Winning Streaks Nothing New In South Florida
The Miami Heat continued to chase history Wednesday night when the team won its 20th consecutive game, knocking off the Philadelphia 76ers. But streaks are nothing new to sports teams in Miami.
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The Miami Heat continued to chase history Wednesday night when the team won its 20th consecutive game, knocking off the Philadelphia 76ers. But streaks are nothing new to sports teams in Miami.
After the week Miami Heat superstar forward LeBron James had, being named the Player of the Week seemed to be a slam dunk...and it was.
The NBA Most Valuable Player award won't be given out for months, but there is little doubt that Miami Heat superstar LeBron James is playing at a level no one in the league can come close to matching.
Rapper Lil Wayne claimed he was kicked out of Sunday's Miami Heat game for rooting for the wrong team, according to a tweet from the performer.
LeBron James scored 32 points on 12-for-18 shooting in a record-setting show, Dwyane Wade scored 30 and the Miami Heat beat the Los Angeles Lakers 107-97 on Sunday for their fifth straight win.
For a few exciting minutes in the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers resembled the championship-caliber dynamo everybody expected this season, making a big run and surging past the Miami Heat. And then LeBron James calmly demonstrated why the Heat are the defending NBA champions and the Lakers are in 11th place in the Western Conference.
Miami Heat fans have been doing a lot of hand wringing as of late due to the team's repeated rebounding woes contributing to a few losses. But the Heat is in first place, something another team of superstars out west are nowhere near.
Kobe Bryant is no longer a holdout. He's on Twitter.
The Los Angeles Lakers shocked the basketball world Monday morning when they hired former New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns head coach Mike D'Antoni to be the team's new head coach, replacing Mike Brown who was fired on Friday.
Even for the rumor mongering world of the NBA, it's a little surreal to see a player forced to dispel chatter about a move that's two years away. But that's what LeBron James did Thursday.
The Miami Heat are almost ready to chase a second straight championship, but there are plenty of landmines waiting for the Heat on the roster and on the schedule.
The Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers are the odds on favorites to play for the NBA championship next June and their payrolls are proof of that.
Miami's championship defense will begin where they won last season's title, and the first game for the Brooklyn Nets will be at home against their now-crosstown rival.
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant has never been one to shy away from saying he's the greatest player in the game. But his latest quip is drawing laughter from NBA Hall of Famers and from the sports world in general.
The soap opera that Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard has made of his playing career continued over the weekend when he once again requested a trade from the Magic.
Bosh is out indefinitely, the Pirates stifle the Marlins, no seriously, the Thunder opened up a CAN on the Lakers, but the Heat are in MAJOR trouble.
The first round of the NBA Playoffs has come to a close for the Western Conference, and the teams vying to make it into the conference finals are ready for battle. Let's take a look at the Western Conference semifinal matchups to give you insight into who we think will come out on top.
Metta World Peace has been suspended for seven games without pay for elbowing Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden, the NBA has announced.
With the Clippers losing, the Los Angeles Lakers win the Pacific Division and clinch the 3rd spot in the Western Conference.
The biggest hole in the lineup for the Miami Heat since the Big Three were acquired has been a quality big man. Heat president Pat Riley is on the verge of filling the team's final roster spot with a playoff tested big.
On a day when the entire world is talking about quarterback Peyton Manning, leave it to the Miami Heat to try and upstage the future Hall of Famer.
The Lakers' win over the Heat drew the most viewers for a non-Christmas regular-season NBA game on ABC.
Over the weekend, the Miami Heat played two more games without power forward Chris Bosh. It was two straight losses to Utah and Los Angeles and it showed that Bosh may be the most important player on the team.
The Miami Heat have now lost two games in a row. On Sunday, they lost to the Lakers 93-83. This follows a loss on Friday in a nail-biter 99-98 to the Utah Jazz.
With Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade all under one roof, a matchup between the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers is typically one of the season's most anticipated contests.
