The preseason portion of the playoffs is over. It was a challenge so soft that it did not even require Dwyane Wade or anything close to the best of the Heat for Sunday’s sweep-completing 88-77 victory. For their next act, the Bucks will now implode, with Monta Ellis, Brandon Jennings and J.J. [...]
Heat seeking first playoff sweep of Big Three era
Heat come up short of sweep, fall 89-87 to Knicks
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 [...]
Heat sweep season series from Mavs; home win streak at 15
MIAMI— There was a time when the Miami Heat couldn’t beat the Dallas Mavericks. That would have been every single regular-season game the previous seven seasons, as well as the final three games of last season’s NBA Finals. A greater degree of revenge will have to wait. But at least the Heat finally can say [...]
