Miami Heat Take 3-0 Lead In Series After 104-91 Victory Over Bucks
The Miami Heat's latest spurt might have run the Milwaukee Bucks right out of the playoffs.
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The Miami Heat's latest spurt might have run the Milwaukee Bucks right out of the playoffs.
Larry Sanders leaned over to LeBron James at one point in Miami and said, "We're here." But for how long?
After letting the Milwaukee Bucks hang around for a few quarters in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Miami Heat finally hit the gas and took a 2-0 lead in the series with a 98-86 win.
It's 24 hours until draft day which means I'll be writing stories that will be denied within minutes today. Plus, the Heat are the cats and the Bucks are the mice. And the Marlins lost, wait, what?
All the Miami Heat really needed was two brilliant minutes to take a two-game lead over the Milwaukee Bucks.
The conversation that set social media sites like Twitter ablaze after the Heat game Sunday night was not so much the performance of the players, but the style choices of its biggest star.
Everyone knows LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Ray Allen, and most of the other Heat stars. But there's a fan favorite who debuted with the team in late January who could be playing the biggest role of all for Miami, center Chris "Birdman" Andersen.
"We know we can play a better game." Those words from Miami Heat superstar LeBron James should strike fear in every playoff opponent the Heat has this year.
Well, to the surprise of absolutely no one not named Brandon Jennings, the Heat opened up a can on the Milwaukee Bucks and they can get better. Plus, the Marlins are historically bad and I mean deep history. The Bucs fleeced the Jets in the Darrelle Revis trade. And some brief commentary on the state of television news in the wake of the Boston bombings.
LeBron James has never taken fewer shots in a playoff game than he did on Sunday night, which at first glance might seem like a good thing for the Milwaukee Bucks.
LeBron James typically cannot sleep much before the first game of a postseason. Even after 10 years in the league, three MVP awards and a championship, Game 1 still kicks his anxiety level into high gear.
Pat Riley has this vision in which LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh finish their careers together with the Miami Heat, then get their numbers retired by the organization at the same time. He's already trying to figure out how to make it happen.
Things have changed quite a bit for the Miami Heat in a little less than a year. Last season, they were the hunters looking to finally climb the proverbial mountain to a NBA Championship. This year, the Heat has become the hunted and the Heat are trying to enter into some very rare company.
The Miami Heat will begin the 16-game march to an NBA Championship on Sunday when they host the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Security at the American Airlines Arena was noticeably heightened at Wednesday's night final regular season Miami Heat game, the first home game the team has played since the bombings at the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon.
Dwyane Wade successfully lobbied to play in Miami's regular-season finale, saying he wanted to get a little more work in before the playoffs begin this weekend.
The Miami Heat will wrap up its record-setting regular season Wednesday night at home against the Orlando Magic.
Miami Heat superstar and reigning NBA most valuable player LeBron James was not with the team Wednesday for the final regular-season shootaround because he was tending to a personal matter.
Sports are often a rallying point in the wake of a national tragedy and that was again the case in the hours that followed the Boston Marathon bombings Monday.
The Miami Heat have long been locked into the top seed in the NBA playoffs but the rest of the field is almost decided as the NBA regular season wraps up this week.
LeBron James watched from the bench in street clothes as Norris Cole stripped Kyrie Irving of the ball with 2.2 seconds left to give the Miami Heat, resting most of their top players for the playoffs, a 96-95 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.
Miami Heat fans have become spoiled with the success of the team since LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined the squad in the summer of 2010. But fans really are witnessing history each time LeBron steps foot on the court.
LeBron James scored 24 points, Dwyane Wade added 22 and the Miami Heat set a franchise record for home wins in a season, topping the Chicago Bulls 105-93 on Sunday.
With the Big 3 back and the league's best record clinched - as well as the winningest season in franchise history - the Miami Heat don't have much left to do other than tune up for the playoffs.
LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade had not played together in a couple of weeks, so the Miami Heat needed some time to get back into rhythm.
Temperatures tumbled overnight into the 40s across South Florida and will struggle to make it into the mid-60s for Wednesday afternoon.
Most major retailers and grocery stores will be open on New Year's Eve, although some will have reduced hours.
As South Florida braces for a rare cold snap, community groups are stepping up efforts to help those living without a reliable shelter.
President Trump used his veto power this week for the first time since returning to the White House, rejecting a pair of bills linked to a Colorado water pipeline and a tribal village in the Everglades.
Malik Reneau scored 28 points and made all 10 of his free throws as Miami erased a 10-point halftime deficit and defeated Pittsburgh 76-69 on Tuesday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.
Temperatures tumbled overnight into the 40s across South Florida and will struggle to make it into the mid-60s for Wednesday afternoon.
Most major retailers and grocery stores will be open on New Year's Eve, although some will have reduced hours.
As South Florida braces for a rare cold snap, community groups are stepping up efforts to help those living without a reliable shelter.
President Trump used his veto power this week for the first time since returning to the White House, rejecting a pair of bills linked to a Colorado water pipeline and a tribal village in the Everglades.
Malik Reneau scored 28 points and made all 10 of his free throws as Miami erased a 10-point halftime deficit and defeated Pittsburgh 76-69 on Tuesday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
President Trump used his veto power this week for the first time since returning to the White House, rejecting a pair of bills linked to a Colorado water pipeline and a tribal village in the Everglades.
A court order suggests the Trump administration pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after he challenged his deportation, with one top DOJ official calling it a "top priority."
The minutes released Tuesday indicate that some Fed officials who supported the rate cut had reservations.
U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria said in an order Monday the Department of Homeland Security can receive biographical, contact and location information from the Medicaid program.
The Kennedy Center board, whose members were appointed by President Trump, voted earlier this month to add his name to the building.
Jim Defede's guest this week on Facing South Florida is James Fishback, a Republican candidate for the Florida governor's office.
Guest host Lauren Pastrana is joined by Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust.
Guest host Laura Pastrana talks with one of the big winners from Tuesday's runoff elections, Miami Beach Commissioner-elect Monica Matteo-Salinas.
Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.
Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
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Millions of people with an Affordable Care Act health plan face a massive jump in premiums next year — this chart shows just how much.
A California digital health company and a Florida medical practice have been indicted in an alleged $100 million scheme to illegally distribute Adderall over the internet to patients across the country who didn't need it, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Physicians and educators spoke out against the proposed repeal of vaccination requirements for diseases such as chickenpox during a Department of Health workshop in Panama City Beach, while vaccine critics applauded Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration for advancing the plan.
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
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Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
The Grammy-winning artist Beyoncé became the fifth musician to achieve the wealth milestone, Forbes said Monday.
French politicians were divided on Monday over how to pay tribute to the late Brigitte Bardot who, despite her screen legend, courted controversy in later life with her far-right views.
It marks the second lawsuit in recent months accusing the filmmaker and studio mogul of leveraging his power in Hollywood to make sexual advances.
The band announced Perry Bamonte's death on their official website on Friday.
Smith previously played young Nala in "The Lion King" on Broadway.