Lakers Win 17th NBA Title, Beating Miami Heat 106-93
Los Angeles Lakers win 17th NBA title to tie Boston for record, beating Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6.
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Los Angeles Lakers win 17th NBA title to tie Boston for record, beating Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6.
It could all come down to Friday night for the Miami Heat.
The Lakers beat the Miami Heat 102-96 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.
The Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo might be on his way back to the NBA Finals.
Kelly Olynyk's mandate as a Heat player: Be ready, sometimes for nothing, sometimes for everything.
Butler recorded a 40 point triple double in the Game 3 win, joining the ranks of some legendary NBA Finals performances in the process.
With crucial injuries sidelining Goran Dragic and Bam Adebayo, the Miami Heat lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals Friday night 124-114.
With two of the Miami Heat's top players doubtful to play in Game 2 of the NBA Finals and a third who intends to play with a sore ankle, some are saying its already over.
Jimmy Butler had a bandage on his right knee and a wrap on his left ankle. His team's starting point guard and center are both doubtful to play in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. And his Miami Heat are coming off a one-sided loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Miami Heat were not only badly beaten. They were beaten up.
LeBron James wants to beat the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat want to beat LeBron James.
Bam Adebayo woke up on Monday with the realization that only two teams still have a chance to win this season's NBA championship.
The Heat are going to the NBA Finals — surprising many, perhaps, but not themselves.
The Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics 125-113 on Sunday night to win the Eastern Conference Finals in 6 games and advance to the NBA Finals.
The Miami Heat couldn't wrap up the series in 5 games Friday night, as they fell 121-108 to the Celtics.
Goran Dragic scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo led a big third-quarter rally to finish with 21, and the Miami Heat pulled off another comeback to beat the Boston Celtics 106-101 and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals Thursday night.
On the first off day of this season's Eastern Conference finals, it might have been difficult to tell on Wednesday which team was holding the 1-0 lead in the series.
Jimmy Butler put the Heat ahead again in overtime — and then Bam Adebayo finished it off with the biggest block of his career.
Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are headed to the Eastern Conference finals.
Khris Middleton scored 36 points, including a big 3-pointer with 6.4 seconds left in overtime, and the Milwaukee Bucks avoided a sweep by beating the Miami Heat 118-115 in overtime of Game 4 of the teams' Eastern Conference semifinal series.
The Miami Heat is a game away from the Eastern Conference finals.
Jimmy Butler made two free throws with no time remaining and the Miami Heat wasted a six-point lead in the final seconds yet found a way to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 116-114 on Wednesday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Jimmy Butler scored 14 of his playoff career-high 40 points in the fourth quarter, Goran Dragic added 27 and the Heat clamped down defensively in the final three quarters to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 115-104 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Monday night.
The Milwaukee Bucks were no more than 10 minutes removed from winning their first-round series, and coach Mike Budenholzer had already shifted his thinking to what awaits against the Miami Heat.
Goran Dragic scored 23 points and the fifth-seeded Miami Heat completed a first-round sweep of the Indiana Pacers with a 99-87 victory Monday night.
