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 ...

The two-game losing streak was snapped against the team with the league's fifth-best record, thanks in major part to the defense making them inefficient in the paint.  The Rockets took an early 10-point lead, but stalled the rest of the first quarter despite Kevin Durant getting stronger after exchanging unfriendly words with Tyler Herro. The ...

It only took the Heat four days after their return from the All-Star break to remind everyone how unserious they are. Losing to the Bucks without their indecisive Greek megastar is one of their worst losses of the year, and there’s a new candidate for those every few weeks, it seems. On top of that, ...

The short, two-game road trip concluded fruitlessly for the Heat in Philadelphia. They got torn up in the open court and refused to guard the arc. Coach Erik Spoelstra estimated that his team hit the deck six or seven times in the second half in the pursuit of loose balls after hardly any of that ...

The Heat’s brief two-game road trip started with a loss in Milwaukee against the Bucks. They failed to convert easy baskets, and they let Ryan Rollins turn into vintage Ray Allen. The Heat got out in transition early and had the edge on the glass, but they had five turnovers, and the Bucks led by ...

Both of the Magic City’s women’s college basketball teams notched impressive wins at home this past weekend, putting them in a better position with their respective conference tournaments on the horizon. The Miami Hurricanes defeated the California Golden Bears 69-60 on Sunday behind Ra Shaya Kyle’s 16 points and 14 rebounds. Gal Raviv scored 13 ...

If nothing else, the No. 23 Miami Hurricanes baseball team has proven to be the class of the Patriot League. The Hurricanes concluded their opening weekend series against Lehigh by scoring 27 runs. Lehigh’s rival, Lafayette, did not prove to be any more of a challenge. Miami hit nine home runs, including five in the ...

The Heat are on a three-game win streak, and the low-level competition is largely responsible. It’s their fifth streak of that length, which is also their second-longest as they sit inches away from the six seed, claimed by the 76ers. Being in the top six bypasses the Play-In Tournament, which they have crossed the last ...

The Heat boat-raced the depleted Grizzlies in Miami on the second night of a back-to-back. They scored easily on the break, absorbed rebounds and got steady scoring from the veterans.   Coach Erik Spoelstra called it one of the most mature post-up games Bam Adebayo has played, and also said that the team would have held ...

Tyler Herro returned in the Miami Heat’s first game after the All-Star break in the win against the Hawks in Atlanta, looking like he’d never left. His jumper was on target, and he dribbled past defenders for five shots in the paint. “I feel good,” Herro said. “Just happy to be back here playing with ...

Everyone in the NBA owes a debt of gratitude to the old timers who treated the All-Star Game like it mattered. It would have been harder for the NBA to sell its product to TV partners if it were a joke, so the disrespect to the game that had gone on for way too long ...

The Heat powered their way to victory in New Orleans against the struggling Pelicans. Their half-court attack was ineffective, but they made up for it in transition. Jaime Jaquez said it was a high priority to get a win before the All-Star break, and that, “It’s for momentum. Coming after the break, we know it’s ...