Heat Have Very Favorable First-Round Playoff Matchups
The Miami Heat have just one game left in the regular season. But the real focus of the team has shifted to Sunday's likely first-round playoff matchup with the New York Knicks.
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The Miami Heat have just one game left in the regular season. But the real focus of the team has shifted to Sunday's likely first-round playoff matchup with the New York Knicks.
The Bulls have won home court advantage for the first round in the Eastern Conference playoffs, with the Miami Heat having lost Tuesday night.
Veteran point guard Keyon Dooling spoke with Toucher & Rich about being the Vice President for the NBA Players Association during the lockout, the seven game suspension of Ron Artest and hyping up Celtics guard Avery Bradley.
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 big question heading into Tuesday night's game between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics isn't who will be in the starting lineup, but instead who will be sitting out the next to last game of the season.
As Miami Heat forward LeBron James continues his march towards his third NBA Most Valuable Player award, he picked up another honor Monday as the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
With the playoffs a week away, Dwyane Wade left the Miami Heat arena Saturday night with his swollen finger in a splint — and considered himself lucky. Wade played less than 3 minutes before dislocating his left index finger but avoided serious injury as the Heat lost 86-84 to the woeful Washington Wizards.
The Miami Heat return to the court Thursday night for what could be the deciding game in LeBron James' quest to capture a third NBA MVP trophy.
LeBron James scored 28 points before taking the fourth quarter off, Mike Miller added 13 points and the Miami Heat continued tuning up for the postseason by pulling away in the second half to beat the Toronto Raptors 96-72 on Wednesday night.
The Miami Heat have locked up the number two seed at least in the Eastern Conference. The team Miami might most like to see in the first round is the other Florida team, the Orlando Magic after reports revealed Dwight Howard will not play again this season.
The Miami Heat will hit the court again tonight, but will be minus two-thirds of the Big Three when they take on the Toronto Raptors at 7:30 in the AmericanAirlines Arena.
If anyone had any doubt that Miami Heat superstar forward LeBron James was the MVP of the NBA this year, he put it all to rest with a dominating 5:35 stretch to close out a victory over the New Jersey Nets Monday night.
The Miami Heat have clinched the Southeast Division and have just about sewn up the number two seed in the Eastern Conference barring a complete collapse by either the number one seeded Chicago Bulls or by the Heat.
After cruising through what was effectively a scrimmage against the Charlotte Bobcats Friday night, the Miami Heat came out storming against the Knicks and look to follow that up Monday night against the New Jersey Nets.
The Miami Heat qualified for the playoffs already and it looks like the team has already shut it down in the regular season with about two weeks left to go. The problem for the Heat is that with each loss, doubt continues to creep in about the team in the playoffs.
The Miami Heat should probably not use any cash in the next few days because every time they see green lately, they lose it.
The Miami Heat return to the court Tuesday night looking to avenge a humiliating loss from a little more than a week ago at the hands of the Boston Celtics.
For the fifth time this season, Miami Heat superstar forward LeBron James has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
The Miami Heat arrived for work Saturday to find a new player's workout gear hanging in a locker. He's Thiago D'Elia, a 17-year-old guard from Atlanta who has fought cancer. The Heat are treating him as one of their own this weekend.
Rudy Gay scored 17 points, Zach Randolph had 14 points and 14 rebounds off the bench, and the Memphis Grizzlies put seven players in double figures to snap Miami's 17-game home winning streak by beating the Heat 97-82 on Friday night.
The Memphis Grizzlies have the unenviable task of trying to stop the Miami Heat's 17-game home winning streak Friday night at the AmericanAirlines Arena.
The Orlando Magic is looking to take the mantle of most dysfunctional NBA team to an entirely new level.
Wednesday night was slated to be a battle of NBA Most Valuable Player candidates at the AmericanAirlines Arena as Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder battled LeBron James and the Miami Heat.
LeBron James scored a season-high 41 points, Mario Chalmers added 19 and the Miami Heat clinched a playoff spot with a 99-93 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night.
A South Beach street will be renamed for Naomi Wilzig, the late founder of the World Erotic Art Museum, whose work challenged cultural boundaries and preserved global erotic art.
A car crashed into an Oakland Park building, damaging a local business and leaving its future uncertain.
A volunteer convoy from Miami braved travel restrictions to bring medical supplies and food to Cuba.
A man is jailed on kidnapping and sexual battery charges in Palm Beach County as deputies search for possible additional victims.
The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission captured a new image of the far side of the moon, which the agency released Sunday.
A South Beach street will be renamed for Naomi Wilzig, the late founder of the World Erotic Art Museum, whose work challenged cultural boundaries and preserved global erotic art.
A car crashed into an Oakland Park building, damaging a local business and leaving its future uncertain.
A volunteer convoy from Miami braved travel restrictions to bring medical supplies and food to Cuba.
A man is jailed on kidnapping and sexual battery charges in Palm Beach County as deputies search for possible additional victims.
The crew of NASA's Artemis II mission captured a new image of the far side of the moon, which the agency released Sunday.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
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.
A U.S. crew member who went missing when an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over a remote area of Iran has been rescued by U.S. forces.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked George to step down and take immediate retirement, CBS News exclusively reported earlier this week.
The changes were likely to affect Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department and Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.
The war shows no signs of slowing as Iran responds to airstrikes with attacks across the region.
The ruling follows a lawsuit filed earlier this month by a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general.
Former state Sen. Lauren Book launched her 11th annual statewide walk, encouraging survivors to share their stories amid renewed attention on the Epstein case.
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski is pressing county commissioners to approve a long-delayed mental health center, warning lives are at stake as the building sits empty.
Emily Gregory describes the days following her upset victory in Tuesday's special election as "a little overwhelming, surreal, but exciting."
The Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery, located at 2200 NW 7th Avenue, would be a first-of-its-kind facility that could make a difference in the lives of countless people.
Wasserman Schultz pushed back against the suggestion that the United States was led into this war by Israel and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
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.
A federal judge in New York has tossed out actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie "It Ends With Us," but left intact a claim for retaliation.
Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane was lured to a Dallas studio for a meeting, then allegedly kidnapped and robbed by a group including rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30.
A Las Vegas performer has sued Taylor Swift over the title of her hit album "The Life of a Showgirl," alleging it violates the performer's trademark.
The price hike raises the cost of the standard plan with ads by $1 per month and the cost of the standard and premium plans by $2.
Savannah Guthrie stepped back from her NBC duties almost two months ago when her mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared. The investigation is ongoing.