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The Los Angeles Lakers will face the Boston Celtics or the Miami Heat in the 2020 NBA Finals. After the Lakers clinched the Western Conference title, the two possible Finals schedules have been released. One scenario involves the Celtics winning Game 6 of the East Finals Sunday night, to extend that series to a Game […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green are pushing back at the narrative that Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler may be a difficult person to share a locker room with. Butler was traded from the Chicago Bulls to the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2017, then to the Philadelphia 76ers in […]

During his media session on Saturday, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra talked about All-Star big man Bam Adebayo taking responsibility for the team’s Game 5 loss to the Boston Celtics on Friday. As expected, Spoelstra showered Adebayo with praise. “I love Bam Adebayo and everything he stands for as a competitor,” Erik Spoelstra said […]

The Miami Heat fell to the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night by a final score of 121-108. The C’s were buoyed by a decisive third quarter in which they outscored Miami by a 41-25 margin. Neither team looked particularly sharp from downtown, but the Heat—who are known […]

Udonis Haslem is known for bringing veteran leadership to the Miami Heat. Although he hasn’t played much in the 2020 NBA playoffs, his words and leadership have played an integral role during the Heat’s playoff run. During a timeout, Haslem was seen letting his teammates have it in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals […]

Jimmy Butler has provided some great insight as to why he believes his Miami Heat fell to the Boston Celtics on Friday in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. According to Butler, it was all about the Celtics wanting it more than they did on the evening. “They were playing harder than we were, […]

The Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets, two of the final four competitors in the NBA playoffs, underscore the importance of drafting well and developing young players. The Nuggets’ core, which they drafted, is Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic, Gary Harris, Monte Morris, and Michael Porter Jr. Murray was the seventh pick in the 2016 NBA Draft; Jokic […]

It’s no secret that the Miami Heat arguably boasts the best player development program in the entire NBA right now. The franchise’s amazing track record in honing talent pretty much speaks for itself, as they’ve managed to turn a lot of undrafted players and G-Leaguers into serviceable role players over the years. Players like Duncan […]

Boston Celtics’ main man Jayson Tatum beat himself up after scoring zero points in the first half of Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. They lost to the Miami Heat to go down a 3-1 hole. The fast-rising 22-year-old star said it’s inexcusable that he wasn’t aggressive enough. That’s why in tonight’s Game […]

Jayson Tatum lifted the Boston Celtics over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night. However, while the young standout had a game-high 31 points on top of 10 rebounds and six assists in another all-around effort, he deflected the credit to two of his teammates. Tatum praised Celtics […]

Miami Heat All-Star big man Bam Adebayo was quick to take the blame for his team’s Game 5 loss to the Boston Celtics on Friday. After hearing about Adebayo’s post-game admission, Heat forward Jimmy Butler came to the defense of his teammate. Heat’s Bam Adebayo after ECF Game 5 loss to Celtics: “This game is […]

The Miami Heat suffered a 121-108 defeat at the hands of the Boston Celtics on Friday, as they failed to close out the series at their first opportunity. After the game, Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra was asked about teams blowing 3-1 leads, and the 49-year-old was quick to deflect the trend. For Spoelstra, he […]

Miami Heat forward Andre Iguodala is no stranger to physical play in the NBA Playoffs. But it looks like he let his emotions get the best of him in a rebound tussle in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night. Early in the fourth quarter, he and Boston Celtics center Daniel Theis […]

Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker has been spending a lot of time with his teammate Marcus Smart in the NBA bubble, which is probably why he flopped so hard in Game 5 to sell a foul call. Unfortunately for Kemba, aside from getting called for a blocking foul and losing the eventual challenge, the four-time […]

There was a lot of smack talk throughout the contest on Friday, as the Boston Celtics took on the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. At very thick of the action was Celtics forward Jaylen Brown, who decided to blow a kiss to Miami’s bench after hitting a corner trey. Although […]

Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck was so hyped during Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat on Friday that he started to smack the glass in front of him in excitement. Take a look at the hilarious moment: The Celtics owner is hype behind the glass. 😭 (via @Marc_DAmico) pic.twitter.com/gPJVfu8Gp3 — […]

Boston Celtics star guard Kemba Walker found himself on the short end of a call in Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night. He was closely defending Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler late in the second quarter when he got an elbow to the chin and flopped hard to sell the […]

Retired NBA icon Dwyane Wade recently bared his thoughts on the possibility of a potential Los Angeles Lakers versus Miami Heat NBA Finals. Both squads are now just one win away from winning their respective conferences, as the Heat hold a commanding 3-1 lead over the Boston Celtics, while the Lakers are also up 3-1 […]

Miami Heat point guard Goran Dragic and small forward Jimmy Butler came into Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals with some Big Face Coffee merch. Butler, who has been making plenty of headlines at Walt Disney World with his coffee business, apparently solid some coffee to Dragic before the game for the usual price […]

Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge believes his team can erase its 3-1 series deficit against the Miami Heat in the 2020 Eastern Conference Finals down in Orlando, Florida at Walt Disney World. Ainge says he’s not panicking and claims the Celtics’ best basketball “is ahead of us.” “I’m not panicking,” Danny Ainge […]

New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau, who coached Miami Heat small forward Jimmy Butler on the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves, is incredibly happy for the five-time All-Star’s success this season. Butler has been stellar in his first season with the Heat. He has the team one win away from reaching the 2020 NBA […]

Jimmy Butler is on the verge of leading the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals in his first year with the team, and he’s also making the Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers look foolish. By now, most people should be familiar with Butler’s story. He was the 30th overall pick in the 2011 […]

Amid rumors that Jimmy Butler is a bad teammate, CJ McCollum of the Portland Trail Blazers and Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors came to the defense of the Miami Heat star. McCollum retweeted a clip of Butler coming to practice wearing Tyler Herro’s old high school jersey. The Blazers guard then questioned the […]

While leading the Miami Heat to a Game 4 win over the Boston Celtics, guard Tyler Herro broke the record for the most points scored by a player 20-years-old or younger in a Conference Finals game. It was one of those games you had to see to believe. How could a rookie who only scored […]

Tyler Herro’s rise from 13th overall pick in the NBA Draft, to rotation player on a playoff team, to now an all-time playoff performer, has been nothing short of spectacular and confounding. Has Herro always been able to reach this level of play and was saving it, or has something happened over the last year […]

The Miami Heat are unlike any team we have seen in the NBA Playoffs in a long time, maybe since the 2004 Detroit Pistons. They don’t have an MVP-level player and every night someone else is leading them to big wins. Jimmy Butler has made big plays, Goran Dragic has scored huge buckets, Bam Adebayo […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler and rookie Tyler Herro have had something of a big brother-little brother relationship all season. Naturally, Butler saw fit to impersonate the rookie after Herro poured in 37 points in a Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics. Butler donned Herro’s Whitnall High School (Wi.) jersey, strutting his way into […]

Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo aggravated a wrist injury during Wednesday night’s win over the Boston Celtics. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra noted after the game the All-Star was in plenty of pain and icing the wrist, casting doubt upon his status for the remainder of the series. Adebayo insisted he was okay, though, and Spoelstra […]

After falling to the Miami Heat in Wednesday night’s Game 4 matchup, 112-109, the Boston Celtics find themselves facing a 3-1 deficit in the Eastern Conference Finals. It’s win or go home time for the boys from Beantown. Will they find a way to stave off elimination? In this piece, we’ll suggest four adjustments that […]

With a career performance from the youngest player on the floor, the Miami Heat moved one step closer to making an appearance in the 2020 NBA Finals with a 112-109 Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics. In this piece, we’ll highlight four takeaways from the hard-fought battle that ensued on Wednesday night. A Herro […]

Miami Heat veteran Andre Iguodala had some very high praise for teammate Tyler Herro following the rookie’s career performance on Wednesday against the Boston Celtics. According to Iguodala, he sees shades of former Golden State Warriors teammate Stephen Curry in Herro. That’s obviously some compliment right there. While Iguodala did express his belief that the […]

Miami Heat rookie Tyler Herro was so impressive in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday that even his teammates were left in awe. For Heat guard Goran Dragic, the veteran went as far as questioning Herro’s real age. Dragic jokingly raised doubt about Herro being just 20 years of age after his amazing […]

Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker did not exactly see eye-to-eye with teammate Jaylen Brown in terms of the latter’s assessment of Boston’s performance on Wednesday against the Miami Heat. When asked about Brown’s claim that the C’s had a poor start against Miami in Game 4, Walker expressed his disagreement with his teammate’s claim: https://twitter.com/Tom_NBA/status/1308975117419114497 […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum was quick to take the blame for his team’s disappointing 112-109 loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday. With the Celtics now down 3-1 in the series, Tatum believes this L was on him. After the loss, the 22-year-old expressed his disappointment in himself and his first-half performance: “I take […]

Jimmy Butler has come a long way from his stint with the Chicago Bulls some time ago. He has now evolved into a true leader for the Miami Heat, and for this he has credited his former Chicago teammates for helping mold him to the man he is today. Butler has paid it forward, and […]

Tyler Herro was a headache for the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night as he propelled the Miami Heat to a huge 112-109 victory in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals series. The Heat rookie was virtually automatic the entire game, and Celtics head coach Brad Stevens had no choice but to applaud Herro on […]

Miami Heat All-Star big man Bam Adebayo was in considerable pain late in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night after appearing to injure his left wrist. While there has been some fear about his status for the rest of the series, Dwyane Wade has provided his own medical update about Adebayo and […]

With the fate of the police officers involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor recently sealed, Miami Heat duo Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler were given an opportunity to speak out about the same following Wednesday night’s Game 4 victory over the Boston Celtics. The grand jury’s recent decision to indict just one officer in […]

Tyler Herro starred for the Miami Heat on Wednesday night as they pulled off a thrilling 112-109 win over the Boston Celtics. The young star continues to shine in the NBA bubble, dropping 37 massive points for the Heat in Game 4 to put them 3-1 up in the series. With his huge night, Herro […]