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The Miami Heat are a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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The Eastern Conference Finals shift to Boston on Friday night for Game 3, with Rondo and his Celtics staring glumly at an 0-2 hole after a 115-111 overtime loss in Game 2.Rondo, quoted after Game 1 as saying the Heat "have to hit the deck," stepped up with a career-high 44 points on a scintillating 16-of-24 shooting performance in Game 2. He scored all 12 Celtics' points in the extra frame and also dished out 10 assists and grabbed eight rebounds while playing 53 minutes."He was absolutely phenomenal. He put the whole team on his shoulders," Celtics head coach Doc Rivers said of his point guard. "It's tough to have him play that way and not win the game. He basically did everything right."The Heat did a little more, however.Dwyane Wade hit the deck in overtime, but not before he withstood Kevin Garnett's hard foul and converted a critical three- point play that carried Miami to victory.The Heat, who t...The Miami Marlins' latest homestand ended with their new ballpark still standing, despite Giancarlo Stanton blasting home runs off it.He became the first player to h...
Rajon Rondo posted a stat line never before seen in NBA playoff history. He was on the court for every second of a game that finished more than three hours after it ...
Rajon Rondo played every second for the Boston Celtics. Made just about every play. Made just about every shot, too.His final numbers: a career-high 44 points, 10 as...
Back and forth they went in overtime, Rajon Rondo and the Miami Heat.Rondo scored. The Heat answered. Then again. And again.Eventually, Rondo missed, one of the rare...
The Boston Celtics can still accomplish what they set out to do in South Florida in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, but the odds are long unless Doc Rivers'...
The way LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are rolling right now, one bad quarter is hardly too much for the Miami Heat to overcome.And with that, the Heat are three wins ...
Led by LeBron James' 32 points, the Miami Heat enjoyed a convincing 93-79 win over the Boston Celtics on Monday to grab a 1-0 lead in their Eastern Conference champi...
Once Derrick Rose went down with a torn ACL, this is the matchup nearly everyone envisioned in the Eastern Conference Finals -- LeBron James and the Miami Heat again...
Life is full of curveballs and the Boston Celtics just found out what a Sandy Koufax overhand 12-to-6 yakker must have looked like.In 48 hours, the proud-but-aging C...
The Miami Heat canceled practice and their media availability one day after a blowout loss in Game 3 to the Pacers.The team gave no immediate reason for Friday's dec...
Once Derrick Rose went down with a torn ACL, this is the matchup nearly everyone envisioned in the Eastern Conference Finals -- LeBron James and the Miami Heat again...
Dwyane Wade turned on the style as the Miami Heat clinched a place in the NBA Eastern Conference finals with a 105-93 win over the Indiana Pacers in Game Six on Thur...
The Boston Celtics re-energized their playoff ambitions with stifling defense as they overcame the Miami Heat 101-91 on Friday to cut their NBA Eastern Conference fi...
Rajon Rondo delivered an extraordinary playoff performance for the Boston Celtics, racking up 44 points against the Miami Heat, but still ended up on the losing side...
The Miami Heat withstood a virtuoso performance from Rajon Rondo, who tallied a career-high 44 points, to emerge with a 115-111 overtime victory over the Boston Celt...
The Miami Heat withstood a virtuoso performance from Rajon Rondo, who tallied a career-high 44 points with 10 assists and eight rebounds, to eke out a 115-111 overti...
Donnie Walsh, the former basketball chief in Indiana and New York, hated the NBA Draft Lottery, once calling it "a convention of losers."Walsh, a competitive guy, al...
Longtime rivals won't be working together
Kevin Garnett was fouled underneath the basket and went hard to the court. He remained on his back, motionless, as his teammates rushed over to check on him and offe...