler incident from last Wednesday’s game against the Golden State Warriors. To recall, Butler had a heated altercation with Udonis Haslem and Spoelstra, leading to the […]