Lillard's 49 Points Lift Blazers Over Heat, 115-104
The end of a five-game road trip, capped by a back-to-back, is not the usual scenario for someone to have an offensive explosion.
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The end of a five-game road trip, capped by a back-to-back, is not the usual scenario for someone to have an offensive explosion.
When the Miami Heat hit the halfway point of their season with only 10 wins, the idea of getting back to .500 was almost comical.
The Miami Heat downed the Minnesota Timberwolves 123-105 on Friday night.
It's the final first-round matchup in our Tournament of South Florida Champions - pitting two star-studded teams against one another.
The Miami Heat finally are in position for a spot in the top eight in the Eastern Conference and get a nice stretch of home games as they try to climb even higher.
Palm Beach Post Miami Heat beat writer, Anthony Chiang joined the Big O Show on 560 WQAM.
Things haven't gone particularly well for Dwyane Wade since he left the Miami Heat and signed with his hometown Chicago Bulls last summer.
Moving to the other side of the bracket, it's the 2001 Miami Hurricanes against the 2006 Miami Heat.
The Miami Heat beat the New Orleans Pelicans 120-112 on Wednesday night.
The other first-round matchup on the left side of our bracket is a matchup between two very different champions.
It's been quite the season for the Miami Heat so far.
560 WQAM's unofficial "selection committee" (like, two dudes) chose some of the championship winning teams that hail from South Florida and decided to seed them and place them on an eight-team bracket to decide who is the "greatest South Florida champion" of all time.
Paul George scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 102-98 victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday night.
The Miami Heat have been on a pretty incredible run over the past couple months.
It looks like the Miami Heat's abysmal start to the season was more of a fluke than the amazing run they continue to be on.
