Heat blitz testy Bulls 115-78 to even series 1-1

Miami Heat stars Dwyane Wade and LeBron James talk about intensity, focus and composure. MIAMI—   The Miami Heat are back in the fight, landing blows both physical and demoralizing Wednesday night against the Chicago Bulls.   In a game filled with technical fouls, trash talk, shoving and eventually the fourth-quarter ejections of the Bulls’ [...]

Even with wins, rebounds still concern Erik Spoelstra

BOSTON—    Even as the victories have mounted, Pat Riley’s long-ago voice continues to resonate with Erik Spoelstra.    So the victories over the Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors over the weekend were viewed from a slightly different prism from the Miami Heat coach than perhaps his players.    “Look, my boss came up with [...]

Even amid success, LeBron does stand alone

OKLAHOMA CITY— Even though it seems that way, it’s not just LeBron James. It’s Dwyane Wade scoring 28 points in the fourth quarters of the past two games. It’s Chris Bosh recording a second consecutive double-double after missing the previous two games with the flu, making his final nine shots in the Tuesday victory over [...]

Heat view China trip as win-win, even with loss

   This was the rare time when Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra couldn’t, or at least wouldn’t, stress business over pleasure.    Not when it came to the opportunity to balance the two while half a world from South Florida.    Even with the Heat ending their two-game preseason tour of China with a 99-89 [...]

Spoelstra says Heat will play even faster in 2012-13

By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 6:04 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2012 MIAMI—    Erik Spoelstra successfully revved up the Miami Heat’s offense. He said Tuesday you haven’t seen anything yet.   After the Heat played at a faster pace in their championship run than in previous seasons, going from 21st in the NBA [...]

Heat remain title favorites, even with Dwight to Lakers

What do the acquisitions of Dwight Howard and Steve Nash do for the Los Angeles Lakers? In this case make them second to one, the Miami Heat, at least when it comes to betting lines. In the wake of the Lakers’ acquisition of Howard from the Orlando Magic, the oddmakers at Bovada.lv noted Friday that [...]

Even with Bosh back and LeBron and Wade on, Heat fall to Celtics 94-90

MIAMI— It comes down to a two-game winning streak for the Miami Heat. Or a lost season. Failing to capitalize in their return to AmericanAirlines Arena, the Heat fell 94-90 Tuesday night to the Boston Celtics, now down 3-2 in these best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals. “It’s a loss and that’s all it is,” Heat coach [...]

Dwyane Wade’s shot misses – and Boston pulls even

As Dwyane Wade shook himself free in overtime, he went up with the shot and the best measure of hope for the Heat. Boston fans stood and held their breath. LeBron James watched from the bench, fouled out. Sometimes for all the talk and sweat and controversy it just comes down to this: A shot [...]

Even Stern coming around on Heat

Five garbage-time minutes remained in Sunday’s holiday spanking when Mark Cuban finally got LeBron James’ attention. Play was in. The clock was running. The Heat had the ball and a 20-point lead on their way to a 105-94 victory on a shockingly easy Christmas afternoon. But that didn’t stop the Mavericks owner, arms folded tightly [...]

NBA lockout even impacts Chris Bosh wedding list

By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 7:23 p.m. EDT, July 1, 2011 MIAMI— While Chris Bosh’s recent “Hangover” style bachelor party has been well chronicled across the web, his South Florida wedding later this month became a bit more complicated by the lockout. Under lockout rules, the NBA has banned contact between players and [...]

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