The Heat got demolished against the Hawks on the night they honored their 2006 championship. Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O’Neal sat courtside for the embarrassment, yet the only bright spot was the halftime presentation, sitting the former teammates in a circle at midcourt in custom team jackets. They started their skeleton crew lineup and found themselves ...

The Heat got payback in style against the Chicago Bulls and completed the miniseries at home. It was also the ninth game they’ve played in 13 nights, which included the makeup game from Jan. 8 because of the on-court condensation issue in Chicago. Coach Erik Spoelstra said, “It was a long week…Guys didn’t make an ...

They take a step forward and like clockwork, take one or two steps backward in the following game. The Bulls scored 12 straight points without an answer in fewer than five minutes, causing coach Erik Spoelstra to summon the troops. Yet the visitors kept racing down court like the Running of the Bulls through Spanish ...

The Heat escaped the Bulls in Chicago on the second night of a back-to-back despite playing below standard in the half-court and transition. Jaime Jaquez Jr., Pelle Larsson and Dru Smith logged two field goals apiece in the fourth quarter, and their poor late-game execution didn’t cost them after allowing the hosts to scrape their ...

The Miami Heat were exposed by the desperate Orlando Magic in their fourth matchup of the season and remain winless against their in-state rivals. The latter was bigger, stronger and faster, plus Paolo Banchero and Anthony Black took over the game. The Magic’s inside action was so devastating that the Heat surrendered the most first-quarter ...

Peter Bendix & Co. have been extremely busy this offseason, especially in the past month, with six (6!!) trades occurring in the past month, with the most recent one being the addition of Bradley Blalock to the Marlins bullpen depth. Between waiver claims and big league trades, the Miami Marlins are going to look very ...

The Florida International Panthers broke a five-game losing streak on Saturday on the road with an 81-78 win over New Mexico State. Corey Stephenson carried the Panthers with a 25-point and 12-rebound performance. He shot 7-of-15 from the floor, including 10-of-12 from the free throw line. Julian Mackey scored 12 points on 3-of-6 from the ...

The Heat completed their back-to-back set in Utah and Phoenix with a pair of wins, as Bam Adebayo stepped up as a jump shooter on both nights, and the youngsters took over the fourth quarter against the Suns. It was the back end of their five-game road trip that lasted seven nights (2-3), and there ...

The Heat crushed the Jazz, improving to 2-2 on their west coast road trip.  They rampaged on the glass and scored at least 140 points (147) for the eighth time this year (8-0). The Heat had a bumpy start, giving up three backdoor cuts and coughing up two turnovers, but they cleaned things up, and ...

The Florida International Panthers enter a crucial C-USA road trip on Thursday at UTEP after dropping down to .500 (9-9, 2-5) after four straight losses. Both FIU and UTEP sit slightly above the conference cellar at 2-5. Unlike UTEP, the Panthers looked like an elusive winning season was within reach. Not every college basketball team ...

Jimmy Butler tore his right ACL, coming down for a pass in Monday’s win over his former team, the Miami Heat, and will miss the remainder of the season, per ESPN. Any chance his crew had of going on a playoff run has evaporated because there’s so much heavy lifting Stephen Curry can do since ...

Plans were scrapped after game two. The Heat were snake-bitten by Shaquille O’Neal’s sprained right ankle on Nov. 3 against the Pacers, and his absence put tremendous stress on the players and coaches while the vibes spiraled. “An idle Shaquille can be a challenge for a team,” The Associated Press’ Tim Reynolds told Five Reasons ...

The Heat withstood the Thunder in Miami behind their strong rebounding and 3-point shooting.  Bam Adebayo struggled from the inside but lit up the perimeter, and the bench had big-time contributions. Norman Powell said, “The thing about this team [is that] we can beat anybody or we can lose to anybody. It’s all about our ...

The Heat are at the halfway point of the year (21-20), and they’ve been unable to sustain prosperity or recapture the vibes from the first 11 games. Securing home court has proven too challenging, and they aren’t any good on the road, either. It will take lots of work to turn the corner, as their ...

The Heat failed to hold off the Celtics in Miami on account of getting wasted by Anfernee Simons in the fourth quarter and going colder than liquid helium. Miami’s top players, who were stepping up most of the night, shrank when adversity hit. “Momentum really shifted probably when we were up 20 in the first ...

The Heat snapped their three-game losing streak, prosperously commencing their homestand (3) with a quality win against the Suns. It was a grueling effort, as they nearly blew a significant lead, yet their half-court offense delivered in crunch time. Coach Erik Spoelstra said, "Four quarters of playing like we did in the third quarter, that's ...