Our good friend Katie Bakes has compiled an oral history of the 1997 Knicks-Heat brawl. It’s a reminder of an era when bad basketball was good. [The Ringer]
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Erik Spoelstra Gave Just The Most Excruciating Press Conference After The Heat Missed The Playoffs
Aww hell. The Miami Heat blew out the Wizards tonight to finish their season at 41-41, but they missed the playoffs by a hair as the Pacers and Bulls both won tonight. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is usually good for a fairly even-keeled postgame interview, but tonight he gave just the saddest speech after the loss. It…
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The Miami Heat Are Probably Screwed, And That Sucks
Tonight, the last night of the NBA’s regular season, will settle the Eastern Conference’s seventh and eighth playoff seeds, the last two unsettled spots in the postseason. The Miami Heat, currently sitting in ninth thanks to tiebreakers, can claim one of those spots, technically, but almost certainly won’t. That sucks.
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Cavs Blow Another Big Fourth-Quarter Lead, Drop To Second In The East
The LeBron James-less Cleveland Cavaliers coughed up another fourth-quarter lead tonight and lost in overtime to the Miami Heat. The result gives the Boston Celtics the first seed in the Eastern Conference and keeps the Miami Heat’s playoff hopes alive. It’s also utterly demoralizing for the Cavs.
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James Johnson Did A Dunk Murder
The Miami Heat’s James Johnson dunked on Marcus Morris so hard in Tuesday’s game against the Pistons that Morris’s twin brother Markieff probably felt it, too.
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Kyrie Irving Created Another Beautiful Layup Masterpiece
Kyrie Irving somehow managed to shake Rodney McGruder, skip his way to the hoop, and deliver a gem of a reverse layup during tonight’s game against the Heat.
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This Horrendous Defense By Jahlil Okafor Is Truly Something To Behold
You’re about to watch a defensive effort by 76ers center Jahlil Okafor. Be warned: It is the softest, wet-noodliest defense you’ll ever see in your dang life.
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The Nets Lost Again, But Brook Lopez Blocked The Shit Out Of Rodney McGruder
Ever since he somehow survived Larry Nance, Jr. dropping a piano on his head, Brook Lopez has been biding his time, waiting patiently for an opportunity to earn his soul back from the basketball gods. That time came in the third quarter of Friday night’s game against the Miami Heat; in related news, Rodney McGruder is…
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This Is The Only Dion Waiters Quo—Wait A Second
Considering green-light incarnate Dion Waiters drained a pair of game-winners in the past week, it seems natural that the human heat check would be feeling himself a little bit. After putting both the Warriors and the Nets in the garbage and averaging 22.4 points over his last five games, the Miami Heat guard spoke…
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Dion Waiters Has The Perfect Quote For This, Just Give Him A Second
Miami Heat guard Dion Waiters has helped his team beat two opponents this week, both times with ill-advised, game-winning threes, and he’s feeling good. The situation reminds him of something a great thinker once said … hold on, it’ll come to him.
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Dion Waiters Is A Clutch Genius Now, I Guess
Dion Waiters has never met a contested three-pointer that he didn’t want to kiss on the mouth, and somehow, that tendency has helped him knock in a pair of game-winners this week against the Golden State Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets, the opposite of the Golden State Warriors.
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Dion Waiters Put The Warriors In The Trash Can
Last we heard from Dion Waiters, he had just lost $4 million betting on himself in free agency. Tonight, he beat the Warriors with a pair of ballsy threes. He’s the King of Miami now, those are the rules.
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Heat Fan Nearly Flattened By Falling Door After Winning Promotion
How lucky was this Heat fan? Not only did she win a spa gift card, she also avoided the booby prize of getting turned into a pancake thanks to the Heat’s shoddy craftsmanship.
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Miami Heat's Esports Partner Gets Counter-Strike Team Following Labor Dispute
The Counter-Strike players for the esports organization Team SoloMid have all left following a dispute with owners over which leagues they could play in. Instead, the squad have all joined with Misfits, an organization that just this week announced its new partnership with the Miami Heat.
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