Heat blow lead, find way to finish off Bulls 94-91

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra talks about beating the Bulls and looks ahead to the next series. MIAMI—    This was everything the Miami Heat could have hoped for . . . for the first 5 minutes, 25 seconds.    Then it became work, hard work, grueling work, stressful work, the type of effort they [...]

Heat blow lead, find way to finish off Bulls 94-91

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra talks about beating the Bulls and looks ahead to the next series. MIAMI—    This was everything the Miami Heat could have hoped for . . . for the first 5 minutes, 25 seconds.    Then it became work, hard work, grueling work, stressful work, the type of effort they [...]

Heat blow lead, find way to finish off Bulls 94-91

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra talks about beating the Bulls and looks ahead to the next series. MIAMI—    This was everything the Miami Heat could have hoped for . . . for the first 5 minutes, 25 seconds.    Then it became work, hard work, grueling work, stressful work, the type of effort they [...]

Strong finish salvages road trip for Miami Heat

LOS ANGELES— The trip began with blown leads, rebounding struggles and the benching of two starters. It ended with redemption and regrouping. After having all sorts of problems the first four games, the Miami Heat closed strong with two victories to finish the road trip at .500. Their win against the Los Angeles Lakers late [...]

Heat survive wild finish, tie Finals 1-1 with 100-96 win

OKLAHOMA CITY— Thursday’s lesson? The Oklahoma City Thunder aren’t going away, too young and impetuous to know better, frighteningly resilient. Surviving as much as anything, the Miami Heat held on for a 100-96 victory at Chesapeake Energy Arena to tie the best-of-seven series 1-1. It wasn’t easy and nearly proved too harrowing, not decided until [...]

Erik Spoelstra downplays Wade’s finish vs. OKC

INDIANAPOLIS–— A day after Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade appeared frustrated because of his fourth-quarter touches, coach Erik Spoelstra said that was the least of the worries in Sunday’s loss. Wade had no field goal attempts in the fourth quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder. It came after he scored 22 points the previous three [...]

Miami Heat finish strong in 106-89 victory over Wizards

WASHINGTON— The blowout came later than expected. The Miami Heat were in position to put their opponent away in the third quarter, but had to settle for the fourth. The Heat withstood a short rally before closing strong in their 106-89 victory against the Washington Wizards Friday at Verizon Center. Dwyane Wade led the Heat [...]

LeBron James’ early scoring binge enough to finish off Nets

NEWARK, N.J.— The announcement that Dwyane Wade would be unable to go came about 45 minutes before tipoff. The fact that LeBron James again was good to go came during the first quarter. Over. And over. And over again. A game after both Miami Heat stars sat out Thursday’s triple-overtime victory against the Atlanta Hawks, [...]

Heat’s James, Bosh, Haslem, Wade finish week of workouts

The work has been put in. Whether there is an opportunity for a collective payoff remains to be seen amid the NBA lockout. Tuesday, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem completed a week of workouts at Nike’s Beaverton, Ore., campus. The four are expected to also participate at each of the four [...]

GAME 5: Boston at Miami, 7 p.m. Wednesday (TV-TNT) Miami Heat know they must finish the Boston Celtics off now

Choose whatever classic Hollywood image you prefer. Glenn Close leaping out of the bathtub at the end of Fatal Attraction. Freddy Krueger emerging from the fire that supposedly ended his reign of terror on Elm Street. Hannibal Lecter wriggling out of four-point restraints and “having an old friend for lunch.” Text alerts: Get South Florida [...]

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