The quest to avoid the Play-In Tournament took its fifth-straight setback as the San Antonio Spurs sullied Kaseya Center. The visitors were too big, strong and fast for the Miami Heat at full force on primetime TV. Both offenses were firing like machine guns and it took more than half of the first quarter for ...

The WBC’s middleweight belt didn’t change hands. Carlos Adames’ trunks had “destroy” and "demolish” written on the front plus backside, and he lived up to that, being too strong for his challenger, who looked like he’d gone through oblivion inside Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida.  The strongest Austin “Ammo” Williams looked was in the first ...

The Heat didn’t have enough horsepower to hang with Luka Dončić and LeBron James despite the close result. The former had the highest scoring game against the Miami Heat in history by an opponent, and the hosts were also significantly smaller, being unable to contain dribble penetration. Dončić bent the defense to his liking with ...

Call it luck, or the Orlando Magic being an unserious team, but the Miami Heat’s quest for a postseason spot to avoid the Play-In Tournament is not over. Both Southeast division rivals have lost two in a row, and they have to be careful since the Atlanta Hawks and Charlotte Hornets want the same thing, ...

The Heat got obliterated in the second half in Charlotte against the Hornets. It’s their second loss in a row, and the captain, Bam Adebayo, was out with calf tightness, which affected their rebounding and coverages.  The Hornets were playing with extra synchronicity and force, causing coach Erik Spoelstra to summon his troops. They were ...

The final matchup between the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic ended with the latter getting away at Kaseya Center. They are 5-0 against the Heat this season, and it wasn’t about the hosts matching their urgency as their rivals were bigger, stronger and faster. But the Magic make the constant mistake of getting satisfied with ...

The Bucks’ stampede through Kaseya Center made them sweat, but the Heat pulled away in crunch time, claiming their seventh-straight win. They have Pelle Larsson much to thank for it as he totaled seven baskets in the lane in the best game of his career. In spite of Giannis Antetokounmpo slicing and spinning his way ...

The Wizards were powerless to stop Bam Adebayo’s assault, leading the Heat to their sixth-straight win on a historic NBA night. They were undermanned at home again, using their 22nd starting lineup and still took control of the open court and never gave up their lead. He was merciless, outscoring the Wizards by himself with ...

Fortunes can change for a team at the turn of a page. The Heat are on a five-game winning streak and have matched their best mark from the season being seven over .500. It makes it even more impressive how they’ve done on this run without All-Star Norman Powell.  Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro have ...

Jai’s Opetaia was multiple levels above Brandon Glanton, bossing him around and claiming the Zuffa cruiserweight crown. His straight left hands and right hooks plus uppercuts were an endless scourge that bloodied the challenger's lip and left him without answers as early as the first quarter of the fight. It was a feel-out round for ...

The Heat honored Pat Riley Court the best way they could, playing like greyhounds and schooling the East’s top team.  They ended the first half ahead by 19 on a steady diet of paint pressure and fastbreak strikes. Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro set the mood with six combined baskets in the lane and three ...

It was a track meet between two division rivals, and the Heat narrowly escaped Charlotte on the second night of a back-to-back. The confrontation, featuring one surging team and the other hanging on, had high stakes as both are after the coveted sixth seed, which bypasses the Play-In Tournament. Tyler Herro got targeted, but he ...

The Heat cruised to a win against the tanking Nets, completing the miniseries in Miami. The Heat scored 122.3 points per 100 possessions, good enough for the 72nd percentile, per Cleaning the Glass. And Kel’el Ware had a double-double (16 points and 11 rebounds, but notably had seven blocks and five steals off the bench.  ...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander returned to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Feb. 27 after missing nine straight games with an abdominal injury, and his squad looks like the best in the league. Keep in mind they are still missing All-Star Jalen Williams, who has been out with a right hamstring strain since Feb. 11. The San Antonio ...

Inter Miami’s preseason hadn't gone quite as planned – during one of their three matches in South America, Lionel Messi picked up an injury, which caused the postponement of a friendly against Independiente del Valle in Puerto Rico on February 13. Leo himself recorded a video apologizing to Puerto Rican fans, which is a really ...

It was easy work for the Heat as they figured out the tanking, visiting Nets by the second quarter, and earning their 19th win at Kaseya Center. The offense scored 125.3 points per 100 possessions, good enough for the 79th percentile, per Cleaning the Glass. Danny Wolf gave the Heat fits in early, cutting, shooting ...