Chalmers & Haslem Help Power Heat
A duo of players helped power the Miami Heat in Game 2 Wednesday night; but it was someone besides the Big Two of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
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A duo of players helped power the Miami Heat in Game 2 Wednesday night; but it was someone besides the Big Two of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.
The Miami Heat will look to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals Wednesday night when they battle the Boston Celtics at the AmericanAirlines Arena.
The Miami Heat knew what they were going to get from LeBron James and Dwyane Wade against the Boston Celtics, but it was the supporting cast that came through Tuesday night with some big shots when the team needed them.
The Miami Heat need four more victories to get to the NBA Finals for a second straight season, but standing in their way has been the team that has dominated the Heat throughout the regular season, the Boston Celtics.
As the Miami Heat prepare for Monday's clash with the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, one big name remains missing from the Heat's lineup, Chris Bosh.
The Celtics handled the Heat rather easily during the regular season going 3-1. The Heat won in the second game of the season while the Celtics took the latter three, but with one of those was a meaningless contest at the end of the season when playoff seeding had already been set.
Fresh off a thrilling series victory over the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Heat await the winner of the other Eastern Conference semifinal between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers.
It almost was a game of anything you can do I can do better between the Miami Heat's best two players, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, during the closeout game of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Dwyane Wade scored 41 points, LeBron James added 28 and Miami finished off the Indiana Pacers, sending the Heat back to the Eastern Conference finals with a 105-93 victory in Game 6 on Thursday night.
LeBron James scored 30 points, Dwyane Wade added 28, and the Miami Heat moved a win away from another trip to the Eastern Conference finals with a 115-83 victory over the suddenly hurting Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.
If anyone had any question about who the best player in the NBA is right now, Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals ended that discussion.
Despite being up 3-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat still consider themselves on the ropes as they prepare to try and closeout the Chicago Bulls Thursday night and advance to the NBA Finals.
The Miami Heat stand just one victory away from reaching the NBA Finals for the first time since the 2006 season when they won the NBA championship after they outlasted the Chicago Bulls in overtime in Game 4.
The Miami Heat have ridden the Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh to within one game of the NBA Finals. But in the Eastern Conference Finals, they have had to have some help from two players who spent most of the year injured.
The Miami Heat look to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals when they take on the Chicago Bulls at the AmericanAirlines Arena Tuesday night.
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah has issued an apology after using an anti-gay slur towards a Miami Heat fan during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Before the Eastern Conference Finals began, Chicago Bulls power forward Carlos Boozer said the Heat had two good players in LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. The obvious slight was to Heat power forward Chris Bosh.
The Miami Heat are just 2 games away from the NBA finals after beating the Chicago Bulls 96-85 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday, remained unbeaten at home in the postseason.
Fans can expect another very physical game Sunday night when the Miami Heat takes on the Chicago Bulls at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. Tip off is at 8:30 p.m.
After getting demolished in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat had to answer the bell in Game 2 and deliver a strong counter-punch to the Chicago Bulls.
It wasn't quite Kirk Gibson hitting a homer in the World Series, or Willis Reed playing on one leg in the 1970 NBA Championship, but Miami Heat power forward Udonis Haslem stole the show in Game 2 to help spur the Heat's 85-75 victory over the Chicago Bulls.
LeBron James came up big down the stretch and scored 29 points, Dwyane Wade added 24 and the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls 85-75 Wednesday night to tie the Eastern Conference finals at one game apiece.
Rebounding. It's simple to do, but it became a complex issue the Miami Heat couldn't figure out in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Chicago Bulls. With Game 2 set for Wednesday night, the Heat has several questions to answer when they take the court.
Forty-eight hours after getting beaten like the end of a ketchup bottle, the Miami Heat are in a must-win situation in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Chicago Bulls.
The Miami Heat lost game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals series by 21 points, beaten down by the Chicago Bulls 103-82.
