Udonis Haslem’s best shot making a difference for Heat

MIAMI—    It is a game of truth-or-dare that often can define the Miami Heat’s offense and certainly delineate Udonis Haslem’s scoring success.    If the mid-range jumper is true, the offense not only opens up for the 10th-year power forward, but the rest of the team, as well. All the while, the opposition, caught [...]

Chris Bosh embracing Udonis Haslem return to lineup

MIAMI—    The sample size remains minimal, four starts in the past five games, with no more than 24 minutes in any of the games.    To a degree, that makes Udonis Haslem’s move into the Miami Heat’s starting lineup a work in progress.    With a 2-2 record in those four games, the Heat [...]

Udonis Haslem set to take place in Miami Heat history

MIAMI –— Udonis Haslem receives a special treat every year around this time. The Thanksgiving holiday means Haslem gets to have a few slices of his grandmother’s caramel cake, a recipe unknown to most in the family. Haslem only knows it’s made from scratch, and “straight from Perry, Ga.” Still, a day before he digs [...]

Udonis Haslem patiently awaits scoring opportunities

MIAMI –— For Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem, it’s all about taking advantage of the limited opportunities. He entered Monday’s game against the Phoenix Suns having attempted just five field goals. He nearly doubled that number on his way to a season-high 12 points. It’s been that way for Haslem the past two seasons, but [...]

Udonis Haslem knows he has to play harder, bigger

MIAMI—   The conditioning will come. Udonis Haslem is confident of that.   His rotation role? That will remain an ongoing challenge.   Back after missing the Heat’s first six exhibitions due to a quadriceps strain, the veteran forward appreciates that even with another preseason opportunity to upgrade his conditioning, his role in the Heat’s [...]

Udonis Haslem turns to Twitter in LeBron’s defense

Miami— For Heat forward Udonis Haslem, it was one of negatives of the China trip. Haslem was awake early Friday morning after the Heat defeated the Detroit Pistons. It was then when he decided to make a rare Twitter appearance to defend teammate LeBron James. Haslem took issue with an ESPN.com report suggesting James may [...]

Heat’s Udonis Haslem suspended for one game, Dexter Pittman for three

(May 23, 2012) By Shandel Richardson Sun Sentinel 2:35 p.m. EDT, May 23, 2012 MIAMI— Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem is preparing like he will play against the Indiana Pacers in Thursday’s Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. He will have until the league announces Wednesday if his Flagrant-1 foul on Tyler Hansbrough was [...]

Udonis Haslem sees the Heat through to victory

INDIANAPOLIS—    Udonis Haslem found his way, even if he couldn’t quite see clearly.    On an afternoon when LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were dominant, combining for 70 points, it was Haslem who was the closer for the Miami Heat.    The veteran power forward who had lost his starting job a game earlier [...]

Head game: Udonis Haslem finds rough readjustment to starting

MIAMI—    The rebounding largely has been consistent. That element remains fundamental: See the ball; get the ball.    The scoring? That has proven somewhat confounding: Get the ball . . . then do what?    For Udonis Haslem, these have proven to be heady times.    “I’m over-thinking it now,” the veteran Miami Heat [...]

Thunder-ous fallout: Udonis Haslem calls Kendrick Perkins a phony tough guy

MIAMI—   The pushback came in the second quarter Wednesday against the Oklahoma City.   The question now is whether that moment endures for the Miami Heat, reignites the fire that seemingly had lost its, well, heat these past six uneven weeks.    If Kendrick Perkins’ shove against Dwyane Wade and Russell Westbrook’s takedown of [...]

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