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MIAMI — It is a subject Erik Spoelstra would rather avoid. Ever since he was put in this situation, he’s run from the topic of his abilities as a coach. The everlasting smile disappears the moment Spoelstra, now in his fifth season with the Miami Heat, is asked about it. He says what others think [...]
MIAMI— Amid the drudgery of this back-to-back weekend set of games against the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat needed something to get their attention. They got it in the third quarter of Sunday night’s 109-105 victory over the Cavs at AmericanAirlines Arena, when Cleveland roared back from a 22-point deficit [...]
He can stop with the teeny, percentage-point improvement. Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh recently said he was only 99 percent healthy. Each day afterward he steadily raised it, going from 99.1 to 99.2 percent. Bosh proved he is fully back with his 19-point, eight-rebound performance Saturday in the series-clinching victory against the Boston Celtics. Now, [...]
MIAMI— The Miami Heat’s Big Two (Emergency) Era opened with the thud. But Tuesday night’s 78-75 loss to the Indiana Pacers at AmericanAirlines Arena was about more that the injury absence of Chris Bosh. It was about the Heat’s inability to hit an outside shot, successfully execute the most rudimentary of offensive sets, or make [...]
NEW YORK— The Miami Heat had the opportunity to give themselves a week off. Instead, they took most of Sunday off. And appeared significantly off with their late-game thinking. Dreary for extended stretches and then seemingly brain-locked at the finish, the Heat came up short in an 89-87 loss to the New York Knicks at [...]
MIAMI— To a degree, 2011-12 will be a season of the pushback from the Miami Heat. Against the lingering criticism of how LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh came together. Against the doubters who saw Pat Riley’s creation fall short in the NBA Finals. Against anyone rushing to judgment of the Big Three somehow [...]
MIAMI— After five grueling games against the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference finals, the Miami Heat thought they were done with ground-and-pound basketball. Instead, these NBA Finals, even against the previously high-scoring Dallas Mavericks, well could prove to be more of the same. That certainly was the case Tuesday night at AmericanAirlines Arena, when [...]
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