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 [...]

Heat stifle Bulls 88-65, take 3-1 series lead

CHICAGO—    How do you sum up this Chicago Bulls-Miami Heat Eastern Conference semifinal series? The Bulls took a 2-0 lead in Monday night’s game . . . and then ran out of gas.    Pushing back from their series-opening loss, the Heat moved to a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup with a stifling [...]

Heat hold off Bucks 104-91 to take 3-0 lead

Miami Heat guard Ray Allen talks about coming off the bench and what makes the Heat special. MILWAUKEE — A fierce response was what the Miami Heat expected. And for nearly three quarters, that’s what they got. For a second straight game, it was a strong finish by the Heat that proved the difference. The [...]

Birdman, Cole spark Heat 98-86 over Bucks to 2-0 lead

Miami Heat star LeBron James talks about a slow start, Dwyane Wade flying, and the fourth quarter run. MIAMI—    Dwyane Wade tried, playing with a rejuvenated hop in his step. LeBron James tried, filling the box score through three periods. Chris Bosh tried, coming alive with a third-quarter scoring burst on an otherwise dormant [...]

LeBron leads Heat to 110-87 victory, 1-0 lead over Bucks

MIAMI—   The reality is the Milwaukee Bucks accomplished plenty of what they had hoped for Sunday night against the Miami Heat:    Brandon Jennings was walking the walk after his uber-confident pregame talk. Monta Ellis was erasing his regular-season scoring struggles in the matchup. And a surprisingly aggressive defense was forcing a barrage of [...]

Heat blow 22-point lead, come back for 109-105 win over Cavs

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 [...]

LeBron, Heat race to big lead, hold off Durant, Thunder 110-100

OKLAHOMA CITY—   The last time the Miami Heat left Chesapeake Energy Arena, Dwyane Wade turned to a member of the Heat staff and said, “I think we got this.”   That was after the Heat tied the 2012 NBA Finals 1-1. Three games later, the Heat were champions.    To say the Heat have [...]

Heat blow fourth-quarter lead in 92-90 loss to Trail Blazers

PORTLAND, Ore.— The Miami Heat have made it no secret they are comfortable with anyone on the team taking the last shot. So on this night the ball ended up in the hands of Mario Chalmers instead of one of their four future Hall of Famers. Chalmers missed a 3-pointer as time expired in the [...]

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