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The Miami Heat’s offensive struggles in their Game 5 loss against the Boston Celtics has many people blaming the defeat on Miami’s lingering injuries. Most notably, Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry have dealt with various ailments which likely led to their underwhelming performances in Game 5. Nonetheless, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra does not want to […]

Marcus Morris just cannot understand why Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat are not playing his brother, Markieff Morris, despite him being available against the Boston Celtics. The Los Angeles Clippers forward doesn’t see any reason for his twin brother to sit out, especially with the Heat needing an extra boost on both ends of […]

A lot will be on the line for both the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night when they face off in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Be that as it may, Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra decided to kick off his pre-game press conference to address the horrific Texas school […]

The Miami Heat had a chance to go up 3-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics. Instead, the Heat laid a complete egg in Game 4, scoring just 11 points in the first quarter and getting blown out of the water. Miami trailed by as many as 32 points and wound up […]

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is not one bit bothered by their blowout loss in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics. After all, he knows very well what his team is capable of. The Heat struggled offensively during Monday’s game, scoring just one point in the first eight minutes of play and never really […]

Erik Spoelstra is not blaming Payton Pritchard alone for Jimmy Butler’s injury in Game 3 between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics, but he certainly didn’t like the knee grab the guard did on their superstar. To recall, Pritchard was called for a foul after grabbing Butler’s right knee midway through the second quarter. Shockingly, […]

The Miami Heat have not been as dominant in the East Finals as they were in the earlier rounds of the 2022 playoffs, but still, they found ways to win against the Boston Celtics. For head coach Erik Spoelstra, that is the most important thing. After going 2-1 up against the Celtics, a rather interesting […]

Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo was quiet for the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals, only tallying 16 points total in Games 1 and 2 combined. The Heat needed more from Bam, and everybody knew it. Well, Adebayo showed up in a big way in Saturday’s shocking Game 3 win, putting up 31 […]

On Saturday night, the Miami Heat came into TD Garden and took Game 3 against the Boston Celtics. But they didn’t exit unscathed as Jimmy Butler left the game prematurely with an injury. The Heat star was dealing with a knee inflammation that knocked him out of the contest after playing 19 minutes in the […]

The Miami Heat have played fairly well against the Boston Celtics through the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals. However, they are expected to receive a major boost ahead of Game 3’s action. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra announced that Kyle Lowry and PJ Tucker are expected to play on Saturday in Boston. Lowry […]

The Boston Celtics dismantled the Miami Heat in Game 2. In all reality, other than a third quarter that saw the Heat outscore the Celtics 39-14 in Game 1, Boston has been in control through the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals. Nonetheless, Miami was fortunate to earn a split at home. But […]

One of the major turning points of the Miami Heat’s season was when head coach Erik Spoelstra suddenly found himself embroiled in a heated shouting match with Jimmy Butler right in the middle of a regular-season game. Tempers flared, things got out of hand, and the pair had to be restrained in order to prevent […]

PJ Tucker suffered a bit of an injury scare in the first half of Game 1 against the Boston Celtics. The Miami Heat veteran limped to the locker room in the opening half with an apparent right foot injury, but the good news is that Tucker came back in the second half to help his […]

There were a number of memorable moments during Tuesday’s Game 5 contest between the Heat and the Sixers. It was a joy to watch Miami put in a full team effort to pummel Joel Embiid and the Sixers en route to a dominating 120-85 victory. However, another moment that stood out was when renowned record […]

The Miami Heat made easy work of the Sixers on Tuesday night as they pounded them down en route to a 120-85 win in Game 5 of this second-round series. Jimmy Butler was the star of the show yet again for Miami and it is now becoming increasingly clear how the 32-year-old will likely be […]

The Miami Heat are deadlocked at two games apiece with the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Both teams have played a gritty brand of basketball and it has been an exciting series to say the least. However, one Heat player who hasn’t seen much action is Duncan Robinson. Miami coach Erik Spoelstra commented […]

The Miami Heat are coming off two putrid shooting performances against the Philadelphia 76ers. Do you know who they could’ve used to make it rain from downtown? Duncan Robinson. The former Michigan standout has played a whole one minute in this series with the Sixers, racking up numerous DNPs. Amid his confusing absence from the […]

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was not very pleased with his team’s performance in Game 3 after they were blown out by the Sixers, 99-79. After the game, coach Spo made sure to let his team know that their effort was simply unacceptable. The Heat coach admitted that he was pleased by his team’s […]

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Wednesday surpassed his boss Pat Riley in the list of highest winning percentages among coaches with at least 100 games in the history of the NBA Playoffs. With the Heat’s win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 2 of their second round series, Spoelstra improved his record to 91-59 […]

It wasn’t a virtuosic performance, but the Miami Heat drew first blood in their second round series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday, hacking out a 106-92 win. The Sixers played with a huge disadvantage—figuratively and literally—as star behemoth Joel Embiid remains sidelined indefinitely due to a facial injury. But when asked about the Heat […]

Jimmy Butler is hilariously blaming Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra for his $15,000 fine from the NBA. The league slapped the Heat star with the costly punishment for what they deemed as an “obscene gesture” during Game 5 of their playoff series with the Atlanta Hawks. Late in the second quarter of the game, […]

When Kyle Lowry left Game 3 of the Miami Heat-Atlanta Hawks’ playoff series, the team called his issue a left leg injury. Apparently, however, that doesn’t tell the whole story. According to Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, Lowry suffered a hamstring injury, though the severity of the issue is unknown. When it initially was listed […]

The flashes of star potential that Tyler Herro showed crystalized in the 2021-22 season. He became a crucial piece for the top-seeded Miami Heat by averaging career-highs and establishing himself as a monster scorer off the bench. Now, he is helping the Heat make a deep NBA playoffs run again. A season like this seemed […]

Despite exploding for 40 points in the Miami Heat’s final regular-season game, Victor Oladipo has yet to take the floor in the playoffs. Apparently, this has a lot to do with his supposed beef with Jimmy Butler. NBA insider Skip Bayless recently revealed that Butler has a “personal issue” with Oladipo. So much so, that […]

The Atlanta Hawks may be down big in their first-round series matchup against the Miami Heat, but this has not stopped Trae Young from finding the silver lining in all this. The Hawks superstar recently revealed why he’s still having the best time of his life despite the fact that his team is looking at […]

The Miami Heat won Game 2 of their first round NBA playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks Tuesday night, 115-105. In the win, Heat superstar Jimmy Butler went nuts. He dropped a game-high 45 points, knocking down 15 of his 25 shots from the floor. A number of those shots came late with the score […]

The Miami Heat have been one of the best teams in the NBA all season long, as they secured the Eastern Conference’s number-one seed. However, that success didn’t prevent them from experiencing tension within the franchise, as tempers flared when star Jimmy Butler and Erik Spoelstra nearly came to blows on the bench. According 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Brooklyn Nets will be hosting the Miami Heat on Saturday night in what is a marquee matchup between two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference. Miami currently has the best record in the East, while Kevin Durant and his Nets remain as one of the favorites to go all the way this […]

The Philadelphia 76ers’ season took a drastic turn at the trade deadline when they acquired James Harden in a mega-deal for Ben Simmons. After a months-long saga of off-court drama, the Sixers were finally able to remove the dark cloud from over their head. From the beginning, Morey made his stance clear on what he […]

The Miami Heat found themselves as the main story in the NBA on Wednesday night, for all the wrong reasons. As the Heat were getting punked by a Golden State Warriors team playing without Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson, tensions flared up on the bench in a big way during a timeout in […]

The Miami Heat unraveled badly against an injury-riddled Golden State Warriors team. They let the Warriors, who were without Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green, light up the third quarter and take a 19-point lead. Miami regained the lead but lost it in the fourth quarter and never got it back. The main takeaway […]

The Heat were shown up on their own home floor on Wednesday night. Against a Golden State Warriors team without Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, or Klay Thompson, Miami was outplayed in an uncharacteristic 118-104 loss. Tempers began to flare on the sidelines as Jordan Poole and Co. started piling on the Heat in the third […]

Jimmy Butler got into a heated altercation with Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra during Wednesday’s disappointing 118-104 loss against a shorthanded Golden State Warriors side. The pair had to be separated after their conversation escalated to a rather unsavory level. Even Heat veteran Udonis Haslem got involved, and he too had to be held […]

The Miami Heat entered Wednesday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors with the best record in the eastern conference. But not all is good in Miami. Early in the third quarter, the visiting Warriors went on a 13-0 run, forcing the Heat to call timeout. During that timeout, Heat superstar Jimmy Butler and former […]