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MIAMI — LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were the face of calm at the post-game interview podium Sunday night. But back in the Miami Heat locker room, the other face of the franchise’s Big Three was seething. Chris Bosh knows that everything isn’t all right, that this 3-2 deficit to the San Antonio Spurs is [...]
Maybe if he always played soft. Maybe if you never saw the other side of him. Maybe Chris Bosh wouldn’t be so roundly questioned if he wasn’t smart enough to know exactly what happens when he plays an aggressive game. “We win,” Chris Bosh says, flatly. It’s that simple, right? “Like 99 percent of the [...]
INDIANAPOLIS— The reality is that this is what the Indiana Pacers do. They run 3-point shooters off the 3-point line or make them take attempts under duress. And it’s not just in the playoffs. For Miami Heat 3-point specialists Ray Allen and Shane Battier, their struggles in these NBA Eastern Conference finals are [...]
MIAMI— The extended break before the start of the Eastern Conference finals has allowed ample time for all the ancillary issues to be pushed aside, the talk of respect, the recap of last season’s bad blood between the teams. “It’s going to be about substance,” Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel said of the [...]
CHICAGO — Let’s not mince words: If Derrick Rose says his knee isn’t ready, it’s not ready. He can’t play. He can’t help. He certainly shouldn’t jump into a series against the Heat of equal parts basketball and hardball. Rose sits on the Chicago bench in one expensive suit jacket after another this series against [...]
MIAMI— The Larry Sanders show hasn’t been canceled. At least not yet. At least that’s what the Milwaukee Bucks are hoping, now down 1-0 to the Miami Heat in this best-of-seven opening-round NBA playoff series. A candidate for both Most Improved Player and Defensive Player of the Year, the third-year center was a [...]
Lebron James talks about getting motivated for the playoffs. MIAMI— The confidence is there from both sides. One side can actually back it up. In advance of Sunday’s 7 p.m. opener in the best-of-seven first-round playoff series between the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks, there is no shortage of belief. The Heat, [...]
PHILADELPHIA— Considering Miami Heat President Pat Riley played on the Los Angeles Lakers team that won an NBA-record 33 consecutive games in 1971-72, you would think it would have been a subject of conversation between Riley and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra in recent days. That, however, has not been the case. “Pat [...]
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