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As the Miami Heat beat the Houston Rockets to start their four-game home stand, they were led by the likes of the usual suspects in Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo. However, each would mention one player after the game that was the X-Factor for the team which was Nikola Jovic. Jovic was inserted into the […]

In their first home game of the New Year in 2024, the Miami Heat handle business against the Houston Rockets, 120-113. This brings their record to 21-15 on the season as they try to climb the rankings of the Eastern Conference. Going into Monday night, the Heat’s next 13 of 18 games would be at […]

The Miami Heat prepare for a four-game home stand that starts Monday night when they take on the Houston Rockets. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke before the game to the media about the stretch of games inside the Kaseya Center and their upcoming opponent in the Rockets. When it comes to the schedule for […]

As the Miami Heat prepare for a matchup against the Houston Rockets Monday night, there has been a late add to the NBA’s official injury report as point guard Kyle Lowry’s name is present. While he has been added to the list of players names that have injuries, fans will probably not have to worry […]

As the Miami Heat face the Houston Rockets Monday night to start a four-game home stand, it harks back to the tenure of guard Victor Oladipo. The former Miami player is now a member of the Houston Rockets, but there are a lot of “what if” questions surrounding the 31-year old. At the end of […]

The Houston Rockets travel to South Beach to take on the Miami Heat Monday night. Below we will continue our NBA odds series as we hand out a Rockets-Heat prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Rockets are 18-16 this season, and they have won three of […]

As the Miami Heat concluded their most recent five-game road-trip, the team now heads back home where they will play their next 13 of 18 games at home. In the short-term, they have a four-game home stand at the Kaseya Center starting Monday against the Houston Rockets. However, while focusing on the road ahead is […]

As the Miami Heat will start a four-game home stand against the Houston Rockets on Monday night, they will once again be without their main star in Jimmy Butler according to the team’s X (formerly known as Twitter) account. He is still dealing with a toe injury that he suffered on Dec. 30 against the […]

It is no secret that the Miami Heat is dealing with injury problems, an issue that has plagued them all the way since last season where the team was inconsistent. However, despite suffering from setbacks, the Heat have played better than usual, possibly because the team has been used to being under-manned. Heat head coach […]

While the Miami Heat lost to the Phoenix Suns Friday night, it finally concludes the team’s brutal five-game road trip in the West Coast. Now, the team comes back home where they will play the next 13 of 18 games inside the Kaseya Center starting Tuesday where they will play four in Miami. Heat head […]

Even though the Miami Heat are coming off of a loss to the Phoenix Suns Friday night, 113-97, there was a bright side to the game in star big-man Bam Adebayo. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke about Adebayo after the game and how stellar he was in aspects on and off the court according […]

The Miami Heat are coming off of a loss to the Phoenix Suns Friday night, 113-97, putting a cap to their most recent five-game road trip where they traveled to the West Coast. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra said after the game that despite the loss, he “really liked” the way that the team was […]

As the Miami Heat return back home from a five-game road trip and prepare for Tuesday’s contest against the Houston Rockets, the status of star Jimmy Butler is still up in the air. However, Butler’s agent Bernie Lee spoke to Ira Winderman of The Sun Sentinel and shed some light into the player’s injury and […]

Donovan Mitchell’s future with the Cleveland Cavaliers is one of the biggest questions for the team heading to the trade deadline. Mitchell has two year left on his contract after the 2023-24 season, though the last one for 2025-26 is a player option. With Mitchell yet to agree on a contract extension, it has naturally […]

As the Miami Heat prepare for the Phoenix Suns tonight, they will once again be without star Jimmy Butler. It will mark the seventh game he has missed since injuring his calf on Dec. 18 against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Head coach Erik Spoelstra touches on what the plan will be for Butler as they finish […]

As the Miami Heat prepare to finish their five-game road trip Friday night against the Phoenix Suns, two players from both squads do have a friendship in stars Tyler Herro and Devin Booker. Before the game, Herro spoke about the companionship with the Suns playmaker and how it will be fun to compete against him […]

As the Miami Heat got a crucial win over the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night, the X-factor was no one other than dynamic three-point shooter Duncan Robinson. While he has shown quality improvement in other areas besides shooting the deep ball, his bread and butter stifled the Lakers in the fourth quarter. Robinson was cold […]

The Miami Heat got an impressive road win over the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night, 110-96, snapping a two-game losing streak. In terms of what the difference maker was, the Heat defensively were over-whelming the Lakers as in the first period, the home team committed 10 turnovers while shooting poor from deep with a measly […]

This might read as deja vu, but Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler will be out for tomorrow’s game against the Phoenix Suns with a toe injury as announced by the team’s X (formerly known as Twitter) account. Butler has been dealing with a various amount of injuries this season, but more so in the past […]

The NBA has awarded Miami Heat star Jaime Jaquez Jr. the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month award for the duration of December. Jaquez won the award the month prior as well, making it back-to-back times that he has achieved the impressive feat. There is no doubt that Jaquez has been exceptional in the month […]

Miami Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. had another impressive game Wednesday night, this time it was against the Los Angeles Lakers where he had 16 points and recorded eight assists. Throughout the game, he was matched up against Lakers star LeBron James and in the fourth quarter, he hit a smooth turnaround jumper over the […]

As the Miami Heat beat the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. once again was impressive as he scored 16 points and recorded eight assists. Besides the loss, the Lakers have to be frustrated since they had a prime chance to take Jaquez in the most recent NBA draft. While a lot […]

It is not a good time for Darvin Ham to check out what Los Angeles Lakers fans are talking about on social media following his team’s 110-96 home loss at the hands of the Jimmy Butler-less Miami Heat. Fans of the Purple & Gold squad are not shying away from showing their feelings about how […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are off to a rocky start this season as they begin their post-Damian Lillard rebuild. As such, the Blazers don’t feature heavily in the NBA’s national TV schedule. The team has played a handful of times on NBA TV and is scheduled just once on ESPN and once on TNT. Except […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been plagued with injury woes to start 2024; the Purple and Gold entered their Wednesday night clash against the Miami Heat without D’Angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura, and Gabe Vincent. This has necessitated an emergence from one of their more unheralded players to provide LeBron James and Anthony Davis with some […]

When it comes to Miami Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr., he has already made an impact in more ways than one. Besides excelling in his first-year where he plays more like a veteran than he does an inexperienced player, he is putting his heritage on the map as Jaquez is Mexican-American. There has not been […]

For Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo, this current season is arguably the most significant of his career based on how he plays and more so, how much he plays. What is on the line for the Miami big-man is a hefty contract extension worth up to $245 million for four years. What does Adebayo have […]

There is no doubt that Miami Heat big-man Bam Adebayo has improved after every season and in the current 2023-24 season, it is no different. After the NBA Finals where the Heat lost to the Denver Nuggets, Adebayo was thinking to himself how he can improve in every aspect according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN. […]

After the Miami Heat were on a four-game winning streak, they are now going in the opposite direction as they have dropped their last two games in the lead up to Wednesday night’s contest against the Los Angeles Lakers. In that whole six-game span, star Jimmy Butler has been mostly absent. Dealing with a left […]

The Miami Heat’s Erik Spoelstra took over for legendary coach Pat Riley at the start of the 2008-2009 NBA season. Spoelstra has gone on to win three NBA championships with the Heat franchise, coaching legends like Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James. Heat rookie Jamie Jaquez Jr. got an awesome surprise in his UCLA […]

If there’s anyone who knows Los Angeles Clippers guard Russell Westbrook well, it’s former college teammate and Miami Heat big man Kevin Love. Westbrook and Love played just the 2007-08 season together at UCLA, leading the Bruins to the Final Four. They ultimately fell against Derrick Rose and the Memphis Tigers, but the two were […]

UCLA basketball legend Jaime Jaquez Jr. is in town this week while the Miami Heat take on the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers. In between games, Jaquez paid a visit to his old campus and received a very cool gift commemorating his time with UCLA basketball: Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. was gifted with a […]

There’s still no meaningful movement on a potential Zach LaVine trade. With trade season beginning in earnest over the weekend when the New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors swapped Immanuel Quickley and OG Anunoby (among others) as the February 8th deadline looms, though, updated betting odds have surfaced on the Chicago Bulls star’s next potential […]

The 2024 trade deadline is in just 37 days, which means trade season is about to heat up. One of the hottest names on the trade market is Chicago Bulls star DeMar DeRozan. Several teams will certainly fall in line to acquire DeRozan’s services and the Miami Heat have emerged as the favorite to land […]

The New York Knicks kicked off NBA trade season Saturday, sending RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley to the Toronto Raptors for OG Anunoby in a move that could have major implications for the Brooklyn Nets. The Knicks and Nets have been rumored landing spots if the Cleveland Cavaliers were to trade star guard Donovan Mitchell. […]

Before he became one of the most feared outside shooters in the NBA today, Miami Heat sniper Duncan Robinson spent three years in Ann Arbor playing for the Michigan Wolverines. As a product of the Big Ten school, it was not much of a surprise to see Robinson all hyped up Monday night when he […]

The Miami Heat have put the basketball world on notice with their incredible ability as an organization to bring out the best in nearly every player that manages to latch onto the roster. This is the famous Heat Culture effect, and Jaime Jaquez Jr., the swingman drafted by the franchise with the 18th pick of […]

The Miami Heat began a Western Conference road trip last week. The trip spans five games and began on Dec. 28 against the Golden State Warriors with stops at the Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns. The Heat are 1-1 on the trip so far beating the Warriors but losing […]

Jimmy Butler’s return from his calf injury was cut short after sustaining another health setback during the Miami Heat’s Saturday showdown with the Utah Jazz. The Heat star was forced to exit in the third quarter of the contest, with the game broadcast capturing him leaving the bench and heading to the locker room while […]