Heat view themselves as tough enough vs. gritty Bulls

Chris Bosh on Miami’s win in a physical Game 3 in Chicago. MIAMI—    The amusement was not Tom Thibodeau bemoaning the play of Miami Heat power players Udonis Haslem and Chris Andersen, aggression that the Chicago Bulls coach insists has gone over the line in this Eastern Conference semifinal series.    It’s that he [...]

Wade, Bosh find themselves chasing LeBron’s greatness

LOS ANGELES—    Upon becoming the youngest NBA player to reach 20,000 career points, Miami Heat forward LeBron James spoke in the wake of Wednesday’s victory over the Golden State Warriors of being humbled.    Yet across from the locker room, as the Heat prepared to depart for Thursday’s nationally televised game against the Los [...]

Miami Heat head to Game 7 knowing they have to prove themselves yet again

It took five minutes. Maybe 10 at the most. No sooner had LeBron James torched the Celtics with an all-time performance in that must-win Game 6 on Thursday night than the TV pundits started in on him — and the Heat — again. Sure, they said, LeBron had been “fantastic” in dropping 45 points at [...]

Heat’s primary focus not on Mavericks, but themselves

MIAMI— When the opposition is the Dallas Mavericks, the Miami Heat’s focus tends to be singular.   Whether it’s winning the 2006 NBA Finals, falling in the 2011 championship series, or snapping a seven-year regular-season losing streak to the Mavericks with a Christmas Day victory in this season’s opener, Dallas has a way of getting [...]

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