Mannix: Miami Heat Have to 'Run the Table'
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The Miami Heat's season has entered crunch time, with a playoff spot now on the horizon instead of within their grasp.
Three weeks left in the regular season, and the NBA playoff picture is starting to shape up. With that in mind let's look at the potential first round match-ups and rank them from least interesting to most.
At a time when winning games has become most crucial to the Miami Heat's playoff hopes, the best player in the franchise's history is playing better than he has all season.
At a time when parody in the NBA is much more rare than it once was, the current playoff format is being viewed by some as flawed.
The Miami Heat are looking to finish their season strongly and enter the NBA Playoffs as a team that has a chance to make a run at a fifth straight Finals appearance.
Shawn Marion wanted another shot at an NBA title. He'll get it playing with LeBron James.
It was a very unique situation when LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade in Miami back in the summer of 2010.
Several collectors participated in an online auction for the Game 1 jerseys worn by Heat and Spurs players. The jersey worn by James drew the most attention, with the winning bidder spending $50,020 to take home the historical piece from NBA Auctions.
The FIFA World Cup Trophy is one of the most difficult to win in sports but it's not alone in the discussion of which is the toughest to claim. After much consideration and deliberation let's go down the list to see which professional sports trophies are the most coveted but hardest to earn.
Two days after the NBA Finals came to an end with the San Antonio Spurs winning their fifth NBA championship, the Miami Heat returned to the American Airlines Arena to have their final meetings with the coaching staff and as a unit.
Tim Duncan conducted his postgame interview flanked by his two children. Someday soon he may decide that they, and not Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, will be his full-time running mates.
Following the conclusion of the NBA Finals, Chris Bosh stood near the bus ramp where the Miami Heat were preparing to depart from the AT&T Center and head back to South Florida.
Less than 24 hours after the Miami Heat were defeated by the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals it seems that Heat big man Chris 'Birdman' Andersen has decided that he will test the free agent waters.
The San Antonio Spurs rebounded from a dismal start to take a 47-40 lead at halftime of Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, leaving them two quarters from a fifth championship.
Early Sunday evening, LeBron James will gather his Miami Heat teammates around him and offer a few final words of wisdom before they try to extend their reign as NBA champions.
If the polling for NBA Finals MVP was being done before Game 5, no one from the star San Antonio trio of Tony Parker, Tim Duncan or Manu Ginobili would have led the balloting.
The Miami Heat travel to San Antonio hoping to bring the series back to Miami.
Who are the most under-appreciated players in the NBA today? HE
LeBron James had a pained expression on his face during warmups and left the court twice in the early going, once to get his ankle re-taped and another time for a bathroom break.
The San Antonio Spurs dominated the Miami Heat again in Game 4, taking a 3-1 series lead in the NBA Finals
He's been on the big screen and the NBA's big stage and at 38-years-old, Ray Allen is still going strong.
After being beaten by the San Antonio Spurs in Miami on Tuesday, the Miami Heat look to rebound in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night at the AmericanAirlines Arena.
The Spurs are old. Tim Duncan is 38, Manu Ginobili is 36, Tony Parker is the youngster in San Antonio's star trio at 32.
