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After dropping Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets, the Miami Heat stormed back with a vengeance and claimed Game 2 by a final score of 111-108. While there were several alterations and adjustments made to Erik Spoelstra’s club’s approach Sunday evening, one of the more highlighted changes was the decision […]

Kyrie Irving has reportedly “reached out” to LeBron James in reference to whether or not James would be interested in joining the Dallas Mavericks, per Shams Charania. Irving, a free agent, is clearly planning his future at the moment. In all reality, LeBron joining the Mavs ahead of the 2023-24 season seems unrealistic. The Los […]

Kyrie Irving and LeBron James’ interest in playing together again is nothing new. The prevailing assumption is that they would do so on the Los Angeles Lakers. But Irving is trying to make it happen with the Dallas Mavericks. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report, Irving has gauged […]

Headlines surrounding Kyrie Irving, LeBron James and a potential reunion happening with the Dallas Mavericks instead of the Los Angeles Lakers have been swirling on Monday morning. The Mavs reportedly wanted to try and get a trade for James done during the regular season, but things didn’t go as planned, reports Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes. […]

The Miami Heat shocked the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 with a scintillating 111-108 come-from-behind win to even the 2023 NBA Finals. The game was a rollercoaster. Miami raced off to an early lead, then Denver swung back, controlled the second and third quarters, and took a lead that went as high as 15 points. […]

The 2023 NBA Draft is just over two weeks away. On May 31, several notable collegiate players who were looking to take their talents to the NBA withdrew their names from the draft in order to maintain their college eligibility.  This list of those withdrawing from this year’s draft was highlighted by Purdue’s Zach Edey, […]

The Chicago Bulls enter NBA free agency in the 2023 offseason at a crossroads. Nikola Vucevic is a Bulls’ free agent, and Lonzo Ball is heading for a third knee surgery that may cost him yet another season. There are plenty of Bulls free agent target rumors out there as the NBA offseason begins, and […]

The Denver Nuggets may have held the lead through three-quarters of play Sunday night, but the late-game surge by the Miami Heat in the final period proved too much for Nikola Jokic and company to handle. Erik Spoelstra’s squad clawed their way back from numerous double-digit deficits to pull off a much-needed 111-108 win in […]

The Miami Heat evened the NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets by stealing Game 2 on the road. Despite the win, Skip Bayless surprisingly called out Jimmy Butler for the disappearance of ‘Playoff Jimmy,’ via Undisputed. "We haven't seen Playoff Jimmy [Butler] now for 7 straight games. He is going through an issue with his […]

The Denver Nuggets have reached the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history. And according to JJ Redick, they should be going back a lot more. Redick said on ESPN’s “First Take” Monday morning the Nuggets “will be the favorites in the Western Conference” going forward for the foreseeable future. Here’s why: “They […]

The Nets may face difficult decisions as they navigate Cam Johnson’s restricted free agency in the coming month. With Brooklyn pushed up against the luxury tax, the 6-foot-8 sharpshooter is expected to garner interest from multiple teams on a four-year offer sheet worth as much as $22.5 million annually. While Johnson said he has plenty […]

Kyrie Irving is one of the premier free agents in the NBA this offseason, and it remains to be seen whether or not he will return to the Dallas Mavericks after they traded for him midway through the 2022-23 season. While Irving could still leave the team, Mavs fans will likely rejoice after hearing that […]

With the historically lucrative Monty Williams era officially underway, Detroit Pistons fans now know the identity of his new right-hand man. Former Houston Rockets head coach Stephen Silas is being hired to be Williams’ lead assistant, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. After three years of manning one rebuild, Silas will now aid in the construction […]

No one, outside of perhaps the most loyal fans, expected the Sacramento Kings to put up as great of a campaign as they did during the 2022-23 regular season. But in the end, the Kings shattered all expectations, winning 48 games en route to becoming the third seed in the Western Conference. Alas, the Kings […]

After dominating on both ends of the floor during Thursday’s Game 1, the Denver Nuggets plummeted back down to earth Sunday evening, as they were bested by the Miami Heat by a final score of 111-108. With this, Erik Spoelstra’s squad heads back down to South Beach with the series all knotted up at 1-1. […]

The Phoenix Suns “seriously considered” former Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers for their head coaching position, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. Rivers, who is 61, was a reported finalist for the Suns’ job, along with Frank Vogel, who got the position, and the team’s associate head coach, Kevin Young. “I just know that as of […]

With the 2023 NBA Finals deadlocked at 1-1, the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat Game 3 contest heads down to South Beach. Ahead of this Heat-Nuggets game, we’ll be making our bold Heat Game 3 predictions. After the Nuggets’ seemingly easy 11-point win in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, it looked like the Western […]

The Phoenix Suns are “more likely” to keep Chris Paul for the upcoming season, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. He said he is “pretty sure” Suns center Deandre Ayton will be traded this summer. The Suns have big decisions to make before the 2023-24 season. Phoenix is looking to build a championship team around Devin […]

Watching the Miami Heat this postseason has truly been a cinematic experience. That is not hyperbole. The amount of times this team has come back from the dead would make a Hollywood script writer scoff. Their story became even more unfathomable Sunday night, following their 111-108 victory against the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of […]

The Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets have split the first two games of the 2023 NBA Finals. After Denver soundly won Game 1, the Heat fought tooth and nail to win Game 2, coming back from a 15-point deficit and surviving a 41-point performance from Nikola Jokic. Many surmised that the Heat’s adjustment to turn […]

Use whatever metaphor or imagery that suits one’s tastes, but there’s no more question about it: the 2022-23 iteration of the Miami Heat simply refuses to die — like that piece of turd that won’t go down the drain, or like the part of the back that itches no matter how hard you try and […]

The Miami Heat narrowly topped the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of the NBA Finals 111-108 Sunday night in a game filled with some questionable missed calls from the referees. The two most egregious no-calls in a lot of NBA fans’ minds both went in favor of the Heat, which sparked plenty of reactions on […]

Is a Jeff Van Gundy return to an NBA bench as part of a coaching staff on the horizon for the current ESPN analyst? NBA correspondent Marc Stein recently wrote on his Substack that the Dallas Mavericks are trying to check out the possibility of adding the former head coach to the team’s think tank […]

The Denver Nuggets certainly have not underestimated the Miami Heat for even a single second, but now they know all too well the pain the likes of the Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, and the Boston Celtics experienced in the past month. No lead is ever quite safe against this pesky Heat squad, and the […]

The Toronto Raptors are the final team with a head coaching vacancy to fill this offseason, and as of right now, it doesn’t seem like we are particularly close to finding out who their new coach will be. After firing Nick Nurse, there appear to still be a handful of candidates who are in the […]

Even before the start of the 2023 NBA Finals, Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone knew that his team was going to be in a dogfight against the stubborn Miami Heat side that doesn’t have the word quit in its vocabulary. After losing to the Heat in Game 2 at home Sunday night to the […]

Miami Heat shooting guards simply cannot contain their facial expressions deep into the playoffs, huh? During the 2020 NBA Finals, it was Tyler Herro who made waves with an instantly iconic snarl against the Los Angeles Lakers. And nearly three years later, it’s Duncan Robinson’s turn to twist the knife, as he dropped a mean […]

Although the Denver Nuggets lost to Miami Heat at home in Game 2 of the 2023 NBA Finals, 111-108, no one can accuse Nikola Jokic of letting his team down offensively. Enter FOX Sports personality Skip Bayless, who still found a way to criticize Jokic’s scoring ability even after the Nuggets star big man dropped […]

Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, and the Miami Heat came up with a massive victory in Game 2 of the 2023 NBA Finals, defeating the Denver Nuggets 111-108. The win gave Miami home-court advantage with the series shifting to South Florida for Games 3 and 4. Bam Adebayo had another fantastic game for the Heat, finishing […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat set their sights back home to South Beach after stealing Game 2 of the NBA Finals from the Denver Nuggets. Nikola Jokic’s squad could not fully defend their homestand as they were edged out 111-108. Effective ball rotation and proper ways to attack the Nuggets’ defense were key to […]

The Miami Heat did it. Despite the odds being stacked against them yet again, this team pulled off a massive Game 2 victory on Sunday night to steal away home-court advantage from the Denver Nuggets. The NBA Finals is now tied 1-1 as the series shifts to Miami for Games 3 and 4, giving the […]

For Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, their Game 2 loss to the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals boils down to two things: effort and discipline. Nuggets head coach Michael Malone highlighted the lack of effort from his players after the Heat manhandled them in the fourth quarter to erase Denver’s eight-point lead heading to […]

The NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat does not feel the same for most fans. Gone are the days when the league treated the last seven games as its spectacle. Numerous shows of grandeur were on tv screens that were eye-catching for viewers. Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers seems to miss […]

Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat have received a lot of credit for the massive adjustments they implemented in their Game 2 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night. The most significant adjustment Miami made was on the Nikola Jokic front, with the former back-to-back MVP being limited to just four assists on the […]

After the Denver Nuggets lost Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat, much of the talk has been about Nikola Jokic’s 41-point performance and how Denver seemingly struggles when he’s having a big-scoring night. Jamal Murray, however, is not buying that losing narrative. With Sunday’s loss, the Nuggets actually fell to 0-3 […]

The Miami Heat managed to pull off a massive Game 2 victory on Sunday night in spite of a 41-point explosion from Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic. As it turns out, not even an offensive eruption from the former back-to-back MVP could save the Nuggets from their first home loss in the entire NBA Playoffs. […]

The Miami Heat put up a total team effort on Sunday night as they took down Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. After losing Game 1, the Heat needed a bounce-back performance in Game 2 to tie the series at 1-1, and Miami delivered just that with a […]

Former NBA Coach of the Year George Karl firmly believes the Denver Nuggets could have sent Game 2 against the Miami Heat to overtime had Michael Malone not made a crucial mistake late in the contest. The Heat beat the Nuggets 111-108 on Sunday to tie the series at 1-1. Miami was trailing Denver by […]

Michael Malone will have plenty to discuss with his Denver Nuggets players between their 111-108 home loss in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday to the Miami Heat and Game 3 on Wednesday in South Beach. Malone understandably is incredibly frustrated with the outcome of Game 2, particularly with the quality of effort […]